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My gut tells me the power creep this expansion is huge, and that it's not balanced at all.

After seeing the demo yesterday with non-optimized decks, I feel the same way. Seemed way too easy for them to drop bombs. After some deck refinements I feel like it'll be 2-3 OP decks standing tall... same shit that always happens tbh. With so many cards in the system there will be a "Secret Paladin" somewhere.
 
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Played about 30 matches today. 20ish shamans. 0 control decks. This expansion cannot come out soon enough.
 
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And it's not even worth playing shaman to counter. Every shaman match is a coin toss. Who gets the better draws. 90% of the time there's 0 skill involved. Suck my fucking dick.
 
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I think how good Zoo and Midrange Shaman are after the expansion will determine what kind of meta we see. Those decks need to be good enough to keep shit like the Jade Golem decks in check, if they aren't good enough to do so this meta is going to be miserable.
 
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looks like there will be 6 free packs up for grabs:

(Datamined from today's patch)
Hearthstone Patch 7.0 - Gadgetzan! Card Flavor Text, New Card Backs, & More!


New Quests
It looks like we're getting some free card packs! There are also a couple of quests which appear to be placeholders.

  • Join the Goons - Win 3 games as a Hunter, Paladin, or Warrior.
    • Rewards 2 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Packs
  • Join the Jade Lotus - Win 3 games as a Druid, Rogue, or Shaman.
    • Rewards 2 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Packs
  • Join the Kabal - Win 3 games as a Mage, Priest, or Warlock.
    • Rewards 2 Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Packs
  • Wise Beyond Your Years - Reach Legend 1,000,000 times.
    • Rewards 1 Gold
  • A Job for Ya' - Destroy 100,000 minions.
    • Rewards 1 Gold


Lol @ flavor text:
  • Doppelgangster - "Every me, get in here!"
 
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I think how good Zoo and Midrange Shaman are after the expansion will determine what kind of meta we see. Those decks need to be good enough to keep shit like the Jade Golem decks in check, if they aren't good enough to do so this meta is going to be miserable.

An Aggro deck always prevails somewhere. Zoo/Shaman don't need to be good, Hunter/Paladin/Warrior might do the trick. There has never been a meta where Aggro couldn't succeed.

Edit: I know you said mid-range but Zoo/Shaman are aggressive!
 
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Played about 30 matches today. 20ish shamans. 0 control decks. This expansion cannot come out soon enough.
Trying to hit 5 or do other quests? If you just want to hit 5, play zoo. I was surprised at how well it matches up against shaman these days. Didn't lose to a single one from 9 to 5 and I ran into a lot of them as well. I thought it would be a bad matchup for zoo, but since shaman these days usually run only 2 1 drops and not many more 2 drops its hard for them to get established on the board.
 
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Trying to hit 5 or do other quests? If you just want to hit 5, play zoo. I was surprised at how well it matches up against shaman these days. Didn't lose to a single one from 9 to 5 and I ran into a lot of them as well. I thought it would be a bad matchup for zoo, but since shaman these days usually run only 2 1 drops and not many more 2 drops its hard for them to get established on the board.

I got 5 on Maly Rogue this season. HS is a grind just like any game, MMO or otherwise, so i'm content with getting 5 and not going for legend.

Got my first golden toon (mage) and i've been playing a bunch of other random shit shit. Was playing C'Thun rogue today and i was literally running into 50%+ shaman games. I put Zoo in the same boat as shaman. It's boring to play, pal.

The most fun deck i've been playing is Reno Mage. Hoping that the expansion makes it actually competitive. At the same time though, even if it becomes competitive, the games still take too long, so it's not a viable deck for ladder considering my limited time.
 
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Also, what they need to do is totally rework the ladder system. Plain and simple, quick wins ladder you the fastest. What this means is that the game strongly, whether directly or indirectly, promotes fast, aggressive decks. People playing control decks are actually playing counter-intuitively, if they're trying to ladder with them.

At the end of the day, ladder needs to have an "exp" system, whereby you gain experience which then translates into rank. The experience can be based on any number of factors; however, a person playing slow deck X for 2 hours a day and playing 10 matches in that time with a 60% win rate should have the same rank as another playing fast deck Y for the same amount of time, playing 30 matches and having the same win rate.

It's supposed to be a fun game. Don't penalize me for not wanting to play some brainless, garbage, keyboard-faceroll deck.

Also, they need a tournament mode, a-fucking-sap.
 
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Playing Rez Priest in wild because I have a Priest quest and didn't feel like waiting a few days. Barnes out Confessor Paltress, who summons Shifter Zerus, who I then proceed to revive three times. Fuck you Blizzard
 
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I like the screenshot over the BBCode export from their site because I visualize the class cards & neutrals better and they are also in order by cost
 
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