More like mana cheating is out of control, (Especially in Wild!) so that silence is an important option against that....
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Always_Reno posted a message on Silence is out of controlPosted in: General Discussion -
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Manuelo46 posted a message on Silence is out of controlPosted in: General DiscussionSilence isn't out of control. decks weak to silence are out of control. silence is very much required as tech and I'd rather have it stay as it is.
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WillsGT posted a message on Best Cards (LEGENDARY) WitchwoodPosted in: Card DiscussionLady in White is bad, Genn is kinda meh tbh
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user-7272929 posted a message on Shudderwock - A constructive fix threadPosted in: Card DiscussionAlso Blizzard, no need to hire me, here's how to destroy the card:
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Gderkon posted a message on New Card Reveal - Voodoo DollPosted in: NewsYou only choose one target.. so it gets selected twice, and destroyed once, cause you cannot destroy it twice..
But who knows!.. This is Hearthstone after all xD
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jainaishot posted a message on [S48] 13 to Legend in 3 days - Fungal ZoolockPosted in: [S48] 13 to Legend in 3 days - Fungal ZoolockI reached legend in one hour without even installing the game!!! :O
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MegaSharked posted a message on New Rogue Card Reveal - Cursed CastawayPosted in: News -
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Unscene posted a message on Meta Degeneracy and Bots at LegendPosted in: General DiscussionThis is a long post, the below is the original post I submitted to the official Blizzard forums in an attempt to raise awareness of the bot situation and the fact that the last ban wave was over 2 years ago. If you would like to give this issue more exposure in hopes of it reaching the Team 5 staff the link to it is HERE
I'm primarily a Wild player. I've played since release and I love this game. I want to shed some light on these topics and reach out to the staff in an attempt to raise some awareness to the current state of the game. I care about the future and well-being of our game's community and am concerned about what I've seen.
Since the update to the ranked ladder system — and being on the cusp of the upcoming expansion — I have noticed there are a slew of new people reaching legend right now.
Ultimately, I view this as a good thing. It's a good feeling to reach a goal in any capacity. The changes made to the ladder system have made the grind to legend more attainable to the majority of the player base at that skill level. Because of this, more people are making the effort to get that card back and push into legend.
What I'm concerned about is how people are doing that.
If you look at the data for HSReplay — which tracks the meta through a third party decktracker application — you can see which decks have the highest win rate and the most games played.
These are the top 3 results for the Wild meta right now at the time of this post:
- Aggro Paladin - 68.3% WR - 42,000 Games Played
- Secret Mage - 65.2% WR - 21,000 Games Played
- Giants Warlock - 63.2% WR - 20,000 Games Played
The reason I bring this up is because these decks all share common traits. The most obvious is this:
They're degenerate.
All three of these decks have high power level, low skill ceiling, and are virtually non-interactive. These decks are so well optimized, you don't need to make any real decisions, you can just play the cards in your hand and win. Coincidentally, they are also extremely polarized. You could basically call them rock, paper, and scissors. Paladin being rock, Warlock is paper and Mage is scissors. One countering or canceling each other out.
Another thing to note about these decks is that they are all perfect candidates to be ran by a bot program.
I am fairly involved in the hearthstone community, I try to absorb as much information from as many sources as I can to become a better player.
Yesterday I came across a post on the hearthstone community for Reddit about a botter that reached rank 8 in Legend in Wild using a bot program. The post contained screenshots and conversations to support the validity of this. The link for this is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/86pxgo/bot_program_hit_8_in_wild/
Concerned about this, I did a google search on bot programs and found that one of them listed at the top actually advertised how many users of their program have hit legend with it — it's in the hundreds for both Wild and Standard this month alone.
They also conveniently listed when the last ban wave was to further promote their product: January 14th, 2016.
It has been over two years since the last time there has been a ban wave on bots. The examples above are just for one program, I don't know how many others are out there.
I, like many other players have been trying to grind gold for the upcoming expansion. I have run into tons of bots in the past couple weeks in the early hours of the morning doing the same. It breaks my heart to see what the player experience has become.
I almost have a full collection, 96% of the cards and I can only play a fraction of them because this meta is so oppressive. I'm actually looking at going back to Standard when rotation hits because Wild has become a place that no longer promotes diversity and fun or wacky decks. I honestly feel like I have more interaction sitting in chat on someone's stream on Twitch than I do actually playing the game.
I'm not a developer or game designer. I am not going to try to tell Team 5 how to do their job. I know that they pour their hearts into this game and have invested countless hours so we can all enjoy it.
I want us all to have a positive experience when playing Hearthstone. I'm asking that we can have an open discussion in hopes to alleviate and address the issues stated above.
This doesn't just impact Wild ranked, this is the same in casual and these decks mentioned have their Standard counterparts that function just the same.
Perhaps we need to look at changing how some cards work, or looking at game modes that promote diversity in deck building, maybe we can revisit quests. I want to know what your thoughts are on this and how we can come together to help Hearthstone be the best game it can be.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
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Dr_Scaphandre posted a message on Cart Crash at the Crossroads is This Week's Brawl!Posted in: NewsBlizzard, how many fucking times do I have to tell you to remove this and every other brawl that has the word "Crossroads" in it from the game?
And I'm being downvoted. Don't tell me you actually like this shitty brawl.
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damn i wish taunt minions would stop damage once again
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Unexpected and surprising 40 dmg from shockspitters or lets say our beloved Denathrius back then, way more interactive than board trading.
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How can 1 class in this game have both best value ( x4 astalor, endless kazakus potions for 0-3 mana ) and best tempo ( 0 mana 3/5 rush )
It's a fucking mess
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Rotate rogue, bring back warrior to standard
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i might be old but damn.
Back in my days Innervate was the biggest mana cheat, and we were using pyroblast as finisher
3, 2 cost minions for 4 mana wasn't too bad either back then(call to arms)
And now we have 3 mana cast pyroblast
0 mana yeti's with rush
And arcane intelect combined with kazakus potions.
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and everyone has the right to shit/complain about what they play
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It was me, but on Diamond 1 past 2 months. Pretty much every final boss was damn rogue with 14/14 stealth and 14 attack weapon on t4
But then i changed to deck that has no weakness, which is DH and it was easy
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Can we re-design Unleash Fel already?
I know Reno is back in standard, but i dont remember him costing 1 mana and clearing your board
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So you are mad because Patchwerk didnt won you a game on the spot? Well fuck you. And fuck Patchwerk. Fuck y'all blood freaks.
Just because your life is empty and you can afford to play 40 mins games it doesnt mean everyone can
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xD