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Quote from Jonesy978 >>

Does this work? I would so love to play a competitive divine paladin deck. Alas, I've tried, and it just can't seem to hold up. 

Hello all,

I'm wondering if anyone is willing to take a look at my deck and give some feedback on it. Its a mid-range Divine Pally. I've had a lot of fun playing it so far and, when I get a good to decent draw, I'm able to complete with most decks. It struggles with Highlander Priest if they get their Shadow Word: Horror + Pint-Size Potion, Control Warrior if they get both Brawls, Prince Rogue if they get an early Prince Keleseth and a Shadowstep and Evolve Shaman depending on who gets a faster start.

There's a bit of rational for some of the cards on the deck page.

Thanks for anyone who is willing to look it over and give some constructive feedback!

Hello all,

I'm wondering if anyone is willing to take a look at my deck and give some feedback on it. Its a mid-range Divine Pally. I've had a lot of fun playing it so far and, when I get a good to decent draw, I'm able to complete with most decks. It struggles with Highlander Priest if they get their Shadow Word: Horror + Pint-Size Potion, Control Warrior if they get both Brawls, Prince Rogue if they get an early Prince Keleseth and a Shadowstep and Evolve Shaman depending on who gets a faster start.

There's a bit of rational for some of the cards on the deck page.

Thanks for anyone who is willing to look it over and give some constructive feedback!

I've been toying around with it in a Buffadin deck, and it's not uncommon to get it up to 6/6 - 8/8. Some games I get it as high as 14/14, but it's also a dead draw late in the game. I like the idea a lot, and Doppelgangster and Saronite Chain Gang are great helps. Maybe if it started 3/3...? It really doesn't need MUCH tweaking, just something. Again, really like the concept.

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Quote from Splatacleze >>

#sarcasm ftw anyone :)

So, what is the purpose of this thread then? Are you here just to troll people?

#sarcasm ftw anyone :)

I mean... come on! What do we Blubberites have to do to get it changed?!

Blubber Baron should either get buffed no matter where it is (deck, hand, etc) OR (what I like better) anytime either player plays a minion with Battlecry it gets +1/+1.

We demand justice!

Wild Oil Rogue auto include...?

Two things needed to make him playable: 1) His buff should happen wherever he is (hand, deck, board) and 2) the Death Knight version of Uthar needs to give divine shield somehow (which... ain't gonna happen).

Like the concept, but... two questions: 1) what about using Steward of Darkshire (Maybe that's a just a different deck than what you're going for)? and 2) I don't think I've ever seen two Blood Knights work in a deck. Yeah, they're great when they work, but I think one would be sufficient. I see the Bolvar dream combo, but pulling it off will be difficult.

I like the idea of Bolvar and hope he's a better than expected card, but I don't think you have enough divine shield minions in your deck to make it would.

Not trying to troll. Just dialoging :)

Thoughts?

@Tze Thanks for the follow up. I  appreciate it. I think we're on the same page. I didn't mean to suggest I favor control deck over aggro. I was just trying to suggest a way to equalize the incentives for both styles. If you play fast and win: great, you get a reward equal to the effort it took to win. If you play a more involved game and win: great, you get a reward equal to the effort it took to win. Right now there definitely seems to be a reward bias toward decks that are fast (...and good, of course;)

The who idea was base around what you were saying at the end there: I want them to incentivize diverse styles of play. I might have worded it to simplistically, though. My B ;)

I don't think it's terrible, as is. I love the game and think the meta is actually more fun than it has been in a long time.

Quote from Skyi101 >>

This may come as a shocker to the OP but skill is already rewarded in HS. I'm not even sure if it's worth elaborating on...

Yes there are brainless decks, however, there are decks that counter said decks and good pilots can easily climb with them.

Quote from Tze >>

On topic, I do think arbitrarily weighing certain decks/playstyles to be worth more is beyond dumb. Not because I don't want more styles of play to be encouraged, but because the second you implement a system to specifically cater to slower players it will end up being too good and ladder turns into a 24/7 grindfest or it turns out horrible and those players are still unhappy. It's also convoluted, which is one reason we don't just have an ELO system for ranking up outside of Legend or Casual.

 This is something I was trying to at here: SUGGESTION: How to Incentivize Slower Decks

Quote from SDhn2a >>

The problem with this- you're incentivized to BM. Lets say I have lethal in my hand. Assuming I know that your deck has no ways to pull the game back around, my goal would be to toy with you as long as possible, since I've basically already won.

Conversely, assuming stars gained = opponent's stars lost, people would just concede as soon as they felt like they were losing, since every turn they waited would lose them more and more stars. So now a major part of ranking up would be accurately guessing when you're going to lose, and conceding very early on to minimize your loss.