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It's been a month and a bit. How does everyone feel about the meta?

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Just curious as to what people are feeling about the eta after the nerfs. There were certainly some issues before them with a few specific decks, but after the nerfs I've been enjoying things a lot. Admittedly combo priest is a bit of an issue for a fair few players, and murloc paladin can be rather high roll-y (though even with Lens turn 4 they're still beatable for sure). And it seems like a good time to talk about it, given the announcement that's going to arrive tomorrow (or later today, depending on your timezone)

There's been a pretty wide diversity of decks, and while some show up a fair amount (looking at you, quest shaman), there's not really one deck that seems to be taking over. Quests have been generally successful or at least capable of making semi-viable decks, and though some classes are in a rougher spot, there's a high enough deck diversity with none really standing out as really frustrating that I've been having a blast. Definitely one of the better metas in HS's history. And I've seen a lot less meta complaints compared to some previous ones, so that seems to bode well.

What're your thoughts, what's the good and bad?

Posted Oct 4, 2019, 4:13 AM UTC · edited

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Normalg•

One of the better metas. Even best decks dont feel annoying to play against and most games are winnable unlike the polarized match ups before the rotation.

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teh_drewski•

Priest is a little bit too good but otherwise it's going well, all the classes are to some degree playable and there's a reasonable balance of playstyles across the classes.

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leonpowalski639•

I like that the less popular decks are still at least semi viable. I personally made quest resurrect priest and combo priest and get nearly equal win rates with both, despite combo priest being the center of attention.

This meta sucks for mage, but mage has always been difficult to balance. It’s almost always either terrible or way too good.

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YuukiYubel•

For the last 2 expansions I really havent had much fun playing the game, but at the moment HS has been really fun again

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RevArtillery•

As a wild player, I dont even know what the meta is. So, I take that as a sign that it is a good meta. Players being quiet mean they are content.

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prouby•

Standard needs more variety. It’s too repetitive for me, since - for the last 30 days - I’m facing only 5 decks: highlander hunter, quest shaman, quest druid, control warrior and combo priest. However, I feel the meta is balanced for these classes and almost every matchup seems to be winnable for me.

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narvoxxBlastmaster of Disaster•

Very nice meta to play and watch

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T3nt4c135•

I hate quest cards, I think they ruin the game.

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