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Majority of rts players play vs AI, thats normal. Or if they play pvp, its team games.
There are problems in pvp duels with map pool and balance, but the biggest problem i see is the lack of comeback mechanic and poor win condition together.
A small mistake can lead to defeat very fast.
(Giving out lvl 120 pvp decks for free was a good idea)
As for T4 not being viable in pvp is normal, and should be never viable. 
 
In Dawn of War 2 which is very similar game to BF, the pvp is same and the "problems" are the same. Some players argue that T3 (equal as T4 BF) should be more viable in 1v1, but they only say this cos the game offers those units, but u wont use them and its a heartbreak.
In DW2 one comeback mechanic (opjective) is the area control for victory points, which leads to victory also.
But getting resources are very important too (its also has 2 type of resources instead of 1 like in BF), however losing resource farms, doesnt cut away unit production or it is not tied directly to victory condition. This is not the case in BF.
Everything is tied to the resource buildings. If you lose the building you lose everything. there is only 2 option to make this better.
Either make the buildings tankier or introduce  a 2. objective/ win condition for the game. 
As for making a building tankier, we could have buffs with long cooldown which can be activated and affects all orbs and power buildings, making them invulnerable for x time. This is something Dota is using to compensate.
Another help could be also giving powergain by default for orbs.
 
Fog of War: playing  BF again i was shocked that there is no fog of war in pvp. this should be enabled?

Please do Kobold Engineers next!
They drive me fucking nuts when they run off to fight. I would love it you could disable their ability to fight so they only repair, no matter what. Wouldn't even mind if you removed their damage entirely.

Premade decks are all 100% known. With this in mind, one could make counter decks much more easily, or at very least be much more prepared against the exact same deck. 
The free decks provide a very good base, but are by no means perfect. Therefore if you alter and adapt your deck, you will be much better off than using the free decks forever.
You can then use the bfp you earned and gold to upgrade those counter cards. The only thing the free pvp decks does is give a good base.
 

My disagree in all matters. This is truly not a secret 

It's very unfortunate that many cards just don't have any use in RPVE. Most of them are defensive cards, like Razorleaf, Stronghold and the like, but also some very slow units like Battleship. This is mostly because these Units/Buildings are stationary, slow or mostly geared towards defense, while RPVE is all about offense.
To counter this, I suggest adding a new RPVE-Mode where you have to mostly defend youself against waves of enemies, unlocking access to new orbs and generators by defeating boss waves.
I know that this is hardly a priority so short after launch and that it will be a ton of work (map generation, scripting, testing ...), so I don't expect to see anything like this for the next months, but I do think it would be worthwhile to add variety to RPVE in the long run.

Dropping in here to say that without the free PVP decks i wouldn't play the game at all.

I used to enjoy PVP and only did PVE for the upgrades; which i don't have time or ambitious for anymore. So the free PVP decks increased the playerbase by 1 (me) atleast.

All those agains free PvP deck - please realize that PvP is endangered mode. It needs certain critical mass to be playable - you need enough players online. During beta this was not the really the case. Something had to be changed and free PvP is it. It does the following
- removes huge barrier to entry for newcomers (described above multiple times)
- Hooks players for longer time. E.g. in orignal BF I had to invest some money and time to get one deck. At that point I was very reluctant to do it again to build some different PvP decks. But this barrier made me lose interest gradually. With free PvP decks everyone can "spice it up", try different factions and thus keeping players hooked for longer.
When you are arguing that you like to grind you mean for your favourite PvP deck. Have you considered trying different faction? Add 3+ more "grinds" on top of what is needed for your deck to actually have all PvP factions available.
Also, I dont think that splitting PvP modes is good idea - at least until the plaerbase is really really large enough
 

I mean, you can still grind? But now you can also play (2) decks while you wait
And so you are not at a disadvantage vs someone just because you didn't grind enough, and newcomers can get directly into PvP without having to grind their way around.
There are still many cards missing that can't capture every possible deck combo; I probably play 3-5 pvp decks every day, and many times I change out another 4-5 cards each deck depending on how I'm feeling
The free decks give dedicated pvp players access to pvp with no barrier except if they want certain tech cards. Anyone interested in grinding for pve must still use the regular, unupgraded cards.

