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But that is just you asserting something without any basis.

Never did they state that wild mode would receive "no love" regarding balancing. They actually very specifically said it would be receiving balance changes.

 We do actually, it's called history. As another user said: they couldn't balance ONE gamemode as it is now and had to resort to splitting it in two, what makes you think that they'll suddenly be able to balance BOTH Wild and Standard at the same time?

About what they "specifically said", they also said that they wouldn't invalidate people's cards because they didn't want people to feel their collections became "worthless", which is exactly what they're doing now that Mama Money demands it.

I don't exactly know what you mean with "competetively". Are you running for Blizzard Points? In all other respects, wild format will be giving you equal rewards and it will be competetive to beat other players. As I said, I can understand that people who crafted golden cards are angry, but I do not see any rightful claim they have for full dusting value. For me, standard is just a new mode on top of the hearthstone I already know.

And as to the reasons why they are going for a format, I posted my thoughts here.

Thing is, wild in Hearthstone will be cheaper than MTG T1. You do not need all GvG and Naxx Cards. You need at most 30 cards for a viable deck. And then you have a deck completely consisting of  wild cards. More likely that you don't need nearly that much. And the costs are fixed.

As to the balancing, I do not think it will be such a major Task. I expect the new cards will have generally lower power than Naxx and GvG cards. Of course there will be cards that can break the meta in wild, but then they will nerf one of the combo-cards down. Probably the one that is only available in wild mode. Edit:  And then you should get your dust back.

But yes, just favorite your own post and check it in a year who was right :)

Quote from Dekion1980 >>

Ok, well I'm not that bothered to be fair. I've invested a lot in cards and expansions but I've got my moneys worth in game time that's for sure. It'll be a shame not to be able to use a lot of my favourite cards in standard but I like the idea of building new decks based new limitations. 

Though I'm not sure how much fun std iwill be in the next expansion (2017) when they remove TGT, BRM and LoE. Surely the card pool will be extremely limited.  

 

Quote from Nais_One >>

what? you can play in standard with your classic cards.. they will never be cut off

Quote from Dekion1980 >>

First i've heard of this 'change', I'll go and try to find something on it now. 

Just a question though. What incentive is there to play the new standard mode over wild mode?

From what I"m reading here Wild mode corresponds to what exists now and people are assuming that cards won't be nerfed / buffed anymore (not that they really are anyway). 

So what would make people switch to Standard and not play Wild anymore? Is there a difference in rewards / recognition?

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You keep posting on forums being so sure that WILD mode will have some sort of consideration. 

Guess what no one will care :) 

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That someone plays face hunter is one thing, that he needs to be toxic and bm is another thing 

I absolutely agree. And I'll probably buy the expansion.

Although I can understand people who get angry because they crafted golden cards which now can only be played in wild mode, I also understand that Blizzard cannot let everyone disentchant all Naxx and GvG Cards for free. They simply wouldn't sell new packs asince everyone just disentchants his shitty GvG and Naxx Cards and craft the viable ones from the next Expansion. Additionally, we simply get a new mode for which the older expansions are banned. That this affects the old mode as well may be bad luck, but in the end everyone can get everything in wild except for these blizzard-points. And (nearly) everyone who is seriously interested in the points is anyway appreciating Standard mode. I also have invested some triple digit sum of money into hearthstone. But simoultaneously, I will pre-order the new expansion and do the rest with buying card packs with gold and crafting necessities as I did until now.

Under the assumption that Hearthstone needs change to stop the game from getting boring, Blizzard has only three ways to go:

1. Keep everything as it is now and avoid power creep.

Maybe nerf some single cards like MC, Shredder and Dr. Boom, but that would not shake up the meta. The new expansion comes, a few new cards will be included in older decks (e.g. Justicar from TGT in CW) and maybe a new deck is generated (secret Paladin, although MC was power creep for Paladin). However, eventually the meta will be stale and a new expansion will only generate slight meta changes if at all. Most people will not have to buy expansions since they will be able to craft the necessary cards easily. -> Less money for Blizzard and probably the game will die sooner or later.

2. Start power creeping the expansions.

This will shake up the meta with every new expansion. Furthermore they do not have to care about nerfing stronger minions, because even Shredder and Dr. Boom will eventually meet their demise in shape of a new 4 and 7 mana powerhouse, respectively. People will have to buy packs, the viable decks will Change a lot and will also get stronger and stronger. Eventually, the early game of the new Zoo will be able to compete with the late game of Handlock and beat it with value ;)

3. Start cycle out whole expansions (no need for power creep).

The meta will regularly change pretty unforseeable. Old decks will be changed from slightly to a lot or will die completely, new decks with completely new ideas will arise (noone knows if after the next expansion an inspire deck will become viable). People will have to buy packs if they want to play Standard, but if they play wild, they probably only need to craft some core cards of the new expansion (although adventures still have to be bought)

In conlusion, I prefer the third option. I also think that wild will end up as something between 1. and 2., i.e. big parts of the expansions will not affect wild mode since the presently available cards will probably be around the same power Level (or even better in case of Shredder and Dr. Boom). Howver, it will happen that a combination of new and old cards will combine to a new top Tier deck as the secrets did with MC. However, I also guess that People will eventually cope with such new decks, as they did with secret Pally (despite secret Pally is still there, the present meta is pretty diverse). Occasionally it will happen that a Combo will break wild mode, but I expect Blizzard to fix such a card quick enough. I don't think they can afford a completely broken wild mode if enough people are still playing it (because also wild mode players will be customers).

But of course, that's only what I expect and what sounds Logical to me. I do not know for sure.

 Edit: TL;DR: In my opinion Blizzard took the best Option to keep the game fresh. And there are no signs to be concerned about teh short-term playability of wild mode.

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I can't ask the community if i'm already tired from studying?

Maybe you never studied, try it and read something after it -,-

 

 Do we look like we care about what you've been doing prior to opening a useless thread?

 

Meanwhile has a own post, with saying he got 3 golden portraits. 

Dont judge if you have useless threads please. :S

Look at this sentence when you are not longer blind for your own actions.

 At least i'm not asking questions that were asked a million times, which answers can be found in the FAQ.

Use the search function.

By the way, please go back to studying. Your grammar is giving me a headache.

Quote from Rak5hasa >>

What about Lightbomb? I don't see much success without that.

I surely will give Dragon Priest a try. I mean, the deck works at present and only few cards will cycle out of which only Velen's Chosen has no proper replacement at present. But I am eager to see the new cards and maybe a midrange beast-Druid or -hunter will be a thing.

Quote from JEndymion >>

So you didn't have Velen's Chosen, Dark Cultist, or Lightbomb in your dragon priest deck?

All pretty correct. But you forgot about one of the most pathetic Babyrages:

BabyRage People complain about things BabyRage