Is standard casual gone?

Submitted 3 years, 7 months ago by

Now we have 4 formats

  • Classic
  • Standard
  • Wild
  • Casual

And casual is wild casual. There is no more standard casual. Is this real??? Is my understanding right?

  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Now we have 4 formats

    • Classic
    • Standard
    • Wild
    • Casual

    And casual is wild casual. There is no more standard casual. Is this real??? Is my understanding right?

    -=alfi=-

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  • TriMay's Avatar
    430 130 Posts Joined 01/15/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    If I've read between the lines correctly, picking casual auto-queue's you against opponents you based on your deck's format.  If your deck is standard, you'll queue for standard casual, if it's wild, wild casual, if it's classic, classic casual.

    I could be entirely wrong though, and even if I am right here, they're making this sound like it's a simplification when it just makes it more confusing :/

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
    Quote From TriMay

    If I've read between the lines correctly, picking casual auto-queue's you against opponents you based on your deck's format.  If your deck is standard, you'll queue for standard casual, if it's wild, wild casual, if it's classic, classic casual.

    I could be entirely wrong though, and even if I am right here, they're making this sound like it's a simplification when it just makes it more confusing :/

    I thinkt the simplification part refers to cleaning up the UI. Previously you have the 2 queues next to each other, but that space is now taken up by the whole rank and reward stuff, so instead of cluttering it up even more they just chose the easier way of making Casual decided based on what the deck type is .

    It might seem confusing at first, but it's way better long term.

     

    Also this means they finally trust our intelligence (which is probably also why we got even more extra deck slots :^)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • OutOfPatience's Avatar
    10 1 Posts Joined 03/28/2021
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Casual now allows any card--classic,standard, or wild--to be played. Even if players are matched according to deck type, the Discover mechanic still yields cards from Wild even if both players are using decks from standard.

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  • clawz161's Avatar
    The Undying 825 827 Posts Joined 07/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    For the longest time in this game i played casual, and i quit this year, when i came back to hearthstone again.

     

    There's 2 reasons for it. 

    1. No one plays casual in casual except me. People just play the same degenerate aggro netdecks as if they were on ladder and they misclicked somehow instead. If i want to test a deck or play a grindy matchup, where i get to play every card in my deck, and enjoy my time, i play the innkeeper.

     

    2. There is literally no incentive to play casual anymore. I used to do it because at least it was fun sometimes, but not even that anymore. And with the new battlepass it's clear they REALLY don't want people playing casually, they want you on that damn ladder. Well, i've been beaten down and here i am falling in line.

    Living like that.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
    Quote From TriMay

    If I've read between the lines correctly, picking casual auto-queue's you against opponents you based on your deck's format.  If your deck is standard, you'll queue for standard casual, if it's wild, wild casual, if it's classic, classic casual.

    I could be entirely wrong though, and even if I am right here, they're making this sound like it's a simplification when it just makes it more confusing :/

    This is my understanding as well. This is also the explanation I heard from the Coin Concede Podcast.

    When on casual, it will auto select your format (standard, wild, classic) based on your deck format. So you can play casual in all 3 modes, you just have to make sure the your deck's format is correct.

    EDIT:
    Sorry didnt realize OOC already had an article on this
    https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2897-casual-gets-its-own-game-mode-matchmaking-has-not-changed

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