So what are you playing now that Blizzard Killed BGs?

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I played BGs a bit yesterday after patch and, as I said, I am done. I played my three matchs for my daily in Tavern Brawl and promptly logged for the day. I see that being my HS pattern for the near future as Standard is unplayable and BGs have been destroyed.

So, to occupy that former time, I tried Storybook Brawl, but I’m not sure I’m a fan of it.

Gameplay is good, but they have gated access to heroes pretty hard. You get some free ones that are okay to get you up and running, but seems like they want you to pay up to get more heroes. Not skins, the actual hero - like you would have to buy Omu if you want him as an option.

The upside is you won’t be offered heroes you don’t have, so buying a powerful one and skipping the duds actually makes you better.

I have also been playing Teamfight Tactics, which I like better, but it’s got a much steeper learning curve.

Having not played LoL, it’s not very intuitive how it works and I don’t just recognize on sight what all the UI indicators mean. I’m getting better (finaly made a top four, lol) but it will take some time to be comfortable.

I like learning about stuff, so it’s pretty interesting right now trying different comps, learning about all the items, and figuring out how the ingame economy works.

It’s significantly more complicated and subtle than HS BGs, and that may be a good thing.

What are you guys doing with all the time you used to play BGs?

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You can just move on from Blizzard. That is also a option.

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Keeping up your reward track is the only way to stay competitive in standard without giving blizzards stacks of monies.

I could leave, but they have an incoming balance patch in a couple weeks. I can at least give them a chance to make more than four heroes playable in standard.

But your post is off topic and unrelated to my question.

I’m curious what games are filling the void for those of us who are done with BGs over their change to P2W.

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So you mean what other game modes we’re playing just to fill the void or are you talking about other games other than hearthstone. I’m confused what your directing our curiosity.

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We’ve been toying with BGs and and haven’t played constructed for nearly 3 weeks.
I’ll probably do my dailies in duels if I can and I’ve got my weeklies from a few weeks ago sitting here.

We’re at the point where we log in, and play a few duels and that’s about it.

Problem is, HS is so many gigs now, I can’t fit another game on the phone.
And as you say, there’s a possibility that constructed becomes playable in a future meta, so we should still do our dailies to get gold to stay competitive.

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I am playing BG because i want to try the new stuff and tomorrow there is the ladder reset.

What I am really disliking are the disconnections… They happen at random, sometimes multiple times during a turn and occasionally you can’t even reconnect (reconnection windows stays on forever).
It really kills the flow of a mode already messed up with slow animations and lag.

I concede as usual on turn 1 if the heroes are boring (not necessarily bad) as I was doing before the patch (i never bought perks since i play HS way more); so nothing really changed

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Had several yesterday. One was PARTICULARLY FRUSTRATING because I had my quest done in one turn, and was maybe 8 gold with already three triples…one of those games where a good finish is very likely …and of course I get effin blasted off the server and can’t get back in or if I can …I’ve lost 3 recruit phases and gave taken 20 dizzamage

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I didn’t have connection issues on PC, but the animations from the quests are soooo sloooow as to make the mode nearly unplayable.

I would imagine that compounds on a mobile device due to less ram.

I don’t like the quests, I don’t like the minion changes (except toxfin, I like that and asked for that change), and the state of the game is just like standard - highroll or die.

It seems like much of strategy of the mode has been replaced by rng upon rng, rendering it less than fun.

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nothing’s changed for me, i’ve always been playing with 2 choices in bg, all gold goes into standard packs
fn and fifa are kind of dead, apex is ok since it’s a new season

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I am playing BGs and loving it. A bit annoyed my normal quests didn’t reroll to bg completable ones but whatever, I’ll live.

I was worried about the quests but they are actually pretty fun and interesting, though they need a little tweaking.

Anyway, solid 4/5 * patch, this has totally reenergize the mode.

Thxblizz

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im still playing battlegrounds, and turns out the amount of fun i am having has not changed, my goal is still to get 4th place, and now im rewarded for it with 10 exp

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I was able to get Xbox application for free for like, three months. So, at this moment, I am downloading Halo Wars 2. I didn’t know these games existed, but I did play plenty of Halo (as FPS, not as RTS), so I’m excited.

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Fortunately we’ve had a big patch in dota 2 last week, so I have that to keep me busy. I also play 2-3 overwatch matches daily and the occasional Elden Ring.
On mobile there’s this Mech Arena that’s I’ve been finding pretty decent, although very f2p unfriendly.

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I’ve played three games of Battlegrounds & I enjoyed the experience. I like the new changes, & since I’m used to playing with only two choices of hero, I didn’t feel put upon because I only had two. I’m not going to spend $14.99 for the Battle Pass since I don’t care about cosmetics & I don’t need to be able to choose between four heroes to have fun & sometimes come in First.

I’ll probably continue to play about a game a day in between long Standard sessions; when I need to break it up. Battlegrounds is a lot more relaxing, but a lot less relevant.

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So what I’m seeing is the people who didn’t really play BGs seriously before are unaffected by the change, it’s just the players who you know, really played it, that are hosed.

But hey, as long as you casual folks are there for the paying chumps to feed on, Blizzard is all good.

Wait unitl they just retire ingame gold and make all the modes P2W. If their test with BG goes well, know that your favorite mode is next.

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They cannot make Solo adventures F2P2W. at least 1 mode has to not be P2W

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I’m a gamer. Like movies/shows/books/music, I like anything that’s good. Currently, Destiny 2 has a new season out and it’s about pirates, which they mixed fairly well with the sci-fi theme. The gun skin design/names have are very pirate-y.

I also have this rogue-like in my library I’ve slowly been getting into. The name escapes me; the gameplay is good. The progression is on point and you DO feel like you’re making progress each run. It has rpg elements, there are multiple character to choose from, and the art is well done, too.

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Would love to know which it is if you recall/check later. Thanks!

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Children of Morta

I had to know myself. Currently $22 on Steam. I believe it has some DLC too. I forgot to mention each time you die you go back to the family house, which you also upgrade with currency found during runs. I’ve gotten a few run on my belt, but I know I’m just a couple from being all-in on the game for a while.

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I think I’m going to not play anything and try something different altogether. Maybe pick up a book instead or maybe start going for walks while listening to podcasts.