I've got over 10k hours logged into Hearthstone, and started to question if I did ANYTHING else, how good at it I'd be? I think there is a fine line doing something that entertains you for a reasonable amount of time and then straight up addiction.
The game is enjoyable to a point. There are a lot of design decisions that I question and overall the expansions have slowly become very boring and stagnant. There isn't much new added to the game from a competitive standpoint that I enjoy. (Brawls arent fun to me, and arenas got very stale after switching to standard only imo). They haven't added anything that has hooked me and as much as I hate to say it, the game is just boring now. There is nothing strikingly new about the gameplay since I've played in the beta PVP wise. Not to mention with the rate they push out cards now, this "hobby" has become extremely expensive.
I have been around the block and am not approaching with an uninformed position on any of this. I've made seasonal playoffs a few times, placed top 5 a few months, won a few tournaments, took home around ~$1k total which is probably what I've spent on the game anyway. Those were fun, and a cool experience, but I'm really regretting the time I've spent in this game as I've never won a playoff, and don't see myself putting in hundreds of more hours to try. Of course RNG is frustrating but I can't cry too much about that because its a card game after all.
How do you all balance playing a game like hearthstone with your lives? I have a job, a girlfriend, a house, but sometimes I put things that I shouldn't first. Also, does anyone else feel the way I do about this game getting extremely stale? I could be alone in this sentiment, and I'm sure I'll get some pretty negative responses but I just wanted to ask. It's been about a month since I've played, haven't touched the new expansion, first time in ALL of the expansions I haven't preordered. Whats wrong with me?
I think things will improve a lot at the next rotation. Some cards from older sets, such as the DKs, are so OP it is has really limited the utility of more recent cards.
it’s very natural to get burnt out on something and lose interest even things that used to be a passion or obsession. I haven’t walked away from the game yet but I am less excited about the game now than ever, the ladder is stale and soul crushing. when I don’t want to play I will at least do one quest per day until something sparks my interest. Lately the experience is incredibly frustrating especially for a player like me that likes playing creative decks. all of my ideas just get shut down and then on top of that I get salty bm from opponents who just picked the game up. I’m hoping for a big refresh in April, I’ve already given up on RR and started saving gold again. If things don’t get better I might just put it down like you have.
Play a fun homebrew deck in casual of rankend wenever you feel like it don't spend all your free time on it.
Take a break
Take your girlfriend to a really boring place that she loves and realise that you can also play Hearthstone at that moment at home.
Make a few ”casual” decks yourself.
Create a new free to play account from scratch and try reaching legend within a month.
It's a fun game but it can also just be that you want to do something else for a few weeks try going to the gym or learn a new language maybe learn how to be a great cook and make a Christmas dinner for the entire family I bet you can figure something out.
Just take a break. If you have have that much of a free time in front of the computer - maybe try another game. It's okay, if you have spent that many hours, to get burned out.
Since you are not not having fun in RR, maybe now is a really good time to take a break. Don't push yourself to play, if you don't enjoy it anymore - it will only make you start hating the game (and tbh, that's not T5's fault). Maybe check it out in April, with the new expansion?
Forget about quests or tavern brawls - they can feel like chores. Yes, it's not the most efficient way to play the game, but the most important thing is to have fun. So, find something that gives you pleasure and cause your brain to release those sweet endorphins :).
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I've got over 10k hours logged into Hearthstone, and started to question if I did ANYTHING else, how good at it I'd be? I think there is a fine line doing something that entertains you for a reasonable amount of time and then straight up addiction.
The game is enjoyable to a point. There are a lot of design decisions that I question and overall the expansions have slowly become very boring and stagnant. There isn't much new added to the game from a competitive standpoint that I enjoy. (Brawls arent fun to me, and arenas got very stale after switching to standard only imo). They haven't added anything that has hooked me and as much as I hate to say it, the game is just boring now. There is nothing strikingly new about the gameplay since I've played in the beta PVP wise. Not to mention with the rate they push out cards now, this "hobby" has become extremely expensive.
