Hearthpwn

I'd heard a lot of things recently about Pirate Warrior.
Some good, most bad. 
And of the bad, most that it is annoying to try and beat.

So I thought I would give playing it a try, since I've been playing recently for the last couple of weeks and surprised not to face off against one yet. I hold my hands up and admit, I netdecked for this (I very rarely ever do that, but I was interested to see what this deck was like and didn't fancy all the trial and error of building it from scratch).

And I can kind of see why people like playing it, in fairness. It has a lot, and I mean, a LOT of satisfaction factor when you can pull off that damage combo out of the blue.

And I can also see why people would hate playing against it as well, to be honest. 
It's like a dirty pleasure. XD

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How is it possible to play for weeks and not face a single pirate warrior? I'm facing something like 15% pirate warrior on ladder.

I played it to rank 5 at the start of MSoG but got bored of it really fast, I usually never play aggro for that exact reason.

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The weapons aren't the problem at all. It's the cheap and effecient buff cards and Small-Time Buccaneer that are the culprits.

In fairness, from my experiments with this deck, I have to say that the biggest problem I have found with it (in terms of OP strength) is the combination of the Arcanite Reaper and then the next turn 2 x Heroic Strike.

That's 13 damage for 4 mana. Yikes!

Throw in a Mortal Strike or 2 to finish the job.

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The weapons aren't the problem at all. It's the cheap and effecient buff cards and Small-Time Buccaneer that are the culprits.

 I dunno about STB.
I mean, it's definitely a strong card, but not really that much more than some other similar ones such as Mana Wyrm, that Secrets chick, etc.
Though that's just my opinion, of course.

 It depends on how you look at it. In a vaccuum? It's probably not stronger, no. Taking into account that it's most of the time a flame imp with no drawback that summons a Stonetusk Boar, it's for sure stronger. But it's not the weapons themselves that are the problem, it's the overall insane synergy. Personally I don't think pirate decks are necessarily OP, I'm just against the fact that they are an auto-include in every single aggro and midrange deck for weapon classes.

I'm a little surprised we've not started seeing more anti-weapon minions added so far (like the Ooze chappy).

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What combo? And how is that satisfying? If you know that it's a deck that requires no skill or even brain (literally, bot can play it like a pro)... it's not any achievement at all, even if you make Legend you know it has nothing to do with your ability to play well, nor you had to think about what you do at all... cards play themselves (now with Patches even literally), it's too straight forward and it's the same as you'd click randomly with mouse while PC is turned off. 

What form of satisfaction or fun do you feel is beyond me... I don't even mean this as an offense I just find it unbelievable that human being feels enjoyment while just clicking on one spot on screen just like that without.. meaning. Isn't it better to go watch a movie than to play such a game? 

Anyways, I'm personally thankful for people playing this, I farm you a lot and it's basically instant win... didn't play much this season tho, Rank 3 Wild, Rank 5 Standard, but I think will be double Legend this season ONLY thanks to so many Pirate Warriors. So from me you have a big thank you! But really, just go play another game instead, I'm sure you'll have more satisfaction than "when you can pull off that damage combo out of the blue".

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Out of interest, if it's a deck that anyone can play like a pro and can beat anything easily... how do you manage to farm them with a "basically instant win"? 

I didn't say it can beat anything easily, don't put words in my mouth, I just said it takes no skill to be played like a pro plays it, cos it doesn't take any skill at all. Automatic brainless clicking on face with occasional forced trades (taunt or extreme value like idk 1/1 into 4/1 for example). But if it's fun to you or to anyone else whatever... just shared my thoughts in a thread about it.

As for the only wins, I said that I climb that much only thanks to pirate warriors, not that I win only vs them. I'd climb without them as well but they make me fly trough the ladder with ease, in Wild especially cos of Belchers and such, but in Standard there are couple of decent decks that counter it as well.

Not sure if it's worse to play Face Warrior and having "remarkably satisfying" moments while at it or writing OK, Sailor :) at the beginning and #MixedMessages at the end of the post.