Sorry for everyone who subbed to my channel for mercenaries, if I end up enjoying the game, I will make content for it! Let me know what you think of mercenaries and if you still play it! You look fantastic!
@JohnnLoR
2 жыл бұрын
I appologise by my English in advance. You are absolutely right. I enjoy grinding on RPG games; but Hearthstone Mercenaries is so frustrating, boring and annoying. You always waste your time for nothing cause you try to finish a bounty in order to find coins from a specific mercenarie and guess what? You didn't get them; you only get it 4 or 5 out of 10 runs if you are lucky (15 coins) and I'm talking about an epic merc, not even a legendary wich is worst; and that sucks. There is not absolutely progress at all. I agree with you all day. ¡Thanks!
@dannycotter9458
2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to think that they would do a coin exchange. Maybe like 100 coins from a mercenary can be changed to like 10 or 25 blanks that can be applied to a mercenary of choice. I’ve probs spent about £100 on the game mode, do every task every day and I’m still no where near to maxing out valeera and others that weren’t in release day. It’s just even more unfair as every opponent has max power moves which 99% of the time are gonna beat the lower levels :(
@JohnnLoR
2 жыл бұрын
And today gets worst, why I have to play a heroic bounty in order to find a equipment? That is so bad
@patatjebolle
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your mercenaries content a lot. Get your feeling and totaly feel the problems within this gamemode. What do you think about patch 22.2 thou?
@ochatarra19o
2 жыл бұрын
@Rarran if u keep playing u would see that we have 2 hard counters to valeera, but yeah is better to keep complaining instead to check the new mercs and what they do (i know u saw them, but u didnt theorycrafted with them to see how good against valeera is the new common frost protector) stop saying valeera in ur video u will have nightmares with it. PD: thanks blizzard to solve the valeera meta with various counters and original ones :)
@TheCategor
Жыл бұрын
8:08 "I'm worried with every release of Mercenaries it's just gonna be a dwindling player base unless something ginormous happens" - Yep something ginormous just happened, Mercenaries is officially no more!!
@gengibre_vulgo_henrique
11 ай бұрын
Wym?
@mstarspul8018
2 жыл бұрын
I gave up after Valera came out. This modes economy is hostile to whales and f2p alike…total bummer, cause the mechanics are pretty cool.
@Dualities
2 жыл бұрын
and yet they still cant give u more gold so that Arena fans could join more freely
@redblasphemy9204
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dualities it seems like the devs gave up on Arena completely. like, for almost 2 years they keep saying that the current matchmaking system has flaws that must be addressed but do nothing, they haven't been consistent with rotations, the cards they make are constantly and drastically power creeping and they basically say they can do little about it so the Arena in the Alterac looks like rock paper scissors with the cards like 2/5 hk summon 2/2 stealth cub, 8/8 troll hk deal 8 damage to opponents face etc.
@Dualities
2 жыл бұрын
@@redblasphemy9204 just like devs of any MOBA game that only Carter's to outdated Conquest Dota map
@redblasphemy9204
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dualities I've never played MOBAs xd
@Dualities
2 жыл бұрын
@@redblasphemy9204 try SMITE or watch the King's Avatar animation. I'm sure u will like it
@innerchimp9783
2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with everything that you said about mercenaries. I gave up a month after Valeera came out. I haven't even bothered to look at any of the 5 new mercs that are scheduled to be released soon because I just don't care (and i used to grind a lot - I maxed 24 mercs and was close to maxing a further 6)
@benjaminrider6351
2 жыл бұрын
This is what Kripp said way back near the beginning: They didn't build the game mode with a fungible asset (like dust). Thus, they were left with no way to compensate players after nerfs, and no way that you could recoup excess rewards (like the coins for maxed-out heroes). I'm really surprised they didn't anticipate this problem and build it into the game mode from the start. The issues seem totally predictable (and Kripp did predict them like a week after Mercenaries launched).