I have been around the block and am not approaching with an uninformed position on any of this. I've made seasonal playoffs a few times, placed top 5 a few months, won a few tournaments, took home around ~$1k total which is probably what I've spent on the game anyway. Those were fun, and a cool experience, but I'm really regretting the time I've spent in this game as I've never won a playoff, and don't see myself putting in hundreds of more hours to try. Of course RNG is frustrating but I can't cry too much about that because its a card game after all.
How do you all balance playing a game like hearthstone with your lives? I have a job, a girlfriend, a house, but sometimes I put things that I shouldn't first. Also, does anyone else feel the way I do about this game getting extremely stale? I could be alone in this sentiment, and I'm sure I'll get some pretty negative responses but I just wanted to ask. It's been about a month since I've played, haven't touched the new expansion, first time in ALL of the expansions I haven't preordered. Whats wrong with me?
Nothing wrong with you, you have reached the stage of realisation. When you realise and acknowledge there is something needs to change that the time you will make a change, Nothing that you have achieved in this game matters IRL. Overall is a good thing I guess.
HS is dead for me. I am not surprised that Brode has left the project, the game has been going downhill for quite some time now.
LUL What? HS was at its worst when Brode was there. You had like 3 decks that played in the meta, lots of broken cards, many dead classes. Now the game is more balanced, every class has playable decks, multiples of them actually and there is no clear defined best or even a couple of best decks in the game.
Nothing's wrong with you. Pretty much any game is likely to feel stale after you put 10k hours into it. And you should probably prioritize other things over HS or any other game for that matter, the exception might be if you make a living off of playing the game, which admittedly very few people do. Take a break and then maybe check back after some time to see if you'd like to continue. Otherwise, find something else to spend your free time on, there's many other great games, as well as other great hobbies outside of gaming, many of which can also satisfy your need for competing.
not sure how much time i got but ive been playing pretty consistently since gvg, there are lot of times ya games super stale and boring but you gotta realize with that much time its inevitable especially since they barely add anything for rewards or achievements.
Play a fun homebrew deck in casual of rankend wenever you feel like it don't spend all your free time on it.
Take a break
Take your girlfriend to a really boring place that she loves and realise that you can also play Hearthstone at that moment at home.
Make a few ”casual” decks yourself.
Create a new free to play account from scratch and try reaching legend within a month.
It's a fun game but it can also just be that you want to do something else for a few weeks try going to the gym or learn a new language maybe learn how to be a great cook and make a Christmas dinner for the entire family I bet you can figure something out.
Playing causal is worse than ladder. I'm at the current moment playing an even warlock and roping him for playing a top 100 legend deck in causal. The days of playing something fun against something fun in this game are long gone.
Purely playing for achievements is a poor motivation for continuing to playing a game unless its what you plan on doing for a living. Make sure you're actually enjoying the process of achieving (playing the actual game) and if not, it's a good idea to reflect on what you're doing. There's nothing wrong with admitting you've been wasting your time or money when doing so can save you both
Playing causal is worse than ladder. I'm at the current moment playing an even warlock and roping him for playing a top 100 legend deck in causal. The days of playing something fun against something fun in this game are long gone.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again: casual is based on an MMR. If you're fighting tier 1 netdecks, it's because you're winning too much in the mode. Either you're guilty of doing this yourself or your meme decks aren't as memey as you think they are. Either way, no need to be an asshole to people who are probably just trying to do a warlock quest
I've got over 10k hours logged into Hearthstone, and started to question if I did ANYTHING else, how good at it I'd be? I think there is a fine line doing something that entertains you for a reasonable amount of time and then straight up addiction.
The game is enjoyable to a point. There are a lot of design decisions that I question and overall the expansions have slowly become very boring and stagnant. There isn't much new added to the game from a competitive standpoint that I enjoy. (Brawls arent fun to me, and arenas got very stale after switching to standard only imo). They haven't added anything that has hooked me and as much as I hate to say it, the game is just boring now. There is nothing strikingly new about the gameplay since I've played in the beta PVP wise. Not to mention with the rate they push out cards now, this "hobby" has become extremely expensive.
