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I'm the same way. I added you. If we don't get it done in the next few minutes I'll be gone for a little over 8 hours and we can trade tonight
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Morrow
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Enzee
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God.. I think I'm either the most inconsistent arena player or the unluckiest. I've gotten more 12win runs in the last week then I had lifetime previously, but I'll have a few runs in a row where I can't even get over 3 wins, even an 0-3 thrown in the mix, then suddenly I get a few 9-12 wins in a row. Meanwhile, if I watch really good arena players, they rarely ever get below 5 wins on a run.
I know mage is still good, but I seem to have forgotten how to play it. The last 4-5 runs I did with mage have all been bad. But, all my warlock runs are 7+, including a 12-0 and 12-2 in the last two days.
I'm so confused.
I know mage is still good, but I seem to have forgotten how to play it. The last 4-5 runs I did with mage have all been bad. But, all my warlock runs are 7+, including a 12-0 and 12-2 in the last two days.
I'm so confused.
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Developer Insights Live - Community Q&A Live Recap
- They're considering making Arena Standard. It makes new sets more important to the pool.
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zzeris
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I'm the same way. I haven't done too many but my only great deck was a warlock one with 10 wins. The other three were priest, pally, and mage. with 3-4 wins each. I'm sure I'm part of the problem but the Lock deck had better options in the 30 picks.
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Enzee
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The frustrating part is not being able to differentiate when my luck determined the outcome or my own skill did. That goes for a lot of hearthstone, really.
To play 'good' you figure out situations where doing A is right 70% of the time, doing B is only right 30%, and then doing A. But, then when your opponent has the things that would have made B the right move, you feel like you screwed up and made a mistake in your calculations. You start thinking maybe B was actually 70%. Its very difficult to analyze your own play in that way, at least for me.
Also, the news they might make arena standard is great. I think that is part of the problem, theres so many potential blowout cards that you cant play aroud them all and then you DO get wrecked by them at times. Then, when a similar situation comes up later, you play around that thing but they dont have it and you lose because you played around it.
Arena seems to be boiling down to two people playing solitaire, but whoever plays their own broken combo wins faster. I rarely feel like my opponent outplayed me, or vice versa really, just that their cards lined up better for what i was doing or mine did.
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zzeris
King Turd of Shit Hill
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Yep, I've felt that most of the games I played. It's like, how did you get that combo in your hand in arena? With the gigantic card selection? I also agree about making it standard. I think cards like dragon operative might become ridiculous but it's really hard to pick Play A as being right with so many cards.
Quick question. Have they already lowered the number of certain cards showing up? Is the larger card base doing that job for them? I just haven't seen very many flamestrike and I used to see them constantly 2 years ago. I've averaged about 4 mage opponents the past 4 arenas so I've seen plenty of them but not flamestrike. Portal seems to be less frequent based off earlier posts from it's release. Have I just gotten lucky?
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Vaclav
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I've basically entirely stopped playing HS besides hitting my quests - Direwolf Digital has two digital CCGs in beta - Eternal and Elder Scrolls - enjoying both. Both are basically completely different from the other.
Eternal is really close to a "Hearthstoned" MTG. And the Elder Scrolls one is closer to Hearthstone proper but still has some substantial differences. Not sure if the player pop is doing good/poor on either - but they're both fun (free thusfar as well for me).
Eternal is really close to a "Hearthstoned" MTG. And the Elder Scrolls one is closer to Hearthstone proper but still has some substantial differences. Not sure if the player pop is doing good/poor on either - but they're both fun (free thusfar as well for me).
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zzeris
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Will give it a look. Outside of some arena, and the occasional new deck I'm also just doing quests and my daily Hearthranger stuff after I go to bed. Just crafted Finja and enjoying the hell out of Murloc Pally until I hit 500. Then probably more dragon pally to 500 and done for a while. Both are at around 460 wins so that will probably be done by month's end. I might get my last 50 with shammy but I've grown tired of it.
