I wouldn't recommend it espec with how classes are less set into specific archetypes now (next expansions could bring aggro priest for all I know) so you may enjoy them down the line.
At the least I'd wait until a little bit after the rotation to make this decision.
It seems perfectly fine to dust cards in classes you rarely play. If the OP's deck-tracker tells him that over 90% of his laddering is limited to the classes he mentioned, and that's a ratio that has been pretty consistent for a pretty long time, then realistically it isn't a big deal.
For example - my own deck-tracker tells me that I've played sixteen games with Priest over the past two years. If the OP has any similar classes, and he really needs the dust, he likely won't be kicking himself six months from now if he nukes those classes today.
As a F2P player you should know that you have to be VERY careful at this stage of the game. Resources are of a limited, time gated, supply and it's VERY hard to tell what are good choices you have to start making now and which will gut you later on. You also know that F2P games in particular nest a lot of newbie traps that SEEM like good ideas but hamstring you later on.
I'm TECHNICALLY not F2P as I've spend $2 into the game at the start then $4 2 years later via a bundle, and another $4 recently. Howver, I've spent most of my time here running the same ground and have watched many a thread about this very topic.
I can tell you that of all of the threads I've seen of people who have played for more than a year and taken up the "dust everything but X, Y, Z class" I've only seen one post speak positively about it. i've seen a WHOLE LOT of people who regretted the decision.
As for my experience, I did not do it, and I would've regretted my decision had I done so.
The problem is two fold ,and a person earlier touched on the first:
1. you are gutting 1/4th of the value and may not get it back in the cards you pick:
For example, you're crafting Wild cards in Y'saarj and Sylvanas when I'm pretty sure you do NOT have a strong wild collection and going F2P you do NOT have the dust to even think about going there yet. Furthermore, Y'Saarj is only good in a very specific deck that requires a lot of other highly expensive cards and just may be in for a nerf pretty soon leaving you with a very *VERY* bad card to use.
The other cards are current (and won't rotate next year, good job, or luck, in picking them) but the choices.
Electra Stormsurge is a fun card, but right now Shaman is the dead weakest class and we aren't guaranteed on whether the class will be viable or how it'll look later on, so crafting her is extremely risky.
Al'Akir the Windlord is similar to Electra in risk. He's Classic, but he's not in all Shaman decks, and if Shaman gets their Spirit cards to work he won't be. But between the two I'd go with him as a long-term option.
Darius Crowley is even more risky as we have no evidence to prove that rush warrior will work as a deck. Many have tried and failed to get him going. If this was a "I have my main decks and want to do something fun" or "(#$()#)(* the meta, I want to make this" then yes he's a good pick, but given that you are trying to gut most of your collection to make a strong pick.. just too risky in him.
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: For most I'd say good pick. for you..you didn't say how good your warrior collection is. Dr. Boom is part of Control Warrior, an ExTREMELY expensive deck to run, and he's worthless without all of the other expensive cards supporting him. If Boom is all you need to make the deck work them OMG YES GET HIM! Otherwise, he's a bad pick.
Mojomaster Zihi: He's a good pick..AFTER you have the rest of your collection established. He doesn't make a deck work: simply takes your strong deck and gives it some playing power against OTK decks. Without that 'strong deck' backing he's worthless.
Far Sight X2: See Shaman. Realize this is even more risky than both of them as Far Sight only saw play in Shudderwock decks, which have been gutted.
Town Crier X2: See Rush Warrior
Voodoo Doll: A good pick, though I doubt you need to gut most of your collection for this one
Big Game Hunter: See Far sight, except he's neutral, though right now almost as used.
Crowd Roaster: See Control Warrior. Replace 'control warrior' with 'dragon decks'.
You get my jive? I see two very risky decks that you may end up giving up on, two decks that you may not have the cards to make work, and Wild cards you really don't need to be getting into. 1/4th the value of your current collection may not be worth that.
And that's the FIRST issue.
2. You don't know the future.
You're centering yourself on particular classes as if the classes will remain rock solid year over year. They don't. Classes have changed their archetypes many times over. What if dragon decks fail? What if Shaman never picks up or goes in a direction you hate. What if Druid is given massive new tools that make them awesome? We're going to be going into Card Release mode in a month. Meanwhile if you decide to change course it'll take you 4 times as long to recover the cards you lose to do it.
