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I went Pogo and played against a guy with Claw so I was done quickly.

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I am so fucking tired of losing to Miracle Mind Tether Priest in Duels.

That strategy singlehandedly negates any kind of non-burn-centric strategy, making it impossible to have a reasonable run with nothing that isn't a meta deck.

 

Seriously, fuck that deck.

Yea, I really dislike mind tether.  Granted as # of games goes up, the efficacy of the deck goes down, but those first 1-4 games against any Mind Tether priest are generally unfun as you most likely will lose barring hail mary armor/health gains.  (Consequently, I've stolen a few wins from Mind Tether priests by playing quest shaman in duels, and building my starting deck with Healing Rain.  It's a lovely card to use alone, or after quest (For double the healing fun!) to help stall the game into a winning scenario.

Back to the regular levels of suffering in Wild!! 

Well, at least she got a little bit of a spotlight on herself for a short time before being returned to the darkest pits of the game where most cards spend their whole sad existence.

I only tried this once, and I coined the combo for a turn 5 OTK in that only game I played. Then I deleted the deck, afraid that I'll be banned (I also didn't want to cheat my way into wins :P)

It was the only time I've ever used  (and will ever use) Maxima Blastenheimer, and it was worth it. 

WIld is saved!
Oh wait...
Well i hope they actually nerf seed lock this time around

And just like that, Maxima returns to the dust bin of history. It was amusing(?) while it lasted.

The c'thun bug also worked when resurrected, something was definitely wrong with c'thun when he was anything but played from hand

LOL 😆

I am going to play each class and get all of them very close to 1500 wins, because that will most probably be the next milestone or treshold. Along the way, I will be passing 1337 wins and if this happens for all ten classes at the same time (when the stars align), I will take that awesome screenshot of course (especially for you anchorm4n).

Let us hope the eleventh class does not get added any time soon, coz that is gonna be the grandmother of all grinds.

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It's not like the rest can't net-deck them and still play them.

I'm simply asking for statistics that are relevant to the whole player base, not just the top 1%. Imagine a real life example - setting the minimum wages based on the top 1% richest people in that country. Bankruptcy says hello.

And again, i'm talking about the usefulness of the provided statistics, not the numbers. It makes it very easy to show only what you want to show, while not caring about what happens with 99% of the playerbase. I could even argue that card changes should be based on what happens in the (higher) brackets leading to Legend, with a lower focus on what happens in Legend. But never just the top 1%...

If you're really hungry for stats, you dont have to rely on blizz to provide it, there's at least two major websites that provides adequate stats at different brackets. Hsreplay is one, and Vicious Syndicate is another.

Ultimately, Im not sure what is there to complain about. Most top companies dont showcase full stats to their customers because its not in their interest to do so (that's not to say its correct or ethical, mind you). In this case, there's nothing conspiratorial about them sharing a small piece of data. Any hearthstone player worth more than a discarded piece of tissue paper can and will judge for themselves, and if they willingly follow anyone's data like a good little sheep then that says more about them than anything else.

If they're sharing the top 1% data, that's fine. Take it for what its worth because it isnt gospel. Two weeks ago Dean comes along in his Q&A telling everyone that he's surprised that no one is playing rush warrior because the deck has a 55% win rate, and yet here we are; rush warrior is still not being played.

I am so fucking tired of losing to Miracle Mind Tether Priest in Duels.

That strategy singlehandedly negates any kind of non-burn-centric strategy, making it impossible to have a reasonable run with nothing that isn't a meta deck.

Seriously, fuck that deck.

Any ideas what this not-random bug was? How was the game selecting which players would be offered which heroes?

because 100% data means nothing in terms of actual quality.

Everyone knows that at the lower ranks really bad decks can be viable because people either play bad decks themselves or are just bad at the game.

If we went by collective data then both Control Priest and LIfesteal DH would have had to be buffed last expansion because the total winrate would be far below 50%. The reason they pick top 1% is because that is were the most refined decklists piloteed by the most competent players are, which eventually trickles down and shapes the meta on the ranks where people have no idea how to build functional decks.

