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phasespace

Has anyone else noticed how little GAME there is these last few expansions?

Discussion

Is it just me?

These days it seems to me you pick a class and a deck and whether you win or lose depends on what you queue into and which one of you gets the better draw. There doesn't ever seem to be any back and forth.

Like right now, some decks you play you're just going to lose to quest rogue unless they draw bad. There's nothing you can do about it, you just sit there and wait for the game to be over. Or if you choose a deck that can beat that, you're certain to lose if you queue into taunt warrior, or exodia mage, or whatever.

I don't just mean some matches being unfavorable and some being favorable...

I mean there's no game. We're not influencing the outcome. Both me and my opponent are going through the motions and hoping the RNG favors us this time. Will his 8 damage hero power hit the target it needs to? Or not? That's the decider for the last 45 minutes of our lives. Will the rogue have the starting hand, or will the mage get enough freezes and ice blocks from all the spell generators? Or not?

Either way, it's not up to us.

Why are we even playing this shit?

Posted Apr 10, 2017, 3:20 PM UTC

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billiebol•

This impression can also be caused by lack of skill. This is not a diss because I have noticed the same in myself. I get salty over "bad luck" then watch some streams and notice I actually make a ton of mistakes.

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chefao•

You mean every card game ever is based on luck?

No way!!!

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XeernOfTheLight•

I know why I play this shit.

Because I want to.

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Meosuke•

Even tho 8/10 games I play the first 6 or so cards I draw are 5+ mana (even after the mulligan, I'm not even joking here Rngeesus hates me) those 2 where I can actually draw at least decently usually end up being pretty enjoyable. Sure a lot of the time its just no fun at all and your opponents draws are leagues better than yours, but those few times when things line up are just golden. At least that's why I still play.

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dirtyjose•

HEY GUYS, HAVE YOU NOTICED YET THAT WE DON'T CONTROL THIS GAME, WE LITERALLY JUST RELY ON RNG DRAWING CARDS EVERY SINGLE TURN?!?!?!

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phasespaceOP•

You realize that card games don't have to just be coin flipping contests, right? Or do you not?

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dirtyjose•

Mmm, that a nice loaded argument right there. Almost like you can't construct a rational one.

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phasespaceOP•

Loaded argument? Go look that up you stupid fuck.

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dirtyjose•

Still angry about how your thread turned out? Have you moved on to other parts of life or are you still raging about this?

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H_son•

I've found the game very fun since Un'goro dropped. I expect that to change at some point but right now, it's pretty great. You queue up against a menagerie of different decks and have to adjust your play style to win. I find I win a vast majority of my games while losing to a few bad/unlucky moments but overall, this has been one of my most successful season in Hearthstone in a long time. Lots of deck exploration as well as you should be able to ladder at low ranks easily with almost any class. So far, I'm enjoying Mage, Rogue (quest and miracle), Shaman, Hunter, and Warlock. Warrior is really good, Priest seems pretty good. That only leaves Druid and Paladin at the bottom and they very well could make a comeback as it is still too early to tell.

I find that people complaining about how terrible the game is just aren't putting in any time or thought and so they blame someone else for their losses.

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zegota•

I mean, that's essentially every CCG. It's 50% Matchup, 40% Card Draw, 10% choices made

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TheOriginalVaj•

You'd still have to draw the Counterspell.

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unpopularopinionjdg•

Why are we even playing this shit?

Question i have been asking myself the last couple of days. This game is just rng so i can rng while i rng into other rng effects that don't belong to my class so i can out rng my opponent.

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DJayPhresh•

If y'all don't like it, then just don't play it. I myself and having a ton of fun.

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Splatypus•

The RNG is pretty limited these days. My only concern is with the new quests. There's no way to counterplay a quest, so it leads to both players kinda doing their own thing. The game needs more interaction between players. It can't just be a quest race where you actions only have impact on your own quest.

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bloodbloodbloody•

i know its only one card(2x) but in my taunt warrior i have been having fun dirty ratting quest mage, quest rogue, and even other quest warrior to race them to the volcano and it can often seriously hinder my oponents quest

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