(note that I notice that most of your choices are cards rotating out, so it's not quite as black and white in your case, but in general it's a good mentality)
What i recommend. Wait. have patience
Yeah. No. But a better plan?
1. Focus not on class but on DECKS. What TYPE of decks do you like playing? Slow Control? Fast Aggro? Weird off meta stuff?
2. From there, look specifically at the decks you want to play. Then sort them according to how much dust you'll need to craft the cards needed to make them.
Now put a star on any deck that you've seen actually work and enjoy seeing work, either on a tier list or in a tournament or just seeing someone who can play that can play it. They don't have to be GOOD, but you need to have SEEN it and enjoy how they function and know how good or bad they are.
Any deck that costs more than 800 dust to complete AND doesn't have a star put an small x on it. If it has a star and costs over 2000 dust, put a small x on it.
SERIOUSLY **SERIOUSLY** consider finding another deck to play with if it has an x on it Especially if there are other decks you like that don't have that x. You can't make everything that you want and will have to be frugal with your dust especially if you aren't even sure you'll enjoy the deck long term. And I'm pretty sure if you hunt around you'll find decks that don't earn the x that you'll find interesting to play, whether it's in your 'preferred class' or not, that might be cheaper than Odd Warrior and Dragon Priest.
Now ONLY dust cards to make those decks. Don't craft a card unles syou already have the deck designed you want to put it in.
As far as what to dust, beyond "the less you dust the better" you're probably fine there. Again, focus more on DECKS rather than classes. Dust UI because it's useless for the deck you don't want or because you hate playing late game decks, not because It has Malfurion's face.
But the key is to do as little dusting as possible. It's NOT just beacuse you may someday want to play Wild Druid. It's also because you may find a card later on you REALLY want to craft, say, in the next set that's coming very VERY soon. Dust is precious. Don't waste it on a whim when you can aim for a card that WILL serve you for years to come.
I had this same mentality and dusted all the Warrior and Rogue cards I had. I thought "I'll never play these classes since I don't enjoy them." Well the meta changed and then I started wanting to play with those classes but didn't have anything good. Thought the same thing last rotation so I dusted everything that went to wild. Well lately wild has been looking pretty fun and now I'm completely set back since I don't have anything. Now I only dust golden cards if I already have x2 of the regular copy. You're better off just focusing on completing one deck you want to play at at time.
As a F2P player you should know that you have to be VERY careful at this stage of the game. Resources are of a limited, time gated, supply and it's VERY hard to tell what are good choices you have to start making now and which will gut you later on. You also know that F2P games in particular nest a lot of newbie traps that SEEM like good ideas but hamstring you later on.
I'm TECHNICALLY not F2P as I've spend $2 into the game at the start then $4 2 years later via a bundle, and another $4 recently. Howver, I've spent most of my time here running the same ground and have watched many a thread about this very topic.
I can tell you that of all of the threads I've seen of people who have played for more than a year and taken up the "dust everything but X, Y, Z class" I've only seen one post speak positively about it. i've seen a WHOLE LOT of people who regretted the decision.
As for my experience, I did not do it, and I would've regretted my decision had I done so.
The problem is two fold ,and a person earlier touched on the first:
1. you are gutting 1/4th of the value and may not get it back in the cards you pick:
For example, you're crafting Wild cards in Y'saarj and Sylvanas when I'm pretty sure you do NOT have a strong wild collection and going F2P you do NOT have the dust to even think about going there yet. Furthermore, Y'Saarj is only good in a very specific deck that requires a lot of other highly expensive cards and just may be in for a nerf pretty soon leaving you with a very *VERY* bad card to use.
The other cards are current (and won't rotate next year, good job, or luck, in picking them) but the choices.
Electra Stormsurge is a fun card, but right now Shaman is the dead weakest class and we aren't guaranteed on whether the class will be viable or how it'll look later on, so crafting her is extremely risky.
Al'Akir the Windlord is similar to Electra in risk. He's Classic, but he's not in all Shaman decks, and if Shaman gets their Spirit cards to work he won't be. But between the two I'd go with him as a long-term option.