@adamn7777
2 жыл бұрын
The excess coins thing really is an anchor around the neck of the mode at the moment and I don't get how they released the mode without a solution to this ready to go. My only guess is that they didn't expect people to farm mysterious stranger like they did and that it'd be a very long time before anyone started maxing out mercs. That doesn't justify it but it could lead to them thinking they have a lot more time to solve the problem. If they solve the excess coins problem so many of the barriers to entry just drop away and blizzard makes way more money. If there was something to do with the excess coins and some sort of maxed out protection on coins in packs people can buy their way back into the mode if they dropped it, new people can get into the mode if they haven't tried it before, and if you see a streamer doing something cool on a stream you can buy a bunch of packs or convert some excess coins. Because trying anything new and different right now can only be done via a massive time investment people aren't going to experiment. You can't experiment in that kind of environment. The good news is that if they fix this problem with the economy feeling bad for whales, moderate spenders, and free to play players they could bring back in a lot of players because it's no longer massive time investments only to catch up.
@CRSB00
2 жыл бұрын
Words cannot describe how it feels when I open a pack and 3/5 things are merc coins for the firat merc I maxed making 60%pack useless The sad thing is, they will *NEVER* fix the problem in a way that feels bad to the whales since they are the devs main target
@nateno5112
2 жыл бұрын
There almost certainly was a solution to excess coins before the mode released. The solution will be tied into the yet to be released legendary bounties. Convert your excess coins into some form of currency that unlocks legendary bounties or let's you do one legendary run. The reason it's not released is because they already decided it would be most profitable to hold back that feature. The frustration the community feels is baked in and intentional. It's all planned for in order to manipulate you and your wallet.
@adamn7777
2 жыл бұрын
@@nateno5112 none of that makes any sense. The current implementation costs them money because it makes spending money a bad idea. It's getting people to NOT spend money on the mode. It also doesn't really make sense how that would be in any way profitable because coins are functionally free with tasks. Finally, and this is the biggest nail in the coffin of this idea, is that they've said they're working on something to spend the excess coins on but are still fine tuning numbers
@nateno5112
2 жыл бұрын
@@adamn7777 everything you're saying is full of wild speculation. First of all, numbers on the mode haven't been released. Blizzard is running mercenaries at a loss because nobody is buying packs? What if they already made hundreds of mercs (which they have and have said they did) and they already have a road map for releasing mercs on a semi monthly basis and the maintenance for sustaining that plan is minimal? What if they already made 90% of the income the mode would see on pre-purchase bundles? All of these things are likely true but your speculations aren't really based on anything factual. You seem quite susceptible to the being easily manipulated in gacha systems. Of course the coins are free. They are also awarded in teeny tiny portions. You do understand how they are trying to manipulate you into spending money right? It was never about the value of the coins. It was always about the time investment and capitalizing on people with extra money and little time. Finally, legendary bounties are confirmed. Excess coins are pervasive. And there's absolutely no word on adding anything else into the market. No new cosmetics no word on converting excess coins portraits nothing like that has ever been said. And you'd have to be an utter fool to not know the mode would have excess coins and it would be s major problem. Of course they are working on it now. They were working on it before the community had an uproar. Now that the community is pissed they have an opportunity to make changes and lure people back into the mode by introducing a totally obvious feature that was most likely held back at launch in order to double dip on the people prone to buying impulsive pre-orders.
