I wouldn't feel guilty if i were you. Enjoy the game as much as you want! (I do as well!) Just have as much fun as you can! (Between the games against FACE hunter and Soul DH.) Heck I've been having FUN playing a PRIEST deck of all things lately! (Sure it's spell Yogg priest, but still it's PRIEST.) This meta, despite occasional FACE Hunter and Soul DHs has been the most fun one in a LONG time for me!
The negativity is because a lot of people are worried about Hearthstones future because of the VERY greedy management, the game getting more an more expansive, and the BAD communication from blizzard. Personally HS is the only card game i play, and i'm skeptical about the situation. The pass and achievements feel decent to me right now, but i hope they will fix the problems with the pass. (They should give more EXP for playing the game, reduce the exp scaling a bit, and Roping shouldn't be rewarded I.M.O. I Hate those ODD Warrior Bots in wild that rope every turn.)
Wild: Raza the Chained and Convincing Infiltrator are super obvious, Voracious Reader yet again, and please blizzard get Lothraxion the Redeemed outta ODD Paladin. (And if those nerfs would happen, i hope they nerf Shadow Essence in order to prevent Big Priest overlords from returning after hyper-aggro takes those nerfs.) Oh and i hope they nerf some of the warlock discard cards, just so Discard stuff in Duels gets nerfed.
As a wild player Convincing Infiltrator and Raza the Chained are on top of my wishlist. Cannot understand why the unnerfed the latter. But of course this is just dreaming.
Soul DH's reach probably needs to be cut back, but minor nerfs to single cards that give you attack, e.g. Soulshard Lapidary, might not do much since there are so many of them. I'm conscious that Twin Slice is in the DH Initiate set, which rotates out of Standard in April, so they might just wait until that fixes the reach issue automatically.
So better targets in DH are probably Bladed Lady or Blade Dance (the latter is also in the Initiate set, but hitting removal might have a bigger impact than attack buffs).
I think they should also undo the buff they gave to Aldor Attendant, putting it back to a 2 mana 2/3. We know Libram Pally works really well at this point, and First Day of School gives the class the 1-drop it lacked when the Attendant was buffed.
Your proposal is unfortunately not that good as people already pointed out above. My thoughts on HS monetization:
HS monetization is bad, really bad; the game is simply too expensive
High price point is not only hurting the playerbase but also not optimal for Blizzard's revenue
A high price point can actually hurt your revenues; in business there is an "optimal price" which maximizes revenue; raising your price beyond this point actually decreases your revenue and profits; I am convinced HS is beyond that price
If you are looking for real world evidence that lower prices can be better for all just look at LoL which brought in a whopping USD 1.5 billion in 2019 and has a far less greedy monetization system
My proposal would have been to simply halve the prices, although for this it might be too late now. This should have happened a year ago latest. I am convinced that reducing the prices at an earlier point would have been lucrative for Blizzard too. Of course not in the short-term but in the long-term.
That said I am well aware that this will not happen. They will continue to milk HS even if this will kill the game and hurt their long-term profits. Why? Because Blizzard like many other companies in Corporate America and elsewhere is short-term oriented. Management is incentivized this way. Just take Bobby Kotick as an example. The bulk of his annual salary comes from stock options, this information is public as Blizzard is listed on the stock exchange. In other words he cashes in when the stock price increases which means he is incentivized to value short-term profitability over long-term profitability.
Finally reach lvl 25 and my fucking legenderie is il'gynoth, after my free legendary from the beginning of the expansion is the other shitty demon hunter one. Why don't they just give you 1600 fucking dust instead of the 400 it just gave me for a legendary for a busted class i refuse to play
I have the same problem for a different reason. I played very little Hearthstone (besides BG's) this year so I don't have a lot of the current standard cards and I have always preferred wild anyway, and because of that I have almost no interest in playing Demon Hunter. But of course after exactly 39 packs with no legendaries I just had to open Il'gynoth in the 40th pack. To me Demon Hunter is just another reason why Hearthstone is becoming more expensive, because it's just there to lower the chances of you getting the cards you actually want.