Darius Crowley is even more risky as we have no evidence to prove that rush warrior will work as a deck. Many have tried and failed to get him going. If this was a "I have my main decks and want to do something fun" or "(#$()#)(* the meta, I want to make this" then yes he's a good pick, but given that you are trying to gut most of your collection to make a strong pick.. just too risky in him.
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: For most I'd say good pick. for you..you didn't say how good your warrior collection is. Dr. Boom is part of Control Warrior, an ExTREMELY expensive deck to run, and he's worthless without all of the other expensive cards supporting him. If Boom is all you need to make the deck work them OMG YES GET HIM! Otherwise, he's a bad pick.
Mojomaster Zihi: He's a good pick..AFTER you have the rest of your collection established. He doesn't make a deck work: simply takes your strong deck and gives it some playing power against OTK decks. Without that 'strong deck' backing he's worthless.
Far Sight X2: See Shaman. Realize this is even more risky than both of them as Far Sight only saw play in Shudderwock decks, which have been gutted.
Town Crier X2: See Rush Warrior
Voodoo Doll: A good pick, though I doubt you need to gut most of your collection for this one
Big Game Hunter: See Far sight, except he's neutral, though right now almost as used.
Crowd Roaster: See Control Warrior. Replace 'control warrior' with 'dragon decks'.
You get my jive? I see two very risky decks that you may end up giving up on, two decks that you may not have the cards to make work, and Wild cards you really don't need to be getting into. 1/4th the value of your current collection may not be worth that.
And that's the FIRST issue.
2. You don't know the future.
You're centering yourself on particular classes as if the classes will remain rock solid year over year. They don't. Classes have changed their archetypes many times over. What if dragon decks fail? What if Shaman never picks up or goes in a direction you hate. What if Druid is given massive new tools that make them awesome? We're going to be going into Card Release mode in a month. Meanwhile if you decide to change course it'll take you 4 times as long to recover the cards you lose to do it.
(note that I notice that most of your choices are cards rotating out, so it's not quite as black and white in your case, but in general it's a good mentality)
What i recommend. Wait. have patience
Yeah. No. But a better plan?
1. Focus not on class but on DECKS. What TYPE of decks do you like playing? Slow Control? Fast Aggro? Weird off meta stuff?
2. From there, look specifically at the decks you want to play. Then sort them according to how much dust you'll need to craft the cards needed to make them.
Now put a star on any deck that you've seen actually work and enjoy seeing work, either on a tier list or in a tournament or just seeing someone who can play that can play it. They don't have to be GOOD, but you need to have SEEN it and enjoy how they function and know how good or bad they are.
Any deck that costs more than 800 dust to complete AND doesn't have a star put an small x on it. If it has a star and costs over 2000 dust, put a small x on it.
SERIOUSLY **SERIOUSLY** consider finding another deck to play with if it has an x on it Especially if there are other decks you like that don't have that x. You can't make everything that you want and will have to be frugal with your dust especially if you aren't even sure you'll enjoy the deck long term. And I'm pretty sure if you hunt around you'll find decks that don't earn the x that you'll find interesting to play, whether it's in your 'preferred class' or not, that might be cheaper than Odd Warrior and Dragon Priest.
Now ONLY dust cards to make those decks. Don't craft a card unles syou already have the deck designed you want to put it in.
As far as what to dust, beyond "the less you dust the better" you're probably fine there. Again, focus more on DECKS rather than classes. Dust UI because it's useless for the deck you don't want or because you hate playing late game decks, not because It has Malfurion's face.
But the key is to do as little dusting as possible. It's NOT just beacuse you may someday want to play Wild Druid. It's also because you may find a card later on you REALLY want to craft, say, in the next set that's coming very VERY soon. Dust is precious. Don't waste it on a whim when you can aim for a card that WILL serve you for years to come.