@adamn7777
2 жыл бұрын
@@nateno5112 legendary bounties are not confirmed anywhere. They briefly teased a third "mythic" difficulty in the initial reveal video but that hasn't been mentioned since and there's no reason to believe that it'd operate any differently than what was shown there if it ever were to come, a nominal fee in gold to upgrade the travel point. The idea that they would charge coins (of which merc?) to participate in a higher difficulty bounty is based on nothing, makes no sense, and doesn't make them any more money because coins are easily obtained from easy bounties. Yes blizzard is running mercenaries at a loss at this point because packs are the only way the mode makes money and packs are useless and everyone knows that. Packs aren't selling because they're often full of literally unusable coins. At best the mode is earning very little money because of the lack of value offered in packs. If they weren't expecting to be making any more money off the mode they wouldn't be creating new content for it and dedicating entire sections of the team to it. If you want to see what a blizzard game that's purely in maintenance mode looks like that they aren't expecting more money from look at the patch cadence of Heroes of the Storm. That's what maintenance mode looks like not the pretty consistent monthly updates mercenaries has gotten. They are also extremely unlikely to devote huge amounts of resources to developing an entirely new mode with its own unique UI to jettison it a few months after release. I might be speculating but you're living in a world where all business sense has been thrown out the window in favor of elaborate conspiracies that make no sense whatsoever
@HearthstoneMathematics
2 жыл бұрын
Rarran, thank you so much for this video! Mercenaries have a lot of potential but the current state of the game is terrible. Monotonous PvE, problems with PvP but the worst thing is the progression system. Too many things require radical changes. With each patch, I have less and less hope that Blizzard is ready to fix the situation.
@OscarMemo333
2 жыл бұрын
amen jeeves
@lukefair6962
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on Raran. I actually stopped playing around when Valeera came out but I wasnt really facing her at my rank, it was mainly because of the excess coins problem. They couldnt even tell you what there plan was, so if they aint got a plan its probably not getting fixed anytime soon. And they're not fixing it with next big update so I think we all made the right choice to stop playing sadly.
@OscarMemo333
2 жыл бұрын
all new mercanaries will always be OP, to sell tons of stuff!
@josephcarlson896
2 жыл бұрын
Very well articulated. A lot of the same reasons I quit. Spent loads of time and money and it just didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere. Really unfortunate because it does have lots of potential, just hasn’t been executed very well. A real shame blizzard hasn’t adapted to the feedback and response of people like yourself. Thanks for the great video.
@grumpykitten4890
2 жыл бұрын
My idea is to have a vending machine for extra coins. You would put extra coins in and have a way to get coins you actually need out (maybe discover characters you haven't maxed out yet?) And one more thing slightly off topic, I would like there to be a way I can see what task level I am at with each character without them being at the campfire.
@Brandon11746
2 жыл бұрын
lol that sounds like something from BL2. but i love it
@herzbube102
2 жыл бұрын
I played a number of mercs to task 18 to get as many packs as possible so that I would receive a chance to get one of the about 10 legendaries that I’m still missing. When I finally opened a pack that gave me a legendary (instead of just coins), I received… a portrait of a merc I already have. That was what broke my spirit.
@micahturner8297
2 жыл бұрын
I feel you, I feel the same about it. I think all the different builds and flavor for each merc are cool but I hate the amount of time it takes to just fully level and unlock all equipment for a single merc. Personally I believe this is why unless they make it easier to level in some fashion they will be hesitant for nerfs because of all the time people have to spend on a single one.
@nerdstrong
2 жыл бұрын
I tried it out when the mode launched, played for a few hours it was fun for what it was. But when I realized it was just another hero collector mobile game (Raid Shadow Legends/AfK Arena clone) I wasn't too keen on continuing the mode.
@mariuscarausu9352
2 жыл бұрын
The moment I tried it realised what it was but it git me sort of hooked,but those games never hold me hooked for long.So I just played it like mad for a week untill it got boring for me,and just quit.
@Silkentwilight
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this Rarran. You have so very well articulated what I and many others feel. We really wanted to love this game. But the lack of flexibility in crafting/leveling/progression is just terrible. I think they need to make so many changes to this mode that it may be too late. I hope I’m wrong, but I’ll be watching from the sidelines with you.
@irrationalpie3143
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with Rarran. I have maxed every single mercenary so far except Admiral and Sneed, and currently building a S/W tool for analyzing PVP game outcomes for different mercenary combos. There are TONS of problems with the game. Balance: 1) Speed manipulation should not be team wide , because it's such a huge advantage to kill a Mercenary without them even attacking or casting. Manipulating one or two mercenaries is fine. 2) Rewards for playing A TON should provide more flexibility and tools to enable "high skill" players to do more, but they should not be providing higher stats. Higher stats completely ruin PVP for the entire playerbase. So maybe more weapon choices to be able to diversify the Mercs a lot more, but not significantly higher power level. 3) Agree with a lot of what was said about PVE rewards system , it is completely backwards
@andrewmoses850
2 жыл бұрын
I think Mercs has so much potential!! I loved it at release initially until I really got into the scale of the grind to stay competetive. I do my best to keep up: I have all mercs unlocked & lvl 30. I play daily but just to the point of finishing the daily tasks given. 10-15 mins a day keeps me slightly progressing. I really only do this in the hopes that one day this mode is more playable. I wish it was better like you but with only 10-12 max mercs, I don't see the end in sight without changes/updates
@jackcollins7929
2 жыл бұрын
a disenchant button for extra coins on maxxed out mercs would be nice. it could be a 1/10 ratio and only apply to mercs of the same rarity. so if I have 500 coins on a rare merc, I can disenchant for 50 coins and put it on another rare merc.
@amberlee4536
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it should even be limited to the same rarity; dust isn't.
@patatjebolle
2 жыл бұрын
Valeera's sinister strike should get 1 cooldown. This would make her a bad openener and it would mean later on that there is one turn inbetween where you can counter or take down other fast enemies to take away valeera's combo potential.
@nassanov
2 жыл бұрын
The same thing happened to me. I totally agree with you: the game becomes so repetitive.
@eduardoyukiokavaguti3606
2 жыл бұрын
Mercs is clearly an alpha mode. They needed another year, at least, to make it balanced and fun for everyone. Also, I am pretty skeptical about the "gacha" mechanics, but that's me, I guess.
@MedRock21
2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree with the sentiments expressed here. I’m excited to see the new mercs, and also it’s so insanely overwhelming to think about having to grind out allllll the coins just to get them, especially when it’s basically pack purchases (I’ve done enough of this for this mode, I refuse to buy useless excess coins again) or just pour HOURS into it for such little payout. I too was an early adopter and really enjoyed the hell out of the game mode. It’s devastating that they’re so fixated on monetizing it to the point that they’re actively(activision-ly) killing an otherwise great experience. Thanks for a very insightful video with loads of great suggestions for the devs. Sincerely hope that they view this and take it to heart. P.S. to illustrate how much of an uphill battle this crazy barrier to maxing out and getting coins is… I haven’t even gotten Valera max level, much less trigore or the sky captain, and Valeera is obviously meta well breaking. It just hasn’t been worth the insanely high investment for a game mode that seems neglected so early into its infancy. Heartbreaking, man.
@arnoldbreuer
4 ай бұрын
After 2 years, this might need a update. Also regarding coins and the mythic boss run. Is the mode salvageable?
@j_orpz
2 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Rarran, these are all important points for the devs to hear. I really wanted to like Mercs - I bought the welcome bundle and stopped there. I quickly found myself disinterested in the daily grind, even without a desire to compete in PvP. Things just felt like an uphill battle and if you take time off, you immediately fall behind (similar to WoW hah)
@Grommok
2 жыл бұрын
Now that Mercenaries has their own dedicated team, the may address some of those issues in a manner that will satisfy everyone.
@DiabloEncarnate
2 жыл бұрын
5 months later..... We are still waiting
@OO-rt9yf
2 жыл бұрын
Mercanies was basically a solo adventure expansion for me
@ragmondead
2 жыл бұрын
I've dropped $100 on mercs. I stopped because of Val. Just not fun anymore.
@andreasesser4641
2 жыл бұрын
I was curious if this channel still existed 2 months after I quit Hearthstone (played since GvG). Yeah, good job Blizz. Mercs was the final straw.
@tixxi7127
2 жыл бұрын
Im with you, Valeera op and playing this season is so boring because 90% of the people use her. The coin thing is also annoying af, didnt buy or opened a pack since month because i have maxed out most of the mercs. And today when they release the new mercs i bet anything that i own that i will not even get 100 coins for each of them after my saved 24 packs.
@Involution88
2 жыл бұрын
Hearthstone mercenaries is a pachinko machine disguised as a puzzle. Standard fare for Blizzard - dates back to Diablo. Kill monsters, get prizes. Multiplayer is the end game. My favourite thing about Mercenaries is how pornographic the bounty structure is. It's a standard way in which games simulate free choice, except it's usually presented in a less explicit way. Skyrim, Dragon Age and Deus Ex are examples - always starts in the same place, all choices lead to the grand finale. I'd go so far as to say that Hearthstone Mercenaries will have a tremendous influence on game and systems design. Making a game using a bounty like skeleton may become a standard project for students. Microsoft didn't buy Activision Blizzard because Hearthstone Mercenaries is going to be a commercial success. Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard because bounty like structures will appear in board meetings, design meetings, job interviews. Literally nobody could play mercenaries and dozens of developers would still be assigned to it.
@xelaalex9708
2 жыл бұрын
the 3000 golds I spent on the mercenaries were the most unworthy currency I have ever spent among all of Blizzards games.
@robertg6019
2 жыл бұрын
I stopped playing HS years ago. Never looked back and enjoy not have to spend $200 a year
@codegeass7162
2 жыл бұрын
Chess has no RNG, but it doesn't feel repetitive because it has a rich complexity and every choice is meaningful. Having never played mercenaries, it sounds like the game simply lacks depth.
@freezoulou
2 жыл бұрын
thank you so much for this video ...Mercenaries have a lot of potential is so sad ....
@rgwernert
2 жыл бұрын
The grind became redundant for me and the level cap was a downer, so I quit Mercs.
@nikolasioakimidis3003
2 жыл бұрын
I really liked the idea when I first tried it but the moment I saw leveling, knowing blizzard, I yeeted away as fast as I possibly could. Glad to see I made the right choice.
@serialpixel
2 жыл бұрын
You gave the best depiction possible of its current state. Let's hope they listen to feedback.
@Shenaniganwhat
2 жыл бұрын
Valeera warped the meta immensely. although lokholar in a frost opener brutally murders fast valeera openers with frigid winds. To me the rock paper scissors of openers just got more extreme with these new mercenaries and I'm not convinced dragons are going to be a real comp there just too slow without much scaling.
@devinswanton5174
2 жыл бұрын
What if they had a system where you can convert 50 or 100 coins from a MAX Merc, into 1 Mysterious Coin that you can trade in to get 5-10 coins for a specific character you're trying to level up?
@patriousthefallenknight3185
2 жыл бұрын
i have my reasons.... IT WAS BORING AND NOT REWARDING!
@whitewolf199
2 жыл бұрын
Everything you said is 100% accurate. However, come back to Mercs, we need you! :)
@antonlumijoki1809
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent points, Rarran. I haven't played for a month either. It's a pity that Blizz is so slow to fix problematic mercs (the same goes for HS cards though...) But the bigger problem is definitely that the mode is about 3-5 x too expensive. And also that even if you put hundreds of euros into it, you'll always need to buy more and more and grind more and more, and your previous purchases don't do much to help you. It's quite insane when even the whales complain...
@bobhihih
2 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on dustgate?
@tenkaichi412
2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the new mercenaries patch. I've stopped playing because of it. Mercenaries having abilities that are straight up 0 speed on their own. Completely ruins speed control IMO.
@Brandon11746
2 жыл бұрын
I like mercenaries for several reasons. The challenge of it, making progress feels satisfying, and ofc i get to enjoy playing the mercs i love. I can't relate to you yet cuz I simply just haven't maxed out any of my mercs yet. I don't spend any money on the game, even tho there have been times when i was tempted to do so. I do have to agree tho that it's too bad they aren't fixing the issues you mentioned here.
