Hello, everyone! I am back with another post for you all and in this one I would like to explore the different stages of a Hearthstone player’s evolution, based on my personal experience. I hope you find it interesting and relatable!
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The Honeymoon stage - Ranks do not matter to you. The meta does not matter to you. You play the game strictly for fun. You are climbing the ranks quickly and you are enjoying every minute of Hearthstone.
And then it happens - you hit a wall and start losing. -
The “I need more cards” stage - You are convinced you are losing, because everyone is netdecking these perfect decks with all the legendaries, which you do not have. You are sure that if you had all the good cards, you would win all the time. At this point you either grind for gold, if you are a f2p player, or gamble away some money on packs.
One way or the other, you acquire all those juicy legendaries and build the perfect meta decks. You start climbing again, assisted by the power of great cards. And then it happens yet again - you start losing. -
The Salt Mine stage - This stage is strictly individual for all players, but it’s by far the most frustrating for everyone. You are losing, because you are unlucky. Or maybe because the game is rigged and Blizzard’s Algorithm is doing this to you. Or maybe because you need even more cards! You grind harder or spend more. Yet you keep losing. You uninstall Hearthstone several times, vowing to never play it again, yet you return.
If you survive this hell, you inevitably improve as a player to the point where you are soon going to reach Legend. -
The “Legend is for tryhards” stage - You enter this stage when you start hitting the old Ranks 2 & 1, maybe even when you face the final boss to Legend… and you lose. After that you start dumpstering all the way back to where you started the week before. It’s not your skill that is lacking. Legend is for tryhards, who grind all day. You could do it too, but just don’t want to.
If you survive this stage, the moment you have secretly been wishing for is upon you. -
The First Legend stage - You made it! You are now Legend for the first time. You vow to only play the game for fun and to never care about rank again. Yet the uncertainty lingers. Did you get to Legend on a lucky winning streak? Did you play a low-skill deck? Will you be able to reach Legend next month?
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The “Ascension” stage - This is peak Hearthstone performance. You have reached Legend multiple times with several different decks. You have all the relevant cards and enough dust/gold to not have to buy packs ever again. You truly do not care about ranks. Losing streaks might tilt you a little, but you easily move on. In short: you can finally play the game and enjoy it to its fullest.
So there you have it! Which stage are you on now? Or did you have a different evolution to the one I described? Let me know what you think!