Quote from Mike Donais during Live Stream Q&A - Year of the Mammoth @ 18:49 >>It brings up the idea that we talked about where in [Classic] could we just make all the cards more powerful, and that's something that we explored ...
And we decided after exploring the idea that it sped up the game in unhealthy ways too much. When HearthStone Classic came out, we had a really good pace. You know, the amount of life that was going back and forth -- how fast you'd react to different threats; it was at a pretty good pace.
So, while we have printed more powerful cards in some areas than others, we still need to keep the pace of the game about the same, and rotating these classic cards out helps us do that.
I was floored by this ...
During HearthStone Classic, most games went to turn 10, and a Turn 8 win was considered fast. Now, a Pirate Warrior can consistently win on Turn 4-5 and is even capable of winning on Turn 3!
If they think the Classic pace of reacting to threats was good, why have they sped it up so fast we sometimes cannot react to those threats at all?
Unfortunately, when many games are either clear losses or over by Turn 6, rotating out 6+ mana cards isn't going to do much in the way of slowing the pace.
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No problem, glad to help! I like how this looks and I think I'm gonna use it from now on. it's nice to see how far my collection has progressed.
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There is still something wrong with the calculations. When I fill in my Druid cards it says I have 59 when I actually have 62. I think it still counts those missing 3 legendaries that don't exist stince you can only have 1 copy.
EDIT: I found the error. The SUM command you used only goes to G37 while it should go to G46 :)
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Not sure but I think you might have counted Legendaries twice? So a class has 87 cards in total and not 90. This also explains why Hunter has two more cards than the other classes in your document.
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I did make a face hunter ragequit over Healing Wave. It was sweet.
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This is completely within the expected range of legendaries. So I don't know what you're complaining about?
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I just reached rank 4 for the first time with Tempo Mage. Went from rank 9 to 4 today with a winrate of 85%. (Also the first time I tried to get rank 5 since there are rewards now.)
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This is paws-ibly the must unbearable hunter trap, fur real!
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Let's get MRRROOOOOOVING !!
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I have won 8 times with Medivh and 8 times with Alleria. Lost once with Medvih and 4 times with Alleria. So really the matchup is not that skewed at all, people. Learn to be patient and learn the game before complaining all the time.
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What is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger!