Great article, thank you, Stonekeep! From my work experience and general knowledge of human psyche I can say that when you are changing any process you will get pushback. Change is scary, and in order to achieve a successful change you need stakeholders buy-in. I think this is where Blizzard really dropped the ball. They failed to show a clear benefit the new system will supposedly provide. Most people are willing to show a little patience, but after a couple of weeks even the most loyal fans would feel betrayed by the promises of a better system if they haven’t personally experienced a marked and measureable improvement. And it seems like majority of the players have not. A good baseline measurement of the state of Hearthstone right now is asking yourself: is it a game I would recommend to someone I am trying to impress? I don’t think I can answer this question affirmatively at the moment

golden version is just double health and attack, deathrattle is the same. If anything, it’s a major downgrade from a regular version as deathrattle failed to trigger for me a few times