Hearthpwn

Re-posting my comment from another thread:

I played in each region (since I clear quests in all 3 regions regularly).  I went 3-3 in NA with warrior, 4-3 in EU with priest, and am sitting on a 6-1 Mage in Asia. The priest and warrior tier scores were 65 on heartharena, the mage was a 68.

That said, all this free arena has done has made me angry and more stressed while playing.  It's not enjoyable at all, because the wins don't make up for the fact that in the vast majority of my losses I get stomped. It's not fun losing to people with all golden cards and/or legendary cardbacks, with decks that have plenty of synergy and neverending answers, feeling like a n00b that's just padding some smirking arena expert's win total. Losing like that does NOT make me want to play this mode more. I'm a little pissed that I'm going to feel obligated to play the free tickets the next two weeks.

Edit - just to add, I know warrior is down now, but I picked it because my alternatives were warlock and hunter, both classes I suck at playing. I'd heard the microchanges might be helping warrior, so I gave it a shot and it started out at 3-0, then crashed in a hurry.

I play in each region.  I went 3-3 in NA with warrior, 4-3 in EU with priest, and am sitting on a 6-1 Mage in Asia. The priest and warrior tier scores were 65 on heartharena, the mage is a 68.

That said, all this free arena has done has made me angry and more stressed while playing.  It's not enjoyable at all, because the wins don't make up for the fact that in the vast majority of my losses I get stomped. It's not fun losing to people with all golden cards and/or legendary cardbacks, with decks that have plenty of synergy and neverending answers, feeling like a n00b that's just padding some smirking arena expert's win total. Losing like that does NOT make me want to play this mode more. I'm a little pissed that I'm going to feel obligated to play the free tickets the next two weeks.

Edit - just to add, I know warrior is down now, but I picked it because my alternatives were warlock and hunter, both classes I suck at playing. I'd heard the microchanges might be helping warrior, so I gave it a shot and it started out at 3-0, then crashed in a hurry.

Yeah, I primarily play Burglary Rogue and Theft Priest decks when I have classes for those quests, and the Priest games are a lot more fun.  I agree, though, that these sorts of games are a lot more fun than standard Miracle/Quest Rogue. I like making up my deck on the fly like that. I play Renounce Darkness decks for Warlocks quests, for similar reasons.

Played a few more runs, not seeing much improvement.  Got a 5 and 4-win run, but also just had an 0-3, my first one ever.  I was ok with averaging 3 wins. It's not fun to average 1-2 wins like I am now.  So, I'm out.  Will be curious to see how the people who like this arena feel once more guppies like me drop out, and only the sharks are left to cannibalize themselves.

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Ok, initially when I saw this reveal on the steam I was mind blown at how ridiculous it was. Summon 2 3/2 Imps every turn is pretty damn good. People say it isn't good late game, but 2 3/2s can kill a lot of late game cards. Then I realized Malchezaar's Imp is being rotated out and they cannot make another card that is as good as it without directly copying it. Card sucks.

Quote from EnemywasOP >> It was a good change for the better players and a bad change for roleplayer casuals who want to play with wild cards and rely on purely RNG to win games.

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late reply but ive taken curve picks (3 mana 4/3 vanilla) than taking 6 drops, even premium 6 drops like dread infernal. post-patch warlock need to put more emphasis on curve picks or else you draft way too much late game and becomes unplayable cards as you die from your opponent going face most of the time

I'm not going to argue whether the new arena is better or worse.  Personally, though, I'm not sure it works for me.  I don't play arena a lot, but I used to average 4 wins - not great, but not awful - with occasional spikes to 8-9 wins.  I was excited by the announced arena changes, but in the five runs I've made with these changes, I've gone 1-2 wins each time.  Some of that is undoubtedly my play, but some of it is also undoubtedly my drafts, which have not featured many good options.  Add to that the fact that my losses have largely not been competitive, and I think I'm about to bow out of arena if nothing changes by my tenth run. It's not for me anymore.

I just finished playing a Mage deck I drafted in May 2016, before I stopped playing arena for awhile due to time constraints.  It didn't go far because it wasn't very good (only 61.5 tier score on Heartharena), but it was a little amusing to see people hovering over GvG cards when I played my first one each game.

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. My home-brewed burglary decks have been pretty terrible due to a scarcity of cards in my collection, and due to my general lack of experience with Rogue.  Following this (with a few exceptions - traded out the Acidic Ooze for a second Agent, traded out the owl and tomb spider for two Assassinates, and traded out the second Huckster (which I don't own) for a Shaku (who's finally been shining for me)), I've been doing much better.  Granted, I'm only playing in ranks 19-20 right now, but it's nice to have a burglary rogue that's even slightly competitive.

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What I'd really like to see, however, is the chess event from ONiK turned into a tavern brawl. Now THAT would be fun and interesting!

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Yogg saron tryouts

If you have lethal in your hand, and you play any extra cards first before playing it, you're a fucking shithead.  No exceptions.

The answer depends on what your collection looks like, and whether you prefer playing in Arena or Constructed.

I'd like to be able to filter my uploaded collection to show (for example) just my legendary cards, or just my epic cards.  Right now, if I search on the term 'legendary', I'm only shown cards that actually have the word 'legendary' in their text.  If I'm missing an obvious way to do this, let me know.