As a newer player, I must say that many of my games have been insanely non-interactive.
Some of the decks borderline play like a solo-player game.
Weapon rogue: Buff weapon->hit face(never trade)
Heropower Druid: Play Cat, Play hero card->hit face (never trade)
Discover hunter: Draw cards,handbuff → the moment the enemy plays 2 minions OTK them.
TBF I play in low silver, maybe in higher ranks games go longer than turn 6.
(also side-rant: It’s good that as a new player, you get these “catch up” packs, but the new miniset is so over the top, that you might as well get nothing because none of the “top decks” use any older cards…maybe a couple but 80% is from the new miniset…your cute little taunt warrior, or Lynessa OTK paladin[which you have the cards for/use the try out decks] stand almost no chance against these decks)
The meta is generally pathetic. Weapon rogues that try to not play anything other than their hand and similar with Attack Druids. DKs that have obscenely overpowered Death Growl to spread deathrattles.
Basically two cancers that feed each other. The DK cancer produces the Attack from hand cancer.
I’m just curious about a “newer player” that knows so much about “older cards” in this discussion.
How much time going through old cards did you spend to figure our your take here?
At least 7 minutes…
But honestly, after 5 games I lost in a row, I looked up the decks on HSRelay. After that, it wasn’t that hard to see, that even though I opened the “catch-up” packs, I still only have a couple of the cards I need to build those decks… I used my last working brain cells and came to this conclusion.
Sorry you’re all out of working brain cells now.
Not sure how those things work together.
Did you buy the mini set?
The Devs are generally incompetent. There are hundreds and hundreds of cards that can produce thousands upon thousands of decks yet only ~3 decks are oppressive.
The are incapable to balance the game. They think they wing it by letting the players counter each other but that’s why only ~3 decks remain.
PS Report the unproductive bullies and ignore their posts.
Weapon rogue is pretty cheap, you should try it
0 legendaries, 4x epic (2x prep which is free, and 2x Swordshiner)
6x rare + Sap which is free
The deck is literally free
A boring deck is a boring deck; it doesn’t matter which side you play on. I get that it’s strong right now, but I’d get bored out of my mind if I had to play like that.
I think like that about every new deck before I learn it, but then something crazy and unexpected happens: you start dominating with it, and the dopamine from the wins makes you like the deck suddenly.
Usually, the motivation cycle goes sorta like this:
- “I’m stuck! This isn’t working! I need a new deck” → the hope of finding a better deck coupled with the dopamine from novelty, gives you motivation to pick up a new deck;
- “Holy cow, I’m winning a lot with this deck!” → dopamine from the win streaks and progress kicks in;
- “Wow, I mastered this deck and now I can win more than average against my counters” → pride of mastery and self-accomplishment gives you dopamine to keep playing the deck, until…
and then it goes in circles xD
Yeah you care more about winning than about a good game. I admit I can feel similarly if I only want to rank.
But I’m a more complex character and I may want to rotate through various classes.
Currently the meta is just cancer. Those OTK from hand decks are farming DKs.
It is indeed the “who does their combo 1st” meta… Druid casually doing a 9 mana combo play on turn 4… very fun. But if they miss you just beat them up and they are dead by turn 6.
There’s no random element, there’s no alternative wincon, just do the 1 combo your deck is built for or lose. Every combo deck is built super greedy.(or at least the ones I’ve played against) Not a single card to board clear, or taunt, or anything. Their deck is literally built to do their combo asap and nothing else.
Wow, this game is dead. 
(I bet, most player is a lot like you, but holy hell, reading this was eye opening)
So no matter what deck you play, just be it the best. So you can get a high from it.
Just copy it form the net, play the most win rate one and be proud of yourself that you beat other ppl trying to have fun… wow, just wow.
Good for you budy.
Im out.
Enjoy your game.
Or you just look at the deck list and because you have played for over 10 years you go:
Yep, strong but boring af. Id rather eat broken glass than force myself to play a boring deck i dont like.
HS is not a job.
I mean, what you said might look logical at a first glance to someone who’s never played in higher ranks, but even then, it’s pretty…disingenious.
If you’re better than your opponent and actually tryharding, you will rise in ranks and won’t get matched against people who only wish to have fun, so your argument is null and void.
It’s actually a self-delusion with one purpose in mind: to protect your own fragile ego from realizing how bad of a player you are.
Which is OK. We don’t all have to play competitively. But if you don’t, you better be aware of why that is, and it’s certainly not because you “just want to have fun”. It’s because you’re not ready to suffer a little to get a payback some time in the future.
You have failed the Marshmallow test. Among many others.
Agreed, which is why I can’t push through that top 100 barrier and reach pro scene levels. But even while having fun, I’m in the top 0.5% in the world, always have been and probably always will be.
