The state of this game is not in good shape, twitch viewers of tournaments are way down, the game will probably get its player base cut in half when artifact comes out and Gwent comes out of release. Really most ppl are just sticking around, competitive players anyway because for now it's where the money is. But Valve have deeper pockets than Blizzard\Activision and they are not cheapskates like Blizzard is notorious for being.
But all that aside, they have pushed us to all play nothing but control, and now the game is this plain and simple, board clear every turn and then just hope you top deck better than the other guy. How is that fun or strategic , the way they have been printing cards, it's like the decks play themselves. And let's be real , everyone just copies the metadecks at the moment. So if the cards almost pratically play themselves, how much real strategy is even left?
This is my feeling of expansions right after "Old Gods"
If you are looking for other games to play, most games out there are half decent. Just don't buy sports games, they will torment you.
I LOVE playing MLB the Show 18!
that's like the only good one to be perfectly honest. Madden, FIFA, and NBA 2K are full of stupid animations and gameplay. I've played Madden for 4 years and I've witnessed it all.
I've been playing Destiny 1 (which is 4 years old) and Destiny 2 a ton as a primary game over Hearthstone. Destiny 2 has an expansion today that I'm gonna try out
I find it humorous when people make the assumption that blizzard is not one of the most unethical game companies in existence. They screw you over every chance they get, but there devs make good games. Probably has a lot to do with Activision who have the most shares of Blizzard/Activison now really run the company. The real reason they took our adventures away like Karzan and League of Explorers ect. is now you don't get those easier to get powerful legendaries any more for just twenty bucks. Nope now you get to play the HS slotmachine and hope you get lucky! Or you can grind the game and make it look better to stockholders when they can say this many ppl are currently playing. Can't you see there are only two goals here =keep you spending more money and keep you playing which then makes them more money when it comes to more ppl intersted in buying Blizzard/Activision stocks.
Ever thought maybe they are making more and more BS cards is because keeps casuals playing which keeps those same casuals buying more cards. I have seen all of these same things with OW as well ...it's their business philosphy ..prob why you get to grind the ladder even longer now , even though they claimed their changes would improve that as well.
I tried to make a come back for witchwood after leaving a few expacs ago, game just didnt take me like it did in the start so im back to my one true love.....healing dungeons in wow as a Rdruid for easy effort DE shit... It's also a lot cheaper as well :D
The state of this game is not in good shape, twitch viewers of tournaments are way down, the game will probably get its player base cut in half when artifact comes out and Gwent comes out of release. Really most ppl are just sticking around, competitive players anyway because for now it's where the money is. But Valve have deeper pockets than Blizzard\Activision and they are not cheapskates like Blizzard is notorious for being.
But all that aside, they have pushed us to all play nothing but control, and now the game is this plain and simple, board clear every turn and then just hope you top deck better than the other guy. How is that fun or strategic , the way they have been printing cards, it's like the decks play themselves. And let's be real , everyone just copies the metadecks at the moment. So if the cards almost pratically play themselves, how much real strategy is even left?
Just wait for the Warlock nerfs. The actual Witchwood expansion will be releasing after the nerfs. We are still in the Year of Mammoth now.
It's a good idea to start looking into Magic Arena then. It's in closed beta at the moment but due to be released soon, and should be the game to replace hearthstone for anyone looking into mtg without wanting to spend a lot of money. Plus instead of a crafting system centered around downgrading (aka hearthstone) you'll have the option of choosing which cards you unpack through wildcards which will let players build a larger variety of decks for less money in comparison to hearthstone.
If you are looking for other games to play, most games out there are half decent. Just don't buy sports games, they will torment you.
I LOVE playing MLB the Show 18!
that's like the only good one to be perfectly honest. Madden, FIFA, and NBA 2K are full of stupid animations and gameplay. I've played Madden for 4 years and I've witnessed it all.
I've been playing Destiny 1 (which is 4 years old) and Destiny 2 a ton as a primary game over Hearthstone. Destiny 2 has an expansion today that I'm gonna try out
>most games out there are half decent
>says he's playing one of the handful of games that are the worst at fucking over their players
Come on dude, you can't trash hearthstone and then praise a game where they slap together shit a month before release because they decided to scrap all their old shit, and 2/3 of what they release are just reskinned versions of existing shit. Oh, and half of it is launched so broken it shouldn't have passed beta.
As for the thread in general: how is Paladin meta a control meta? I've got about four different non meta decks I'm playing right now and they're all actually fun and I can pull an over-50 winrate on them, so I'm not seeing the problem.
Hell, I pushed a cubelock who got perfect draws to 8 health, I just ran out of steam because I was playing a tier3 deck.
I did it! I lost to Quest Rogue with an early Glacial Shard. Then Cubelock with an Early Mountain Giant plus Cube. I admitted the truth to myself. This game is fucking dumb. This game has been teetering on fucking dumb for a really long time. It is there. It is time. After years of holding out hope mostly because of the commitment I have given HS.
I am mother fucking OUT! I am FREE!!! Fuck this game right into my trash bin. It is bad. There have been a few metas, usually right after a release, or right after a set of nerfs that have been kind of fun. We are talking about the most expensive video game out there to get any decent amount of content for. It has fucking optimistically 4 weeks every 3 months of actually fucking enjoyable gameplay.
Stop throwing good money or time after bad. This game is fucking bad. The devs are shit. It has been years. They are not getting fucking better. If anything they might honestly be getting worse.
