Here’s how BG’s currently play, REGARDLESS of what hero you’re playing, regardless of what anomaly is active, regardless of what buddy is active:
>pick hero
>pick turn one minion
>level on turn 2
>try to pick the best stats and hopefully synergistic minions on turn 3
>play the same tribe for the following 4-5 turns, building up a board of the same tribe minions with a clear goal in mind as the only player in the lobby with that tribe
>get matched against the strongest player in the lobby back to back to back, taking big hit after big hit until you’re in ‘next loss kills me’ range
>as soon as you get your build working, you notice 4 others in the lobby are playing the same tribe as you now having fully pivoted to that tribe and getting every card you need for your build, as a result you fall behind and finish 6th-8th
>repeat ad nauseum.
it’s frankly just depressing seeing this pattern EVERY game i have played this season so far, you know unless you can high-roll with something obscene that you’re not getting a good finish. I think i have hit an MMR pit because even when i finish 4th, which the game defines as a ‘win’ i still lose a few points of MMR for some reason or it goes up by +1 just to slap me in the face.