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Quote from Aegis24 >>

 

 This is news to me, thought it was based entirely on one's rating from the prior season but I guess linking the bonus to mmr makes sense. With that said, it still kinda sucks for people that actually worked to get higher ranking to end up getting the same star bonus as someone who barely played and ended the season 10 ranks lower than them. Doesn't seem particularly fair.

 It may just go by the overall MMR of my account for all I know.  Like I said I typically hover around ranks 10-5 so if an 8 star bonus equates to rank 8 it fits.

 It sounds like this might be the case. They haven't specified the degree to which MMR is taken into account relative to the rank an account achieved in the season immediately prior TMK, so it's possible MMR is the primary determinant of star bonus and last season's rank is relatively insignificant in the overall equation. If anyone has additional information/insight on this and can provide a source I'd be very interested to learn more.

Quote from Highwayman37 >>

I like it personally.  Played like 6 - 7 games and shot up from Bronze 10 to Gold 5 very quickly.  Love the fact that I have a few packs hidden away in my treasure chest for May 1st.

One question about the reward system - it gives you rewards based on the first time you reached a level (ie a classic pack for the 5th rank in each tier).  I hit legend for the first time about a year ago, does that mean I will not receive the random classic legendary if I hit legend this month? 

 

 You'll still get first time rewards for each rank floor you hit, so yes you'll still get the legendary. The rewards are for the first time you achieve the rank in the new system, not the first time ever.

Quote from Bazza74 >>

Yeah it's working as intended. I think blizzard realised that it would be too hard a punishment for experienced players to have to grind at a low bonus star rate just because they didn't play much for a month or two and so the stars are also linked to your underlying MMR. This is mentioned on a Q&A they recently responded too.

It would also be detrimental to newer players if higher skilled players that were absent from ladder a month or two were stuck in the lower ranks just constantly playing these newer players.

If someone hits legend 10 months in a row then doesn't play a month due to vacation/work/family. It would be crazy to then have them earning only the minimum bonus to get back to where they should be playing

 This is news to me, thought it was based entirely on one's rating from the prior season but I guess linking the bonus to mmr makes sense. With that said, it still kinda sucks for people that actually worked to get higher ranking to end up getting the same star bonus as someone who barely played and ended the season 10 ranks lower than them. Doesn't seem particularly fair.

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I basically haven’t played much the last couple months but yesterday I win streaked from like R20 to R17 (so impressive right) and I log in today and find that I have a star bonus of freaking 8 lol.  That’s equivalent to what, getting gold rank on reset? Nice 

 I also think it's sweet. Then you find a 4 page thread full of conspiracy theories and incessant whining about it. It's insane lol

 The one guy is trying way to hard to make up issues with it 

 Regardless of how people feel about it, this is an issue. You should only be able to get an 8 star bonus having finished last season at a minimum of rank 8 3 stars. The fact you somehow got it all the way down at rank 17 is proof that the bonus algorithm isn't working properly or as advertised at all and kind of invalidates the effort people put in to achieve that bonus reasonably thinking that being higher rank was the only way to get it. Frankly I can see why people wouldn't be happy about this; you basically reaped the rewards of achieving rank 8 when you only got rank 17.

Pretty much all the information you need on the meta can be found on HSreplay. Go the decks section and filter by WR and you will see all of the strongest decks categorized by WR. You can also check the meta section to see which archetypes are consistently performing well and which tier they are considered to be in. You can also filter by cost to see which decks are easiest to craft and by games to see which have the most data to substantiate their WR. If you're looking for info on the new rating system, I would recommend checking out the popular thread on these forums about it or going to Blizz's official blog explaining how it works. Welcome back and GL on ladder!

Quote from LiveMorph >>

you might be right, i need another month to retry lol. i still have a x2 bonus in legend, showing over the legend rank, weird.

 What lessthan3 said. I'm guessing you got some pretty lucky winstreaks to get there that fast, but for anyone with less than the 11 times multiplier it's going to be significantly more difficult for them to achieve legend than you did, relatively speaking. 

This is a fair point. However, with lifedrinker rotating out I think dragonbane may be a decent card for this archetype, even with its obvious drawbacks. Another alternative that is being suggested to replace lifedrinker is the new scrapshot card, which does 3 damage to a target of your choice and buffs a beast in your hand by 3/3 for 4 mana. This doesn't synergize tremendously well with face hunter either, but I may consider editing it into the decklist once everything has rotated out. Regardless, dragonbane's highroll potential alone makes it a passable card for face hunter IMO, particularly once lifedrinker is no longer usable.

