Hearthstone

I saw him play that yesterday and i faced it on ladder immediately after... obviously.

Seems strong. Hagatha is huge for value. At the same time tho, i'm not ready for shamanstone again. PTSD is still strong from the WoG meta.

I might try that with some Murlocs and Sea Giants instead.

After watching Zalae and Firebat stream for a bit today, I already hate watching Shudderwock games and can't believe they thought it was a good idea to leave that shit in the game. These devs are fucking retarded.

Friendly bump for this dead thread.

And the only reason i still play this game.

This game isn't even fun to watch on Twitch any more.

I haven't played in more than 18 months, but just watching Shudderwok Shaman do stupid shit, and Quest Rogue still do stupid shit, and this absolutely fucking stupid Taunt Druid mind-numbingly cheat out 9 and 10 cost minions is just boring as fuck.

I just can't imagine how they keep pumping out cards that allow classes to cheat out the highest power cards in the game. I mean, maybe if every class had access to reliable removal that would be okay, but it just doesn't make a single ounce of goddamn sense to allow the kind of power creep that cubelock and taunt druid introduced. How in the fuck do you introduce the most powerful 9 mana taunt demon in the game in the same expansion that you introduce a 5 cost weapon that cheats it out and a 5 cost minion that cheats out 2 of them? This is after taking into consideration that both those methods can also cheat out the most powerful charge minion int he game whose only drawback relies on it not being cheated out. Then, after months of watching these insanely overpowered minions get cheated out way too early, they go and make druid cards that ensure it will get even worse.

Just fuck Blizzard and everything they stand for at this point. It was only crazy to see these insane combos a few times, not it is just infuriating.

I'm also sorta in the same mindset. I still play casually on the phone just to do quests but other than that I really don't care anymore. My guess is a good chunk of the playerbase that plays this game for any length of time probably winds up with that mindset. Which is actually pretty bad for Blizzard. Your game has issue when it's no longer about players bitching about nerfs and OP cards, it's about players not giving a damn. When the players don't care about your game anymore, you have no game. Is it even taken seriously as a competitive/esport anymore?

I'm not a hardcore player. I get rank 5 each month from doing dailies and sitting on the toilet, never really pushed legend. So take me with a grain of salt -

But I'm kinda amazed by the diversity that I'm seeing at rank 5 right now. Last night before the ladder reset, I played about 10 games as murloc pally. I faced 2 pallies - both were odd pally. I faced a big spell mage and what I think was elemental mage, a shudderwock, control warrior, taunt druid & token druid, and 2 locks.

I don't think there are phenomenal t1 priest decks right now, and I think rogue is in a just barely slightly better position. There are both spell and beast hunters that are being played right now.

If the problem is that the game doesn't feel fun, then that's a separate issue - but the balance right now feels pretty incredible. I know it's post-nerf balance, so it'll calm down in terms of diversity, but I thought we were in a pretty darn solid place!

I think that, diversity wise, this post-nerf meta is the best meta the game has had in a while. There's a bunch of viable decks and practically every single class has at least one good deck. Some have multiple, which is really rare.

The point however, as most people are pointing out, and as i see it, is that the game, in so far as the meta is concerned, has become all about cheating out minions and cheesing. The main culprits of this bullshit are Cubelock and Spiteful decks. Even before them though, there was highroll priest and the like. When i last quit the game, what tilted me was that my ladder experience was basically either face Quest rogue (at play 4 and 5/5) or highroll priest (draw Barnes on 4, pull Yshaarj). Card design is boring as fuck, but what's more important, or rather more alarming, is that this shit gets through their game testing.

Now, in so far as the more important point goes, the fact that we are still playing the exact same game as in 2014... is... ridiculous. Aside from the bones we're thrown during adventure release or expansion release (PvE mode stuff), there has not been a single new mode or any sort of addition made to the game since its release. That's insane. Just insane. Multi-million dollar company, hundreds of staff... "The game has been favorably reviewed by critics and is financially successful for Blizzard, making as much as $40 million per month as of August 2017." You'd think they'd have more competent people on it or at least a more aggressive approach.

I've been gaming for decades. I've spent more money on Hearthstone than all other games i've ever played... combined... x5. I think that says something about their product, but at the same time it speaks to the potential of the product.

Honest question, Why the fuck doesnt spiteful eat the spell it reveals? its bad enough that people abuse it by making 28 minion decks but why the fuck do they just reveal it instead of using it