@pauldowning6792
2 жыл бұрын
If they want to save Mercenaries, they need to model it after battlegrounds. Demonetize the grind and just focus on cosmetics. People are willing to pay alot for cosmetics. Riot has proven that. TFT and League and LoR are all truly free but yet people still shell out a ton for cosmetics because they are having fun
@artnone1257
2 жыл бұрын
if valeera get nerfed than some other combination become op, nothing will change
@Aeroreido
2 жыл бұрын
I started this game two weeks ago and have a blast playing it, but I got to admit that I am reaching a point where there is not really anything to do besides grinding quests for coins that I dont really need anymore for my main squad, I haven't experienced Valeera yet and to be honest I am not really looking forward to it, I hope they make the game more progressive and less grindy, anything else then pvp would cool too that is somewhat rewarding.(still missing a lot of characters and I am far away from having everything maxed, but the main squad has all the needed skills maxed)
@tkell31
2 жыл бұрын
Not competitive at all since I didnt put money into it, and the daily tasks have taken on a grind that I dont enjoy since I'm usually doing bounties I've done hundreds of times before. Of course over time I've managed to max all the mercs that can get coins from the first two areas simply by running them so many times for tasks. I do think the different merc mechanics are pretty fun to explore, but ultimately min-maxers already determined the optimum combinations.
@pwnstar2
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with your points and hope that the devs will make some positive changes! While you're out of mercenaries, is there any other channel you would recommend for comps, hero reviews and such?
@Rarran
2 жыл бұрын
havent been watching, so no idea :(
@rahulkalita7935
2 жыл бұрын
Old Guardian
@JohnnLoR
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think about craft Portraits from excess of coins? It would be great, but when you realize all amount of excess coins; that will never happen LUL. It is a shame :(
@BarKeegan
2 жыл бұрын
Since your not building a deck gameplay gets repetitive quickly, it should be a ‘faster’ format in terms of card acquisition and play. I think they need to make it more affordable to do that, get more players into PVP, and hopefully dilute the repetitive builds there
@billd7120
2 жыл бұрын
Mercenaries has so much potential. I wish they would do something.
@MyogaSama
2 жыл бұрын
The excess coin issue is a big reason I quit. Leveling new characters feels impossible because my stash of coins of for maxxed out characters just keep going up.
@andreasmpintas9073
2 жыл бұрын
Plain and simple : EVERYTHING is wrong with this game mode. Literally everything.
@HewieSux
2 жыл бұрын
i like the idea of draw RNG for mercs. it would force you to build a fully synergistic deck or run solid cards that aren't dead weight when they get pulled out at the start or after 1 dies . i stopped the mode after threshadon-buff & kazakus + X was basily every encounter . For Coins i like your idea with no dups in packs, or that you can " dust " them for - i dunno - 20 to 1 for blanks you can use on any merc ? EDIT : no Y O U look fantasic as always, as does your kitty ofc.
@otto.castro
2 жыл бұрын
6:40 why one can't come back playing standard after taking a 2 year break.
@acardosobio
2 жыл бұрын
I just feel the same. Hás fun until get all mercenaries leves 30, them fell boring
@DoomDG
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sad, I really like Mercenaries and its so hard to find content.
@greysonmiller9407
2 жыл бұрын
Saw this one coming a mile away tbh. Nothing was gonna beat the base game anyways imo, especially not this gacha bs. It was clear to me what kind of scheme this was as soon as I saw that there were "materials" for each hero.
@terrenm
2 жыл бұрын
I think you nailed it on the head. I also stopped playing mercs for many of the same reasons. There seem to be many fundamental issues that won't be fixed by adding more mercs or bounties. The gold system is flawed!
@verdetetto1814
2 жыл бұрын
I completely gave up after the first big nerf...
@Daniel-sv8ww
2 жыл бұрын
Not played for a long time? Bro did mode dropped in october last year
@makaramuss
2 жыл бұрын
"why I left" because blizzard took a great idea, made it monetizeable instead of putting an entry fee like arena and ruined it
@kwstaskitsopanidis259
2 жыл бұрын
Rarran please bro start again mercenaries videos we need you for the new mercs tips etc
@PZMKSD
2 жыл бұрын
Please Developers listen to this man he’s Literally The Mercenaries front man
@fixpontt
2 жыл бұрын
this entire game mode is not thought out whatsoever, it is the worst type cash grab i have seen in later years and i have never seen this bad stuff from a non-mobile game company like Blizzard
@cristophsan
2 жыл бұрын
The excess of extra coins is a huge problem... The realese of new mercenaries is a mistake, we need first another type of stuff, for example an extra item slot for an eqquipable item, balance changes, events, another coins uses, etc
@nycdude450
2 жыл бұрын
I was playing this mode everyday but recently have stopped since I don't see a compelling reason to do it anymore even though not all my character are maxed out. Same goes for the standard mode which I used to play everday to complete the daily quests. Sanity to avoid burnout counts for something.
