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Quote from Beep_Beep >>

 Your gonna have to give us a little context on this.....you lost mmr in battlegrounds for getting 1st?  Or you lost legend rating points for winning? 

 Oh I am talking about battlegrounds. Like I played a game at 5000 mmr and won and lost 50 MMR which I understand to a degree about MMR Balancing with other players in your lobby, but I feel like it is a demotivating way to have it. It is like Winning a ranked game and loosing a rank. 

I think winning a game and getting minus MMR is really negative for a player to experience. I understand MMR, but just from a player point of view, they could just balance it to zero as winning in an epic 30 mins game to loose MMR seems really demotivating IMO.

I am talking about Battlegrounds btw

Anyone think think this?

Quote from Danjo >>

I disagree with this:

2: Broken classes stay broken: Getting a balance change in wild is very rare. So the top classes like Darkglare warlock, Secret Mage and Raza priest will ALWAYS be the best classes.

Look at Kingsbane Rogue.  It ruled the Wild meta and no one ever saw it being dethroned.  What's at the top now will not always be at the top.

 However, Kingbane is  now back at the top as well as Raza priest and Secret Mage both being top decks for the last year with no sign of change. So I would politely say some top decks may fall which is true, but broken decks and top classes normally stay unless some mentally broken card is printed like the new weapon buff card for Rogue and warrior which pushed kingsbane rogue back to the top. 

This is my opinion on every gamemode. Obviously it is just my opinion so keep that in mine, but I have played enough of every gamemode to give a pretty honest feedback on every one. I am a player of 6 years, have 4 golden heroes, 5000 MMR Battleground, 12 wins in arena and been rank 1 many times in diamond. So I do have experience on alot of these gamemodes:

Standard:

Pros:

1: It has alot of different decks constantly changing the Meta: I feel like standard feels really fresh compared to some of the other gamemodes. Most classes are playable and each expansion and rotation has an impact on the meta game (unless the expansion is really bad). In year of the phoenix I think most classes have had a chance to shine at least once which means it has been good to play around with different decks and climb the ladder with different heroes.

2: It has balances patches frequently: Another positive is compared to most gamemodes it does have frequent balance patches. It a card or a class gets too overpowered they do balance it within a week or two which is reasonable quick.

3: You do not have to play around everything: Even if cards are generated randomly, it feels like there is less to play around than lets say wild. It is nice to have an idea of what kind of things your opponent could discover or get randomly, even if sometimes it can be hard.

Cons:

1: It only takes one card to warp the meta game: Just look at Bogspine knuckles as an example, That one cards wrapped the meta and now cheese paladin with High Abbess Alura has taken it's place. Having one card more powerful than the other's can lead to one class dominating for large periods of time.

2: It can get stale: Even with the balance patches, Standard has periods which do feel pretty dull half way through expansion cycles as there is less to play around with.

Wild:

Pro:

1: You can play with ALL Your cards: You are not limited to only playing with the newest cards and can enjoy your full collection. If you play wild you may even choose not to craft whole new expansions and only focus on a few cards to slot into your already wild decks, which means you can save gold for other things!

2: A lot more decks to play and try: You can explore more in wild as you have more decks to try out. Wild allows you to try all kinds of decks and combinations with new and old cards for each class.

3: The Combo and Meme potential: Just look at all the different combos and memes you can try in wild! turning your opponent into Ragnaros to kill them, Shooting infinitive fireballs, Using shutterwock with Armor vendor to hold your opponent hostage. Alot of cool and crazy interactions to try.

4: More Hero cards: I am a bit bias, but I like hero cards. It is nice to have more of them in wild like the Death knights to try. I do think they do warp meta games a bit and would probs not work as well in standard, but fun to try them all in wild.

Cons:

1: The Mana cheat is unreal! The Mana cheat in wild Can be brutal. Cheating our huge minions in big priest, Zero mana secrets in mage, Having 5/5 worth of stats on turn 1 in aggro decks and zero mana spells. Wild can be a scary place if you do not know how to counter them.

2: Broken classes stay broken: Getting a balance change in wild is very rare. So the top classes like Darkglare warlock, Secret Mage and Raza priest will ALWAYS be the best classes.

3: You can't play your favorite old decks and win: I think iksar's tweet about "Wild being the place you can play your favorite old decks" is simple not really true. Yes you can play them, but your chance to winning is significantly lower.

4: You can't play around everything: With over twice the amount of cards in wild, It makes is much harder to play around everything, decks like casino mage can lead to games where you are playing against 20 random mage spells which can feel a bit crazy (in a bad way)!

Battlegrounds:

Pros:

1: It is super fun and each game feels different: It feels like a fun gamemode to play as most games do end up playing out different depending on which hero you choose! I enjoy all the different play styles and builds you can make.

2: Has many mini expansions throughout the year: Battlegrounds have many mini expansion and new minions and heroes being added, which does help keep it really fresh.

3: Your decisions can matter: I think battleground has very interesting decision making opportunities like which minions you want to attack first and what minions to buy. This helps make the game feel fresh as each game is a bit different.

