Amaz's Esportals, How Kripp Would Improve Hearthstone, & Deck Spotlight

Hearthstone Posted 2015/12/23 at 4:02 PM by Skiffington

Deck Spotlight

This week's deck spotlight primarily consists of a bunch of post-League of Explorers decklists. For those who haven't taken the plunge into the latest adventure however, we have ! It's interesting to see how the pros have (or have not) integrated new cards like , , and .

ESportals Strike AgainA Closer Look At Every Hearthstone Card Backremember from last weekKripp: How I’d Improve HS

Comment by GreySageHow to improve Hearthstone in one easy step: Stop paying attention to Kripp. Profit!Comment by GoldenFoxLoE cards is pretty good, most of them got anti-aggro potential. #sillypaladinsandhuntersComment by thvorI think Kripp highlights some issues that need to be addressed, though I disagree with some of his solutions.

Deck Slots - Personally, I'd rather have my decks organized by hero (so I could have a ramp druid, a token druid, etc.), and I can't really think that it'd be too confusing for a new player to go into the collection, select "New Deck", pick their hero, and then pick one of slots for that deck. But I really don't want to see basic functionality like this stuck behind yet another money grab.

Hero Skins - Speaking of money grabs, we have this. Not for me, thanks. Moving on.

Tavern Brawl - Some good points in here, but I don't like the idea of having multiple brawls going on at once; that's just inviting confusion (and increases your chances of finding a brawl with very few active players). Though it might be nice to be able to challenge a friend to a specific brawl mode, rather than whatever happens to be current; this would also enable the Brawl tournaments that he mentions wanting.

Arena - I think adding a "no pack" option would be likely to make the UI for entering the arena more complex and confusing. Though I would like the ability to pick which type of pack I receive as a reward; if that choice were made up front, it'd make it very clear that you're getting at least a pack for your 150 gold (which was his main issue).

Buffing Bad Cards - Um, wait, what? He's suggesting that Blizzard improve collected mode play by regularly changing existing cards? Talk about introducing confusion! Every time a card gets "tweaked", Blizzard would need to announce it, so that people aren't caught off-guard by, say, a 4/3 magma rager or some such. And would these buffs be permanent? If so, would the usual "disenchant a modified card for full dust value" policy apply? Just seems too chaotic. Yes, magma rager sucks, but it's kind of the nature of the game that some cards will be more useful than others. If every card were equally valuable (at least, within a given rarity level), there wouldn't be much incentive to open packs looking for something more useful.

Treasure Goblins - Yes, please! Where can I sign up for this? Seriously, this is easily one of the best options I've heard of for helping new players get "up to speed" given all the non-basic cards that are available now. Though I'd suggest tweaking it so that the probability of running into a Treasure Goblin is inversely related to the quality of your card collection--if you've got a ton of cards, most of the legendaries, etc., you don't need the help anywhere near as much as someone who's just unlocked all of the heroes.

Comment by Thrombin2Yeah, multiple tavern brawls, no pack Arena and buffing bad cards are really bad ideas. I don't agree with Kripp on those.

Not sure about treasure goblins. Blizzard need to make money and if Treasure Goblins give too much away for free then Hearthstone could cease to be commercial which would be great in the short term but lead to the death of the game in the long term!

As for hero skins. I want them all and I want them now! :D