The arena in Hearthstone is causing trouble. Frustration is brewing due to bugs and nonsensical card choices.
Although the current expansion of Hearthstone, Knights of the Frozen Throne, has been well received by most players, there is a major issue: the arena. Several bugs and inconsistencies currently mean that players have significantly less fun in the arena than before the update.
The first problem is that some cards from the new expansion simply do not appear in the arena. This includes some neutral cards, like the Spellweaver, as well as special legendary minions. For instance, all three princes of San’lain, as well as Arfus and Sindragosa. Paladins also have to forgo Bolvar, Fireblood and the Blackguard.
This is a bug that Blizzard aims to fix within this week. All new cards should be available in the arena, and – apart from the princes – there is no valid reason for their absence.
The second annoyance is a change to the arena that was also activated with the latest addon. The first two cards when forging an arena deck are always “synergy” cards. So, for example, elementals that trigger an additional effect, dragons, or even murlocs.
For most players, this means frustration. Those who are first offered a cool synergy card then feel annoyed that there might be no suitable counterparts in the following 28-29 cards. In other words: the game forces you to pick a synergy card first, but then denies you the synergy effects.
It was “different” before, and the first cards were completely random – many players wish for this to return. Others wish that these cards would only be offered at the end when the deck is already largely established. Then one could select the appropriate synergy instead of having to guess in the dark.
What do you think of the arena in Hearthstone? Should it be revamped and changed? Or is the current state perfectly fine?