Life's been rough here. Just lost my dream job over a nervous breakdown. Much of it was because my love life.... I got rejected around 36 times in a row by women. It's been rough times, believe that...
HS is my main game and even I don´t like the new system, I still really like to play it. It´s sad that people are angry and quitting the game, tho I can´t blame them. But I still see the hard work and love designers and the developing team are putting into the game and it´s not their fault that some greedy managers or whoever they are put so high price tag on it.
Imagine having full dust refund value on cards. That would leave only completionists to actually need to buy packs and such, and it'd be the best thing possible for new players or f2p. Exchaning what you have for whatever deck you want to try is awesome.
Unfortunately this doesn't make blizzard any money, except from cosmetics and other similarly useless stuff. New players would still need a head start somehow too, but i guess they are not the target anyway.
I have no problems with the game or disconections. Just yesterday I´ve played Duels all day and had no issues, almost noone was roping me either. Playing on EU.
One more Priest related one that I'm pretty frustrated by - I don't have G'huun the Blood God, so I was trying to complete You're Ghuunna Be Sorry using the Scion of the Deep starting treasure in Duels. Apparently using its effect to pay health instead of mana doesn't trigger achievement progress. I guess that means that for this achievement, there's some practical difference between a cost being permanently converted to health vs. temporarily converted to health.
I know I might come a bit late but I'm pretty sure the quest name is misleading. I think the achievement only progresses by playing G'huun, you don't even need to be playing as Priest as I have discovered it a couple of times from Dragon's Hoard and the quest DID progress. Bloodbloom doesn't work either and probably neither does Cho'gall or that one Murloc.
Wow, cool info, I´ve never thought of that possibility. I´ve already stopped hoping to complete this achievement. Thanks for heads up :)
Anyone else tired of all the updates that are going lately? I swear, dive Brodie left I am noticing more and more issues with every release in both nerfs and updates because of connection issues and bugs.
I have been dropped from an unbelievable number of games in the past week and I can getting roped in my games because of reconnection. Has anyone else been experiencing this as well? What are you doing about it?
Whenever you open a pack you don't get specific cards you get dust. Which you can use to craft the cards you want. No more shitty cards in expansions just there for pack filler that no one will craft, no more shitty legendaries like moorabi that people get shafted with if they have shit luck, no more legendaries and epics for classes people don't play that are worth 1/4th of their value. everyone wins and the system barely changes. To top it off i think they should make it either dusting cards gives 1/2 value or a 1/3 of value.
You sounds like the streamers that have come out and said they don't care that the battlepass gives no rewards because they pay real money for everything anyway.
And no you shouldn't feel bad for having fun with the new expansion. I am as well, Maxima Blastenheimer is a very fun card to play, when i shoot a Deathwing out of a cannon at my opponent on turn 6 and they concede after it is very fun, but the problem is i am getting nothing back for the time i am putting into the game. Think of the battlepass as the gold per 3 wins system we had before. Before you would get compensated if you didn't do that by doing quests, not the quests feed into the battlepass and the battlepass gives you rewards after you reach thresholds that constantly get higher and higher. reaching lvl 15 is easy but after that you'll be lucky to get a level a day. And that's with daily quests. And since leveling up is the only way you'll get gold that means the system forces you to grind hours every day instead of just doing the quests and leaving that people used to do. And that's even if you get gold and not a 40 dust pack from ashes out outland or the classic set.
Feeling guilty for enjoying the game
I wouldn't feel guilty if i were you. Enjoy the game as much as you want! (I do as well!) Just have as much fun as you can! (Between the games against FACE hunter and Soul DH.) Heck I've been having FUN playing a PRIEST deck of all things lately! (Sure it's spell Yogg priest, but still it's PRIEST.) This meta, despite occasional FACE Hunter and Soul DHs has been the most fun one in a LONG time for me!
