Hearthstone's Single Player Adventures

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Lately I've been picking away at the Hearthstone single player adventures.  They're really fun, especially the newest one with the League of Adventurers.  The single player adventures give a new way to experience the game and they're not afraid to break typical rules.  It's cool to see.

After finishing up the normal mode I jumped into the class challenges.  It surprised me to find that these are actually my favorite thing in Hearthstone so far.  You're presented with a match up of a predetermined class vs a boss and given a pre-made deck.  It's everything I want from this game.

I like having a balanced playing field where the decks are fun to play against each other.  This mode provides that.

It makes me realize how much I just hate the deck construction.  I love piloting a fun deck but I hate spending time trying to create my own decks.  I wish there were more modes in Hearthstone with premade decks.  I know that if there were I would play it more often.

With the completion of all the single player adventures I'm once again on a Hearthstone hold until the next expansion or new mode comes out.

I feel like this is a game I'm going to keep coming back to and play it in bursts.  The daily ladder grind gets to me too much to make this a game I play consistently over long periods of time.  But that's ok.  I'm still excited to see what's new and improved every time they add to the game.

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  1. AzurielJanuary 14, 2016 at 10:32 AM

    My current Hearthstone pattern is to complete my dailies via whatever Tavern Brawl is going on (unless it's like this week's, which is dumb), and then not play again until I get three days of dailies saved up. I do appreciate the ladder rewards and how it encourages you to hit Rank 15/10/5, but like you, I'm not interested in burning myself out.

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    1. VoidJanuary 14, 2016 at 10:35 AM

      At this point I'm only doing enough ladder to get my monthly card back... which is almost no laddering at all.

      I love the single player stuff though. I hope they make more soon!

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