Hearthstone

OK, so like others who have tried to assess how the new Rewards Track compares to the old system, I assumed that completing the Weekly Quests would be a done deal, even while acknowledging that non-ranked players would be missing out on a chunk of XP. Well it turns out even ranked players could be disadvantaged too. Last week, I missed one weekly quest because I was constantly re-rolling quests that involved winning in other game modes; the 2nd weekly quest I completed involved a helluva lot of grinding (spend 500 mana).

This goes against Blizzard's promise that we'd be able to get a similar level of rewards for the same play pattern. Already playing to win 7 ranked games a week was going out of my usual play pattern, but now I find it's worse than I thought; I think many of us will be made to spend more time on the game than before. Either weekly quests need to be re-designed, or daily quests need to award more XP so that players can achieve previous level of rewards without weekly quests.

Hi guys, for the first time i reached rank diamond 3 and i'm near legend. But i'm getting nervous, making missplays. Can i still make it or its already too late?

Do you have any tips? Also, i'm playing Pure Paladin, but i get smashed by the new secret mage.

The meta right now is Face Hunter, Evolve Shaman, Aggro Demon Hunter (is there another kind?), Totem Shaman, "Enhancement" (Face) Shaman, "Soul" Demon Hunter (uh, be real and just call it Face DH), Highlander Hunter, Silver Hand Paladin (board flood).....and Pure Paladin. 

Every single one of those decks is ultra aggro/face with the exception of the Paladin decks, which are aggressive midrange. I don't know of a single viable control deck right now. Druid's trying to make big clowns but that deck's gotta be getting wrecked by these face decks. Same thing with any controlling Warrior, Priest or Mage. If you look at Tiers 3 and 4 on HSReplay you'll see all the control decks. Tiers 1 and 2 are all aggro with a few midrange decks in the bottom half of Tier 2, and Paladin.

I first discovered Hearthstone during the Kobold and Catacombs meta, which was very controlling. It was all the great control decks and epic games you could have with them that made me fall in love with the game. I feel like we're as far as can be from that. There's a lot of talk about Blizzard's business practices and the restrictiveness of the the new rewards track. I'm on board with most of that but the lack of control decks is a much bigger problem for me than any of that. Anyone having the same experience? I've been willing to pay for Hearthstone. I'd love to pay less and all that, but if I buy in and all I can do is a) play an aggro/face deck, b) play Pure Paladin, or c) play the kind of control deck that I love and feel impotent as aggro rushes me down....then...I hate to say it but what am I doing here?

In fact I can't even play a control deck that I enjoy because I enjoy playing good control decks that have a decent chance to at least win over 50% of their games. There's not a single one right now. Not one. 

Demon Hunter has obviously pushed the game in an aggro direction. They said they didn't want to print more charge cards, yet they flood DH with powerful damage from hand every expansion. What is that if not charge??? They give hunter meme deathrattle cards and meta-defining face cards like Toxic Reinforcements. They pushed Shaman towards aggro with this expansion. They gave Zoo Warlock powerful tools like Revenant Rascal and Wriggling Horror. They even gave Paladin an aggro deck with all the silver hand cards!

Meanwhile what did control players get to work with? Tickatus? Control Warlock isn't even in the meta as far as I can see. Warrior got control tools right? Nope. The menagerie stuff is all oriented to aggressive midrange lists. Only Priest got some decent control tools. But they're not enough to make the deck even Tier 2. Maybe Big Priest can just eke out a 50% winrate.

I was actually kinda hoping this meta would slow down due to the old gods and the corrupt mechanic but it's actually worse than ever!! So what it is going on? Why is control being squeezed out? Because the people shouting on Reddit are mostly F2P aggro players and Blizzard thinks everyone hates control? Because they did market research and found out most players don't have the attention span for control? Because they made some toxic control decks that took too long to lose to like Quest Priest and now they're playing it safe by letting every lose quickly to aggro...so that they can lose quickly to aggro again or just play aggro? Because only whales play control decks and most people that play the game just have one cheap aggro deck that they can run?

I need answers. If the game is going to be like this from now on then, all theatrics and denunciations aside, this is just not Hearthstone anymore. Not for me and players like me. I'm not an aggro player. I'm not into rushing face damage and flooding boards. I'm into reacting and carefully executing my plan. I'm into cool combos and synergies and fun interactions. I'm into mid-length games and the occasional long game, not races. I'm into epic, awesome, control matches. That's my thing. Is it just me? Has the game and the community left me behind? If Hearthstone is all about aggression now and control is a thing of the past someone please let me know and at least put me out of my misery!

