The ability to say “no, I don’t ever want this minion, show me something else” twice a turn made Battlegrounds SO much more enjoyable. Seeking a build is harder when everything is all clogged up with stuff that would be great for my opponents. Anyone else feel that way?
Not really only if it’s really limited to a few bans in total and not refreshed every turn. Otherwise there will be more stay on low tier strategies e.g. tier 2 elementals and probably Automaton nowadays. Even before there was some stay on tier 1/2 permanently strategies like with the robobunny or what it calls ( i believe it even was tier 1, max tier 2) Battlecry for every bunny played get X/X some seasons ago. And there always will be some cards that centers around for every played get X/X, it’s especially broken if it could be triggered multiple times like with battlecry. And some heroes can abuse this even more e.g. free rerolls or economy centered heroes. I remember the old days where you can’t really risc to level over tier 4 and it was mostly annoying and variety very limited with no lategame builds.
No. It makes it obscenely easy to find a Tribe and not being too easy is part of the core of what makes Battlegrounds be a game to begin with.
E.g. I wanted to find Mechs and within only 2-3 rounds, I started making goldens easily.