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    Sep 20, 2020
    Ccc248 posted a message on Hearthstone in the past and today

    Hey guys,

    Recently was looking for some distraction from work and started to play Hearthstone for a 2 weeks now after approximately 4 years. Played few arenas and standard play for fun (just basic mage deck to gold tier), but found out I did enjoy the game much less than before. The reason might be, that I just dont like the game that much anymore, but also might be due 2 reasons I noticed.

    1. Hearthstone shifted towards randomness heavily, when i compare the game to times up until league of explorers (after that I basically stopped playing). I would be interested, if this is a longterm shift, where Hearthstone is shifting from skill based more to luck based game (not that skill would not matter, of course better player will still have better results, but the volatility of results seems to be much greater). Also would be interested, if those of you, who played the game back in times of Naxxramas, GnG, etc. like this shift.

    2. Cards have much bigger impact with less skill needed. Back in times I mentioned, blizzard was nerfing decks like miracle rogue and patron warrior, because they were too strong and possibly OTK decks, but those deck were strong only in hands of skilled players and noobs had usually very poor reasults with decks like that. Today there so many extremely easy to play decks with so powerful cards, that one turn can totally change the course of game no matter what, with no skill needed. Back then pilotted shreder was used in most deck with deathrattle summoning 2-cost minion. Now i am not sure, it would make any current deck, because there are so many extremely impactful cards, that would be back then instantly nerfed, that it completely changed the game i used to enjoy.

    My question is. Is this gradual shift over the years, or is it just this season? Do you guys enjoy this change? Is it just lack of creativity from game designers over the years with so many random techniques, or it is desired state of the game?

    To be honest, I briefly checked, wheter there are any similar articles or videos on this topic, but of course feel free to share anything. Thanks.

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