The negativity is because a lot of people are worried about Hearthstones future because of the VERY greedy management, the game getting more an more expansive, and the BAD communication from blizzard. Personally HS is the only card game i play, and i'm skeptical about the situation. The pass and achievements feel decent to me right now, but i hope they will fix the problems with the pass. (They should give more EXP for playing the game, reduce the exp scaling a bit, and Roping shouldn't be rewarded I.M.O. I Hate those ODD Warrior Bots in wild that rope every turn.)
About nerfs
My Nerf Wishlist for standard and wild:
Standard: Soulshard Lapidary, Shardshatter Mystic, Convincing Infiltrator, Revolve, Renew, Voracious Reader, Raise Dead and Lightning Bloom. They probably won't nerf most of these, but despite that i really hope they will. I truly hope they either give Renew and Revolve the Evocation treatment, or nerf the 1 cost spells generators like Wand Thief. Oh and a Survival of the Fittest nerf would always be nice.
Wild: Raza the Chained and Convincing Infiltrator are super obvious, Voracious Reader yet again, and please blizzard get Lothraxion the Redeemed outta ODD Paladin. (And if those nerfs would happen, i hope they nerf Shadow Essence in order to prevent Big Priest overlords from returning after hyper-aggro takes those nerfs.) Oh and i hope they nerf some of the warlock discard cards, just so Discard stuff in Duels gets nerfed.
mini expansion
if they want to make money with the mini expansion there should be a few Legendaries :)
About nerfs
As a wild player Convincing Infiltrator and Raza the Chained are on top of my wishlist. Cannot understand why the unnerfed the latter. But of course this is just dreaming.
About nerfs
Soul DH's reach probably needs to be cut back, but minor nerfs to single cards that give you attack, e.g. Soulshard Lapidary, might not do much since there are so many of them. I'm conscious that Twin Slice is in the DH Initiate set, which rotates out of Standard in April, so they might just wait until that fixes the reach issue automatically.
So better targets in DH are probably Bladed Lady or Blade Dance (the latter is also in the Initiate set, but hitting removal might have a bigger impact than attack buffs).
I think they should also undo the buff they gave to Aldor Attendant, putting it back to a 2 mana 2/3. We know Libram Pally works really well at this point, and First Day of School gives the class the 1-drop it lacked when the Attendant was buffed.
Monetization - a proposal
Your proposal is unfortunately not that good as people already pointed out above. My thoughts on HS monetization:
My proposal would have been to simply halve the prices, although for this it might be too late now. This should have happened a year ago latest. I am convinced that reducing the prices at an earlier point would have been lucrative for Blizzard too. Of course not in the short-term but in the long-term.
That said I am well aware that this will not happen. They will continue to milk HS even if this will kill the game and hurt their long-term profits. Why? Because Blizzard like many other companies in Corporate America and elsewhere is short-term oriented. Management is incentivized this way. Just take Bobby Kotick as an example. The bulk of his annual salary comes from stock options, this information is public as Blizzard is listed on the stock exchange. In other words he cashes in when the stock price increases which means he is incentivized to value short-term profitability over long-term profitability.
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I have the same problem for a different reason. I played very little Hearthstone (besides BG's) this year so I don't have a lot of the current standard cards and I have always preferred wild anyway, and because of that I have almost no interest in playing Demon Hunter. But of course after exactly 39 packs with no legendaries I just had to open Il'gynoth in the 40th pack. To me Demon Hunter is just another reason why Hearthstone is becoming more expensive, because it's just there to lower the chances of you getting the cards you actually want.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Prismatic Lens?
I'm sorry for you man. I'm sending a hug if you want one.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
It's a Paladin card..... : (
Life's been rough here. Just lost my dream job over a nervous breakdown. Much of it was because my love life.... I got rejected around 36 times in a row by women. It's been rough times, believe that...
About nerfs
I wish Reno Priest. This deck is far too long on the top of the meta.
