Awkward moment where Druid has been strong for ages and people disregard that fact. Name a meta for me where Druid wasn't high tier 1 or high tier 2 besides maybe Vanilla? Force of Nature Druids and Fel Reaver Druids, Egg Druids etc were dominant before it's nerf/rotation, when it got nerfed Malygos/Aviana Druids were played, in MSOG Druid got Jades which completely killed Control decks from the meta it was so bad people resorted to just outright aggro decks to counter it, Ungoro they received a whole bunch of ridiculously strong Aggro cards ie, Living Mana, Vicious Fledgling, Bittertide Hydra etc. Blizzard even have to design Neutral Cards around Druids iconic Ramp ability so we basically will never see super awesome Neutral Legendaries because Druid exists. Now in KoTFT Druid received some of the most overtuned cards in the existence of Hearthstone for a class that can literally play them on T3/T4 with 0 downside and Savage Roar is still busted.
The issue this expansion is Druid has no real counterplay besides a shitty 6 mana 4/6 that doesn't do anything if they out tempo you anyway most of the time you can't even play it on turn 6 so they can just use Idols whenever they please. Spreading Plague is an absolute nightmare for Aggro decks to deal with and allows Druids essentially a Time Warp effect to stabilize a little bit too easily. Aggro decks can't afford to give a Druid breathing room or they get out tempoed so they need to overwhelm Druid with minions and this card completely ruins that gameplan. Pirates, Murlocs etc all have counterplay in the form of cards like Golakka Crawler, the 1 mana eat a murloc thing, Silence effects etc. so I would argue that those decks aren't unhealthy for the meta by comparison to Druid.
When a deck is oppressive it ruins the enjoyment of Hearthstone for a serious number of players, honestly the competitive players probably make up maybe 1-2% of Hearthstones overall population. The game is designed for fun and vsing 1 very oppressive deck over and over is... you guessed it... not fun. So that in turn will make people... you guessed it... complain about it.
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Mesmerize posted a message on Will the community ever stop complaining?Posted in: General Discussion -
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user-29794348 posted a message on Will the community ever stop complaining?Posted in: General DiscussionWell, if you are complaining about those who complains... You're not really making it better !
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futhead_jcos posted a message on Group therapy! Need to blow off steam? Mega salty? Here is the place!Posted in: General DiscussionSo tired of seeing Mage on the ladder. Sit back, kill stuff, ice block.
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ChessPlayer1 posted a message on Group therapy! Need to blow off steam? Mega salty? Here is the place!Posted in: General DiscussionCan anyone tell me why the last 10 games I played against Hunter, not consecutively, using midrange pally, every single Hunter drew alley cats on turn 1 followed by Razormaul Hyena and Hound Master?
i just did a tally just then and every single one of them drew exactly as above! How the fuck is that possible?
HOW THE FUCK IS THAT POSSIBLE?! And whe I play Hunter I drew my 3 drops first or Highmanes first.
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Maukiepaukie posted a message on Group therapy! Need to blow off steam? Mega salty? Here is the place!Posted in: General DiscussionTo those still playing pirate warrior: You're not clever, just a cunt.
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lexblow posted a message on Easy Win Mech MagePosted in: Easy Win Mech MageLost to priest 5 times already
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Kanekinumb posted a message on Group therapy! Need to blow off steam? Mega salty? Here is the place!Posted in: General DiscussionQuote from BoredControl >>Quote from Maukiepaukie >>This is for those who still dare to argue shaman isn't horribly designed.
