Hearthpwn

Mecha_Lynx your breakdown post here is fantastic; thank you for taking the time to compile it.

I'm not sure if the love/hate reactions to this brawl (and to a lesser extent the previous one) are more regional than not suiting people who possibly prefer a more "structured" style of play. Luck is always an element in Hearthstone, but the mode where it's influence is least is with Casual/Ranked Play, since (outside of using cards like Webspinner or Unstable Portal), since you and your opponent are working within a fixed deck and within class-restrictions. Arena requires a little more luck, largely in the drafting process but even then it's fairly static. But with brawls like this and last week's where those restrictions are largely thrown out the window -- well, it's not hard to see where RNG complaints are coming from.

Personally speaking, I don't like constructing decks and I found it to be one of my least favorite aspects of the game (particularly since I didn't have any of the solo adventures for the longest time), so I appreciate modes like this where I have a chance to work with cards that I haven't had the chance to get yet. I enjoy getting an unexpected card and trying to figure out how to work it on the fly; I find it much more satisfying than trying to work out synergy beforehand. I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way, and I think Blizzard has picked up on that as well. The Discover mechanic introduced in LOE is basically taking it from the brawls and adding a bit of it to the meta.

When I finished my first match in this brawl I was feeling pretty "meh" about it, but the more I played it the more I ended up loving it. I really loved the "draft-as-you-go" format; no match was ever the same and the potential for last-chance turnarounds (which I love to do) was pretty good. I prefer this style over Arena's format -- in Arena a bad draft means you pretty much have to plow through three inevitable losses, but in this brawl you always had a chance of getting a strong minion/AoE spell/some other card that works really well in your current predicament.

I'd also love for something with this style to be a permanent mode. Like...Arena for caffeinated squirrels, I dunno.

Mrrgglton with Poisoned Blade, Gang Up, Shadowstep and Brewmasters.

One cant be 100% sure about the value of LoE yet, cards are still tested and the meta is in flux trying to figure out whats good and whats not.

If we knew exactly how much of LoE is worth having, and if your time farming the gold for it is worth more than spending 20$ for you (you could be anywhere between: A broke ass unemployed person with endless time to spare and a billionaire with almost no time to spare to farm gold in hearthstone) then you'd have your answer. 

In my opinion the supreme majority of the best cards of LoE are in the first 2 wings, if that helps.