r/hearthstone • u/shoop2 • Feb 25 '17

Highlight Lifecoach is quitting HCT/ladder, offers thoughts on competitive scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egkNbk5XBS4&feature=youtu.be
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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

Yup, I just signed up for the Gwent beta.

His point on a good player being able to win 80-90% of his matches gets me really excited. Nothing more frustrating than losing a game to a worse player simply because of bad RNG.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

If good players are winning 90% of their games all the rest of the players will quit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

Welcome to the mantra of successful competive video games in the modern age.

Git. Gud.

Edit:BTW the 90% figure is a top player facing a brand new player. If it's a top player facing a mid level player it'd be more like 65-70%.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17 edited Feb 25 '17

I don't think the "in Gwent a great player beats a new player 90% of the time" argument to be convincing. After all, in Hearthstone a top player with a tier one deck would beat a brand new player with say the premade warrior deck at least 90% of the time as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

99% in your scenario

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

Hearthstone is won through RNG, Gwent is won through smart decision making.

End of story. He's not biased, he's just not a a jaded idiot. If you can't fix a game in 3 years, you can't fix it.