Hearthstone is trying to be everything and mastering nothing, the exact opposite of what they used to be 20 years ago. There is so many things that could be done to improve the existing formats but nah, let's roll out another game mode.
Like... Look man. I do agree with you to some extent. I miss Control. I miss fighting for the board. I miss being able to counter what my opponent is playing.
The game itself is going to a more aggro oriented play style, which counteracts the new Rewards Track they put out. Playing aggro doesn't give you max EXP, and I feel like that's something the devs want. Playing control gives you as much EXP as you can get from a single game. I'm having fun with these new cards, being able to experiment and everything.
I don't agree that this is the worst expansion by far. Like I said, players say that every expansion drop because they don't like the meta. I personally don't feel like this is a bad expansion. I feel like it's a much better step from what the meta was like after Descent of Dragons dropped. I know I said I missed that expansion, but I meant I missed the release. I started playing again about a month after Descent.
I feel like the only reason the game feels so solitaire like is because of the aggro push. Combo decks are fun. And I feel like every class being able to do them is fun. Are there broken cards? Yes. But that's bound to happen when they powercreep so many cards. Which I feel is something they have to do to keep people playing and to keep the game "refreshing".
When Wild came around, a bunch of good cards left the most played format, so they had to come up with some way to bring those cards back, but stronger. Which, again, is bound to happen. Just look at any other card game.
The balance changes they make could be better. They could change more cards than they do. Changing 4 or 5 cards every balance patch doesn't do what players want. They need to focus on making the game more enjoyable. So far, what I've seen from this expansion, they're trying to. But alot of the cards that assist in the solitaire like feeling come from older expansions that we have no choice but to wait until they rotate out. As long as they don't release more aggro support and continue releasing control or combo cards, I feel like the game would be much better.
As I said before, I'm not trying to demean you. I'm not trying to argue with you. I'm simply stating that this has been said with every expansion release and that I don't agree that this is the worst expansion yet.
If you miss trading and fighting for the board than play Arena. It's really the only format i play and enjoy, if Arena didn't exist i would be gone. Standard is always dull and boring imo.
This seems potentially overpowered. It's giving a minion of your choice rush and if it survives the attack it just keeps triggering rush. Maybe against aggro decks Warrior will run Humongous Razorleaf just to trade all that early pressure into the plant.
The definition of a filler card is one that will never see play, one that is so bad that you wouldn't even want to draft it in Arena. It's normally something with no text like you said but in other instances such as this card the text is so bad coupled with the under stating that there is never a situation where you add this to a deck. They whys well have never even made the card because its unplayable especially with the power creep we have in Hearthstone now. Typically ogre 50/50 cards will have premium stats to compensate for the negative text but for whatever reason they made this the opposite.
So the first filler card of the expansion, mind you it has style. This ain't even a card you would want to draft in Arena, it's under stated and it has a 50% chance of punishing you further. There will be some games where it will just make you lose by making your 4 mana card a 5 drop and a 10 cost card unplayable.
We we're always laughing at the 4 mana 7/7, now we get more power creep with a 4 mana 9/9 or 10/10. Not sure about standard but this will likely replace Twilight Drake in Wild for Handlock a 10/10 is better than a 4/10 most of the time.
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Hearthstone is trying to be everything and mastering nothing, the exact opposite of what they used to be 20 years ago. There is so many things that could be done to improve the existing formats but nah, let's roll out another game mode.
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If you miss trading and fighting for the board than play Arena. It's really the only format i play and enjoy, if Arena didn't exist i would be gone. Standard is always dull and boring imo.
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having same problem
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Lion's Guard is the Arena GOAT of this expansion tho, was trying to find the forum on this card.
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Very boring and disappointing quests.
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This card will break Arena. Ultra premium pick.
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This seems potentially overpowered. It's giving a minion of your choice rush and if it survives the attack it just keeps triggering rush. Maybe against aggro decks Warrior will run Humongous Razorleaf just to trade all that early pressure into the plant.
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I don't see how holding cards changes anything other than useless virtue signalling.
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Like we needed more confirmation that the Blizzard we grew up with is long dead.
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The definition of a filler card is one that will never see play, one that is so bad that you wouldn't even want to draft it in Arena. It's normally something with no text like you said but in other instances such as this card the text is so bad coupled with the under stating that there is never a situation where you add this to a deck. They whys well have never even made the card because its unplayable especially with the power creep we have in Hearthstone now. Typically ogre 50/50 cards will have premium stats to compensate for the negative text but for whatever reason they made this the opposite.
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So the first filler card of the expansion, mind you it has style. This ain't even a card you would want to draft in Arena, it's under stated and it has a 50% chance of punishing you further. There will be some games where it will just make you lose by making your 4 mana card a 5 drop and a 10 cost card unplayable.
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We we're always laughing at the 4 mana 7/7, now we get more power creep with a 4 mana 9/9 or 10/10. Not sure about standard but this will likely replace Twilight Drake in Wild for Handlock a 10/10 is better than a 4/10 most of the time.
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Don't cry at me man blame Blizzard how they horribly worded this card there is several ways to reword it so it's more clear.
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The way they worded this card is horrible. No excuses for poorly worded cards like this from a billion dollar company.