I have been around the block and am not approaching with an uninformed position on any of this. I've made seasonal playoffs a few times, placed top 5 a few months, won a few tournaments, took home around ~$1k total which is probably what I've spent on the game anyway. Those were fun, and a cool experience, but I'm really regretting the time I've spent in this game as I've never won a playoff, and don't see myself putting in hundreds of more hours to try. Of course RNG is frustrating but I can't cry too much about that because its a card game after all.
How do you all balance playing a game like hearthstone with your lives? I have a job, a girlfriend, a house, but sometimes I put things that I shouldn't first. Also, does anyone else feel the way I do about this game getting extremely stale? I could be alone in this sentiment, and I'm sure I'll get some pretty negative responses but I just wanted to ask. It's been about a month since I've played, haven't touched the new expansion, first time in ALL of the expansions I haven't preordered. Whats wrong with me?
Nothing is wrong with you. The question isn't "Why can't I enjoy this game? It's more of "Why am I forcing myself to do so?"
I've recently come to the same point about a different game, Fire Emblem Heroes. I started playing since just about the release and loved it. Love the concept, love the battle system, love the waifus. So on.
Yet I found myself forcing myself to play. At first I thought it was me pushing too hard on the quests and dailies to keep getting premium currency for the 30001 ways to upgrade a character. So I backed off and just focused on doing whatever I enjoyed.
A few weeks ago, I took a look at the icon and thought of what I wanted to DO in the game. And the answer was "do something else." Watch anime. Watch something on Youtube. Play Hearthstone. Find another game. But NOT start that one.
Again I love the game still. But I just don't feel much joy playing it over other things.
So I stopped touching it. Right now while I type this I have Epic Seven running on my phone. After this post I'm going to start up Hearthstone on my PC. I want to play both, can't decide which I'd rather do, so I'm up for trying to play both. Fire Emblem Heroes is still installed. I'm not sure if I'll go back. But if not.. so be it.
Hearthstone is still a game I enjoy playing. I only have put $8 into it: 2 for a beta promotion, 8 via those 10 pack specials. I just about play 3 or so games a day as this is all my life really allows me to play, which is fine. I hang around in rank 18-15. My goal isn't to rank up. It's instead to craft decks: 2 per class. I already have 1 set up and tweaking/making the second set. It's more than enough to keep me wanting to start up the game.
But that's me. For you I need to ask, why DO you HAVE to love this game? You don't sound like you enjoy even being involved with it. This isn't your job, your livelihood isn't at stake here. So why?
I imagine you have other things to do other than hearthstone. Other games, or another hobby, or just regular life. Things you DO find you like to do, or are important for you to do, or both. So what exactly is Hearthstone, right now, doing for you that's beneficial?
You mention the 10k hours. But #)$#*) that. Here's the question: If you were to look at the hearthstone Icon, and put another game that you are currently playing up next to it which would you WANT to play?
If it's not hearthstone, then so be it. Go play that game. In fact, go find the forums for that game and see if it's full of other folks who also enjoy the game. Stop trying to force yourself to do something you don't want, nor need, to do.
There's nothing wrong with not wanting to play. There IS something wrong with thinking that's a problem.
10k hours lmao do really hav me nothing better to do in your life than to play this game for that long. The only people I think that should play this game for that long are streamers and pro players I really am not for long than maybe hr to. I do like the game but the player base are slow and waste people time by roping every fucking turn or they get salty right off the bat .
Honestly Hearthstone has become in my terms a "safe" game. The devs are unwilling to add new features and create new gamemodes that really will add more to the game (Besides fun pve content with no rewards). What's happened is Bliz has found a formula that works and instend of making the game as great as it could be they just make it good enough to keep us interested and farm money out of us. It's sad because HS has so much potential but the Devs have consciously decided that they'd rather just keep making the same bank instead of really trying to enhance and make Hearthstone as good of a game as it can be. I still love Hearthstone and I'll keep playing in hopes of change but I can't help but feel like the I love the game more then the developers.
I've got over 10k hours logged into Hearthstone, and started to question if I did ANYTHING else, how good at it I'd be? I think there is a fine line doing something that entertains you for a reasonable amount of time and then straight up addiction.