Quote from Shadowrisen >>

If you are a common legend grinder, or even rank 5 grinder which gives a "x9" star boost at this point, the climb back up to rank 10 (now known as diamond) is fairly trivial.  I'm back up to gold 1 with only 6 or 7 wins, and if patterns follow, platinum won't be much slower.

 

I enjoy the idea of starting everyone off at the same starting line each season, but I suppose the advantages given to high finishing players were necessary.  Having to slog through 50 ranks one star at a time might be a little much to ask for folks who want to compete for high legend and such.

 

In any case, I've been away from the game for a few months, but with the announcement that the HCT will be online-only for the near future, AND invites going to the top 16 ladder finishers, you will see me ruthlessly grinding this month.  I miss the tournament days of Magic: the Gathering, and decided this is the year.

 

Hope all are well and healthy.

 This is cool and I wish you gl, but I think you'll find that the climb gets a lot slower as you progress. I'm currently plat 8 and my star bonus has already been reduced to 4 from the 10 I started with. It took me about 30 minutes to get here, but I anticipate possibly another few days for high diamond given how quickly the star bonus seems to go away as you get higher.

A downvote and a salty comment? Did someone playing face hunter do mean things to you? Lol

Thanks, glad you're doing well with it! 

Quote from user-100394506 >>

I made legend this month in wild with Reno quest mage. (but I already made it in the past).

My advices are:

- Hearthstone is NOT skill based, very few skill is required, (don't believe noob people who think they are smart because they play Hearthstone, smart people are others)

- Reaching Legend, if you are an average player, it is only a matter of time. It is math in fact, when you are playing a deck with more than 50% win rate you will reach it for sure, there is only time in between

- If you are stuck at rank 5. Change deck, play a Tier 1 deck and you will reach Legend in less time

(I am Italian, we are under coronavirus and this month in fact I had plenty of time. Time is the only thing that matter to reach Legend)

 I have to ask, have you ever gotten legend in standard (read: an actually competitive format)? Bc i can see why, as a wild player, you might assert that HS requires "very little skill". Frankly I don't think I believe you've ever gotten legend based on everything you said in this comment, but if you have it would certainly make sense that you got legend in a format where everyone memes and there are very few skilled players relative to the number in standard.

Quote from ArcyroX >>

Whenever you play Unstable Evolution and Witch's Brew as Lady Vashj, she says: "I used to be a night elf you know" and "Delicious". It is cool to have some card interactions but please; like everytime I play an echo? now that's annoying.

I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know I used to be a night elf you know.... or Delicious Delicious Delicious Delicious Delicious Delicious...

bruh. I-I get it, alright, enough :D

why did they even made it like this? I hope they'll fix this and made her say just one time when I play the echo card.

 This actually sounds hilarious and incredibly BM, lol. I'm not even mad at it, I think I would just laugh.

I think people are vastly overestimating the power level/versatility of this card. As Gentille mentioned, the "2 turn" delay is not really 2 turns, and inevitably you will have to deal with the minion you temporarily removed. I've seen  videos in which Maeiv is played by pros/streamers with early access and they almost all were universally disappointed with the card. Frankly I think it's absurd that people are asserting that it will be an auto-include in every deck and that it's "one of, if not the best" cards of the expansion; zilliax was a vastly superior card, and I think virtually all of the primes are stronger. I guess we'll have to wait and see, but I don't think it's going to be a meta-definer by any stretch of the imagination.

Thank you for bringing this up, I completely forgot that lifedrinker was rotating out! After perusing my collection for cheap, low mana cost alternatives that have the potential to deliver similar damage output for a similar cost, the closest alternatives I could find were blackwald pixie and jungle panther. I would recommend jungle panther bc it activates kill command and synergizes well with with timber wolf and leokk. 

Dragonbane is a decent add. You don't typically see it in face hunter bc its damage has the potential to not go face and clearing the board isn't really a priority for face hunter, and it is relatively expensive from a mana perspective. With that said, now that leeroy has rotated out you could certainly take out one of the lifedrinkers and put it in and I don't think it would necessarily be a bad thing. Just a little more complicated to play if you're looking for lethal and your opponent has minions on the board.

EDIT: I completely forgot, but another commenter reminded me that lifedrinker is rotating out soon. If you still want to play this deck in the upcoming meta, I would recommend replacing lifedrinker with jungle panther once it does rotate out, or (as you suggested) one dragonbane and one panther, provided you have the dragonbane.