And who knows, it might be in Druid.
so I DO have a strong wild collection, that is mostly all i play. also, I did not pick these cards because "hey, I have dust, so why not." but all of these cards have been on my crafting list for some time. and I have thought through them thoroughly. and laddering up is not the point here. Its to have enough cards to make a multitude of decks that I will actually play.
the thing is, I dont want to hang onto flobidinous floop, Twig of the World Tree, and dream pedal florist just in case one day I might want to play malygos druid, and hey, maybe I might regret it. or, I dan DE them, get the deck that I know I DO want right now.
throughout your post you assume that I dont have any cards. but I have just about every control warrior card aside from the cards I mentioned crafting in my post. so I am okay with crafting those.
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now do you want to play competitive and have a problem waiting for a greater collection ? Then do it
if you want to go for the save side and think you might find an archetype in another class that you would like a lot then just don't do it. I loved highlander priest but i hate all other priest decks. I hate warlock but i love renopriest. I hate mage but i love evenmage. So here you can see that perhaps you don't like a class but a certain deck can really apealto you... again don't do it but in the end it's your choice..;)
so I DO have a strong wild collection, that is mostly all i play. also, I did not pick these cards because "hey, I have dust, so why not." but all of these cards have been on my crafting list for some time. and I have thought through them thoroughly. and laddering up is not the point here. Its to have enough cards to make a multitude of decks that I will actually play.
the thing is, I dont want to hang onto flobidinous floop, Twig of the World Tree, and dream pedal florist just in case one day I might want to play malygos druid, and hey, maybe I might regret it. or, I dan DE them, get the deck that I know I DO want right now.
throughout your post you assume that I dont have any cards. but I have just about every control warrior card aside from the cards I mentioned crafting in my post. so I am okay with crafting those.
that's why I hedged my bet with that list at the end. I figured if you DID have a strong collection then it would mean the decks you want are NOT expensive to craft for you and, thus, don't get 'x'ed.
Also I'm used to new players saying "I want to gut these classes." That's how everyone else is picturing you as well as you didn't really get into what you DO have and asked a question typically reserved for new players.
If you're already well established with a solid collection, you really don't have to care. I know I stopped most of my F2P tricks like not crafting things early and only crafting cards I KNOW are long standing. if I completely screw up what cards I make in an expansion, it doesn't matter since I have more than enough to go on.
So basically what you planned to do in the end: wait until the rotation since..well, who knows what's happening. After that, you do you.
I would tell you wait at least till next expansion. You said they killed off combo druid and even though I disagree to some extent (weak but not dead) I see your point. However if in April the next set revives it you may regret any disenchanting done. I do appreciate that you have a plan on what to craft. Seeing it well thought out is a good start. Still I'd wait and see if it were me. I'm sitting on my dust now for the same reason.
Also with rotation comes the Hall of Fame move. That will collect you some dust as well. Whatever card they are moving craft it as you get that dust back. That's how I round out my collection as F2P*. I've been F2P since the start and can make a deck of each class that I enjoy. I definitely don't have all the cards I want but I accept that sacrifice. Besides at rotation I tend to be able to craft 1 or 2 legendaries per set so I end up with enough to play around with.
So again I'd just say wait. See what moves and what comes out. These cards aren't going anywhere so you have that dust in bank anyway. See what the future holds then do what you will. Good luck!
*I had to buy that Wild bundle. Was too good to resist!
Note that the ones stating no regrets are nuking just 1 maybe 2 classes for those reading this thread. The ones that killed all BUT 1-3 classes are regretting the decision.
As a F2P player i'd say don't do it. My favorite class or just classes i play change A LOT throughout the expansions and disenchanting cards that you know are good feels the worst, it's always the biggest regrets. If you keep playing you will slowly get the cards you wanna craft, but you won't get back the cards you disenchanted (unless you wanna be down 1200 dust for each legendary and 300 for each epic).
There is also the possibility that some of the good cards that you have right now or wanna craft will become obsolete because of new cards in the future. You will feel really bad if one of the legendaries you crafted (which cost you dusting 4 good ones) becomes useless. And if one of the cards you wanna dust becomes bad, you can safely get rid of it. That's why waiting is always worth it long term.
EDIT: I should also mention that i play all 9 classes and can afford meta decks for all of them (at least in wild) and a few meme decks even, but that's after almost 3 years, playing wild and quite a bit of arena.