The game is enjoyable to a point. There are a lot of design decisions that I question and overall the expansions have slowly become very boring and stagnant. There isn't much new added to the game from a competitive standpoint that I enjoy. (Brawls arent fun to me, and arenas got very stale after switching to standard only imo). They haven't added anything that has hooked me and as much as I hate to say it, the game is just boring now. There is nothing strikingly new about the gameplay since I've played in the beta PVP wise. Not to mention with the rate they push out cards now, this "hobby" has become extremely expensive.
I have been around the block and am not approaching with an uninformed position on any of this. I've made seasonal playoffs a few times, placed top 5 a few months, won a few tournaments, took home around ~$1k total which is probably what I've spent on the game anyway. Those were fun, and a cool experience, but I'm really regretting the time I've spent in this game as I've never won a playoff, and don't see myself putting in hundreds of more hours to try. Of course RNG is frustrating but I can't cry too much about that because its a card game after all.
How do you all balance playing a game like hearthstone with your lives? I have a job, a girlfriend, a house, but sometimes I put things that I shouldn't first. Also, does anyone else feel the way I do about this game getting extremely stale? I could be alone in this sentiment, and I'm sure I'll get some pretty negative responses but I just wanted to ask. It's been about a month since I've played, haven't touched the new expansion, first time in ALL of the expansions I haven't preordered. Whats wrong with me?
I think things will improve a lot at the next rotation. Some cards from older sets, such as the DKs, are so OP it is has really limited the utility of more recent cards.
Where is the stat tracking for that? Id love to know how many hours i got on hs.
it’s very natural to get burnt out on something and lose interest even things that used to be a passion or obsession. I haven’t walked away from the game yet but I am less excited about the game now than ever, the ladder is stale and soul crushing. when I don’t want to play I will at least do one quest per day until something sparks my interest. Lately the experience is incredibly frustrating especially for a player like me that likes playing creative decks. all of my ideas just get shut down and then on top of that I get salty bm from opponents who just picked the game up. I’m hoping for a big refresh in April, I’ve already given up on RR and started saving gold again. If things don’t get better I might just put it down like you have.
Play a fun homebrew deck in casual of rankend wenever you feel like it don't spend all your free time on it.
Take a break
Take your girlfriend to a really boring place that she loves and realise that you can also play Hearthstone at that moment at home.
Make a few ”casual” decks yourself.
Create a new free to play account from scratch and try reaching legend within a month.
It's a fun game but it can also just be that you want to do something else for a few weeks try going to the gym or learn a new language maybe learn how to be a great cook and make a Christmas dinner for the entire family I bet you can figure something out.
10k hours of mind blowing sex would get old too... and chaffy. Take some well earned time off, a break will be good for you.
Just take a break. If you have have that much of a free time in front of the computer - maybe try another game. It's okay, if you have spent that many hours, to get burned out.
Since you are not not having fun in RR, maybe now is a really good time to take a break. Don't push yourself to play, if you don't enjoy it anymore - it will only make you start hating the game (and tbh, that's not T5's fault). Maybe check it out in April, with the new expansion?
Forget about quests or tavern brawls - they can feel like chores. Yes, it's not the most efficient way to play the game, but the most important thing is to have fun. So, find something that gives you pleasure and cause your brain to release those sweet endorphins :).
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw
EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);
Nothing wrong with you, you have reached the stage of realisation. When you realise and acknowledge there is something needs to change that the time you will make a change, Nothing that you have achieved in this game matters IRL. Overall is a good thing I guess.
Probably the best comment on this thread.
LUL What? HS was at its worst when Brode was there. You had like 3 decks that played in the meta, lots of broken cards, many dead classes. Now the game is more balanced, every class has playable decks, multiples of them actually and there is no clear defined best or even a couple of best decks in the game.
