I've watched Kripparian's rant about Firelands Portal, and I've read the response by the Blizzard developer: "We *have* to have one rare and two commons per class in the adventure; Firelands Portal and Babbling Book are equally good in Arena; we randomly decided between the two equally good cards to make Babbling Book rare."
My question is: what good does it serve to make rares and epics rarer in Arena?
Rarity does not necessarily equal power or utility. A lot of rares and epics are, in fact, garbage.
Rares are drafted with rares, and Epics are drafted with Epics, and yet there is no common denominator among cards of those rarities.
Commons are king in Arena, and so we keep seeing the same good neutral commons over and over and over: Gilblin Stalker, North Sea Kraken, Kvaldir Raider, Bog Creeper. Meanwhile the classes with the best common spells are the best in Arena.
Blizzard should consider making commons, rares, and epics equally available in Arena. (Legendaries are a different story...)
At least then they wouldn't have to hear Kripp whine about Mages....
I've watched Kripparian's rant about Firelands Portal, and I've read the response by the Blizzard developer: "We *have* to have one rare and two commons per class in the adventure; Firelands Portal and Babbling Book are equally good in Arena; we randomly decided between the two equally good cards to make Babbling Book rare."
My question is: what good does it serve to make rares and epics rarer in Arena?
Rarity does not necessarily equal power or utility. A lot of rares and epics are, in fact, garbage.
Rares are drafted with rares, and Epics are drafted with Epics, and yet there is no common denominator among cards of those rarities.
Commons are king in Arena, and so we keep seeing the same good neutral commons over and over and over: Gilblin Stalker, North Sea Kraken, Kvaldir Raider, Bog Creeper. Meanwhile the classes with the best common spells are the best in Arena.
Blizzard should consider making commons, rares, and epics equally available in Arena. (Legendaries are a different story...)
At least then they wouldn't have to hear Kripp whine about Mages....