Quote from HighJusticeGrimstoner >>Did you even watch the other trailers for Hearthstone?
I did and they were medicore atleast, it's funny that Warcraft 3 team did better back than HS team now, but it may be just the matter of taste. Bring on the downvotes.
W3 was a more serious game, thus the CGI worked well with it. The cartoon-y trailers of Hearthstone work well with its light-heartedness. CGI trailers would look horribly out of place.
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WASSUUUUUUUUUP?
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Honestly, even if they weren't remotely concerned with their bottom line, the system they have currently is still preferred for a lot of reasons. All sorts of scams, dubious trading, and trade harasses go out the window. It's already annoying enough to beat someone and then have them whine to you, it'd be even more so for them to start wanting to buy your cards and whatnot. ESPECIALLY if you're a new or younger player. Hearthstone is meant to be readable and accessible to anyone, and adding a trading market, though it's something I'm sure they considered, would have overall been a massive net loss, to everyone.
Practical upshot of their current system especially is that good ideas are open to everyone, especially after a few months of play, for a few minutes a day. That lets people explore, enjoy the best stuff, and learn to use it.
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Even when you're exploring decks online, you should be actively considering which cards you want, especially after playing it a little. With the upcoming expansion especially, you'll be having and seeing a lot of new archetypes. The old decks are almost certainly not going to get updated, I'd recommend looking at the newer lists and just experimenting with what seems to work on your end.
Generally speaking, if a deck isn't summoning tokens, cut knife juggler. Force of Nature is now a body minion rather than a clear or combo piece, leper gnome is now more of a synergy card (is your deck going for really fast board or for face? Face shaman might still use it, face druid might not, and now it's absolutely not gonna be anywhere else). Don't look at Rogue until after the expac, all of their decks were based on flurry and that change was a long time coming. Avoid molten decks likewise, they'll be functioning very differently. Stuff like that. Try to get a thorough feeling for how all the cards are working together, and adjust with the changes. Lists as of the patch (hearthpwn sorts by patch) will be using the new versions of cards, so no worries there.
Also, when there's a nerf, cards cost the same to disenchant as they cost to enchant, so a lot of the cards that got nerfed may be valuable disenchant targets, just don't touch them yet.
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Second of all, don't be so quick to be disappointed. Its not difficult to be upset at something. It's quite possible the Sha will also involve minions you'd want to bring out (or debuffs somehow related to Y'shaarj). Y'shaarj's final breath was to lay a curse on the land, and hear at the end of each turn he presents a massive threat. That's relatively in line. Big end, power. They also didn't make him a deathrattle minion, so you couldn't bring him back with N'Zoth.
This is the first time we really get to toy with and play with the Old Gods, clearly unhindered. If anything, this is the kind of exploration of lore that is incredible welcome!
All in all, so far they're hitting the nail on the head. Look at this from an in game perspective, and from a stretch rather than a direct recital of lore we've already seen, and things start to look way better.
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Just put in a good lategame board card, or a burst card. Cairne, Sylvanas, Belcher, hammer or alakir, things of that nature.
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a 2-2 for 2 that generates card advantage. If mad scientist, peddler, and old novice (who was worse) are any indication, this card will be excellent
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You beat reno by focusing on the board, not the health total. The decks that run reno are pretty easy to recognize, they tend to not have more than 3 draw, and they can't have every efficient removal card. They're actually pretty weak overall, but not playing around them properly will get you punished.
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Use of somewhat random effects does not reduce skill, especially not in the long term. It adds variety and shows how players handle different situations. This has been demonstrated repeatedly, and not recognizing that and not handling it properly isn't your fault.
Also there is no 'gambling' in hearthstone. There's nothing you're trying to get besides maybe specific cards from packs, which people only buy in bulk with money. Any in game reward is purely in game, If you mean tournament play, any tournament player is in it for the long term, and also isn't paying to enter, so your point is entirely moot.
Skill is not in direct opposition to randomness. Learning to work with it is a part of the skill, and it will be deep consideration which of these new cards people will go with, as which random effects would be worthwhile over the long term.
Calm down.
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The decks are harder, sharper, and more decision based than they're given credit for. Sure, they're here because they're fast, but they're also fairly interesting decks. Interacting with subtle secret plays, choosing which 1-3 drop to play and in which order, setting up damage plays etc etc are all very difficult things to do, and plenty of slower decks continue to dominate during this time.
The only problem is a community that despizes and doesn't play aggro control- one of the most essential parts of competitive and strategic play, nor do they learn to fight it. Face hunter not withstanding, these are all aggro control decks, and even face hunter is that to some extent.
That and whining is just generally not productive. The priest path is certainly very reasonable, all the popular decks are vulnerable to it.