Quote (Voyaging @ Apr 8 2017 03:14am)
Vastly, vastly more players play Standard, tens if not hundreds of times more.
I predict one of two things or both in the coming 3 months:
- a higher % of players will move to wild (not a crazy #, but considerable)
and/or
- player base going to thin out a fair bit
Condition: If Blizzard doesn't make changes to the game before the next planned expansion (changes could include a meaningful balance patch, a super early wing expansion, or features that really impress.)
Reason: Too much of the new set is useless. Like a present that you can't unwrap, hyped cards aren't working at all. Rotating out base set cards fixed one problem (power creep balance) and exacerbated another (limited card pools which cause metagame issues). Blizz's track record says they only get on top of things when there's a big reason that's in their face, so I hope I'm right. Otherwise they just change unnecessary stuff and make odd choices. Druid Barnabus quest would be potentially useful with Ancient of Lore (original draw 2) and Azure Drake. Both are rotated out through literal rotation or infinite nerfhammer.
This post was edited by Canadian_Man on Apr 8 2017 05:34pm