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Necrath Evilcraft
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Yup. I just grind to rank 5 and quit most seasons, now with the mega cancer of patches decks its just gotten that much worse. reno decks are fine but i keep getting other reno decks when i change and bleh, even when you win it feels like you lost just because it took 20 minutes to finish.
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I log on, check quests, drop the 40g quests and do the others. Log off, turn on Twitch and watch one of the enjoyable streamers. That's the extent of my Hearthstone atm.
Overall, i think that this meta is better than the pre-MSG one, but i still think the game is in a poor state atm.
Overall, i think that this meta is better than the pre-MSG one, but i still think the game is in a poor state atm.
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I honestly keep trying to get into the game, but it's impossible. The game is just trash.
I've gotten to the point where i'd even consider myself decent. I've put in time. I watch streams daily, i actually watch in order to learn. When i play, i think moves through, i actually sit there strategically going through the why and how, etc. Half of the time i stop myself and think: How fucking retarded am i to even want to play this game at this level?
The game is designed in a way where no matter how good you are, you will lose a large percentage of games in a way that completely disregards your play. He got his N'Zoth's First Mate on one, Alextrasza's Champion on two, Frothing on three, Kor'Kron on four and Reaper on five. You had an opening hand of two SWeath, Azure Drake and PW:Shield and you drew dickall by turn 5. You can suck a dick all the way to the moon, you aren't going to win that game. By the time you can play your Azure Drake, you're at like 5 health. It's basically the same shit when you're facing aggro shamans. You finally stabilize at like 6 health, but he top decks a drake which draws him a Lava Burst. Suck a dick, l2p huhuhu!!
So basically, watching the pros play, it's evident that these scenario are evident at all tiers of play. I'm using a caricature of two cancer decks, but there's similar scenarios in most decks. Ultimately, yeah, there is a skill threshold, but this threshold is low and after you reach it, it's just a coin toss. Certainly, there are decks where the threshold is higher and a smaller number of players can reach it, but the ladder is infested by decks that have a low skill threshold and are very powerful.
Anyways, i applaud the people who are having fun playing this game. You guys are certainly doing something right. I, on the other hand, need to gtfo and do something else with my time.
I've gotten to the point where i'd even consider myself decent. I've put in time. I watch streams daily, i actually watch in order to learn. When i play, i think moves through, i actually sit there strategically going through the why and how, etc. Half of the time i stop myself and think: How fucking retarded am i to even want to play this game at this level?
The game is designed in a way where no matter how good you are, you will lose a large percentage of games in a way that completely disregards your play. He got his N'Zoth's First Mate on one, Alextrasza's Champion on two, Frothing on three, Kor'Kron on four and Reaper on five. You had an opening hand of two SW
eath, Azure Drake and PW:Shield and you drew dickall by turn 5. You can suck a dick all the way to the moon, you aren't going to win that game. By the time you can play your Azure Drake, you're at like 5 health. It's basically the same shit when you're facing aggro shamans. You finally stabilize at like 6 health, but he top decks a drake which draws him a Lava Burst. Suck a dick, l2p huhuhu!!So basically, watching the pros play, it's evident that these scenario are evident at all tiers of play. I'm using a caricature of two cancer decks, but there's similar scenarios in most decks. Ultimately, yeah, there is a skill threshold, but this threshold is low and after you reach it, it's just a coin toss. Certainly, there are decks where the threshold is higher and a smaller number of players can reach it, but the ladder is infested by decks that have a low skill threshold and are very powerful.
Anyways, i applaud the people who are having fun playing this game. You guys are certainly doing something right. I, on the other hand, need to gtfo and do something else with my time.
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Well.. yea..
If you have time, watch Kibler's video:
He is a very upbeat personality and analyzes the state of the game very accurately.
Someone posted a TL;DW:
I'm again at the point where I simply knock out a quest or play on tablet to pass time. I don't think the game will ever hold my attention until something like Tournament Mode is made.
If you have time, watch Kibler's video:
He is a very upbeat personality and analyzes the state of the game very accurately.
Someone posted a TL;DW:
I'm again at the point where I simply knock out a quest or play on tablet to pass time. I don't think the game will ever hold my attention until something like Tournament Mode is made.
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