I'm not F2P, far from it. But I would strongly suggest NOT nuking 2/3 of your Collection. Ever. I've made that mistake before by Dusting all of my Druid cards around 18 months ago to jump on a bandwagon or two. It's taken me until now to build up a decent Druid collection again, and I only have 42 Ranked Wins with Druid as a result compared to the 800+ I have with Classes like Mage, Priest and Warrior.
Really. Don't. At the very least wait until Rotation.
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What about disenchanting everything from only one or two classes, classes that you hate with passion?
I wouldn't recommend it espec with how classes are less set into specific archetypes now (next expansions could bring aggro priest for all I know) so you may enjoy them down the line.
At the least I'd wait until a little bit after the rotation to make this decision.
It seems perfectly fine to dust cards in classes you rarely play. If the OP's deck-tracker tells him that over 90% of his laddering is limited to the classes he mentioned, and that's a ratio that has been pretty consistent for a pretty long time, then realistically it isn't a big deal.
For example - my own deck-tracker tells me that I've played sixteen games with Priest over the past two years. If the OP has any similar classes, and he really needs the dust, he likely won't be kicking himself six months from now if he nukes those classes today.
Cross your fingers, I guess . . .
Do it. Regret it in a month. Learn from it. I did.
As a F2P player you should know that you have to be VERY careful at this stage of the game. Resources are of a limited, time gated, supply and it's VERY hard to tell what are good choices you have to start making now and which will gut you later on. You also know that F2P games in particular nest a lot of newbie traps that SEEM like good ideas but hamstring you later on.
I'm TECHNICALLY not F2P as I've spend $2 into the game at the start then $4 2 years later via a bundle, and another $4 recently. Howver, I've spent most of my time here running the same ground and have watched many a thread about this very topic.
I can tell you that of all of the threads I've seen of people who have played for more than a year and taken up the "dust everything but X, Y, Z class" I've only seen one post speak positively about it. i've seen a WHOLE LOT of people who regretted the decision.
As for my experience, I did not do it, and I would've regretted my decision had I done so.
The problem is two fold ,and a person earlier touched on the first:
1. you are gutting 1/4th of the value and may not get it back in the cards you pick:
For example, you're crafting Wild cards in Y'saarj and Sylvanas when I'm pretty sure you do NOT have a strong wild collection and going F2P you do NOT have the dust to even think about going there yet. Furthermore, Y'Saarj is only good in a very specific deck that requires a lot of other highly expensive cards and just may be in for a nerf pretty soon leaving you with a very *VERY* bad card to use.
The other cards are current (and won't rotate next year, good job, or luck, in picking them) but the choices.
Electra Stormsurge is a fun card, but right now Shaman is the dead weakest class and we aren't guaranteed on whether the class will be viable or how it'll look later on, so crafting her is extremely risky.
Al'Akir the Windlord is similar to Electra in risk. He's Classic, but he's not in all Shaman decks, and if Shaman gets their Spirit cards to work he won't be. But between the two I'd go with him as a long-term option.
Darius Crowley is even more risky as we have no evidence to prove that rush warrior will work as a deck. Many have tried and failed to get him going. If this was a "I have my main decks and want to do something fun" or "(#$()#)(* the meta, I want to make this" then yes he's a good pick, but given that you are trying to gut most of your collection to make a strong pick.. just too risky in him.
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius: For most I'd say good pick. for you..you didn't say how good your warrior collection is. Dr. Boom is part of Control Warrior, an ExTREMELY expensive deck to run, and he's worthless without all of the other expensive cards supporting him. If Boom is all you need to make the deck work them OMG YES GET HIM! Otherwise, he's a bad pick.
Mojomaster Zihi: He's a good pick..AFTER you have the rest of your collection established. He doesn't make a deck work: simply takes your strong deck and gives it some playing power against OTK decks. Without that 'strong deck' backing he's worthless.
Far Sight X2: See Shaman. Realize this is even more risky than both of them as Far Sight only saw play in Shudderwock decks, which have been gutted.
Town Crier X2: See Rush Warrior
Voodoo Doll: A good pick, though I doubt you need to gut most of your collection for this one
Big Game Hunter: See Far sight, except he's neutral, though right now almost as used.
