Hearthpwn

Oh, I am sure you play with yourself alright

I think the meta is in a very good place now. The game is really fun to me.

What you don't seem to understand is that multiplayer games will always have the problem of people "powergaming". Right now the way that the community powergames Hearthstone is by copying the highest winrate deck. If you can ban stuff, people will come up with strategies that break the game even harder, and suddenly a tier 3 deck with 5 significant bans ends up being the most unstoppable force in the meta. So in the end, you just end up with a much longer queue time and the same problem.

So stop trying to tell people what to play.

Just because you can't play it it doesn't make it unplayable

This aged poorly. Thing's getting a nerf.

If you are not playing warlock, you're doing it wrong. My opponent was playing plague DK (???) literally braindead.

I love how the thread is not going the way OP wanted. And hats off to Dunscot who put it in a very nice way, a bit cheeky, but agreed with everything he said.

The dev team is not perfect, but the communication and speed of rolling nerfs and balance changes is better now that in was any time in the past. You need some guts to try novel game changing effects, and sometimes they are too weak, other times too strong.

This thread is a knee jerk reaction to a bad game streak. I know because I was guilty of it in the past. It feels good to vent once the stress of losing many games in a row, and that's literally the purpose of the vent thread: say horrible stuff, wish chicken pox upon [insert class here] users, etc.

But here's the thing: OP does not hate the game. OP does not actually think the hs devs are incompetent or useless, although he knows they have their flaws. OP knows that he is maybe not playing his deck optimally at all times, but it hurts his pride to admit it. 

Mental state is important. I lost 7 games in a row last night, but stuck with the exact same list and played all the way up to legend with almost no losses. Once we all understand variance can mean you chain a lot of losses, and any player of any skill level can, the game becomes less frustrating. A quick tip to not let it get to you is think of the future: ok let's win the next game. It's a simple thing to keep in mind.

There is no secret that Battlegrounds is heavily RNG dependant. Your tavern 5 triple can decide if you buff your board massively or completely fall flat getting a useless 6 star. There is, however, no evidence of a "rigged" game, and we have statistics websites to back that up. Sometimes you are really unlucky in BGs, you can still get a top 4 and not lose points though.

If you let mage stack up 96 points of damage without forcing them to waste their burst potential to clear your board, you must have fallen asleep on your keyboard.

Gotta be honest, fun but not strong. Steamrolled by anything that summons minions in the first 4 turns. Also steamrolled by some control decks. So what's the point?

Just report it to the federals. It seems like a very serious case, and they will certainly look into it

I mean, if you wanna play Rainbow Mage just play standard version without excavate like guy above said. One thing tho Rainbow Mage is not PURE OTK deck like Freeze Mage back in the day. You actually win a lot games with Sif but also you win a lot of games by value and especially Elemental Inspiration. It's more about learning matchups and adapting in each game to understand what is your win condition. 

For example: Vs Pure Paladin you will die before you will ever get to your 8 School spells and combo so it's way better to use ur cheap spells to clear and control the board as much as you can. (Little extra: sometimes one good reverb on buffed Paladin minion can insta win you a game)

Woah, this is worthless...

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why the fuck does a battlecry of Inquisitive Creation work with Deputization Aura.. zero skill, full clear heal to full. so dumb.

 Yep. Accept it.

This game has gone beyond retarded.

ngl this whole expansion looks horrible so far.

They tease the cards that are going to change. Then they read the comments on Hearthpwn and choose the most interesting options for changes.

The centuries old tradition of the announcement of the announcement.

I prefer to look at this card as a big lifesteal/removal bullet played with Party Crasher and Habeas Corpses.  This package could go in the existing Thaddius, or other control decks.