![]() ![]() Now to see how well they handle non-rotation expansions and how they'll mix up the single player content (because I think the Dungeon Run cow has been milked dry at this point) Got to admit, the new guard did well this run. Between the single player content and the buffs I think Blizzard figured out how to basically nuke the stale period of an expansion while increasing revenue, without the playerbase going into a riot. But there won't be much time for everyone to get bothered. ![]() So yeah, the meta itself isn't stale but it will be for the majority in the lower ranks. So we literally have 2 weeks of this meta before its' time to look at new cards. Boomsday was announceed on the 10th of July. We're a few weeks before the announcement of the next expansion. So we not only have a meta that gets complex and mixed at the upper end, but there's a cheap deck for new players to grab and go.ģ. While I'm sure a lot of folks hate Hunter right now, the Midrange hunter variant is extremely cheap using only Zul'jin and two Master's Call: the rest is literally common cards. Some of those cards have made new decks and those decks have mixed in to make a pretty diverse meta.Ģ. ![]() I feared it would either be worthless or game breaking and so far they've done neither. At the moment, it looks like I might be eating crow about the buffs. For those more dedicated and professional, this is probably a very interesting time, especially since the decks themselves aren't easy to master.ġ. We're at the point we would normally be at 1 month into the expansion, where most of the tiers are set though their cards aren't solid and there may still be a few surprises coming later on.įor the majority of the playerbase, staleness should be just now creeping in. Many of these decks are still being figured out as far as who beats who and tech options. ![]() I think there's still room to build off of this meta over at that top end. It suggests that Hunter is being seen as the cheapest/easiest class to rank up with but it's NOT the strongest. The "hunter wins!" is mostly in the lower ranks. One thing to note is that in the Legend rank we have a very close race here with Hunter and Warrior in a dead heat, Mage and Rogue right next to them, and Shaman close enough to matter as well. What do you think? Do you see more margin of development after the mid-term buffs? Or are we approaching staleness already, no matter what? But I guess Rogue players knew that already. A handpicked selection of stories from BBC Future, Culture, Worklife and Travel, delivered to your inbox every Friday.So Hunter confirmed as the most popular class in the meta, yet Rogue seems to be able to resist, despite the nerfs. Īnd if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.com features newsletter, called The Essential List. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter. Love film and TV? Join BBC Culture Film and TV Club on Facebook, a community for cinephiles all over the world. Tom Jones premieres 30 April on PBS in the US and 11 May on ITVX in the UK The series takes a different approach, with its writer, Gwyneth Hughes, calling Fielding's work "the mother of all romcoms." This version stays in the 18th century, though, with all its colourful period trappings, and has a terrific supporting cast, including Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham (pictured above) as the aristocratic and vicious Lady Bellaston, Alun Armstrong as Sophia's doting grandfather, Squire Weston, and James Fleet as Tom's adoptive father, the wonderfully named Squire Allworthy. The famous 1963 film starring Albert Finney leaned into the novel's bawdiness. Tom (Solly McLeod) falls in love with Sophia (Sophie Wilde), the rich girl next door, but circumstances force him to London, where he gets involved in many mishaps and adventures. If ever a novel were ready-made for a series, it's Henry Fielding's mammoth, picaresque 1749 story of a foundling taken in by a wealthy country squire. ![]()
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