Crowd Roaster: See Control Warrior. Replace 'control warrior' with 'dragon decks'.
You get my jive? I see two very risky decks that you may end up giving up on, two decks that you may not have the cards to make work, and Wild cards you really don't need to be getting into. 1/4th the value of your current collection may not be worth that.
And that's the FIRST issue.
2. You don't know the future.
You're centering yourself on particular classes as if the classes will remain rock solid year over year. They don't. Classes have changed their archetypes many times over. What if dragon decks fail? What if Shaman never picks up or goes in a direction you hate. What if Druid is given massive new tools that make them awesome? We're going to be going into Card Release mode in a month. Meanwhile if you decide to change course it'll take you 4 times as long to recover the cards you lose to do it.
(note that I notice that most of your choices are cards rotating out, so it's not quite as black and white in your case, but in general it's a good mentality)
What i recommend.
Wait. have patienceYeah. No. But a better plan?
1. Focus not on class but on DECKS. What TYPE of decks do you like playing? Slow Control? Fast Aggro? Weird off meta stuff?
2. From there, look specifically at the decks you want to play. Then sort them according to how much dust you'll need to craft the cards needed to make them.
Now put a star on any deck that you've seen actually work and enjoy seeing work, either on a tier list or in a tournament or just seeing someone who can play that can play it. They don't have to be GOOD, but you need to have SEEN it and enjoy how they function and know how good or bad they are.
Any deck that costs more than 800 dust to complete AND doesn't have a star put an small x on it. If it has a star and costs over 2000 dust, put a small x on it.
SERIOUSLY **SERIOUSLY** consider finding another deck to play with if it has an x on it Especially if there are other decks you like that don't have that x. You can't make everything that you want and will have to be frugal with your dust especially if you aren't even sure you'll enjoy the deck long term. And I'm pretty sure if you hunt around you'll find decks that don't earn the x that you'll find interesting to play, whether it's in your 'preferred class' or not, that might be cheaper than Odd Warrior and Dragon Priest.
Now ONLY dust cards to make those decks. Don't craft a card unles syou already have the deck designed you want to put it in.
As far as what to dust, beyond "the less you dust the better" you're probably fine there. Again, focus more on DECKS rather than classes. Dust UI because it's useless for the deck you don't want or because you hate playing late game decks, not because It has Malfurion's face.
But the key is to do as little dusting as possible. It's NOT just beacuse you may someday want to play Wild Druid. It's also because you may find a card later on you REALLY want to craft, say, in the next set that's coming very VERY soon. Dust is precious. Don't waste it on a whim when you can aim for a card that WILL serve you for years to come.
And who knows, it might be in Druid.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
pls dont make the same mistake i made..
I had this same mentality and dusted all the Warrior and Rogue cards I had. I thought "I'll never play these classes since I don't enjoy them." Well the meta changed and then I started wanting to play with those classes but didn't have anything good. Thought the same thing last rotation so I dusted everything that went to wild. Well lately wild has been looking pretty fun and now I'm completely set back since I don't have anything. Now I only dust golden cards if I already have x2 of the regular copy. You're better off just focusing on completing one deck you want to play at at time.
so I DO have a strong wild collection, that is mostly all i play. also, I did not pick these cards because "hey, I have dust, so why not." but all of these cards have been on my crafting list for some time. and I have thought through them thoroughly. and laddering up is not the point here. Its to have enough cards to make a multitude of decks that I will actually play.
the thing is, I dont want to hang onto flobidinous floop, Twig of the World Tree, and dream pedal florist just in case one day I might want to play malygos druid, and hey, maybe I might regret it. or, I dan DE them, get the deck that I know I DO want right now.
throughout your post you assume that I dont have any cards. but I have just about every control warrior card aside from the cards I mentioned crafting in my post. so I am okay with crafting those.
Rejoice, for even in death, you have become children of Thanos.
okay, I think I am going to wait a month, saving resources. then when the next set comes out, and the rotation happens, i will see whats what then.
Rejoice, for even in death, you have become children of Thanos.
