12-24-2013, 03:36 AM
(12-23-2013, 09:07 PM)MonTy Wrote: I heard a lot of fuss about the Priest class and drafted to be what I thought a decent deck, but I got crushed. Believe I had too much 1 for 1 cards and not enough synergy to catapult me ahead. Reversely I've read a lot of people knocking the druid but I find it really strong late game. Healing + beefy creatures + weapon attacks. Sign me up!
Priest is extremely weak right now. It was seriously strong for a while, but now you pretty much have to get lucky to have a chance.
For two cards you can have extremely strong creatures, but any other class out there can usually take that creature out with one card. Mind Control going up to 10 mana is pretty brutal. It's just a lot of heavy investment when your opponent can topple your plans with little effort.
Disappointing as that is the class I enjoyed most.
Other thoughts on this game:
The smaller decks mean that balancing Control is brutal if not impossible. Combine that with starting with 30 health as opposed to 20 and it rules out a lot of play options. In Magic you have the option to flood the play field with mini fast attacks because by the time control builds up you have them low enough that they are still in threat of losing. Not possible in Hearth stone as at that point in this game they will still have 10-15 health.
One of the stronger points in Magic was the ability for cards to create new win conditions. I don't foresee any real combo decks being allowed in Hearthstone (see smaller deck size) but the game already feels like a top deck war where every turn your are flipping a coin to see who wins.
We'll see if they are able to get any longevity out of this. As it stands for me every battle feels the same. In their effort to simplify and condense the CCG experience I hope they didn't drain it of any chance for growth.