so I didn't watch the video, but I see it's from Hotform. Here is the breakdown of Hotform, then you can consider the source who made the video:Hotform whines and cries about every aggro deck he plays againstHotform thinks playing an aggro deck takes 0 skill. Yet, his cognitive dissonance couldn't be more glaring in this regard. Because he'll play a deck like Dragon Priest and claim the skill is so superior over an aggro deck. Oh yes, playing dragonfire potion to clear a board, and pick Drakonid Operative off Netherspite almost every time it's offered takes "much skill."Hotform is literally paid to play this game. So, of course he can sit there and play 30 minute+ control mirror matches and not care. He's making money while he plays, is paid to play (subs/donations)Sure, before the accusations fly, I'll freely admit I play Shaman. I play Shaman because retard Reno decks have obliterated mid-range decks (my actual preferred type of deck, and Shaman is just about the only mid-range deck left that can still win consistently.)I don't get paid to play this game, so I don't have time/patience to sit around and play 30+ minute matches.Please stop thinking any deck in Hearthstone takes any skill. The days of skillful deck piloting are long gone, please stop deluding yourself that the deck you play requires skill.For everyone's sake, I can't wait until Reno/Brann rotate out, I can't wait for the STB and conceal nerfs, and I definitely would love to see Hunter and Pally become actual playable classes again in the next expansion.The reality is people have to stop shifting their focus on blaming Blizzard for a class, and start demanding they stop being lazy and make every class viable with several playable archetypes.Also, hopefully, maybe some day they can bring skill back to the game, but I won't hold my breath on that.Edit: PS This post isn't addressed to OP specifically, is addressed to everyone who watches the video.You didnt watch the video, your whole post means nothing...If your proud for saying what you just said here, I have nothing to discuss with you but to say that midrange aka curve decks are the most retarded decks of all time. So you can't talk about skill If your favorite/main decks are those decks. I've reached rank legend with all the archetyes except aggro, I can't stand that uninteractive shit.And hell yes, using a fire dragon potion to clear the board in the rigth moment take more skill than vomiting your entire hand to go face every turn. -
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Maukiepaukie posted a message on Group therapy! Need to blow off steam? Mega salty? Here is the place!This is for those who still dare to argue shaman isn't horribly designed.
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airalert3 posted a message on Blizzard doesn't care about high skill playersPosted in: General DiscussionIs this remotely surprising? Ever since Activision took over Blizzard every single game design decision has been focused on milking as much cash as possible out of a franchise, they greatly homogenized and simplified World of Warcraft and introduced legalized gold selling and buying levels, they launched Diablo 3 with a real money auction house, and ever since they realised the commercial viability of Hearthstone they've pushed the aggro curvestone theme as hard as possible to ensure many games are decided by turn 3 or 4 for the casual phone user.
The irony is, whilst their crude methods provide an an upfront cash injection to their business it greatly damages their product and reduces their lifespan. World of Warcaft subscription number have been in a freefall since Wrath to the point where they now won't even disclose official numbers, the outcry over the state of Diablo 3 on launch incredibly forced them to backtrack on their monetization of that game and damaged the reputation of the franchise, and with the growing unrest over the ActiBlizzard-enforced curvestone gameplay many pros will look to jump ship to other games and I predict Hearthstone to stagnate badly over the next 12-18 months.
What ActiBlizzard fail to realize, or simply don't care about, is that their merciless milking of each franchise alienates the original core audience and many of the high-level players, and those people turning their back on the game hurts the competitive scene and general community sentiment around the game. This negativity then filters down into the common masses who ActiBlizzard desperately gutted each franchise in order to cater for/extract money from, and eventually sends each game into a downward spiral. -
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cendol posted a message on Blizzard doesn't care about high skill playersPosted in: General Discussionthere is no high skill players.
Just lucky players
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Ice Block really needs to rotate the fuck out. Having a free turn in an eternal basis is completely bullshit.
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So Spiteful Summoner is the new Corridor Creeper...
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Duck Fruid, it's time for it to die.
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Pro tip:
Wake up and check this website and the other websites posting most played decks or with most upvotes, then build a deck to fight the most populars. And you will then be matched with the complete opposite decks ROFL
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Blizz juice drinkers don't like people creating threads to complain. They made a thread for that. Most players are trying hard and you are included in most btw
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I really hate playing a 20 minute game only to lose by RNG... Deck of Wonders hitting me with a free Pyroblast with 4 minions on the board and my opponent had 5.... So a total of 11 targets and goes to me... 1 in 11 great game... Should have just flipped a coin on turn 1 and save me the trouble.
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Wanted to have some fun without having to play super strong decks... You know some janky stuff... nope, not gonna happen... I fukin hate this community of idiots and tryharders...
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Well, the Blizzard development team really knows how to attract all the scum into one game. It's really not the players fault that the company knows how to get all these low lifes to join their game ROFL