Hearthstone has always been pretty confusing in how dusting and collection goes. All veteran players are now familiar with ncraftables with no middle dot, uncraftable and undisenchantable legendaries, sets rotating and moved to HOF etc.
However, with the introduction of the Core set and Classic mode, this has hit a whole new level:
To illustrate how rediculous it is:
How do you explain to someone new to the game the difference between the "legacy", "classic", and "core" sets? There is a lot of overlap, and some cards, like Argent Squire, are exactly the same in all of them. Have anyone here memorized which cards in which version belong in each one of them? If you didn't play back in 2014 when "classic" was live, well done, you are a genius!
In the Wild part of my collection, I have 4 copies of Lord Jaraxxus lined up next to eachoter, 2 normal and 2 golden. I can only put 1 of them in my decks, however. In the Classic part of my collection, there are 2 more "mirrored" slightly different copies, but if I DE the duplicate DIFFERENT copies in Wild, I lose them for classic.
Why aren't the "core" cards available in "classic" in the first place? Playing classic mode could have been such a nice entry to new players, but now it is locked away behind 100s of packs which are useless for Standard. Veterans DEing their classic cards should not be a big deal, most would probably keep the cards around "just in case" anyway.
If you want to buy packs to play "classic" mode, I assume I should buy "classic" packs, but cards added later to standard, like Barrens Stablehand can't be found in packs anymore afaik. Apparently, you still can't open perviously HOF cards in classic packs: https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/248239-classic-packs-wont-have-hall-of-famed-cards Edit, this has been fixed.
A lot of the fun with new expansions used to be imagining new combos and archetypes. I strongly dislike having to memorize every card in the core set and which version is available on top of learning the new cards to know which options are available. Some have been changed to match the versions of "Classic" mode, some have not. Now, you have to study for days and stay far away from "classic" mode to get your head around the current deckbuilding options. Otherwise, you can do what most do anyway: netdeck something with a high winrate and be done with it.
TLDR: I think my collection has turned into a complete mess, and the interface of both the collection and the cards need some serious updates. They didn't bother doing that, though, but instead introduced completely unnecessary "diamond" cards.
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I totally agree with you: Blizzard should have put more effort in updating the collection manager to prevent the chaos we've got now! Nowadays you can't even look for the cards your collection is missing, because golden cards are not taken into account anymore / Blizzard changed sth in the presentation/distinction of golden and non golden cards in the collection manager.
Also: I saved 30+ Classic Packs to open Gelbin Mekkatorque - the only card I'm missing from the reworked Classic set -, but opened a duplicate Millhouse instead. 🤔 When opening the Classic packs I noticed, that the duplicate protection seems to not work properly anymore regarding Classic packs, at least not the way it used to work, as I only got cards I previously disenchanted, because I had their golden versions (e.g. Millhouse). The ladder I don't really mind, but it's still weird as to my understanding, I should only have received cards I didn't disenchant copies of (after the application of the duplicate rule). Could also be because of the changes in the collection manager mentioned before regarding golden and non golden cards. 🤷
Has anyone had the same experience?
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Switch to Odd Warrior, when you face a lot of DHs.
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I agree. I haven’t been as excited as this about a hs exp in years.