Competition Theme: Grim Tutor

We've appeased two of the Old Gods, but there's still two left! We need another card for them...

• You must create a card that tutors a minion and/or spell
  • To 'tutor' a card means to draw it from your deck - things like Claw Machine or Swindle are examples which draw from specific subsets.

BloodMefist realised that we only catered to two of the four Old Gods last week, so they've tasked us with pleasing Yogg and C'Thun this week.

As always, I can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.

Competition Phases

Here are the phases of this card design competition

• Submission Phase: Starts on Mon, Nov 23 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sat, Nov 28 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Voting Phase: Starts on Sat, Nov 28 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Sun, Nov 29 16:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Finalist Phase: Starts on Sun, Nov 29 17:00 EST (GMT -0500). Runs until Mon, Nov 30 17:00 EST (GMT -0500)
• Winner Selected: After finalist voting concludes and we validate votes.

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I Know some streamers (Solem, Zeddy, Dexter) complained about low amounts of legendaries in their pre-order packs,

Also saw a few posts about 100+ packs with 2 legendaries..

It seems Blizzard also removed the pity timer.. it wasn't never officially stated to be there but proven statistically.

Looking as everyone would be focused on the new reward system they sneakily removed that safety net of course it's speculation but it makes sense looking at those use cases.. they could at ANY TIME change their pack distribution and nobody would notice..

source: https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/245933-we-need-to-talk-about-it

He got a response from Blizzard denying the existence of said pity timer, they didn't deny in the pasts

According to this they removed it, in the past they confirmed there is some sort of pity timer!

Pure speculation I know but I wonder if someone will check the stats again on a big scale, unlikely now that people are focused on the reward system, but I would like to know if it was indeed removed. the pity timer was a fact, if someone gone 40 packs without a legendary it's a proof it was removed/changed.

I don't know what is going on but the game is constantly disconnecting me whenever i finish a game. My internet connection is perfectly fine. Absolutely no issues while navigating or playing other games. The weird thing is that it always happens at the end of a game when an achievement pops up. This pattern has repeated several times. Whenever a game ends and an achievement is earned i am disconnected from the game. This is really pissing me off. I'm trying to finish one weekly quest and the game keeps kicking me out of it. I keep having to reload the game after every other match. I suspect that the client does this just to update the achievement tracker or whatever. Is anyone else going through a similar issue? I really needed to speak. My nerves are bursting because of this right now. 

Hallo everyone. My Name is Samuel from Hearthstone, my Nick ingame is DoktorOkabe. I have so much to tell about the new System as a Pay to Play Player and as a lover since Ungoro.

First off lets talk about the new system. Everyone Hates it, or the biggest half of the community. So me too. Why? Its because Blizzard REALY stole my progress. 
I am beeing Slowed Down by A lot. And when i say by a lot, i mean REALY by a lot.

Before the rewamp i could earn nearly a pack or arena ticket a day. (quest + wins). This helps me out to get the cards i didnt draw from the mega bundles i always buy. (blame me or not but i love the game and have the money :D)
But most times i miss about 22 Cards, 18 Legends and 2 or more epics (doubles or solo epics)

After the normal release of a expansion it just need about 4 Weeks to get nearly all my intendet cards. And after this i allways spend the dust for golden ones.

At the moment right now, i only got 3 Packs after the release of Dark Moon Faire. 
This is not much.
And i didnt even got this much gold, cause of the packs on the track.

Hope you all didnt get this wrong but i think, blizzard may stole more than 3000 golds or more. They stole our Free Way to Get everthing when we want it. And this is the biggest issue i can see on the NEW system.

Yeah the first level ups give me 1300 Gold. But to be honest, with the level ups that become more and more xp expensive, it will be harder to get more gold. 

I even buy the pass for the nice new skins of Annhylde or the Jaina and Thrall Skins. But i am sad that these are the only ones we get.
For 20 Bucks its about 7 Skins + a gold Skin and a golden Dark Moon Guy. This is not okay, because other games give you more than this. Why no Arena Tickets? or MORE Gold for level ups? Like: 100 for the free way, and 200 for the payed way. I mean this would likely make everyone want to get  the Pass.