And 10k Hours? WTH? You need like 80000 games to crack that number,
Nothing's wrong with you. Pretty much any game is likely to feel stale after you put 10k hours into it. And you should probably prioritize other things over HS or any other game for that matter, the exception might be if you make a living off of playing the game, which admittedly very few people do. Take a break and then maybe check back after some time to see if you'd like to continue. Otherwise, find something else to spend your free time on, there's many other great games, as well as other great hobbies outside of gaming, many of which can also satisfy your need for competing.
not sure how much time i got but ive been playing pretty consistently since gvg, there are lot of times ya games super stale and boring but you gotta realize with that much time its inevitable especially since they barely add anything for rewards or achievements.
Hold it now what do you mean?
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Playing causal is worse than ladder. I'm at the current moment playing an even warlock and roping him for playing a top 100 legend deck in causal. The days of playing something fun against something fun in this game are long gone.
I've said it once, and I'll say it again: casual is based on an MMR. If you're fighting tier 1 netdecks, it's because you're winning too much in the mode. Either you're guilty of doing this yourself or your meme decks aren't as memey as you think they are. Either way, no need to be an asshole to people who are probably just trying to do a warlock quest
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
10k hours is nothing - pretty sure I have locked atleast 30k and still playing.
Nothing is wrong with you. The question isn't "Why can't I enjoy this game? It's more of "Why am I forcing myself to do so?"
I've recently come to the same point about a different game, Fire Emblem Heroes. I started playing since just about the release and loved it. Love the concept, love the battle system, love the waifus. So on.
Yet I found myself forcing myself to play. At first I thought it was me pushing too hard on the quests and dailies to keep getting premium currency for the 30001 ways to upgrade a character. So I backed off and just focused on doing whatever I enjoyed.
A few weeks ago, I took a look at the icon and thought of what I wanted to DO in the game. And the answer was "do something else." Watch anime. Watch something on Youtube. Play Hearthstone. Find another game. But NOT start that one.
Again I love the game still. But I just don't feel much joy playing it over other things.
So I stopped touching it. Right now while I type this I have Epic Seven running on my phone. After this post I'm going to start up Hearthstone on my PC. I want to play both, can't decide which I'd rather do, so I'm up for trying to play both. Fire Emblem Heroes is still installed. I'm not sure if I'll go back. But if not.. so be it.
Hearthstone is still a game I enjoy playing. I only have put $8 into it: 2 for a beta promotion, 8 via those 10 pack specials. I just about play 3 or so games a day as this is all my life really allows me to play, which is fine. I hang around in rank 18-15. My goal isn't to rank up. It's instead to craft decks: 2 per class. I already have 1 set up and tweaking/making the second set. It's more than enough to keep me wanting to start up the game.
But that's me. For you I need to ask, why DO you HAVE to love this game? You don't sound like you enjoy even being involved with it. This isn't your job, your livelihood isn't at stake here. So why?
I imagine you have other things to do other than hearthstone. Other games, or another hobby, or just regular life. Things you DO find you like to do, or are important for you to do, or both. So what exactly is Hearthstone, right now, doing for you that's beneficial?
You mention the 10k hours. But #)$#*) that. Here's the question: If you were to look at the hearthstone Icon, and put another game that you are currently playing up next to it which would you WANT to play?
If it's not hearthstone, then so be it. Go play that game. In fact, go find the forums for that game and see if it's full of other folks who also enjoy the game. Stop trying to force yourself to do something you don't want, nor need, to do.
There's nothing wrong with not wanting to play. There IS something wrong with thinking that's a problem.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
10k hours lmao do really hav me nothing better to do in your life than to play this game for that long. The only people I think that should play this game for that long are streamers and pro players I really am not for long than maybe hr to. I do like the game but the player base are slow and waste people time by roping every fucking turn or they get salty right off the bat .
Honestly Hearthstone has become in my terms a "safe" game. The devs are unwilling to add new features and create new gamemodes that really will add more to the game (Besides fun pve content with no rewards). What's happened is Bliz has found a formula that works and instend of making the game as great as it could be they just make it good enough to keep us interested and farm money out of us. It's sad because HS has so much potential but the Devs have consciously decided that they'd rather just keep making the same bank instead of really trying to enhance and make Hearthstone as good of a game as it can be. I still love Hearthstone and I'll keep playing in hopes of change but I can't help but feel like the I love the game more then the developers.