Hearthpwn

No packs yet. Watching since the start, i got the diamond icon of connected.

In music, one doesn’t make the end of the composition, the point of the composition. If that were so, the best conductors would be those who played fastest, and there would be composers who wrote only finales. People would go to concerts just to hear one crashing chord—because that’s the end! -Alan Watts

Thats what Hearthstone is becoming these days, one crashing chord. Draw your entire deck, mana cheat your entire hand, and go face or easily reach overpowered win condition (with long animations so its actually kinda hard to pull off sometimes, yeah hearthstone is becoming an apm game). And whats up for the future? They do like their power creep don't they? Making decks that end the game in turn 3-5 instead of turn 6-9?

I don't like the state of the game right now, not sure if its the worst ever but its pretty bad. I don't like quest cards because they feel very single player like to either play against or to play yourself.

I agree with the OP, lets wait a bit. There is a deeper issue though.

The powercreep is going in a direction where the game will be too fast, control decks are not a thing anymore already. They can make the meta slower by nerfing everything. They can also give control more tools to survive against OTK so they are not completely helpless.

I don't get the Kangor nerf.

Still no fix for the lag (in battlegrounds).

That but not even playing remotely enough to go to rank 5. Just doing my quests and playing as few games as possible. For the false hope this game will become better one day and when that happens still having a collection to play this game. And because there is just no games at all on the market that i like, because it would be easier to stop playing this game if there are plenty of other good games.

EU down?

I don't like that card but if you remove it mages are left with no good decks anymore.

Its really hard.

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I beat both heroics at the first try with terrible decks. I was really disappointed by the lack of challenge. Lots of terrible IA decisions, bosses not even using its mechanics and unremarcable encounters.

I really Hope Next wings improve.

Maybe to finish a heroic is not so hard but to finish it with all classes is near impossible.

Just quit, just do it.

The year is 2026:
There are 17 skin "types", drawing cards are now monetized by draw coins (5.99 for 250, a 50% discount!), 80% WR otks are now possible turn 1.

Once again, people never learn. Several people in this thread complaining that the DH nerf isn't enough.

1 MANA CHANGES ARE ALWAYS IMPACTFUL, PEOPLE!

Remember literally last patch when people said the Odyn nerf wasn't enough, and yet now nobody plays Odyn warrior anymore?

Creativity level has dropped to zero

It's actually a pretty substantial nerf to the weapon.  Playing it on 3 was huge.  Playing it on 4 is much less pressure.  

I replied in another thread, but for me, the game is just broken and/or unfun now.  I tend to enjoy more control sort of gameplay, but it just doesn't work anymore.

The decks I face on ladder...

Sif Mage (Discover bonanza then OTK), Tendril Reno Warrrior (shitshow, but arguably one of the fairer decks), Odin Warrior (basically OTK), Wheel Lock (super fun /s), DH - Window shopper - dead by turn 5/6, Token Hunter - dead by turn 5/6, Giant Rogue - dead by turn 5/6, Spell druid (OTK), Plague DK - inevitable unavoidable death as control, Shaman (OTK - not as popular since the nerf), Paladin - don't see much paladin these days, Priest - dragon OTK.

Everything in this game now is about excessive mana cheating or killing your opponent in one turn with no interaction.  There are so many broken cards and combos that I just dont see how you can fix it at this point.   For me it's not about it a particular deck being overpowered.  There will always be a best deck.  For me it's about the only types of deck that are viable. 

I don't want to play a game where I know I've lost the second I see what class my opponent is, but that's the state we're in now.   I can flip coins if I wanted to play that sort of game...

There is nothing standard about Standard anymore. If I want to die on turn 5 I would play Wild.  Game has just spiraled into the dumpster. 

Tbh even if its not one of the best in terms of winrates I really feel like Nature Shaman should be up there, must be because alot of players dont know how to navigate it well + warriors getting away from their OTK with armor. From my own playtesting with it I have a 30+ damage combo ready to go on average turn 7 and often turn 6 and the earliest I've had it is turn 5 way earlier than for example Sif has ever been ready to go a card alot of players have asked to nerf a number of times since its release.

And I do feel that anything that can kill you from full health from hand as early as turn 5 needs to be tuned,

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bought the big bundle and opened the packs, but havent played a single game since- I just cant

What a waste of money!

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Nah deleting this game now. I don't remember the last time the game was fun. The designers since Ben Brode left are so incompetent. 

 Doubt you actually delete it... See you again tomorrow friend

 I did delete it, but 4 days later I am here, installing it again... Ben Brode and his team made me addicted, living on hope that it will become fun again I guess..

You're not addicted to Hearthstone specifically.
You're addicted to the gambling mechanics that are used in this game (for very different reasons).
That's why it's so hard to stop.
That's why so many people get super defensive as soon as you criticize this game.
It's textbook addict behavior.

What do sites like VS Syndicate, HSReplay etc. actually do?
The don't show you what deck is the best.
They show you what deck has the best chance of winning.
It's the equivalent of card counting.
Probability calculation is by far the most valuable skill you can have in this game nowadays.
That alone should raise eyebrows but hey, it's just a "children's card game" right?

Hearthstone is a gambling simulator and people who are already addicted to it should never ever try real gambling because they'd get hooked INSTANTLY.
Same goes for Battlegrounds. Blizzard uses gambling mechanics in every game they can. Quality gameplay has no priority anymore. It used to be the most important factor to make money in this industry but those days are gone forever.

Its all fucking aggro demon hunter.

Cant play the game at all.