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• Dungeons - Are fantastic and a lot of fun.  
• Spell hunter was better than I thought, not sure if it will be top meta or anything but shows some real promise.  It shit all over my Dragon Priest multiple times, though I could have been building it wrong.
• Rin, the First Disciple was better than I thought.  I have had the most success with a Rin Control Lock.  
• Control lock got some really nice tools.  Turns out, Voidlord is considerably better than I thought.  Lesser Amethyst Spellstone is as good as I thought, that is to say, pretty damn good.  the 2/4 taunt and the 2/1 draw a card, are all fantastic.
• Fal'dorei Strider is, unfortuantely not a card to build a deck around.  It's just too slow.  It is however a great tack on to a number of Rogue decks that want to draw a lot. (i.e. miracle).
• Kingsbane might actually be solid enough to build a deck around and I didn't think it would be.  It's also solid enough to fit the "Kingsbane package" into other deck types.
• Duskbreaker was over rated, it's still very good.
• Psychic Scream was over rated, mostly because it doesn't help you at all against solid aggro or tempo deck like Secret Mage.  It's still pretty good.
• Hadronox/recruit druid seems pretty decent actually and is a refreshing change of pace from Jade or Big Druid.
• Secret Mage is going to be top tier I think.  I haven't played it myself but I have been violated by it a number of times.  That deck is pretty good.
• Big Mage actually was pretty fun and feels like it could be a solid midrange deck.
• I fucking love Deck of Wonders, it's not good, but I love that card.

I haven't played much since the expansion came out but lot of things I'm looking forward to trying (yes, including old strong decks with 1-2 new additions only).

I don't see how people can queue into ranked and complain about the game not being fun... I have a strong feeling your fun factor is directly related to your win %. Yes it would be nice if you could play in the more competitive mode and have fun while ranking up,  and often you can. Sometimes though, it requires the patience of stepping away for a few days, or playing decks you don't find QUITE as fun to get to the "safety net ranks". 

You want to have fun? How about arenas, or brawls, or dungeons?  How about making your zany wacky decks and playing in casual (granted you will see many ladder decks there too, but not near the concentration of ranked). Better yet, find some like minded people add them as friends and play against them. Find a half a dozen friends, or more, and you can draw up a quick bracket and have your own mini tournament. Hell you can even ban cards or classes if you want!

Fun is obviously a very subjective thing.. but there are many options provided to find something for everyone. And if all of the above is not fun to you and you can ONLY have fun in ranked and you can NEVER have fun while losing to the same decks... well as has been said 1,000s of times in these forums... perhaps you should find a new game.

Quote from Tykaine >>

Duskbreaker was overrated.

Grumble, Worldshaker was underrated.

The Darkness is yet to be seen.

Also certain weapons which were rated lowly, like Skull of the Man'ari, are exceeding expectations. Not many people are running ooze or Jones.

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Quote from Tykaine >>

Duskbreaker was overrated.

Grumble, Worldshaker was underrated.

The Darkness is yet to be seen.

Also certain weapons which were rated lowly, like Skull of the Man'ari, are exceeding expectations. Not many people are running ooze or Jones.

 Possibly because the community was largely unimpressed by the weapon.

Skull of the Man'ari was one weapon I actually wanted to get. Warlock is my main, and it would allow us to play with a lot of demons we usually don't play due to harmful battlecries. The catch is that it really does nothing in the turn it's played. But boy, if you don't destroy it, you're in for some nightmare.

In wild this weapon could be crazy. The harmful battlecries you couldn't avoid because you drew the demon can be instead summoned by Voidcaller. Just how fast can you put dangerous, beefy demons on board? I would even run a Faceless Manipulator in decks like this.

edit: Nah, Skull summons from hand, not deck. But a with both it and Possessed Lackey could have insane tempo.

I'm feeling meh about it.  There was only a handful of cards I wanted from the whole set, and by some miracle, ended up pulling exactly them.  So as it stands, I got everything I wanted from.  Compare with Frozen Throne where there are still bunch of cards I need.

Quote from Morphling >>

Meh expansion. Not sure what they were thinking with he weapons btw. Most suck and then you have the rouge one..........

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Quote from Tykaine >>

Duskbreaker was overrated.

Grumble, Worldshaker was underrated.

The Darkness is yet to be seen.

Also certain weapons which were rated lowly, like Skull of the Man'ari, are exceeding expectations. Not many people are running ooze or Jones.

 Says the guy barely one day after the release of the expansion

Dungeon run is amazing

First thoughts: This expansion is a deck builders' dream, new player friendly, and a net-decker's headache.  Why I think so:

Deck Builders: I fall into this category.  I feel like there a lot of really interesting cards that aren't obvious in how they are strong but ask you to build a deck in a certain way.  And I love experimenting.  Even the memes feel like they are somewhat playable, if done right. 

New players: IMO the legendary cards are mostly good but fair, if not just fun.  Meaning, I don't believe many decks will require them as their core build-around; this expansion IMO won't result in decks that require a lot of dust, beyond cards from previous expansions.

Net-deckers: Because there aren't lot of obviously strong cards, you can't simply add two of the KaC's Bonemare to every deck and call it a day.  "Just tell me what's strong so I can play it!"  Maybe you'll have to figure it out this time. 

Loving it so far. I'm sure the meta will settled, but right now I've been very pleased with it. Things we expected to be bad are actually working out better than expected.

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Loving it so far. I'm sure the meta will settled, but right now I've been very pleased with it. Things we expected to be bad are actually working out better than expected.

Quote from Kaladin >>

Deck Builders: I fall into this category.  I feel like there a lot of really interesting cards that aren't obvious in how they are strong but ask you to build a deck in a certain way.  And I love experimenting.  Even the memes feel like they are somewhat playable, if done right. 

 

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Loving it so far. I'm sure the meta will settled, but right now I've been very pleased with it. Things we expected to be bad are actually working out better than expected.

 Which of the bad things you are referring to actually turned out to be pretty decent? Quickest and most relevant one that comes to your mind?

Dungeon run is AWeSOME!  I love it <3

sure! 

this is still un-optomized, and i dont run primordial glyph just because i dont have it. But it works great anyway!

Looks like a good list to me, may have to try this out myself when I get home. Thanks (:

honestly if there wasn't dungeon runs, I would hate this expansion. I don't play this game at all really, like i might complete 3 quest a month tbqh. And it just feels so shitty to buy the prepurchase packs and not be able to make any new decks you want.

Every new set I hit legend just because I find playing with new cards fun, but I wont be doing it this set unfortunately.

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Quote from Tykaine >>

Duskbreaker was overrated.

Grumble, Worldshaker was underrated.

The Darkness is yet to be seen.

Also certain weapons which were rated lowly, like Skull of the Man'ari, are exceeding expectations. Not many people are running ooze or Jones.

 Says the guy barely one day after the release of the expansion

 Maybe you should read the thread title?  First impressions, these are his/hers, you don't have to like em but don't act like he is saying something stupid.  In reality they are the ones looking silly here.

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honestly if there wasn't dungeon runs, I would hate this expansion. I don't play this game at all really, like i might complete 3 quest a month tbqh. And it just feels so shitty to buy the prepurchase packs and not be able to make any new decks you want.

Every new set I hit legend just because I find playing with new cards fun, but I wont be doing it this set unfortunately.

In the aftermath it was a weak expansion. No real fun decks have emerged, just the same old being bolstered one way or another. Death of zoo and aggro is welcomed though.

Dungeon run is a waste of time. Should be more tangible rewards associated with it. Total and utter waste.