This change is most likely the final push I needed to separate myself from this game. I've been a loyal player for the last 10 years and I've never felt so pushed away. I was already struggling to complete the weekly quests while maintaining my daily life and they make them 3 x more difficult to complete? Not only that (and I know I am the minority here) but I can't believe they just axed duels mode all together. This was by far my most enjoyed game mode that they have ever put out. I really just now have no desire to play this game anymore. This is so sad considering Hearthstone has been such a huge part of my life over the last decade. 💔
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Snare4 posted a message on Hearthstone Quest Update - Big Increase in Requirements and Lower Increase in RewardsPosted in: News -
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Beryb posted a message on Petition to save Duels game mode!Posted in: General DiscussionI will sign.
Duels was the only thing i could play if i got bored with usual classes. Nowadays duels is the only thing that keep me in game.
Build half of your deck and pick "random" treasures and cards, felt like mix of arena and normal mode. New hero powers, multiclasses. Sure it was never balanced, and almost no effort into balancing. Yet it was so far best for me.
To the people spamming "I nEvEr PlAiEd DuElS dElEtE iT":
I have never played with your mum but i also dont want her to stop existing. Think about it.
Sorry for crap english.
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LoopTheWanderer posted a message on Petition to save Duels game mode!Posted in: General DiscussionII'm in the same boat, I've played since launch, and I had been hopeful for the 10th anniversary this year, though I hadn't played much this expansion for the first time since launch, I was waiting to see what they would do next.
Then this. I have uninstalled Hearthstone, and unless they backtrack I'm not sure I will be back. I've been a whale in the past, having spent probably a thousand dollars on this game total, and ten years of consistent playtime, but the current hearthstone management is terrible. I had kept some hope that maybe the change to Microsoft ownership would cause some improvement, but apparently not.
There were entire classes I never played in standard/wild that I played the heck out of in Duels, every time a new Demon hunter card was announced I was excited to play it in Duels, but I've probably played like 3 games of Demon hunter total in constructed.
I'm sure Duels earned Blizzard plenty of money they just couldn't see, because it wasn't monetized separately from constructed, but the best part of unlocking new cards each expansion was playing more new gimmick decks.
If I had to make one critique of Duels it was the sets. it started out with a small subset, and each expansion they would add 2 new sets (the newest and one older one). this meant that the potential for breaking combos got worse, and decks stagnated. if I were them I would have done an Arena-like rotation of sets for Duels, so each season you can log in and try something new. what i would NOT do is kill the only mode that felt fresh and new each time
Of course like everyone else I hated the change to the bucket system, tagging each of 140 cards in an expansion with a tag is probably something that should already have been being done for future cataloging, and probably took one intern like a day to do, so not doing it probably saved almost no money, and now shutting down the mode will save that same amount of money again, so good job Blizz, enjoy all the money you won't earn from this change.
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sebokooo posted a message on Duels Runs Coming to an End - Blizzard Removing the Duels Game Mode In AprilPosted in: NewsVery disapointing. The only fun mode at the moment.
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Zakatara1 posted a message on Duels Runs Coming to an End - Blizzard Removing the Duels Game Mode In AprilPosted in: NewsDuels didn't have skins or cards exclusive of the Game Mode that you have paid for, hence it's a Game Mode that you can't exploit to get some money, in fact it could be a good place to farm some gold without spending real money into the game.
Such a shame to see it gone and BGS not.
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thazud posted a message on Opening Moves Week Day 5 - Those First 5 TurnsPosted in: NewsQuote from ItsTheDukester >>Other than as hand-holding for truly new players
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Castle1558 posted a message on Hearthstone Patch 10.2.0 - Patches Nerf Has Arrived, Wild Arena Event, New Card BacksPosted in: NewsYou've got that guaranteed legendary within your next few packs, at least.
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Ronninji posted a message on Mike Donais Slams Nonsense, Talks About Cubelock Power and NerfsPosted in: NewsAggro players are used to raza or jade , wich destroyed every other control deck. You couldt even try to make a control deck viable ,not even a fun deck .
Im a control player , i never play agro . And to make a control deck that beats Cubelock , is insanly easy. So i have a feeeling that everyone complaining about Cubelock is an agro player. And it feels good , i can just see them trying to hit face while the voidlord is in the way. And they have no clue what to do .
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AkiraTerion posted a message on Mike Donais Slams Nonsense, Talks About Cubelock Power and NerfsPosted in: NewsYou realize that Donais has access to the actual, live server data, right?
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Ophion-EU posted a message on Mike Donais Slams Nonsense, Talks About Cubelock Power and NerfsPosted in: NewsNote that he said that Cubelock is 10th across ALL rankings. That is obvious since it's a somewhat difficult deck, so bad players that pick it up simply because it's meta will end up getting wrecked.
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I've been playing HS for 10 years and have been playing Duels exclusively for the last 3.5
The ladder grind is boring and not something I have any time or desire for. Battlegrounds is fun but it is a 30-40mins commitment; sometimes I just want to play a quick game and move on with my day. Arena is fun but I get frustrated with the RNG of the draft sometimes, I ragequit every few months but admittedly always go back to it. Duels is the only mode that I continue to have persistent interest in because there is a tremendous amount of strategy around deck construction (countering meta decks) and ability for experimentation.
If Duels gets removed, that will probably be the end of my 10 year HS adventure. I hope this decision is reversed
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I have 0 deathrattle minions so naturally I am offered Totem of the Dead and Mummy Magic
I have 0 minions above cost 5 so naturally I am offered Scepter of Summoning
The patch notes say that the treasure drops are 'somewhat deterministic.' Meanwhile, I've played dozens of hunter runs this patch and have yet to be offered either Totem or Mummy Magic.
#FeelsBadMan
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Battletag: HolyDivinity#11148
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The salt is real
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My understanding was that it would no longer be possible to get duplicate commons in a single pack. I opened ~30 packs and had nearly a dozen with dupes in a single pack. Mathematically speaking, this is a disgusting anomoly, so I feel we are being d!cked over... but then again, what else is new. #neverlucky #feelsbadman
http://imgur.com/a/79gB2
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Rofl so much rage. Chill y'all, I clearly misread
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Great in arena, ok in constructed
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Wow. Seriously Blizz, wtf!? This card is broken AF!!!
Completely breaks arena and amazing in constructed. Mandatory 2 in every deck, would recommend
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I play a similar-ish list. One of the biggest shortfalls of this deck and similar ones is card draw. I found that 1 Mana Tide Totem simply isn't going to cut it. Since the Azure Drake (RIP) rotated out, I feel this has really hurt Shaman.
As a result I run 2 Mana Tide Totems. I also added Devolve as it helps immensely with the taunt warrior matchup (might even warrant 2 if you are facing lots of taunt warrior)
Good deck though
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5x Rockpool Hunter
5x Stubborn Gastropod
6x Ravasaur Runt
6x Giant Mastrodam
7x Igneous Elemental
probably a few others as well