New battlegrounds update, buddies are out

[Cestea-1454]

@Boreas-1179

change to venomous

Strange also since a lot of people have asked/complained about poisonous and this change essentially was something one could argue is what the community asked for.

[Boreas-1179]

and itll work exactly as it was suggested by players

@Specter-1832

I remember someone suggested Poison be replaced in battlegrounds with something like “Venomous” (Yes yes, I know, terminology and such but this was what someone else said) which would only last for one attack

[Cestea-1454]

Yep. I believe I’ve read these and probably made agreeing comments.

[Rocap-11606]

This needs to hurry up, ASAP. The worst part about the buddy system came when they decided to give everyone access to random buddies. Everything was already a mess but honestly this made inability to prepare for catastrophic scams nearly impossible.

[Dallaen-1426]

@Boreas-1179

im surprised the tittle of this thread is about the buddies being removed and not about the change to venomous …which think its a huge change for the mode

If you look at the new minion pool there’s basically no way to make infinite stat minions any longer. So the need for full poison is reduced greatly. I was personally very happy to see Hogger finally getting the boot. Same with how they mixed up the elemental minion pool.

[Ngita-1693]

@LimeBeast-12776

othing like grinding out a long game and getting killed by the card you have built to get lethal the following turn - literally murdered by your own win con with absolutely zero counter play - because your opponent passively stole a copy of it. Apparently this sort of duckery is “fun” to some people. Absolutely stupid casino bullcrap that should never have been printed. The entire concept of thief decks is awful.

yes but this is the attitude where people hate all combo cards that can win a longer game in a turn and then we are left with aggro

@CheezusCrust-1567

i have to keep changing battleground though, the moment they stop it dies

you learn a game. you learn the optimal plays, you learn the optimal counterplays around that point the game becomes something you can play by rote. So yes definitely something that presents no challenge will die.

Change prevents that, or do you like playing monopoly against 8 year olds…

[Scr0tieMcB-1291]

@LimeBeast-12776

The game is still unplayable bad with these damn things in the mode. It’s just awful.

You get a good hero with a good buddy or you don’t play.

@LimeBeast-12776

In reading further the changes and minion changes, I don’t think I have any interest in their revamped BG.

Buddies QQ thread creator still dissatisfied after Buddies removal. Imagine my shock.

[LimeBeast-12776]

@Ngita-1693

hate all combo cards

Stealing something directly out of my hand by accident is not combo. The opponent didn’t do anything to make a combo and that’s not even remotely an accurate comparison.

[Dallaen-1426]

Well after watching the new BG’s being tested it appears big stat minions is certainly still available and you don’t even have to APM to do it. However venomous is working quite well at keeping them in check. It’s not as powerful as poisonous but it can be built to handle big stat builds if need be.

Two major things i noticed is a bigger push to menagerie builds away form full minion type builds. Saw a couple players play all neutral minion builds to great success. The other is how many of the minions work better with the more specialized hero powers that were not that good. Hopefully this increases the pool of good heroes to play in general.

[Desasteroid-2732]

Daily Event Quest for Battlegrounds.
Mamba No. 5
“Play 5 minions with Venomous in Battlegrounds.”
There are exactly 3 different minions that can actually have the Venomous effect. One of which doesn’t even count as ‘play with Venomous’, because the quillboar only becomes Venomous, when you played a Spellcraft card on it.
Then it’s the Undead Murloc, and the Mantid Queen.
So, first of all, I do have to hope that Murlocs are even IN the card pool, and then I have to hope that noone gets the card before me.
And all of that five times, yes? Is that what I’m supposed to take away from this?
Come on, Blizzard. You can do better. First you ruined Overwatch for me, now this?!

[Quirkz-1299]

For what it’s worth, there are 2 murlocs, plus the mantid. It may take a couple of games. That’s why it’s the weekly quest, and worth more. Or don’t do that quest. These events are structured so that you can finish them in less than half the given time, doing half the quests. I’ve completed it already with 10 days still to go. Don’t stress over it.