I have no problem with Aviana by herself (she was actually the first legendary I ever opened), I'm just am happy to see the Aviana/Kun combo gone. It's just not fun to play against a deck with the win condition: Have these two cards and win. I get that the win rate might not be that high, since you have draw them and these days surviving to 10 (or 8 or 6!) turns is not so easy. It just feels un-interactive and is not fun to play against.
Same reason I want to see Ice Block and Auctioneer gone. There's nothing worse than sitting there helpless as your opponent draws through their entire deck in one turn. And while I get Ice Block will be presumably weaker without Reno, it's always seemed like a sloppy/lazy way for mages to survive poor play, and has no counter other than hard-teching.
I will miss precisely none of these cards. As somone who is a relatively late adopter to Hearthstone I never bothered with purchasing BRM or LoE. It was already expensive enough trying to bulk out my classic deck and whilst I did purchase Karazhan, investing another £30+ was too much and turns out to have been a decent choice. Those cards in those expansions are vital in pretty much any top tier deck. Whilst I'm sure Reno is great fun to play (really though. Is he?) he is fucking cancer to play against. Tunnel trogg and those 2/3 dragon whelps are long overdue to be gone from the game. I am really looking forward to starting the next expansion on a relatively equal footing with everyone else card wise. I hope and assume they must have some great ideas in the pipeline to replace all those cards and I'm glad they are doing away with separate expansions for adventures and cards and instead combining the two. (Like it always should have been.)
Reno is amazing if you build a fun/unique deck around him. Priest/mage/warlock are fun for a period of time, but get boring fast. Reno nzoth rogue is amazing. with shadowstep, brann and shadowcaster you have so many directions to take you deck depending on the matchup
In all honesty I cannot wait for Brann Bronzebeard and Reno Jackson to rotate out. I don't think I've really had a "fun" game where either of those cards were involved. I feel like the meta is going to settle down a whole lot with their absence and honestly i feel that both Whispers of the Old Gods and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan would have been sooo much fun if LOE had rotated out earlier. I will miss Azure Drake i will miss Sylvanas Windrunner and honestly that's about it.
You know what card I really miss? Refreshment vendor! he was not a super good card, but he was like the only neutral heal for 4. If i want to heal for 4 as a rogue, the only option I have is freaking Preistess of Elune.
You know what card I really miss? Refreshment vendor! he was not a super good card, but he was like the only neutral heal for 4. If i want to heal for 4 as a rogue, the only option I have is freaking Preistess of Elune.
RIP Varian, never will i beat my opponent with a mediocre army backed up by insanely epic music again :(
Astral Communion
In all honesty I cannot wait for Brann Bronzebeard and Reno Jackson to rotate out. I don't think I've really had a "fun" game where either of those cards were involved. I feel like the meta is going to settle down a whole lot with their absence and honestly i feel that both Whispers of the Old Gods and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan would have been sooo much fun if LOE had rotated out earlier. I will miss Azure Drake i will miss Sylvanas Windrunner and honestly that's about it.
Everyfin is Awesome, Anyfin Can Happen, and Sir Finley Mrrgglton in that order.
I will definitely miss Flamewaker. It's possibly my favorite mage card.
Justicar Trueheart was one of my first legendaries and still one of my favorites, though I don't play it much. I will miss that one too.
Good riddance to Reno Jackson and Ragnaros the Firelord though I can understand their appeal.
Dragons... Though not the Priest variant. RIP Dragon Paladin, my favorite deck.
The end of my standard dragon decks will have me most displeased. At least they will live on in Wild.
Nexus-Champion Saraad
The voice over is really neat, and the effect was fun.
And he's my wallpaper
Don't know who else is faster than me lol completed 13:35 est, 12/8
Bash. I hope Control Warrior gets some sort of decent removal to replace this.
You know what card I really miss? Refreshment vendor! he was not a super good card, but he was like the only neutral heal for 4. If i want to heal for 4 as a rogue, the only option I have is freaking Preistess of Elune.
Why aren't there any good heal cards!?
I like to make cards and discuss game balance.
I enjoy when "No similar decks were found."
My latest deck: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1366184-scholomance-charge-rez-priest-wild
Brann.
Forgive me, friend. I have failed.
Mistress of mixtures doesn't heal you. It heals maybe for 1, because your opponent just kills it.
I like to make cards and discuss game balance.
I enjoy when "No similar decks were found."
My latest deck: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1366184-scholomance-charge-rez-priest-wild