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If I have a losing streak with a deck I'll switch to Res Priest because hey, it wins, even if it is incredibly boring to play with.  That being said, I have to agree with these responses.  Rogue does very well against it and any deck that messes with the re pool.  

Oh this deck is FUN!!!!!!!!!!

I got a legendary in the 3rd pack I opened....and 2 more before I was done with the 25. :) 

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(Before I start, I refer to 'scrubs' a couple times in the below - for definition and explanation, see http://www.sirlin.net/ptw-book/introducingthe-scrub - it's something I found probably close to 2 decades ago now, and is as valid today as it was back then)

In a recent thread a lot of posters were complaining about players, presumably in ranked, netdecking. Things like "I only rope if my opponent is playing a netdeck; in that case they deserve it" or "netdeckers deserve every bit of BM that comes their way".

Now, there are times when this might be an appropriate call to make. Mainly, if the environment you're playing in isn't competitive - which will generally be something like a match with someone on your friends list. This isn't the case for ranked, which is a competitive mode.

When it comes to playing a game competitively - Hearthstone in this case, but it applies to most competitive games - using every legal (game rules and otherwise) tool at your disposal is what the best players will do. Creating arbitrary rules to challenge yourself like "use only homebrew decks" or "win without epic of legendary cards" is fine, but you enter scrub-territory when you try to impose those rules on other competitive players. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the research of players that came before you in order to gain as much advantage as possible against the competition. Doing so means you're making effective use of the tools available.

Sure, you may feel annoyed if you lose to someone that's using the flavour of the month netdeck and made some pretty obvious misplays, and you may feel like the deck carried them. Maybe it did - but so what? It was a legitimate win. Whether it was the matchup, the draws, the plays or whatnot, the stars aligned in such a way that they won - and that's fine. Using a netdeck is not some secret advantage that player alone has - if you don't want to use one that's totally fine too, but it's bad form (and again, symptomatic of a scrub mentality) if you decry their victory just because they chose to use a deck that, in all likelihood, has proven to be strong in the metagame.

If the issue is because you don't actually want to play in a competitive environment, and would rather play in a more relaxed environment with more casual archetypes (and believe me, I know - kitchen table Magic is far more preferable to me than competitive events), then that's not an issue with people netdecking - that's an issue with Blizzard not offering such an environment (casual would be more accurately titled 'unranked', and while you can find friends online that will play casual decks with you, it's a bit like Destiny in that they make you do the legwork for multiplayer fun).

As another example, the first RTS I wanted to actually get good at (as opposed to just playing against the AI and taking advantage of their issues) was Starcraft 2. And when I first started out - hell, pretty much the whole time I played - I took advantage of build orders that others had submitted online. That's effectively the Starcraft/RTS version of netdecking (a build order basically defines what you build in the early game, where the decision tree is generally so narrow that you can refine a reliable opening to springboard into later stages of the game). As a new player, was I just supposed to head into games and flail about, hoping for the best? I would have stayed in bronze for much longer if I had taken that approach!

To sum up - there's nothing wrong with a player wanting to use every legal tool at their disposal, and taking inspiration (either partial or entire deck-wise) from players that came before them. Not only is it fair game, but if they're trying to be as competitive as possible it makes sense to identify and use the best deck for the current metagame. If you don't want to netdeck and want to impose the challenge on yourself to use only homebrews, that's totally fine and good luck with it! But to try and impose that rule on others when it isn't actually a rule within the game is a scrub-like mindset.

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 GOOD STUFF!  :) 

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for most people here they will do everything they can to claim "f2p" status and not give the evil company a dime for anything they make. The mere fact the game still exists is that blizzard makes money from the continued support and development of Hearthstone. These people want to claim immortal staus of "look I've not spent a dime and I get rank "whatever". They will claim you suck if you spend money on the game at all and chastise you as an "idiot". 

I claim 98-100 free packs every expansion from doing nothing but logging in to the game and completing the daily quest. I have played the game since closed beta. I have every card in the game and I'm at 67% complete golden collection. I have received more free things in the game since I've played than I can remember.  19.99 to me is about the equivalent of maybe .50 cents; I tip more for dinner than this all of the time. I can't speak for everyone but I can only speak to what I have witnessed from this community over the last 5 plus years and it's more toxic than nuclear waste.  I pay the devs for their content and only use gold for new expansion packs. F2P players can thank me and millions of others for actually spending money on the game for all these years. 

Don't spend money you don't have; no one really cares one way or another.

 

 THIS!!!!  :) 

I purchased it with cash.  My logic is I would spend that much to go to a movie or out to eat, and I'll enjoy this adventure for a long time.  It's my guilty pleasure :) 

I don't think one is harder than the other.  They are just different.  I prefer wild for the reasons ibraman stated....the variety of opponents is greater, so it's not as stale.   I rarely play ladder anymore, but when I did I was able to rank around the same in both wild and standard.  But, I found wild more fun! :) 

This deck is a lot of fun to play.  But, in my opinion, no deck is worth dusting so much of your collection.  It is a personal choice, obviously, but I wouldn't do it.   :) 

I was seeing druid after druid in wild.  As soon as I put Geist in my deck, no more druids....interesting, isn't it?  It could just be that you are not cuing up against those that have it in their decks.  

Why are people on here so rude? 

I've never seen the VIP option.  And I play the solo a lot :(  

Oh I have missed dragon priest!  

I love these ideas!  I got so bored playing the same decks constantly on ladder, I mostly only play casual, both wild and standard.  I like fun decks, and because you are right, I still face top tier net decks, I don't have a favorable win rate most times.  But the difference is if I don't want to play against that deck, I can concede, no big deal.  

I look forward to tavern brawls for something different, and it's 50/50.  Some, I'll replay over and over and some are just Meh.

I really enjoyed your video.  Do you stream?  

Also this deck is FUN!!  I'm not very good with Druid, but I'm trying to learn and did enjoy Hadronox back in the day.  I'm at rank 10, and I played this a few hours yesterday.  win a star, lose a star, and so on, but SO MUCH FUN :) 

Thanks!

The Quest Jade Shaman is ridiculous.  Sadly, in Casual I had a great win rate (58%)  Just played 8 games on ladder and lost every single one, including twice to secret mage.  I just suck at Druid, evidently. lol