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It's a good move. HS is too stingy with legs and epics to begin with. Getting duplicate legs is a kick in the jimmies, especially if you get dupes of a garbage one.

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Having played the game since just before the release of GvG, I think this is the best meta we've had in a long time.

Having said that however, I do find myself being annoyed more and more by the discover mechanic. Now don't get me wrong, it's a great mechanic. The problem is that it's being overused, and the cards that can be discovered are too specific and too powerful. I've had multiple matches against Mages for example where I had to pop Ice Block three or for times and lost to burst damage.

For the next expansion I hope they dial down discover a bit, and introduce a new (skill based) mechanic (without any randomness, please!)

 I don't think discover is too bad. However, there is a real problem. Ice Block, it's a card that given it's nature, should never be able to be Discovered or Generated Randomly. And this is coming from a Freeze and Control Mage player for about 50% of my entire HS history. It's an incredibly powerful effect when used correctly but handing it out randomly just breaks limits that shouldn't be broken, which really doesn't truly happens with other cards.

Yeah getting hit with turn 5 Firelands Portal is bad, but I am willing to bet the card that can influence and ruin more games is Ice Block when randomly generated or discovered. But it seems Blizzard thinks its okay...

Having played the game since just before the release of GvG, I think this is the best meta we've had in a long time.

Having said that however, I do find myself being annoyed more and more by the discover mechanic. Now don't get me wrong, it's a great mechanic. The problem is that it's being overused, and the cards that can be discovered are too specific and too powerful. I've had multiple matches against Mages for example where I had to pop Ice Block three or four times and lost to burst damage.

For the next expansion I hope they dial down discover a bit, and introduce a new (skill based) mechanic (without any randomness, please!)

Wondering this myself...

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it's about getting used to ESL, the game is a little harder to grasp than HS, sure the mechanics are easy to understand, but to feel and understand the games's vibe, you need to play at least a month, it's a deeper experience, ill give you and example

lets say i have 2 creature in a lane a 2/2 and a 6/1 and your opponent has 8 life (and you have 1 life), in HS it doesnt matter how you attack, in ESL you should attack with the 2/2 first, then attack with the 6/1, .... if you attack with the 6/1 first, you can lose the game (rune mechanic), that is what i call strategic deepness

sometimes my opponent is at 21 life, and i can still attack with a 1/1...but i wont, because sometimes it's not worth popping a rune..

in HS a 4/1 for (2) creature is stupid, in ESL a 4/1 is not bad at all in the shadow lane

some random example why ESL is a good game and should be tried at least 

 and BTW when you play rank in ESL, you get a season exclusive card (usually epic) for your rank...rank 9= 1 copy, rank 5= 2 copies, rank 2= 3 copies... if you missed it, it's craftable

of course i still play hearthstone, but i feel like playing agaisnt the same deck all the time , as a theorycrafter, i prefer ESL

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But Jades will most definitely come to spoil the party at some point. The slower the meta, the more broken Jades become...

 The combination of the words ''slow'' and ''meta'' creates a severe alergic reaction to team 5 so i am pretty sure the meta will be as fast or in best case scenario a turn slower than it is now.I believe that will be just shift from face aggro to fload aggro and that's it.The only jade deck i suspect to dominate is jade midface shaman :P.

After the new expansion, I expect to see especially the following decks:

1. Disco Zoolock with Nether Portal (T1)
2. Ramp Druid with Barnabus (T1) or OTK Maly Druid with Barnabus (T2)
2. Aggro / Beast Hunter with Queen Carnassa (T1)
2. Murloc Shaman with Megafin (T2) or Elemental Shaman (T1)
3. OTK Time Warp Mage (T2)
3. Control Warrior with Sulfuras (T2)
3. Buff Paladin with Galvadon (T2)
4. Aggro Rogue with Crystal Core (T2)
5. N'Zoth Deathrattle Priest (T3) [Poor Priests...]

Honourable mention: Secret Mage (T3/4)

But Jades will most definitely come to spoil the party at some point. The slower the meta, the more broken Jades become...

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These cards are too strong now. In my opinion, they should be nerfed as the picture shows.

1. Jade Idol

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I've never seen the polls so split between meta-defining and dusting it.  I think it's really interesting and might merit a deck like a variation of Ramp Druid so you can make way for your bigger cards.  A crazy idea would be to run a very aggressive deck with only one big card so when your opponent is low you can play Hemet so you're guaranteed to draw damage on the next turn instead of just simply hoping for it.  

Elder Scrolls: Legends released on iOS last Thursday.

I decided to give it a try. I couldn't take all the HS non-stop aggro any more... and hey, we have time before Un'Goro gets released.

What can I say, the OP summed up the difference between HS and Legends nicely. If you like HS, but want games to be more strategic instead of mindless face pummelling... then Legends isn't a bad option. Bethesda is also quite generous with their rewards, something I hope Blizzard will take note of at some point. (Six cards per pack for example.)

Playing both HS and Legends at the moment. Having lots of fun with Legends.

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My time is worth way more than the grind so I don't mind paying for a hobby. 

 Exactly this :)

 Same here...

Not sure I understand this logic...I haven't "invested" any time beyond the amount I normally play the game (a few hours a week) and I'm at 5500 gold already.  The only "investing"  needed is in willpower not to spend gold as soon as you acquire it.

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My time is worth way more than the grind so I don't mind paying for a hobby. 

 Exactly this :)

It's still early, but I have to agree with OP that it looks promising so far.

Clearly they are trying to slow things down which is good, but... this could open the door for Jade Golems to take over, and that makes me nervous.

Still, for now, I remain quietly optimistic.

I can't agree more! This would have been a much better and balanced way to implement Jade Golems.

The silver lining? The new bucket system (rank 20, 15, 10, 5) should make it a bit easier to reach higher ranks each month...