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3200 dust for crafting Oondasta and Zul'jin. No regrets!
Will craft odd mage, combo priest or control paladin if they prove themselves to be strong longterm.
This was probably the cheapest expansion they have released so far, very few epics and legendaries are mandatory. I think that is good!
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The same I spend in all others.
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The only thing you need to not suffer as free player is not missing diary quests and the free stuff.
If you want to play this game you have to give something, your money or your time.
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(before I start: please be gentle, and know that this is simply a wish list of mine that has been in my head, and I wanted to put it into words).
To Blizzard/Team 5,
I've been an avid Hearthstone player since October 2014, and I do enjoy the time I've invested. A plethora of changes have been made and every change seems to be to increase the health and longevity of the game. I'm also a Heroes of the Storm player (perhaps not for long...) and I was pleased when that game essentially went into a version 2.0 a year ago, and I would like to see Hearthstone undergo a similar change (my hope is that the base for HS is so much greater than Heroes that such a change would not be catastrophic).
With that said, here are some changes that I would like to see (with the note that I'm sure plenty of others have already suggested these changes in the past, present, and will do so in the future):
1. Move some cards from the Classic set to the Basic Set; keep Basic evergreen; then, move the Classic set into the Hall of Fame. Right now, you have the ability to nerf cards, which is powerful. However, with such a large card database, and many other expansions to come, it's time to consider giving the Classic set a proper retirement. The hope is that Standard will become even more diverse, as the prototypical cards found in every deck will no longer be available except in Wild. I haven't researched which cards to move, but I'm sure there are several candidates, keeping in mind to move cards into Basic that respect the identity of the class. With this move, I would also consider reverting some cards to their pre-nerf status only for mana cost, not for card text.
2. Adjust the deckbuilding rules for Constructed play. This is the one knob that hasn't changed since the start of the game, and while limitations breed creativity, options bring a diverse play pattern. Those changes are: deck minimum of 30 cards, maximum 40 cards; continue to limit 1 legendary, 2 epic and rare class cards, but allow 3 common/basic cards. The first complaint may be that mill decks will no longer become viable, but the mill decks in HS are based on excessive card draw. There are very few actual mill cards printed (Gnomeferatu). Arena deckbuilding remains the same at 30 cards, which is expected for a Limited environment.
3. Increase the maximum mana crystals for each player. Players still receive one mana crystal at the start of the turn, until they reach 10. Then, every two turns after, that player receives another mana crystal until they reach 20 (the new maximum). It is expected that only Druids would reach this maximum based on their cards that generate mana. Speaking of Druids, this should not eliminate card draw based on maximum mana crystals. Therefore, at 10 mana, any card that would generate another permanent mana crystal would become a Choose One card, where the player can choose to gain the mana crystal, or receive the Excess Mana card, and then draw. Special note: Biology Project would always give mana crystals to the opponent; the player that plays the card gets the Choose One choice.
4. The Standard Brawliseum (and even a Wild Brawliseum) should be always available. Feel free to call it something else if you like, but the idea of being able to play in a competitive format at any time with a gold cost is absolutely what I want to see! Now, maybe this is what will be borne out of the soon-to-come Tournament Mode. If so, awesome. If not, this is truly worth consideration. You can open it as you do on Wednesday, and close it on Sunday. 5 days per week. Feel free to expand it if you want, by allowing us to enter with three decks, and at each matchup, the players ban two of the decks. Or, Conquest - best 2 out of 3, with one ban.
With these changes, my general hope is that the game thrives much longer. If none of the changes can be made permanent, then as a partial prize, it would be nice to see a Tavern Brawl rotate in with these changes, just to see how they would hold up. Until then, I'll continue to play and enjoy as I have.
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It would be nice to have a 4th quest slot for this extra eventquests. I don't know how often a quest got overwritten by this.
Yeah, free packs are always nice, thanks blizz.
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First thoughts were: ohhh no, not this thread again
Second thoughts were: okay this is a different thread which is sillier in a way, the short answer is no, if you implemented a ban system jsut to ban win conditions then people would jsut play zooey aggro decks that stacked solid early minions and couldnt care less about what you banned, also what would happen if you ban genn or baku against even or odd decks? you0d seriously gimp them.
third thought: Op was using some odd paladin, lost to Jaina and just got salty,
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To be brief, on ladder, no.
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It might be useful to look at the early data compiled on HSReplays regarding play-rates and win-rates of the new cards, and the decks which feature them.
Druid's best-performing card is Oondasta, with a 23% play-rate in the class - three different builds feature the card, all with positive win-rates.