@dikardvondoom3574
2 жыл бұрын
The combat is fun. Everything else sucks. I stopped playing around Valeera but was already on my way out when the pirates were added. What you said about excess is spot on. It’s the main reason I stopped playing. I had almost all of the Merc’s maxed before Cookie and the pirates. Grinding coins for the pirates was faaar too tedious and excess coins from packs feels horrible. I’m so far behind that if they don’t radically overhaul the system, I’ll never play pvp again. As it stands now, I play 1-2 pve games for “deal 100 x damage “ quests. Insert poking Blizzard with stick meme “Do something.”
@mayeenmdtasin8584
2 жыл бұрын
Yup my thoughts exactly. I dropped the mode right before valeera came out because man it was grindy, especially with the mysterious challenger thing. And I don't think I'll go back to that because there's no point in going back to a game mode that doesn't value the Player experience. Also we need some mercs nerfed. I don't care if I don't get anything back for em but atleast the Meta will be better.
@eposttilthomas
2 жыл бұрын
Used to play alot of hearthstone, but i grew away from it. felt like it wasnt respecting my time. last deck i remember having shit for was demon cube lock. Now i play lor an fankly i prefer it, it respect your time more imo
@lesiegelad
2 жыл бұрын
They need a vanilla merc pvp mode where all mercs are lvl 1 without their equipment. I think this can save some of that grinding problem. Could even make it an arena style mode with this lvl 1 concept where you have to choose between specific mercs in a draft. I would potentially play Mercs again if these things were implemented.
@FRAAANKYSUUUPER
2 жыл бұрын
I've never played it actually. Still got those 2 packs sitting, waiting to be opened. Forever....
@LordRydag
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I forgot this even existed
@blackx3395
2 жыл бұрын
Never played mercenaries, never will Still have the 7 free packs from mercenary launch and legendary quests Would be nice if Blizzard just deleted them from my account I hate having them there
@sedd1234
2 жыл бұрын
OMEGALUL mercenaries. Failure of a gatcha game.
@zuligansvidious
2 жыл бұрын
I stopped playing it too, it's too tedious
@TheSCBGeneral
2 жыл бұрын
Funny how this video was made 5 months ago and the mode is still as broken as it's ever been. Goes to show that the Hearthstone team just doesn't care.
@Detton30
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I enjoyed Mercenaries at the start, but it quickly falls off. The PVE gets too tedious, and the PVP -- like you said, you fall behind if you don't play constantly, and I never did. But play what you gotta man, you look fantastic :)
@Querterus
2 жыл бұрын
I stopped Mercenaries because i realiced that i was just farming over and over and over and over again. Im a free2play player even in standart and i get it, Blizzard wanna make money. But if the Game is boring u dont get anything.
@spiritofclay3758
2 жыл бұрын
You were VERY conservative in your observations and suggestions. I salute you for the tolerance of copium you have endured. Blizzard needs to stop being so greedy! There you go, i said it.
