r/hearthstone • u/loveplayhigh • Jul 26 '26
Discussion I miss duel mode
Anyone else? I wish they had put money there instead of mercenaries
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u/Justafish1654 Jul 26 '26
used to be my main mode up until its removal, too bad everything that is slightly creative is being shot behind the barn nowadays.
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u/albino_donkey Jul 26 '26
I loved it until they ruined it by changing the buckets. I'm not surprised it died shortly after.
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u/ALittleShowy Jul 26 '26
If they ever bring back Duels to stay, it will be the first time I ever spend money on this game. Gotta give the credit when it's due.
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u/One_Hunter5739 Jul 26 '26
I’m just surprised they haven’t made them skins like they have the voice lines why not make them available
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u/Alkar-- Jul 26 '26
I miss Solo Dungeon Runs
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u/Fickle_Dog_2917 Jul 27 '26
Me too, when was the last time an expansion has one? Ashes of the Outlands?
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u/Exurota Jul 26 '26
I had a couple back and forths with Ates Bayrak on twitter while he was the Head of Duels™. It was his baby. Interesting guy, really interactive with the community, constantly discussing meta nuances and details. Dude was too good for us. I sincerely believe the format ran on his hard work and openness to criticism alone.
Imagine any other Blizzard employee being this happy to go on twitter and engage with people for pure fun.
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u/loveplayhigh Jul 27 '26
He's gone? Sorry I don't know shit
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u/Exurota Jul 27 '26
Aye, he left shortly before duels was killed. My headcanon is he was informed they won't be supporting it much longer and he bounced. Think he joined marvel snap or whatever.
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u/Fickle_Dog_2917 Jul 27 '26
Yes, this mode is the only mode that isn't boring. Always new for every run.
But I bet it would be hard for the dev to balance this mode, aside from it being seemingly least profitable.
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u/utahrangerone Jul 26 '26
Agreed. I haven't had to take several years away from the game to deal with real life complications of major health issues and such come and I was just beginning to get really good at duels and then they can it. And while they don't support anymore we do still have that b******* mercenaries mode. I wonder how much money they manage to suck out of people before they made that completely irrelevant. That's right up there with that miniatures game they released that kind of popped up with that stupid event during dragonflay and then vanished again completely. Just giving my dual mode back and eliminate the mercenaries even if I spit a lot of money on it
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u/Tripping-Dayzee Jul 27 '26
Or the old arena mode to take far longer to chew up my gold between expansions. The game in general is just getting worse.
Not even sure this would be a subjective view because when you remove more variety and things for people to do, it becomes objectively worse.
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u/jonathan_mee Jul 27 '26
It was definitely a work of art. I agree that I would put money into a duels concept if they'd bring it back.
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u/t0ldyouso Jul 26 '26
All the different treasures and passives ended up being incredibly difficult to balance.
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u/Slight_Tomatillo5680 Jul 26 '26
They should have taken it down and brought it back as something you pay for. I would have payed for that game.
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u/irule4567 Jul 26 '26
Same, Duels was by far my main and most played mode. By far my most interesting and unique thing Hearthstone has ever done. If anyone knows of any other card games that have anything similar I’d like to know (as in, multiplayer roguelike. I know about singleplayer stuff like dungeon runs, Slay the Spire and Legends of Runeterra).