Returning to this game was painful

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So, the past week I had gotten the itch to play Hearthstone after a several year hiatus. In fact, you could consider me a new player with how little I remembered the game. I reinstalled it, played a couple dozen games, and all I can say is: what the hell?

I played the standard multiplayer experience, picking a deck and going for it. I remember it being a fun challenge, a fair battle between cards that were nice, simple and easy to understand. Emphasis on “simple”. Good ol’ “Taunt” and “Stealth” and all that jazz. Fun. Balanced.

Instead, what met me was endless combo turns, units summoning units summoning units which makes people draw cards which then buffs everything into the ceiling which then freezes my units which then triggers one of the 5 stacked secrets which deletes my most powerful unit. Then, next turn, they summon a “colossal”(?) unit with three parts that all have over 5 damage and the one with 10 health has taunt, then play a card that summons a whole board-full of units. There are all these cards with all these abilities that make no sense to me, and me with my peasant OG deck stands no chance against them.

Now, this might open the floodgates of “Do your research” or “just copy a meta deck” or “just git gud”. And granted, being away for so long has made me rusty. And it’s not like I’m a god at card games or deck building or whatever. But, the thing is, I shouldn’t have to look up an encyclopedia of unit abilities to understand what they all do. I can’t even USE a meta deck if I wanted to because I DON’T HAVE THE CARDS THEY ALL USE, and I’m NOT about to spend real money on this game. There’s no way for me to match the people I’m playing with in multiplayer card-wise, locked off by a paywall I have no interest in scaling.

Out of all the games I’ve played, there was a set pattern. It would be pretty balanced the first few turns, but the second they are able to spam all these spells and units and secrets, it’s game over for me. It’s honestly really disappointing, because I did genuinely want to get back into this game. But I had come for a nice, chill, casual experience, not an endless cycle of pain against cards I can’t even counter and will never get my hands on unless I fork over my credit card information.

Guess I’ll just stick with Slay the Spire after all.

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As someone who has been playing since the very start and has been through every meta… The game is currently in a state now where the powercreep is very high. Sadly you have to play the meta decks past gold now or you just get run over 9/10 games.

I am a wild only player also so there is more decks to pummel me :smiley:

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Well i just ended up against a priest in wild who managed to get 40 health + 90 armor with a 40 card deck, it’s not fun to play against trash decks like these played by a trash player who purposely lengthen the game.

Yes it’s trash because it’s not even fun to play against such decks impossible to counter.

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painful if you don’t pay any money to get the bundle of cards or whatever they are.

I’m trying to win 5 games to get the card back and it’s damn near impossible, whatever deck I created. I can’t even create one of the better decks on those deck sites or whatever.

EDIT: of course, next match I get the win and get the card back.

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The game caters to spending players. Their research in the past has shown that the paying players like power swings leading to the current game.

If the majority of paying players switch to want what you describe then it will change. But we already have “classic” mode and I don’t think it has much interest at all. The path forward isn’t to the here now, but it isn’t backwards to the past either.

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I just came back after years and used the Mrglock loaner deck and it wins tons of games and it is fun. Maybe not try to just go in with an older deck and look at the cards you do have and build a deck out of that?
Heck, just put a couple cards in a deck that sound fun and have the game finish it for you. You might be surprised at what you find that way too.

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Did you catch the loaner decks they offer for returning players as of the last patch, or did you get forced into selecting a free deck before you had a chance to see the current meta? If you didn’t get forced into picking a free deck, you should have like 5 choices you can experiment with for a week before selecting one to keep. They may not be the best decks atm, but they should definitely help.

I will say that HS has gotten more complex over the years; it’s not really a simple game anymore. There also has been power creep as well, so some cards are very swingy, either in solidifying an advantage or recovering from a disadvantage. Not all are legendaries, though, so crafting key cards isn’t always hideously expensive in terms of dust. I would suggest looking at the current meta decks on HSReplay and seeing what you are missing. Take one of them as a base, and swap out cards you dont have for ones you do. That will reduce the winrate, of course, but there are often substitutions that dont matter a lot, and it also gives you an idea of what to look at in terms of crafting.

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Came back after a 2 year break and I’m facing top tier meta decks at bronze 9. Looks like it’s back to quitting since this game hasn’t fixed its ranked mode yet.

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agree that the game is largely pay2win on the basis of copying winning decks and buying packs to get that deck asap instead of using their endless card pack lootboxes on a drip from actual play

motivating this to the maximum requires huge power deltas on the decks and new mechanics must dominate the old so nobody can sit on their old decks and have fun

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No one believes you. Scratch that, only the gullible believe you.
If I had to guess you were one of the 1k+ posters that post garbage all the time.

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well hello did you go back to the game that was F2P and found P2Win yes the game has changed without thousands of dollars you have no chance.

I play from beta every day but now i have to spend real money every expansion at least I have competition of capable cards 10%

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Paying doesnt reward. Except when you spend hundreds of dollars. Last few expansion i have only looted ONE (yes 1) legendary card for the class i played. The timer is 1 out of 40 packs is a legendary. So i have to open 160 packs just to craft 1 legendary of the class i play. By that time we are in next expansion. And for a meta you need several of those cards.
BUT if you got the right deck it doesnt mean you will win. Because of matchmaking. One dat you win with your deck. And then e FEW days you only lose with the same deck.
My enthousiasm for the game is gone. When i beat most mercenaries on heroic and got the perks i wanted i stopped. Regular (standard) is frustrating too much. Ohw and the 10 mana lifesteal is the biggest reason for quitting.

Ohw and i lack of skills. But just playing for fun doenst exist.

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Copy to win thisnis yunkzard

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Lol, I laugh at you finding the HS power creep too much. Go try yu-gi-oh, I got back into that game after 5 years+ , was fun till I hit gold then you face 20 summons first turn and several hand negates, getting back into HS is a breeze compared to getting back into yu-gi-oh.

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Ok dzopdle anyad idiota