Whats your most LOST in the new System?

Did you Enjoy Hearthstone dispite of the new System?

Greetings from Germany

[I am sorry when i do make big mistakes in english grammar or the right typing of words. its not my mother language.]

Libram Paladin is running wild and there is no viable silence card in Standard. Owl is trash for 3 mana, the new neutral deathrattle silence minion sucks even more and Spellbreaker went into Wild.

It is time that Owl got a rebuff to 2 mana or got at least some extra stats.

After a game last night this pop up, has anyone else have that happen?

https://imgur.com/UJSlTpA

I've seen several threads about specific achievements, but not a dedicated forum for sharing tips and seeking help (perhaps I missed it?). So here goes: If you are looking to share or obtain helpful ideas about the new in-game achievements, here is a place to do so.

I'll start with a PSA: I completed the Demon Hunter one where you need a 10-attack Redeemed Pariah, and I tried to cheat using Abusive Sergeant. It did not work. You need to actually play 8 Outcast cards to buff his attack to 10.

So who else has a tip to share or needs some help?

I am "hunting" achievements at the moment, but it seems nearly impossible to get the C`Thun achievement, because most of the enemies will hurt themselfs with some AOE or hero attacks.

Any suggestions how to get this achievement?

Greetings here! I'm here to present you my version of how I would change the Neutral Core Set. I'm back at doing these, and this may be the last one, as it's just Neutrals left.

This time, as I'm mentioning again, I'm going to end my project with Neutral cards. The cards we currently have are not that bad, but a lot of them have been brushed under the rug due to powercreep, and even in the beginning of Hearthstone, some were so bad they need to be replaced. There's also room to add even more diversity to evergreen strategies. I've also added five new Basic cards to alter Demon Hunter's Golden Card distribution to be more in line with Mage and Warrior.

FYI, all cards under spoilers are only new cards  or existing cards that got changed. The rest of cards that were not shown stay the same, so they don't exactly need to be exposed. Some cards or changes to them are also giggles and my guilty pleasures. Expect Da Undatakah.

Basic Set

Core Set

Hall of Fame

Deck Recipes

Click on the deck you enjoy to also see, which cards that exist in the game are being replaced by cards from my changes!

Something I can't ever decide if it's worth it or not.  When running a primarily spell mage deck, is it right to coin+Incanter's flow on turn 1? Or should you save the coin and wait until turn 2?  The idea being that by coining on turn 1, you are giving a "coin" for all future spells.  Assuming you never float mana, in theory the idea holds merit.  But if you ever find yourself short of one mana, then holding the coin may be better.

Thoughts?

I did not get a Daily Quest today. All I have is a small red space telling me I have another 17 hours until I get a new Daily Quest.

On Tuesday I did not clear out a new spot for a Daily Quest from the three full spots because the new four-spot UI made me think I could carry four Quests at a time (Feedback: Not great UI, Blizz). Did this somehow cause it? I then cleared my Quests on Wednesday, then completed the one Daily Quest I received yesterday. When I logged in this morning, all I had was that red empty spot--no new Quest.

Is this part of the new system that I hadn't heard about (Daily Quests aren't actually Daily)? Or is this a bug? Is this even the right place for me to post this?

I was playing some Weapon Rogue in Duels, and I took a bucket that had multiple Weapon synergy cards like Steeldancer and Cutting Class, but I didn't realize I also took an Arcanite Reaper as one of the options.

Is it intentional? Did anyone else get different class cards for other classes with maybe Mage/Shaman?

Maybe this came up elsewhere, but tbh I didn't look it up.

So the idea is: if I don't attack you (I'm talking Ranked mode), that means I'm trying to do some silly achievements, so please try not to attack me. :)

what are they useful for ?

I know that game time is the biggest indicator for how much exp you get. But is it true you get 70% less EXP in Casual? 

Did someone know if the interaction with soul fragment is bugged?

I played against a warlock and he shuffled soul fragment into his deck. He was at 1 HP, and used his hero power. So he goes to -1 and back to 1.

Is the interaction supposed to work like that ? I remember last time playing warlock and playing a card which deals damage than heals (can't remember which one) but because I was under 0 hp I died and was unable to recover.

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So much value I turned into Mill rogue and made a mage mill 10 cards. 

https://imgur.com/a/hnvm428