I reinstalled Hearthstone after a few years of being absent from the game. I previously had a few thousand hours playing the game but fell out of the habit of playing due to real life circumstance.
I’m sorry to say that, unfortunately, I am incredibly disappointed with what I found. There seems to be absolutely no space in the current meta for anything resembling a control deck.
I faced 90%+ aggro comps during the last two days of playing. Aside from this were meme-y oneshot builds/mill decks.
It is incredibly unfun losing on the 5th round. It is incredibly unfun playing in a game that has a ridiculous number of cards to build diverse decks, yet the majority of games are just boring face decks or insane turn 4 builds.
Really really disappointed in what I found here. Was genuinely quite hype to get back into the game and see what was up, but I don’t enjoy playing aggro decks so I think I’ll take a permanent pass on this one.
This is just one individual’s experience, but hopefully if the development team see an abundance of accounts like this, they might aim to balance and better diversify the meta pool somewhat, leading to a retention of future players.
The game has been uninstalled, sadly - and I don’t think I’ll be back any time soon.
Best of luck to you all.