Cons:

1: No rewards/cosmetics: One of the biggest cons is the game mode feels like you don't really achieve anything. You do not get card backs or golden battleground heroes which feels like after playing all you can get to really show is either an achievement you have to work for or MMR. I think adding a card back or something could be a good idea in a future update.

Duels:

Pros:

1: It is a dungeon run: Another bias point, but I love dungeon runs and having a gamemode where you can play a dungeon run against other people is pretty cool.

2: Lots of treasures to play around with: I enjoy the fact you can build a starting deck around a treasure and hero power. It seems a bit more personalized than a normal dungeon run as you can build it instead of having a starting deck made by blizzard.

3: A free mode to enjoy: The casual mode is a good touch. Being able to test out decks and treasures before committing any gold or tavern tickets is a good thing.

Cons:

1: It is behind a paywall: If you want the actual crazy treasures and hero powers you have to buy tons of packs to get cards which I feel is a bit rubbish for a gamemode.

2: Some heroes, Passives and treasures feel oppressive: The zombie passive is an example of how mental some passives can be. I think some classes just shine more in the gamemode than others.

Arena:

I forgot this was a mode and have not played it in 2 years so can't say anything apart from IT NEEDS A HUGE CHANGE as it feels like playing curvestone.

What do you think of my review?

Quote from TheArcanist236 >>

Wild players: nooo games end on turn 4, Blizzard pls nerf

Meanwhile Standard with Tip the Scales on 4, a board full of Glowflies as early as turn 3 and Rogue casually throwing out 15 damage from hand on turn 5...

 I mean choosing 3 decks and comparing it to the whole of wild is a little bit short-sighted. Try 30 damage to your hero on turn 4 with token druid, Endless Jades, Drawing 3 cards on turn 1 with rigged Fairegame, Raza and Shadowreaper dealing endless damage basically. Not saying Standard does not have its own problems, but suggesting standard is worse than wild at this moment is a little bit of a far fetched argument I would say. 

I personally think it needs some SERIOUS attention from the devs. I know wild is mean't be be "Wild", but the mana cheating there is getting to a point where games end on turn 4.  The top 4 decks are almost all you ever play against, like It feels like you have to tech for them in ANY deck you play or you get run over super fast. I just feel like for a mode which is mean't be a mode where you can play your "favorite decks" It seems like you get obliterated for trying to play them. How can I play my favorite old cards with Secret Mage, Raza Priest and Kingbane rouge just punishes you? EVEN IN THE CASUAL MODE OF WILD IT IS RIDICULOUS 

Anyone else think wild could use a balance patch once a year? Just to keep things in check. 

Just out of interest what did people think about year long stories we had when we had the league of villains clash with the league of explorers last year?

Personally I hope they bring back year long stories or have 2 expansions in a year tell a story, just as I feel like It is fun to have the same characters come back for a lore and story point of view.

This year I felt like having different expansion was alot of fun, but lacked the same story telling and lore as the year before. Without single player expansion telling stories of the different areas anymore, I personally have felt a lack of interest in all the different expansion characters.

Would you like to see a year long story return this year or in the near future?

Quote from MrBurger >>

Yeah, I spent hours in those 'Dungeon Run' adventures, i realy liked them, I hope they will return one day, although we have Duels mode now.

 Exactly, I they they are the best style. Even adventures like the one we had for Ashes of Outland was fun as they had a cool heroic mode and story, Book of heroes should be a fun free bonus alongside the main adventure of an expansion IMO!  

Am I the only one who loved adventures like the Dalaran Heist?

Like book of heroes seems to be a really poor replacement in my opinion for adventures. Like I know it is free and is frequent compared to most adventures, but It seems that the fights are premade decks only, no heroic mode and we miss out stories of the expansions we just had. 

Like the Dalaran hiest had so many cool aspects like different heroes, Bosses, modes, ETC and I know it cost gold to play, but I rather Pay 700 gold and have a good experience that have to do a random generic story adventure to gain 1 pack. 

Anyone feel the same way?

Lol but that does not make the card less consistent? 

The interaction should be the hero attack and is Immune, become Non Immune as they stopped attacking and then the Secret triggers.

It seems like a bug to me

My opponent hit me in the face with Mirage dagger which read you are IMMUNE WHILE ATTACKING.

I had eye for an eye in play and my opponent was still Immune after not attacking when the secret activated. 

Is this mean't to happen? as it seems like my opponent became Immune for alot longer than they should. 

The tide razor is pretty mental to play against, just summoning 2 tier 6 pirates as a punishment for killing it seems Crazy in almost any build!

I understand it is a tier 6 and late game card that can be really useless if summons bad pirates, but still a swingy card compared to most!

Anyone feel this?

Do you get XP for winning 3 games in a row like the old 10 gold? As I am not sure

Do you get anything for completing achievements when they do go live? As they never said in the video or post 

Warlock

Shit in Standard

Oppressive in wild