@superhippo4741
2 жыл бұрын
I feel as though Mercs is a game mode that you can totally see would do well if they just put the effort in to reward you for your time and money spent, but after hours of grinding and several transactions it just leaves you with a sour taste in your mouth because it never feels like enough to be competitive. Regardless of whether you are a whale or a f2p the game innately forces you to grind, and while the bounties are cool enough thematically, the fact that grinding requires you to do the same ones over and over it just gets old really quickly. If the idea is to spend money to skip the grind, then the shop should be giving good deals but as many people know they cannot even bring themselves to release reasonable deals with the prices they are charging. For $25-30 (This could buy you a couple full indie games on steam) I would expect to get at least 2-3 fully maxxed mercenaries. If that seems like it is too generous then you need to wake up to the absurdity of what this game mode is asking of you. That, or, just make some actual end game content that rewards you significantly more for harder bounties or something, like a “raid” mode, because PvP is something that gets old really fast when they can’t figure out that characters that cheat out abilities at faster speeds are not only very good but always an auto include (did they learn nothing from Cairne and Diablo?). Power creep at the level that Valeera is at this early on in the game’s lifespan is a surefire way to signal to your player base that you are unable to learn from your past and will continue to make atrociously balanced mercs in the future. It will take a lot to make this game mode palatable for the average gamer that doesn’t want progress that is thwarted by scalping, needlessly tedious and time consuming grinding, and constant power creeping followed by more grinding just to stay competitive. Depressing rant aside, I think I speak for much of the audience when I say this new content style is much better for the long term growth of your channel and I have been really enjoying it. Keep up the good work Rarran!
@FrostyLich
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly I have to agree with all of your points. Mercs does have so much potential and I hope it’s not too late for it to spark again
@usernamehyt
2 жыл бұрын
as a someone who spend 500 dolloars and played from beta , I stopped play hs like a year ago because how boring this has become
@ColeMillenium
2 жыл бұрын
I agree with everything you said 100%
@davinperry5648
2 жыл бұрын
Tried out mercenaries, but too grindy for me. I will never catch up for PvP and the quests are too repetative
@nightow1139
2 жыл бұрын
You finally saw the light
@stevebusiness965
2 жыл бұрын
There's a multiplayer mode?
@arizothwow1
2 жыл бұрын
The issue that 99% of the player base has is that the game is so boring. Who cares about the meta when the actual gameplay sucks.
@markedfang
2 жыл бұрын
If getting coins is how they make money and getting coins is too grindy, that just sounds like the gamemode has a problem with monetization. Disregarding balance. If it doesn't feel fun to play and you barely progress through play, your game isn't good. If you're expected to pay because otherwise the game isn't good, than commenting on how they have to make money off of it isn't a good defense. You're trying to give them the benefit of the doubt, but mercenaries was made to fail and none of their top game designers will know why.
@RawDollar
2 жыл бұрын
They should add 2v2 mode in mercenaries
@ElementVoidX
2 жыл бұрын
i just never bothered with Mercenaries, I don't feel like I need to spend more money on this game.
@ShiniOokami
2 жыл бұрын
Don't worry, we're gonna get pig Patch next week with new Building and 5 new Mercs that will surely change this mode completely :Kappa
@Godzirra-San
2 жыл бұрын
I stopped playing, even after putting 9k gold in, because single player gets old quick and multiplayer was always the same decks. Again, boring.
@Monerako
2 жыл бұрын
It is becoming repetitive with valeera, but still not so repetitive as standard, still you can see various styles and counters to versatile comps. It has its issues and many of them were mentioned in the video, but for me, it is still least fucked up hearthstone format now. And the potential of the game mode is enormous, sometimes it is like rock, scissors, paper, especially when two comps with valeera and most of abilities beeing speed 0,but sometimes they are totally mind games, which you can never acomplish in standard, for example, because even with what i said before, standard is much much more RNG (and boring of course, because everyone is playing the same op aggresive decks, control totally dead, but what i know, i stopped playing standard at least a half year ago)
@CorruptorPeste
2 жыл бұрын
Jack of all trades, master of none
@brainfreezor
2 жыл бұрын
They STILL don't have a dust system?! Lmfao, glad I quit early
@patatjebolle
2 жыл бұрын
As a free to play player I got over 10.000 unusable excess coins and you?
@williamclancy-jundt118
2 жыл бұрын
Just make it so it doesn't take forever to get quests if that did I think I would continue playing
@michaeld8705
2 жыл бұрын
The game mode is in a rough place. Hopefully they'll find their stride
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