Summary: Stop printing bs cards you can play with 0 risk or thought.
That would lose them 80-90% of their playerbase. It's a zombieland out there and you're a minority in it.
I think we're already past the point of no return with discover. Hearthstone community loves it so it's here to stay and discover cards will only get stronger. Classes like Priest, Mage and Rogue are already ruined. DK is next and others, in order to keep up with power level, will fall to it as well.
Pretty soon all matches will look like Priest mirror where every turn each player stares at three card choices until he starts to rope. Fun times.
Just curious. Are there real bots aka third party tools? Maybe bots people pay for? Or do they just script? Most bots feel like they are just using mediocre scripts.
I don't know where bots come from but they are pretty good. At least those that play zoolock in classic mode. They make favorable trades, correctly identify and deal with dangerous minions (Baron Geddon for example, they will get rid of him immediately), empty their hands before playing discard cards, keep burn in hand if they don't have lethal etc. Sometimes they mess up like buffing minion after it attacks or position wrongly Dire Wolf, but all in all it's quite impressive.
IMHO, considering that Hearthstone is a F2P game and keeping in mind all issues that unavoidably come with it, Hearthstone is a very good game, one of the best in it's genre. Main problem is that we players look at the game only from our point of view and forget about other, more important POV and main reason why the game is out there - business & profit.
I'm with the game since beta and I've seen a lot worse than we have now, so I can safely say that current state of the game is about as good as it gets. Things may improve slightly in the future or they can be even worse - both is equally possible, but all in all I think that Hearthstone team is doing pretty good job last few years.
How to make Hearthstone more enjoyable? Don't get overinvested in it. Take a break. Don't netdeck and grind. Making your own deck, testing and improving it is the most fun you can have. Try other game modes. Try other F2P card games.
Imho, original idea behind Renathal was to be put only in decks where those 9 extra cards will make a difference. Extra hp was just a nice bonus. And I think that Blizzard agrees, because they didn't reduce number of cards, only hp bonus.
I didn't play much of standard lately so I don't know how are things there atm, but in wild Renathal was in almost every deck. Even aggro and combo decks were running it. It was funny to see them struggle with all those extra dead weight cards for no benefit whatsoever. Those 10 hp extra won't save you if it made your deck worse.
I lost my weekly quest "Deal 1500 damage in Battlegrounds" after update. No different quest or XP compensation, simply quest gone and that's it. Small indie company...
I think that if there is some kinda "hidden" programmed behavior for Mutanus, it would be to have increased chance to eat highest cost minion. That makes sense because that's usually what player hopes to happen when he plays it. I've also run Mutanus in my control warlock deck couple expansions ago and I've won quite a few games with it eating important big minions like Rattlegore, Y'Shaarj, Carnival Clown, Lady Liadrin and so on.
I think that card itself is very powerful, capable to win games on it's own. It's the only hero card with progressive hero power that gets better as the game goes on. Getting it up to deal 5 dmg is fairly easy. In one game against paladin I pushed it up to 9 damage. It would probably go even higher but sadly my opponent had enough of it and conceded.
Problem with the card is that current meta doesn't allow it to show it's true potential and that's the main reason why it is perceived as bad. Only few matchups allow you to live long enough to play it and make a difference with it.
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That would lose them 80-90% of their playerbase. It's a zombieland out there and you're a minority in it.
I think we're already past the point of no return with discover. Hearthstone community loves it so it's here to stay and discover cards will only get stronger. Classes like Priest, Mage and Rogue are already ruined. DK is next and others, in order to keep up with power level, will fall to it as well.
Pretty soon all matches will look like Priest mirror where every turn each player stares at three card choices until he starts to rope. Fun times.
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Just treat Hearthstone like a drug and take it in small doses and all will be fine.
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I don't know where bots come from but they are pretty good. At least those that play zoolock in classic mode. They make favorable trades, correctly identify and deal with dangerous minions (Baron Geddon for example, they will get rid of him immediately), empty their hands before playing discard cards, keep burn in hand if they don't have lethal etc. Sometimes they mess up like buffing minion after it attacks or position wrongly Dire Wolf, but all in all it's quite impressive.
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IMHO, considering that Hearthstone is a F2P game and keeping in mind all issues that unavoidably come with it, Hearthstone is a very good game, one of the best in it's genre. Main problem is that we players look at the game only from our point of view and forget about other, more important POV and main reason why the game is out there - business & profit.
I'm with the game since beta and I've seen a lot worse than we have now, so I can safely say that current state of the game is about as good as it gets. Things may improve slightly in the future or they can be even worse - both is equally possible, but all in all I think that Hearthstone team is doing pretty good job last few years.
How to make Hearthstone more enjoyable? Don't get overinvested in it. Take a break. Don't netdeck and grind. Making your own deck, testing and improving it is the most fun you can have. Try other game modes. Try other F2P card games.
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Imho, original idea behind Renathal was to be put only in decks where those 9 extra cards will make a difference. Extra hp was just a nice bonus. And I think that Blizzard agrees, because they didn't reduce number of cards, only hp bonus.
I didn't play much of standard lately so I don't know how are things there atm, but in wild Renathal was in almost every deck. Even aggro and combo decks were running it. It was funny to see them struggle with all those extra dead weight cards for no benefit whatsoever. Those 10 hp extra won't save you if it made your deck worse.
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If you're putting Renathal alongside 9 extra cards in your decks just for those 10hp extra, then you're doing it wrong ;)
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I lost my weekly quest "Deal 1500 damage in Battlegrounds" after update. No different quest or XP compensation, simply quest gone and that's it. Small indie company...
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Battletag: sonmi451#2996Region: EUTrade only?: Yes, you go first.done
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I think that if there is some kinda "hidden" programmed behavior for Mutanus, it would be to have increased chance to eat highest cost minion. That makes sense because that's usually what player hopes to happen when he plays it. I've also run Mutanus in my control warlock deck couple expansions ago and I've won quite a few games with it eating important big minions like Rattlegore, Y'Shaarj, Carnival Clown, Lady Liadrin and so on.
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I think that card itself is very powerful, capable to win games on it's own. It's the only hero card with progressive hero power that gets better as the game goes on. Getting it up to deal 5 dmg is fairly easy. In one game against paladin I pushed it up to 9 damage. It would probably go even higher but sadly my opponent had enough of it and conceded.
Problem with the card is that current meta doesn't allow it to show it's true potential and that's the main reason why it is perceived as bad. Only few matchups allow you to live long enough to play it and make a difference with it.
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Battletag: sonmi451#2996Region: EUTrade only? : yes, you go firstdone