Hearthpwn

It's a bust for me too.  I can't read what the anomaly is while choosing my hero on Android mobile.  I insta-conceed about a third of the anomalies.   I am a free player so I only get 2 hero choices.  That means I don't get to play certain heros that I really like to play like Galakrond very often.  But with anomolies, when I finally do get ones I really like to play, their power is often negated by the anomaly.  

I am really disappointed.

I had over 20 disconnections in a game yesterday.  I am about to give up.

Solid player?  That doesn't sound like me ;).  Not sure what the 1840 is about.  If that was part of the name, there is an imposter out there.

I assure you that the spelling is very intentional.

Diablo is cancer.  Might be time for me to get some time away from BG for a bit.

I have seen a significant jump in connection issues.  Auto reconnect doesn't seem to help but shutting the game down and reconnecting does.  

If you sometimes feel that you are just running in circles, perhaps with the perspective of a new dimension, you might realize the change is occuring there and the circle is actually a spiral spring.  

Impermanence is the only constant.  All suffering arises from resisting this truth.

Is there a name for the current Battlegrounds meta I can research?  Any tips?  I'm getting my but kicked harder than usual the last few weeks.  The main conclusion I've been able to draw is usually due to strong stats early.

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This is from a while back, but I had to get this out there...  I forget if the minion screenshot is from that game, but it was a similar setup.  The hilarious part is that I didn't even come close to winning that round.  Struck down by murlocs!  XD

 Jebus

Ah, I didn't know it was extended to all players now. That makes sense. 

Ya, pirate builds can get nuts.

Does anyone know if there have been clear statements made about the randomness of the heros you are presented with at the start of a Battlegrounds game?

I ask this in all seriousness.  For over a week now I have been presented with The Jailer as an option every 3-4 games.  I only get 2 hero options.  The odds of this are staggering. 

I wonder if they have an algorithm that tries to determine heros you like to play and favors odds towards those.  The issue for me seems to be that I tried The Jailor out several times to get to know him, and now he's stalking me.  Most times he shows up I don't want to play him but have to since the other choice is terrible.  Which, if there is favoritism going on, makes him show up more often for me.

Or have I just gone crazy in the face of these staggering odds? 

I have been playing Battlegrounds for a long time now... and until a couple weeks ago, without paying a cent to do so.  I finally broke down and spent $5 on an animation.   That's $5 for a couple of years worth of playtime.  That's not a sustainable business model.

So while I do want to continue to play for free, I totally get it.   Battlegrounds the only mode I play and I stopped spending any money on cards or anything in Hearthstone.  I am sure I am not alone.

I now have a choice to either play for free or pay far less than I used to on cards for many hours of playtime in a game mode I enjoy.  

FYI, probably known but new to me... I was playing Scabbs and picked up 2 Fish of N'Zoth and built a pirate build around 2x Scallywag with taunt, Khadgar, Barron.  The first fish keeps each of the deathrattle events of each of the Scallywags.  The 2nd fish keeps all of those plus all of the first fishes.  Things got a little silly.

Looks like they are dropping the ability to use gold to buy it for the new season.