Feeling guilty for enjoying the game
HS is my main game and even I don´t like the new system, I still really like to play it. It´s sad that people are angry and quitting the game, tho I can´t blame them. But I still see the hard work and love designers and the developing team are putting into the game and it´s not their fault that some greedy managers or whoever they are put so high price tag on it.
About nerfs
If the current trend continues... Control warrior and soul demon hunter.
Monetization - a proposal
Imagine having full dust refund value on cards. That would leave only completionists to actually need to buy packs and such, and it'd be the best thing possible for new players or f2p. Exchaning what you have for whatever deck you want to try is awesome.
Unfortunately this doesn't make blizzard any money, except from cosmetics and other similarly useless stuff. New players would still need a head start somehow too, but i guess they are not the target anyway.
How many updates will there be?!?
I have no problems with the game or disconections. Just yesterday I´ve played Duels all day and had no issues, almost noone was roping me either. Playing on EU.
How many updates will there be?!?
Not playing the game. Except for some BGs from time to time.
Achievement Tips/Strategies Sharing
Wow, cool info, I´ve never thought of that possibility. I´ve already stopped hoping to complete this achievement. Thanks for heads up :)
About nerfs
something something Demon Hunter
About nerfs
I know what's on my wishlist, that and "libram" but they won't be nerfed.
K'thir Ritualist
When you're a better candidate for the Magma Rager award than an actual Rager, then you know you're a garbage car
About nerfs
Hey guys, what do you think thats gonna get the nerf hammer?
I have 3.8k dust here to desenchant, but i'm wating for some nerfs and getting extra value
How many updates will there be?!?
Anyone else tired of all the updates that are going lately? I swear, dive Brodie left I am noticing more and more issues with every release in both nerfs and updates because of connection issues and bugs.
I have been dropped from an unbelievable number of games in the past week and I can getting roped in my games because of reconnection. Has anyone else been experiencing this as well? What are you doing about it?
Broken oh my yogg interaction?
It's wierd that they are 5/5s. Definitely a bug.
The only thing I can think of is if it's casting all three forms of Wisps.
The "both" spell which would make seven 3/3.
Then the seven 1/1s which it can't do as your board is full.
Then the +2/+2 version. This leaves you with 5/5s.
I havent seen it enough to see if it does this when it casts all Chose One cards. Might be card specific with Wisps of the of Gods.
Weekend Wild Hearthstone Decks - Odd Shaman, Albatross Hunter, Togwaggle Paladin, and More!
Albatross Hunter is pretty funny. Alas, I lack some cards to make that work properly.
Monetization - a proposal
Whenever you open a pack you don't get specific cards you get dust. Which you can use to craft the cards you want. No more shitty cards in expansions just there for pack filler that no one will craft, no more shitty legendaries like moorabi that people get shafted with if they have shit luck, no more legendaries and epics for classes people don't play that are worth 1/4th of their value. everyone wins and the system barely changes. To top it off i think they should make it either dusting cards gives 1/2 value or a 1/3 of value.
Feeling guilty for enjoying the game
You sounds like the streamers that have come out and said they don't care that the battlepass gives no rewards because they pay real money for everything anyway.
And no you shouldn't feel bad for having fun with the new expansion. I am as well, Maxima Blastenheimer is a very fun card to play, when i shoot a Deathwing out of a cannon at my opponent on turn 6 and they concede after it is very fun, but the problem is i am getting nothing back for the time i am putting into the game. Think of the battlepass as the gold per 3 wins system we had before. Before you would get compensated if you didn't do that by doing quests, not the quests feed into the battlepass and the battlepass gives you rewards after you reach thresholds that constantly get higher and higher. reaching lvl 15 is easy but after that you'll be lucky to get a level a day. And that's with daily quests. And since leveling up is the only way you'll get gold that means the system forces you to grind hours every day instead of just doing the quests and leaving that people used to do. And that's even if you get gold and not a 40 dust pack from ashes out outland or the classic set.