My post was detailed and precise about the way our motivation cycles work precisely to show you how that line of thinking can get you screwed if you stick to it. You cannot predict how you’re going to feel by doing something unless you go ahead and do it.
It’s the psychological effect behind many paradoxical human experiences, such as feeling empty and sad after fulfilling their long-term goal or buying a new car. Yes, you really wanted to accomplish that at some point in your life. But when that point in your life came, you were different and in a different situation, so naturally, your desires changed.
So, if you think you can throw a 3-liner at me and consider the job done, think again. That’s a role only someone with lots of knowledge and experience can fulfill naturally, and ibetween you and me, that’s me.
It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year!!!
That time of the year when the developers tell us AGAIN. “Rotation is just around the corner we don’t need to balance anything”. Oh and in a couple of weeks “all those nerfs we handed out for the last 2 years to the rotating sets are being reverted” so you can abuse them all over again.
That’s fun right?
It might be a hard concept to you, but I dont care about ranking. Not bc I’m a bad player, but bc I make my own decks and trying to play fun cards that the developer sold for money and put it into the game to be used.
Playing the best decks to reach the top ranks… well I don’t consider them good players sorry. Tryhard maybe.
Dont mix the two up, it’s not the same.
What kind of payback are you talking about?
Getting high when you reach top 100 or better? I mean I guess. You do you.
I still just want to have some fun, without some degenerate decks that always play the same, don’t interact with your stuff or just kill you after suffering a lot of turns without a hope of winning.
And no, im not interested in brain dead aggro, but at least they kill you fast and give you a chance to fight back.
I just wanted to pop in and send some respect your way, and apologize on behalf of the community for the personal attacks they responded with, that wasn’t cool
this has been my experience as well, I wasn’t having any fun against Zerg DK untill I started playing Hero Power Druid, then I came up against Location Lock, Weapon Rogue, Elemental Mage, Terran Shaman, found a lot more viable decks than just DK
once you see that there’s a rotation of 6 or 7 decks and not just endless zerg, the game opens up a bit and becomes a little more enjoyable
Yes, you do, or else you wouldn’t be here complaining about losing.
And they aren’t good or you wouldn’t be here complaining about losing.
Then go ahead and show us you can do what they did. We will wait. Screen grab your top 1k finish for us and we will all leave you alone.
Until you do it yourself, the assumption is (correctly, I might add) that you aren’t good enough.
This whole “I make muh own decks” and “rank is not skill” is some lies that you tell yourself to, as Altair noted:
Another clue that you don’t understand the game!
I’m waiting for you to tell us how your fatigue control deck you made is peak big brain, but somehow you just keep losing to those “brain dead” players farming you.
Bottom line? We’ve all seen your take. It’s not a good one and it’s more a you issue than a game problem. Sorry other people know how to play, too.
I do differentiate the most common types of players: fun and competitive ones. It’s 99,99% of other people who don’t, you included.
If you play for fun and don’t care about the rank, then you wouldn’t mind losing as much as you do. You might even enjoy playing against the “best decks”, framing it as a challenge and a test of how good your own deck is.
But you don’t. You’re lying to yourself, and it’s obvious from the way you write. Content of what you write doesn’t matter at all. It’s all just frustrations allowed to reign freely.
What you consider good playing and bad playing is 100% immaterial. Who made you an expert or a judge?
Yes, that’s how your replies look to me and feel to me. But seriously, let’s analyze this bit by bit, I know you’re a bit slower to understand otherwise:
“Playing the best decks to reach top ranks,…well I don’t consider them good players”
→ personal, subjective opinion, which is fine on the surface, but lacks logical connection. Just because someone is playing a better deck, it doesn’t mean they’re automatically worse players. Well, if they’re playing in your ranks, then sure, that’s absolutely correct. But, in this case, you’re talking to me, and I’m top 200, so in my ranks, this subjective opinion of yours, is a load of garbage. Might as well save yourself the time, energy and reputation and avoid mentioning it next time.
“…sorry”.
→ passive-aggressive, condescending - clear sympthom of frustrations and attempts at assuming control over things you can’t control. Red flag.
“Tryhard maybe.”
→ Why maybe? Do you, or do you not consider that to be tryharding? It’s pretty clear. And why would being a tryhard automatically signify that a player is bad? What if someone is a tryhard AND a good player?
Do you realize how many logical mistakes and obvious sympthoms of neuroticism your posts exude?
Next time, instead of posting a wall of pointless text, just type
“I’m a frustrated, irrational and delusional guy and have no idea what I want from life”, and you’ll get the same effect you got now.
Amen.
When you hear the same thing from both Altair and Neon, you can be sure you’re hearing the truth.