Hearthpwn

We really need a downvote button in this forum.

Ripoff? What are you talking about? You can (and I do) play this mode as f2p just fine. The PVE part is fun imo - I enjoy the simple farming of stuff. 

Crafted Anduin, Illidan (both to not open them in a pack before I get LK and Diablo) and Sylvanas already. It takes time, but thats totally fine.

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I went from 0 to 5k with 0 losses. From there on onward my winrate dropped to less than 20%.
If I were that bad then
1) I should not have been able to get there with 0 losses
2) I should be matched to less good opponents by now if there was this so called matchmaking system in place.  It clearly isn't.

Not that it matters much. PVP is only for rewards, and many rewards go to heroes that are already maxed out. Meaning useless coins, useless time, bad design.

 What team do you run? Want help?

Protectors: Cariel, Cornelius
Fighters: Samuro, Tyrande (sometimes replacing Tyrande)
Casters: Millhouse, Xyrella
All 6 are completely maxed out, except for Tyrande (who still is level 30 and has her used skills at 4+).

 Thank you, but no thanks.  :) As stated: if I were that bad then I:
1) Should not have been able to climb there (especially not with 0 losses)
2) Should be matched to less good opponents by now (40+ games by now).

Seeing this is not the case tells me there is no MMR-based match making system in place at all. That combined with the fact that rewards still give useless coins for maxed out heros makes PVP, and therefore the entire game mode, worthless to me. Sadly I have to say, for I liked the grind.

 I bet you just played a ton of AI opponents until 5k, just like me. Its because your team was still in development and now maxed out you are more likely meet real opponents with maybe better composotions. There is already that Xyrella + Samuro meta going on, so ppl put in Cariel. But thats perfectly countered by Nature combos, so many players swapped out Cariel for Garrosh I believe (the windfury protector)

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Slightly above 6k and climbing. 2 out of 3 opponents are AI and real opponents mostly play Xyrella + Samuro, which you only have to counter. The real fight starts at 7k I guess, where you wont get easy points for AI´s 

 How do you counter Xyrella + Samuro + shield?  What merc do you use on the first round?

 Malfurion + Bro´kan+ Guff. 

Malf is maxed out with the staff (+6 heal every nature cast).

They usually attack Brukhan all at once, but since I heal for 18 through nature spells, he survives.

Thanks to Malfs A1, all nature spells are reduced by 3 speed, so all of my guys act first next round. 

Malf finishes Samuro and the other two prepare to kill the protector next round. Guffs damage is through the roof. In round 2 he currently hits a Protector for  64 damage (10 base + 3 from the Totem (not maxed, yet) and +3 from Brukans spell damage (all of that x2).)

If I face a maxed out Samuro (when you upgrade all skills and artifacts, mercs get a stat boost), Brokan doesnt survive, but Anacondra is on the bench as a backup plan. I am not sure about her, should probably level up the feary dragon as well.

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I went from 0 to 5k with 0 losses. From there on onward my winrate dropped to less than 20%.
If I were that bad then
1) I should not have been able to get there with 0 losses
2) I should be matched to less good opponents by now if there was this so called matchmaking system in place.  It clearly isn't.

Not that it matters much. PVP is only for rewards, and many rewards go to heroes that are already maxed out. Meaning useless coins, useless time, bad design.

 What team do you run? Want help?

Slightly above 6k and climbing. 2 out of 3 opponents are AI and real opponents mostly play Xyrella + Samuro, which you only have to counter. The real fight starts at 7k I guess, where you wont get easy points for AI´s 

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I hate aggro meta

 It just looks like Aggro meta, but its actually combo meta. Aggro is the answer to the current meta

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I don't recall ever losing to the deck as Quest Warlock, Quest Mage felt like a free win with the ability to fully heal repeatedly.   Generally you have to keep killing your own minions to delay their quest completion.

On hsreplay Quest Mage vs. Quest Warlock is highly favourable for Mage (67%). A good Mage player will kill you in one turn and not burn you so that you can heal. You can try to delay the Quest completion, but that will not always work.

 I saw that as well, but I have no idea why the numbers are so high.

Mage quest was the one only quest I opened, so Ive tried a lot of different decks with it. I beat some Warlocks, but in most games they just didnt play any minion until they got enough card draw together and finished their quest.

Same thing with Druid or Rogue, so I dont think Mage can keep the top position for too long, unless you really dont need any minion-hitting spells anymore in the deck.

reward track

Battletag: Voice#2337
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first

Battletag: Voice#2337
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first

90% of the time I play Battlegrounds nowadays and I have almost 10k gold (+2500 I paid for the mini set) at lvl 211.

This is 3-4k more, than pre pass.

I didnt pay for anything else, no tavern pass, no bg perks (wanted to try how far I can get without it. Spoiler: Its tough to get over 7k with only 2 heroes to choose from^^)

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Damn, this game is being monetized to bits.

 As someone playing since the beginning of time (closed beta... ok, technically the beginning for us was alpha, but had no key back then. Anyways... sorry for that ) I am glad, that more and more stuff is added, because I got really burned out from standard. With all the new ways to monetize the game, new game modes were introduced, which dont produce enough money to get hs alive like packs or the new tavern pass do.

That being said, I still hate the legendary drop rate in this game and the high dust cost, but the f2p reward track really gives us more gold than before. I barely touch standard these days and still have like 12k gold to spend on the next expansion.

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When I see my opponent is a Priest.

 Same here, always great to meet ppl with the same mindset ;)