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After the major sexual harassment scandal, this news comes as a surprise to nobody. 

I think people forget that with fireside gatherings, not only can you open preorder packs early, you can actually play against other people with the cards you open. All you need is..

1: A preorder if the expansion.

2: Friends that play hearthstone. 

It's still restrictive but literally everyone has had the opportunity to play with the new cards, not just streamers. 

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i got legend in a week with shaman elemental and you're stuck at d5 LOL 

Congratulations! That makes you part of the 'Exclusive Club' called Anybody.

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If every paladin archetype in standard doesn't continue to run 2 copies of this card, I'll eat my shoes. 

You are undervaluing the power of the average random 1 drop. So many can be generated from other classes that are infinitely better than anything paladins can run normally in their deck. 

These paladin nerfs are pretty damn tame considering the overall paladin dominance since rotation and IMO still don't address the class's core problems. Any paladin nerf is welcome to be sure but Blizzard is fooling themselves if they think these particular changes will have any meaningful impact on bringing the power of paladins down to more closely match that of other classes. But, they even say as much in their explanation post, so expect another round of paladin nerfs after another 6-8 weeks or so. 

A couple of ideas. 

1: After your opponent casts a spell, cast a random spell of the same cost.

This nerf doesn't counter the initial spell as it still resolves but still has the thematic Yogg randomness. 

2: When your opponent casts a spell, return it to their hand. Then cast a random one if the same cost. 

Think of it like 'sap' for spells, only with a wacky, random side effect. 

3: When your opponent casts a spell, they discover a spell of the same cost to cast instead. 

This nerf gives the caster a bit of control over what the new spell will be. The choices are still random and the targets randomly chosen, allowing the spell to hold true to the Yogg theme. 

Just a few ideas on how to nerf it. 

Honestly, I'm more concerned about the people that claim they've never thrown something out of anger or frustration. I've punched a wall before due to frustration. Hell, when I was in Highschool, my music teacher punched a chalkboard due to frustration and it's not like he was an unbalanced or unstable person. He was just frustrated. It happens and it's human. But these people that claim it's something more serious than it clearly is, perhaps they should be the ones to contact a shrink. Seriously, it's just not normal to go through your entire life with nothing ever aggravating you to that point. It honestly sounds like those people might be emotionally suppressed due to any number of reasons.

Now don't get me wrong, there are healthier ways to vent your frustration than breaking your television. But come on people, trying to suggest this guy is unstable or something is fucking stupid. He was frustrated, he threw something vent his frustration and accidentally broke his TV. It was an accident. It happens. Jesus Christ, it's not some hidden deep mental issue at work here (well, I mean, I don't know the guy but based solely off the information we have). These people claiming otherwise must have lived the most sheltered lives imaginable.

On paper, the theory sounds solid. Deck A beats Deck B but loses to Deck C. Right now, I believe Rush Warrior is currently the best deck being played that has the most favorable matchups. However, Rush Warrior dies horribly to Control Priest, which is currently one of the least played decks. I have yet to lose a single game to Rush Warrior when playing my custom made Control Priest. When I queue into a Rush Warrior, I essentially get to enjoy a free win. But, my Control Priest dies horribly to Tickatus Warlock. Out of 10+ games vs Warlock, I've won maybe twice playing my Control Priest. And Tickatus Lock isn't exactly a great deck in the current meta by any stretch because it has more unfavorable matchups than most decks. IE: Tickatus Warlock dies horribly to DH or Face Hunter. DH/Face Hunter dies to Rush Warrior. I mean, it seems like it should be a fairly well balanced meta where most classes are being represented with a respectable deck or two with both favorable and unfavorable matchups. So, why does this meta feel so shitty right now?? Well, I have a theory.

Each deck's weakness is WAY too effective against it. If you are playing a Rush Warrior and you queue into a Control Priest, the game is all but decided before the game even begins. Based on my experience, you're almost guaranteed to lose. If I'm playing my Control Priest and queue into a Warlock, that warlock essentially gets to enjoy it's free win vs me as I just can't deal with Tickatus/Jaraxxus. The matchups are so one-sided that they're incredibly un-fun and arguably not even worth playing.

The whole Rock Paper Scissors thing needs to be toned down so the underdog at least has a reasonable shot at beating the favored deck. I think this is where Blizzard really dropped the ball this rotation/expansion and I'll be the first to admit that I don't have a good solution to this problem. I suspect that it may simply be a symptom of the extremely limited card pool and hopefully come the next expansion, the problem will resolve itself. But, it's such a crap feeling when you queue in to an opponent who is so favored against your deck that you might quite literally be better off conceding before Turn 1 to save time in an attempt to queue into a more favored match up. Never in my time playing Hearthstone have I felt that I just simply had 0 chance at winning in certain matchups before even the mulligan. Even when I was unfavored, I always felt that I had a chance to win. But now, depending on what deck I queue up against, there's a chance I'll just get a free win or an all but guaranteed loss, and that makes for a really crappy card game. Just my 2 cents.

Confirmed. I just checked and sure enough, the full dust refund has gone live.