(MCN) What're you lookin' to play Day 1?
All of the new cards have been revealed, so it's time to talk about the archetypes, packages, and/or individual cards that interest us the most! Naturally, I'll start us off: To be forthright, I was …
All of the new cards have been revealed, so it's time to talk about the archetypes, packages, and/or individual cards that interest us the most! Naturally, I'll start us off:
To be forthright, I was on the verge of quitting Hearthstone before the reveals began, but something about this expansion pulled me back in. I'm hoping the commitment to moving HS back to the board will actually work out, but we've been here before. I guess we'll see. Anyway, in order by class followed by Neutral:
Demon Hunter: Artificer Xy'mox + the Relics
I don't know where to put them just yet, but they seem fun. I was thinking of a token deck so you can Infuse Xy'mox (and Sire Denathrius?) properly; the Relics have a fairly universal quality to them, so it's just a matter of finding a home.
Druid: Sesselie of the Fae Court and the DR package, Topior the Shrubbagazzor and the Treants/Nature package
All aboard the Druid Train, toot toot! DR Taunt Druid with Hadronox and N'Zoth, the Corruptor is one of my favorite decks of all time, so Sesselie can go right into that alongside Hedge Maze and Death Blossom Whomper. Hopefully the Mini-Set expands on the package further, 'cause there isn't a lot here right now.
Topior is just fucking nuts, and will be quite enjoyable in a deck focused around it or as an additional bonus with Treants. If I don't get Topior in gold I will fix that mistake very quickly.
Mage: Kel'Thuzad, the Inevitable + the Volatile Skeleton cards
Control the board with Frost spells and pings before the...Inevitable...combo of Kael'thas Sinstrider, Brann Bronzebeard, and Kel'Thuzad. Just pulling it off the once might be enough to satisfy me lol. I also hope to make Kel'Thuzad golden, and play him alongside my Kel'Thuzad skin of course :)
Warlock: Lady Darkvein - Going right into my Curselock.
Neutral: Sire Denathrius - Someone will figure out how best to enjoy him, and I want to be there when it happens. Edit: He seems disgusting in Druid, from what little I've seen so far in streams.
Kael'thas Sinstrider - I don't generally do Combo things, but he is a pretty important part of the "Kael'Thuzad" combo.
Stoneborn General and Bog Beast - The General is awesome, will love to cheat that out. Bog Beast is kind of the next Sludge Belcher, a card that saw a lot of play (and still does).
So how about you? What are you hoping to pull + play Day 1?
Before anything, this is a serious thread, not for saltiness, and our opinions may differ. If that's the case, discuss it like an adult.
IMO, this game has fallen into a trap of face decks that are hard to counter and tend to turn the meta into a rock-paper-scissors, where if you are deck A and face deck B, you lose. Direct damage has little to no counter other than extreme healing/armoring or this. Extreme healing and endless armor are quite toxic and boring to the game. Increasing health is the only possible way (apart from deleting cards from existence, which'll never happen), plus, creating decks where that 40 cards restriction is in fact a good thing (Lady Prestor I'm looking at you lol) could be a good thing for creativity.
What do I think will happen in the end with 40 health? Agro decks will change to board/token decks, like old Zoos. And more midrange deck will start flourishing. Those agro decks can be countered in a more healthy way (board clears, building your own board, taunts), and are A LOT more punishing. There is very little punish to face and direct damage, as I said before. I'm tired of wanting to try some deck and losing to some random folk who doesn't even knows how to play his deck (due to his mistakes), but wins anyways. Game is no fun when the opponent ignores you and throws you spells and hits you in the face. Sure, those players may think "this is fun". But eventually they'll get tired and leave the game. And us, the ones who have been here since a long time, are the only ones punished.
Right now we're on the hype train, everything is 40 cards right now (fuck, even saw a quest pirate warrior which has 0 sense lol), but eventually this'll get fixed. Either now, or either with the next expansion and future ones.
That's what I think. What do you guys think? I really hope this is a response for fixing dumb face decks and in the near future they stop printing support for that, so we don't need 40 decks forever in Standard. Agro decks were a lot more fun when you had to be cautious about board clears and maximizing the value of everything so that every little boy counts, or use fancy combos. That's fun and interactive. Playing a weapon and dealing 4890352 damage in turn 4? Nope, that's not. At least for me.