DON'T DO IT would be my first answer.
now do you want to play competitive and have a problem waiting for a greater collection ? Then do it
if you want to go for the save side and think you might find an archetype in another class that you would like a lot then just don't do it. I loved highlander priest but i hate all other priest decks. I hate warlock but i love renopriest. I hate mage but i love evenmage. So here you can see that perhaps you don't like a class but a certain deck can really apealto you... again don't do it but in the end it's your choice..;)
Do it, maggot!
My first created Hearthstone cards:
that's why I hedged my bet with that list at the end. I figured if you DID have a strong collection then it would mean the decks you want are NOT expensive to craft for you and, thus, don't get 'x'ed.
Also I'm used to new players saying "I want to gut these classes." That's how everyone else is picturing you as well as you didn't really get into what you DO have and asked a question typically reserved for new players.
If you're already well established with a solid collection, you really don't have to care. I know I stopped most of my F2P tricks like not crafting things early and only crafting cards I KNOW are long standing. if I completely screw up what cards I make in an expansion, it doesn't matter since I have more than enough to go on.
So basically what you planned to do in the end: wait until the rotation since..well, who knows what's happening. After that, you do you.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
I would tell you wait at least till next expansion. You said they killed off combo druid and even though I disagree to some extent (weak but not dead) I see your point. However if in April the next set revives it you may regret any disenchanting done. I do appreciate that you have a plan on what to craft. Seeing it well thought out is a good start. Still I'd wait and see if it were me. I'm sitting on my dust now for the same reason.
Also with rotation comes the Hall of Fame move. That will collect you some dust as well. Whatever card they are moving craft it as you get that dust back. That's how I round out my collection as F2P*. I've been F2P since the start and can make a deck of each class that I enjoy. I definitely don't have all the cards I want but I accept that sacrifice. Besides at rotation I tend to be able to craft 1 or 2 legendaries per set so I end up with enough to play around with.
So again I'd just say wait. See what moves and what comes out. These cards aren't going anywhere so you have that dust in bank anyway. See what the future holds then do what you will. Good luck!
*I had to buy that Wild bundle. Was too good to resist!
I DE all hunter cards, I just dont like the playstyle of the class at all, and I have zero regrets.
I have over 5k total wins, 1k+ Druid, and also golden portraits of Mage, Rogue and Priest, and I have 3 (yes three) total ranked hunter wins.
No regrets
DOOO ITTT. I always do this, I only play 5 out of 9 classes
Skidaddle skidoodle your Milhouse manastorm is now a noodle
I disenchanted cards from all classes exept Priest 3 years ago, it was a very bad decision I regret
The goal of all life is death.
Even tho I am not a f2p guy , i disenchant every Priest ( and sometimes Warloc) card.
I like to craft some golden ones for Paladin instead. I regret nothing, and don’t feel the need playing those classes.
Note that the ones stating no regrets are nuking just 1 maybe 2 classes for those reading this thread. The ones that killed all BUT 1-3 classes are regretting the decision.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
As a F2P player i'd say don't do it. My favorite class or just classes i play change A LOT throughout the expansions and disenchanting cards that you know are good feels the worst, it's always the biggest regrets. If you keep playing you will slowly get the cards you wanna craft, but you won't get back the cards you disenchanted (unless you wanna be down 1200 dust for each legendary and 300 for each epic).
There is also the possibility that some of the good cards that you have right now or wanna craft will become obsolete because of new cards in the future. You will feel really bad if one of the legendaries you crafted (which cost you dusting 4 good ones) becomes useless. And if one of the cards you wanna dust becomes bad, you can safely get rid of it. That's why waiting is always worth it long term.
EDIT: I should also mention that i play all 9 classes and can afford meta decks for all of them (at least in wild) and a few meme decks even, but that's after almost 3 years, playing wild and quite a bit of arena.
I'm not F2P, far from it. But I would strongly suggest NOT nuking 2/3 of your Collection. Ever. I've made that mistake before by Dusting all of my Druid cards around 18 months ago to jump on a bandwagon or two. It's taken me until now to build up a decent Druid collection again, and I only have 42 Ranked Wins with Druid as a result compared to the 800+ I have with Classes like Mage, Priest and Warrior.
Really. Don't. At the very least wait until Rotation.
4/3/19 RIP Keith Flint. 😔