IN other words, 100% data is completely useless and probably would promote really bad decks (this is evident from whenever you check out Hsreplay without premium and see a bunch of bizarre decks like Big Demon Hunter with 50%+ winrate in Gold despite being objectively awful decks)

24h further and still got the quest :s

Battletag: Dragnlord666#2153
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, will show mine as proof

Or better yet, why not reveal all 100% data instead of top 1%? Why hide the actual data to players? What are you hiding behind Blizzard? Afraid that everyone will know that your nerf patch doesn't do a thing?

EDIT, I'm seriously asking though. Don't read this as a complain.

It's not like the rest can't net-deck them and still play them.

I'm simply asking for statistics that are relevant to the whole player base, not just the top 1%. Imagine a real life example - setting the minimum wages based on the top 1% richest people in that country. Bankruptcy says hello.

And again, i'm talking about the usefulness of the provided statistics, not the numbers. It makes it very easy to show only what you want to show, while not caring about what happens with 99% of the playerbase. I could even argue that card changes should be based on what happens in the (higher) brackets leading to Legend, with a lower focus on what happens in Legend. But never just the top 1%...

So don't you worry, the whales are leaving. And so is everyone else. But don't go complaining after we've left if the game doesn't become more fun.

That's ok. I haven't played Standard nor wild in a few years. Got fed up with the way they design things. Classic was fun to me for a bit, but the whole direction the game is taking made me drop the game fully. BGs still suffer from too much highrolling or "fun" combos.

Here's hoping they won't botch mercenaries. Gonna try it and see what it's about. If it doesn't pan out either, probably gonna uninstall and be done with it.

So don't worry,i'm not complaining. Whales leaving is the best thing that can happen, to force Blizzard into rethinking design choices (and i bet stakeholders are not gonna allow them to come back to such decisions either).

Man these "bad" poppy decks I made sure do win a lot just started my climb after meeming hard easy gold. Then on to Plat and we'll see if I have the patience for Diamond again depending on how busy I get with RL.

All without a single meta deck 😝

So much for "conjecture"

It took my two tries, and I never even freed Anatheron when I beat him on the second try.  Mostly just clearing the board with as few resources as possible.  I actually got to the point where we were both in fatigue and his hero power wasn't pulling anything.  I think my last turn I might have actually freed Anatheron right before lethal with another minion in play.  Not sure how I made it work without Anatheron to help with clearing the board.  I just got lucky I guess.

Its the community as a whole, not any single group of individuals. If they're not complaining about something that means the games dead. Its good to hear them out because not everyone speaks with a tomato in their mouth, but its pretty much senseless to complain about community heat.

It is undeniable that stormwind is generating more hate than usual, but that's hardly surprising. Crystal caverns rogue is one of the most hated deck of all time, even when its win rate was below 50%, and not only are we seeing it come back in another form there's at least 3 different types of it currently.

Anyway, its strange that this is being brought up when the post is not even about this topic.

And now I get to be a questline warlock player, because I opened The Demon Seed in my pack! Thanks, Tamsin! 

I don't know how you do it Funki, but this is such a powerful and original deck! i just tried it and went 8-0 on ladder... wtf!?! amazing. big fan of your work dude. Thanks for such positive energy on your streams and youtube.

Matt (SpiritOfJazz)

You must be joking dude. I'm a whale and I'm actually searching for a replacement for HS currently, because the meta is absolutely atrocious. Having all the cards doesn't mean you don't face all those crappy decks. It just means you're more likely to have a deck on an equal power level.

And the changes made to HS recently were all made entirely to benefit non-whales. So don't you worry, the whales are leaving. And so is everyone else. But don't go complaining after we've left if the game doesn't become more fun.

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@Alleria: If only you had Bolner Hammerbeak in your collection, there is an easy exploitable bug which will instantly complete all 3 tiers of that XP achievement. I have put the details in: Achievement Hunting: United in Stormwind edition

Yes, I´ve noticed this bug, but unlucky me - I don´t even own Kazakus :D But thanks for pointing this out, I really wish I could exploit it, the grind is pain! :P

It's always funny how many people bitch about how much card generation has ruiend the game, but then none of them bother to play Classic because know damn well that a strict 30 card deck every game is boring as fuck.

well then how about you come up with a plan on how to do it, because clearly you are convinced that it's possible in the first place.