Will something like this be done? I dunno... As long as they print money they won't make the game more engaging and brain stimulating. Once the packs preorders reduce, they might make the game more fun and skill based, who knows...
I really don't get how Epic can release Fortnite updates weekly but Blizzard can't even change card stats.
pretty sure they could if they wanted to, but that would be terrible if cards changed weekly or monthly or quarterly. the game would be drastically more expensive if the best deck changed from week to week. not to mention how bad it would be for people who play occasionally and don't follow forums or check reddit daily.
Strategy!!!??? More like RNG!!! This game used to be super fun, but now the joy is gone! It's all the same decks, soooo predictable. OP vs Op, dependant way more on RNG than skill at this point. Players have been turned into AIs, just going through the same motions. I mean is it skill that sets up an OTK, or is it RNG working out in your favor? I'm honestly really upset at how my feelings for HS have changed... I LOVED this game!!! I've played since the beginning... Activision is trying to milk as much money as quickly as possible, and it destroyed the game.... It's not even released yet and they are doing the same thing with COD... Luckily there are games out there like PUBG & Fortnite that are actually skill based and anything you purchase is merely cosmetic and 100% unnecessary to play the game. Bad RNG can be countered with skill! So I guess I should thank Activision/Blizzard for forcing me to look elsewhere for fun... I SURE FOUND IT!!!
If you are looking for other games to play, most games out there are half decent. Just don't buy sports games, they will torment you.
Couldn’t have said it any better. We are literally on a rock floating through space, and this is what people are having an existential crisis about.
I find it humorous when people make the assumption that blizzard is not one of the most unethical game companies in existence. They screw you over every chance they get, but there devs make good games. Probably has a lot to do with Activision who have the most shares of Blizzard/Activison now really run the company. The real reason they took our adventures away like Karzan and League of Explorers ect. is now you don't get those easier to get powerful legendaries any more for just twenty bucks. Nope now you get to play the HS slotmachine and hope you get lucky! Or you can grind the game and make it look better to stockholders when they can say this many ppl are currently playing. Can't you see there are only two goals here =keep you spending more money and keep you playing which then makes them more money when it comes to more ppl intersted in buying Blizzard/Activision stocks.
Ever thought maybe they are making more and more BS cards is because keeps casuals playing which keeps those same casuals buying more cards. I have seen all of these same things with OW as well ...it's their business philosphy ..prob why you get to grind the ladder even longer now , even though they claimed their changes would improve that as well.
Stating opinion as fact. GG OP.
I tried to make a come back for witchwood after leaving a few expacs ago, game just didnt take me like it did in the start so im back to my one true love.....healing dungeons in wow as a Rdruid for easy effort DE shit... It's also a lot cheaper as well :D
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It's a good idea to start looking into Magic Arena then. It's in closed beta at the moment but due to be released soon, and should be the game to replace hearthstone for anyone looking into mtg without wanting to spend a lot of money. Plus instead of a crafting system centered around downgrading (aka hearthstone) you'll have the option of choosing which cards you unpack through wildcards which will let players build a larger variety of decks for less money in comparison to hearthstone.
this is a salt thread.
I did it! I lost to Quest Rogue with an early Glacial Shard. Then Cubelock with an Early Mountain Giant plus Cube. I admitted the truth to myself. This game is fucking dumb. This game has been teetering on fucking dumb for a really long time. It is there. It is time. After years of holding out hope mostly because of the commitment I have given HS.
I am mother fucking OUT! I am FREE!!! Fuck this game right into my trash bin. It is bad. There have been a few metas, usually right after a release, or right after a set of nerfs that have been kind of fun. We are talking about the most expensive video game out there to get any decent amount of content for. It has fucking optimistically 4 weeks every 3 months of actually fucking enjoyable gameplay.
Stop throwing good money or time after bad. This game is fucking bad. The devs are shit. It has been years. They are not getting fucking better. If anything they might honestly be getting worse.
Take a cue from Ben Brode and get the fuck out!
I really don't get how Epic can release Fortnite updates weekly but Blizzard can't even change card stats.
They act like these are physically printed cards.
@OP: The ways to solve this are:
1) Include game mechanics requiring skill - for example https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/207655-new-ability-idea-evade
2) Include a game mode where off-meta decks are matched against such - https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/210906-meta-makes-a-boring-game-long-term
Will something like this be done? I dunno... As long as they print money they won't make the game more engaging and brain stimulating. Once the packs preorders reduce, they might make the game more fun and skill based, who knows...
Strategy!!!??? More like RNG!!! This game used to be super fun, but now the joy is gone! It's all the same decks, soooo predictable. OP vs Op, dependant way more on RNG than skill at this point. Players have been turned into AIs, just going through the same motions. I mean is it skill that sets up an OTK, or is it RNG working out in your favor? I'm honestly really upset at how my feelings for HS have changed... I LOVED this game!!! I've played since the beginning... Activision is trying to milk as much money as quickly as possible, and it destroyed the game.... It's not even released yet and they are doing the same thing with COD... Luckily there are games out there like PUBG & Fortnite that are actually skill based and anything you purchase is merely cosmetic and 100% unnecessary to play the game. Bad RNG can be countered with skill! So I guess I should thank Activision/Blizzard for forcing me to look elsewhere for fun... I SURE FOUND IT!!!
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