Yeah, it could very well be that Genn and Bamu were meant to fill the void. But they could have done that by being slightly more daring with synergies support. Freeze Shaman was doomed because they never gave it proper support, in like 6 expansions.
I actually love Genn and Baku (Genn much more, because his benefit is more subtle). Even decks are the decks I like the most in my whole HS history.
I just dislike that they stopped there with serious innovations. It feels lazy on their side, and frustrating on ours...
The ideas they support are ones with some promise of something interesting. They saw Taunt Warrior and Discolock as interesting so they kept supporting that. Otherwise they decide isn't worth much time sometimes because nothing will really kick it forward and sometimes because a fully formed version would NOT be a good thing. It's not just that Freeze Shaman got no support. It's that a deck that focuses on locking down your opponent over and over while getting stronger is NOT going to be a fun deck to have strong in the meta (yes we had freeze mage do just that..and I'd argue that proves my point). Instead they took Shaman towards evolve and overload mechanics. Overload shaman is a pretty fun deck that may be more viable once we get rotation going through.
There's actually a lot of interesting ideas put out, especially in Rumble. A priest deck that endlessly cycles cards in and out of its deck. A handbuff zoo. A druid that kills you by slashing at your face. Hakkar, the Soulflayer as an actual viable card.
There's a lot of interesting stuff being hidden behind last year's cards.
Interesting numbers and useful information. I think if you take it as you've said (and they've said), it's known to be early and more raw information than truly trackable pathways moving forward. This clearly suggests where the meta is heading, but doesn't promise anything, which is good. We need some mystery to remain to spur players on to keep creating deck builds to challenge and hopefully upturn the meta.
Blizzard responded to players saying that the meta got stale too fast and for too long of a stretch in between expansions by releasing more expansions every year. Now there are too many cards, so only the most powerful ones matter during the final expansion of every year. I think the December power creep always shows itself best at rotation. This is the best time to ladder with consistent and proven decks, although that contributes to one of the biggest complaints we the players have: "The meta is stale already!"
And thus the cycle has rounded again. We want consistency but hate what it breeds, which is monotony.
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The ideas they support are ones with some promise of something interesting. They saw Taunt Warrior and Discolock as interesting so they kept supporting that. Otherwise they decide isn't worth much time sometimes because nothing will really kick it forward and sometimes because a fully formed version would NOT be a good thing. It's not just that Freeze Shaman got no support. It's that a deck that focuses on locking down your opponent over and over while getting stronger is NOT going to be a fun deck to have strong in the meta (yes we had freeze mage do just that..and I'd argue that proves my point). Instead they took Shaman towards evolve and overload mechanics. Overload shaman is a pretty fun deck that may be more viable once we get rotation going through.
There's actually a lot of interesting ideas put out, especially in Rumble. A priest deck that endlessly cycles cards in and out of its deck. A handbuff zoo. A druid that kills you by slashing at your face. Hakkar, the Soulflayer as an actual viable card.
There's a lot of interesting stuff being hidden behind last year's cards.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
Interesting numbers and useful information. I think if you take it as you've said (and they've said), it's known to be early and more raw information than truly trackable pathways moving forward. This clearly suggests where the meta is heading, but doesn't promise anything, which is good. We need some mystery to remain to spur players on to keep creating deck builds to challenge and hopefully upturn the meta.
Blizzard responded to players saying that the meta got stale too fast and for too long of a stretch in between expansions by releasing more expansions every year. Now there are too many cards, so only the most powerful ones matter during the final expansion of every year. I think the December power creep always shows itself best at rotation. This is the best time to ladder with consistent and proven decks, although that contributes to one of the biggest complaints we the players have: "The meta is stale already!"
And thus the cycle has rounded again. We want consistency but hate what it breeds, which is monotony.
Rage quitting: the best way to ensure your opponent knows they beat a giant baby.