Hunter is obviously getting good mileage out of Zul'jin, while Baited Arrow is surprisingly good (54% win-rate when played), and Springpaw is surprisingly bad (46% win-rate when played).
Mage is doing well with Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk (the deck is at 54%.) Daring Fire-Eater and Pyromaniac appear to be the only other "Hero Power matters" cards that are performing well for the deck.
Paladin has a 50% win-rate with Shirvallah, the Tiger decks, but virtually every other card from the expansion is currently in the red, with played win-rates below 50% - presumably, everyone will be playing Odd Paladin by this time next week.
Priest is getting green results from each of the new Dragon-synergy cards, while everything else is in the red. Dragon Priest is currently sporting a 56% win-rate in the early days post-expansion, with a play-rate in the class of about 25%.
Rogue looks like RR was a single-card expansion for the class - Raiding Party is the only card performing well, and it slots into Odd Rogue, rather than any new deck.
Shaman appears worse off than Rogue - the new deck win-rates are mostly in the low- to mid-40s, and its best-performing card is Bog Slosher, barely above 50% win-rate when played.
Warlock joins Rogue and Shaman - DiscoZoo is currently posting a 44% win-rate. The new Discard-synergy cards have win-rates when played in the low- to mid-40s. Grim Rally is currently the only green card for the class in the expansion.
Warrior got a bunch of Dragon-synergy cards which are in the green. The deck win-rate is 52%, while the only poorly-performing cards in the archetype are Dragon Roar (42% win-rate when played) and Firetree Witchdoctor (also 42%.)
Early results - viable new decks for six classes, though two of those classes have better-performing "old" decks that will likely squeeze the new ones out of the meta-game when things start to settle. Druid is the most surprising, with three different weird builds that will presumably take some time to figure out and optimize. In any event, there seems some reason for optimism that RR will make a bigger impact on the meta-game than Boomsday.
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lol at all control players thinking they are playing something complex. Control takes as much skill as aggro, probably even less skill than aggro. Playing removal spells takes no skill, the more you play the game the more you will understand that.
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Aggro - I don't mind OTK too much
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I like all 3.
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You just need to figure out what you enjoy playing and then play that. :)
For me as an example I love Combo Decks more than anything in the game - So even now when there's less combo decks than there usually is and most of them are less good it's still the thing I play - I can't really tell you how to have fun because it depends a lot on the player; Some people love playing Combo, some players love Control, some players love a ton of RNG and some player just love dropping big minions onto the board. Personal preference. :P
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It really depends on which decks I face, if I keep on facing tilting shite like Spiteful Druid or GiantLock (in Wild) then I get burned out pretty fast, when I play against decks that aren't those I can pretty much do it all day.
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- If you have 2x Ghouls spawning instead of just 1x the animation for some reason speeds up/get canceld by the second Ghouls attack so it goes A LOT faster. :P
Against decks where I've actually needed the clear combo (Control Warlock and Taunt Druid mostly) the most important card is DK Rexaar - The earlier you get that guy out the better the chances of winning are because it actually lets you win the value game in the long run. :D
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Unless you plan on going pro and living off HS then you should always just do what you find fun. :)
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Holy maceroni everyone is playing Paladin, just play anything that beats Paladin and you should be just fine - Went 12-2 with Cube and mine were super teched against the mirror because I expected people to be playing that O.o
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The heck are these lol
The only one I can agree with is Call to Arms and Lacky the rest look horribly done :P
The spellbreaker and UI ones especially just screams ''I don't know what I'm doing I'm just nerfing all of the cards I see and don't like'' :P
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At what rank? Because at the higer ones Quest Rogue IS a Control killer (it's one of the components of the Rock-Paper_Scissors meta) - It's the thing that the deck is made for... :P Quest Rogue shouldn't lose to Shudderwock unless they either missplay or your shudderwock deck is really weird. :)
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It's because they aren't showcasing which decks will be the best for you if you're the avarage ladder guy that struggles to get to rank 10 and haven't learned all of the basics of card game yet - They're showing which decks that would be the best to play if you have mastered or near mastered them.
Control Warlock is currently the best deck to climb with if you're in legend - high legend, but at the lower ranks it's winrate is way lower because most people make a lot of mistakes with the deck and don't understand it's wincoditions for all of the matchups.
The reason Paladin is really high winrate when you look at HSreplay is because it's fairly easy to play (to not say very easy) and therefore the people at lower ranks have a much easier time doing well with it. (also Odd Paladin is imferior to Even Paladin in almost every way so I don't really know why people would play it) :P
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You could play this to beat aggro and struggle with Spiteful decks and Control decks... Or you could play Cubelock and only be unfavored against Quest Rogue.. Your choice. :P