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Diablo and the most recent round of Duels changes have been out for a little now. How are we feeling about this Duels meta. Seeing tons of diversity when I play. Hit me with your thoughts.

Diablo and the most recent round of Duels changes have been out for a little now. How are we feeling about this Duels meta. Seeing tons of diversity when I play. Hit me with your thoughts.

  • Tabayrak
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
    Diablo and the most recent round of Duels changes have been out for a little now. How are we feeling about this Duels meta. Seeing tons of diversity when I play. Hit me with your thoughts.

    • CroqueHs
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak I really like the direction you guys have taken the mode in, especially in capping the powerlevel of many passives. I still feel like some of them are a bit out of line and cause nongames to happen, which would be fine since they are rare, but at 11 wins this hits different 1/?

      • CroqueHs
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Tabayrak I also tried to make the discard diablo work, but that deck gets held back by the low quality of random demons. You take a lot of self damage playing them, have to discard more cards or lose mana. All in all I think the good diablo decks are too onedimensional and repetitive.

        • CroqueHs
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Tabayrak Addendum: If this sounds negative, please dont take it that way. I feel good about this patch and it is a genuine improvement. I am a very critical person, and even more so about the things I enjoy. Thank you for this cool patch!

          • Tabayrak
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @CroqueHs Great as always my froggy friend.

    • jrhsk8
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak I think the tweaks to the passives were a massive update and I'm a big fan of that. However more than once I tried a run where my 2nd passive offerings were all 100% useless and I lost all enthusiasm for those runs.

      • Tabayrak
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @jrhsk8 I was talking to Brad and we think we might shake up the determination factor on pool 2s in a future patch.

    • Tars_HS
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak I like it a lot, big diablo is super fun but the game struggle to understand we want big minions / spells, it feels bad every time we add bad minions to our deck

      • Tars_HS
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Tabayrak Also I would like to see something more after 6/7 game. We get our 2 passives really early and then the run can get long/boring Maybe a 3rd passive ? Or Bob tavern so we can remove cards / get some bonus ?

        • Tabayrak
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Tars_HS @fusrohdaniel reset the Bob clock. Doing something later in the run is definitely interesting. I will give it a think. I appreciate the feedback.

    • Tabayrak
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      Hey everyone thank you for the feedback. I appreciate you taking the time to write it up.

    • PersiaAndre
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak Sorry if i may be late but I've been busy and I still wanted to give my 2 cents 😅 I think the last Duels Update has been fantastic. It corrected many problems of the mode. Regarding the meta, historically, not many classes were viable at the same time. 1/7

      • Tabayrak
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @PersiaAndre 2 cents taken :)

    • Enthralimund1
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak Ok here goes. I'm finding demon seed diablo a hard counter to any value engine that takes a few turns to get going. It feels a lot like old quest rogue. Feeling like you can't kill them fast enough with an opening hand so you can't play minions because they accelerate the...

      • Enthralimund1
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Tabayrak quest isn't fun. I'm curious as to why an asymmetrical dual class option was added rather than working within the framework of what is an amaxing format imo. I would much rather have seen a symmetrical option.

        • Enthralimund1
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Tabayrak Like maybe a passive where you get the diablo crystal and have access to dual class buckets, or everyone plays an npc diablo end boss every few rounds or something.

          • Enthralimund1
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @Tabayrak I would much rather see things like starting treasures that are completely unplayable addressed before this.

            • Enthralimund1
              Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
              @Tabayrak But as of right now, playing against diablo isn't fun at all for me. :(

              • Tabayrak
                Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                @Enthralimund1 Thanks for your thoughts I appreciate it.

    • jdeg86126366
      Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak 1. I loved this game mode back before barrens but I feel like mixing things up with new heroes with their own starting treasures and hero powers is something that would be absolutely welcome! I understand that there involves a large amount of balancing and ideas to make it work.

      • jdeg86126366
        Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
        @Tabayrak 2. But it feels strange to see that in such an evolving game as hearthstone that we are still playing WIZARD duels when 3 expansions have already gone by since the introduction of scholomance and duels. The introduction of diablo has been a great idea

        • Tabayrak
          Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
          @jdeg86126366 I totally agree. It feels wierd to be super focused on a set that is more than a year old now. I think you will have something to look forward to.

    • Marluxien
      Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak Please consider either banning embrace the shadow or nerfing mind tether. Being incapable of winning against a priest in the first 3 games is mode ruining. There is almost no counterplay for most decks. You can't force healing to start because it will cause you to lose later.

      • Marluxien
        Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
        @Tabayrak Also - please consider letting players use their chosen hero portraits in duels. Having to listen to Stelina's annoying voice is made worse by knowing I could be using the mecha-illidan i purchased.

        • Tabayrak
          Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
          @Marluxien I hear you loud and clear on priest. As far as portraits, we think of duels as a hero centric mode buuut more on that later.

        • Tabayrak
          Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
          @Marluxien I hear you loud and clear on priest. As far as portraits, we think of duels as a hero centric mode as opposed to a class one, buuut more on that later.

    • oc31415
      Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
      @Tabayrak Hi @Tabayrak, hope you're doing well. I have a question regarding Duels, but not meta. Would Team 5 consider changes to reward system? E.g. with duplicate protection receiving a common/rare card is not actually a reward. Thanks in-advance for a response

      • Tabayrak
        Posted 4 years, 1 month ago (Source)
        @oc31415 I'll bring it up, thanks for reaching out!
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