There have been no balance changes on the live servers yet. The game currently is balancing wise still as EA left it. First balancing changes will come to the live servers with the beginning of the new year.
 
The wiki balancing page only shows the iterations that were tested on the live server, nothing there is guranteed to ship to the live servers, but the list does contain all things that could ship to live.

1 PLAYER MAPS
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ENCOUNTERS WITH TWILIGHT
(Std. Only) Nightshade Plant (Nature)
(Std. Only) Rogan Kayle
(Std. Only) Sunken Temple (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Swiftclaw
Amazon (Frost)
Breeding Grounds
Emberstrike
Equilibrium (Frost)
Eruption
Fire Sphere
Forsaken
Frost Bite (Shadow)
Giant Wyrm
Kobold Trick
Lost Reaver (Fire)
Master Archers
Mumbo Jumbo (Fire)
Mutating Maniac (Nature)
Nightcrawler
Ravage
Shaman
Stone Shell (Shadow)
Stone Warrior (Nature)
Sunstriders
Twilight Brute (Nature)
Twilight Curse (Fire)
Twilight Minions (Nature)
Windweavers
SIEGE OF HOPE
(Std. Only) Architect's Call (Frost)
(Std. Only) Ice Crystal
(Std. Only) Ice Shield Tower
(Std. Only) Shrine of War
(Std. Only) Skyelf Templar
Area Ice Shield
Banner of Glory
Cannon Tower
Fire Bomb
Fire Stalker
Glaciation (Fire)
Glacier Shell
Gravity Surge (Frost)
Imperials
Lost Converter (Frost)
Lyrish Knight
Magma Hurler
Northern Keep (Frost)
Northguards
Spirit Hunters (Shadow)
Stone Tempest (Shadow)
Surge of Light
Treefiend (Nature)
Tremor
Twilight Brute (Fire)
Unholy Power
Warden's Sigil (Nature)
DEFENDING HOPE
(Std. Only) Construction Hut
(Std. Only) Frost Mage
(Std. Only) Home Soil
(Std. Only) Second Chance (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Skyelf Commander
Amii Ritual (Frost)
Armored Tower
Blaster Cannon (Shadow)
Core Dredge (Fire)
Defenders
Fallen Skyelf
Frontier Keep (Fire)
Frost Crystal
Ice Guardian
Kobold Laboratory
Lost Vigil (Nature)
Northland Drake (Frost)
Northstar (Nature)
Skeleton Warriors
Skyfire Drake
Spearmen
Strikers
Treespirit (Nature)
Unity (Frost)
Warden's Sigil (Frost)
White Rangers
THE SOULTREE
(Std. Only) Earth Crystal
(Std. Only) Fathom Lord
(Std. Only) Kobold Inc. (Frost)
(Std. Only) Parasite
(Std. Only) Winter Witch
Abyssal Warder (Frost)
Colossus
Creeping Paralysis
Deepcoil Worm
Forest's Vim (Nature)
Frontier Keep (Frost)
Ghostspears
Girl Power (Nature)
Incubator (Fire)
Life Weaving
Noxious Cloud
Promise of Life (Nature)
Revenant's Blessing (Fire)
Revenge
Second Chance (Nature)
Sun Reaver (Nature)
Twilight Creeper (Fire)
Twilight Warfare (Fire)
Viridya
Wallbreaker
THE TREASURE FLEET
(Std. Only) Dreadcharger
(Std. Only) Flame Crystal
(Std. Only) Living Tower
(Std. Only) Skycatcher (Frost)
(Std. Only) Stormsinger (Nature)
(Std. Only) Sylvan Gate (Frost)
Burrow Ritual (Fire)
Death Ray
Deathglider (Nature)
Envenom (Fire)
Fleshbender (Shadow)
Infected Tower (Frost)
Juice Tank
Lost Converter (Shadow)
Lost Dragon (Shadow)
Lost Launcher (Fire)
Necroblaster (Shadow)
Nox Carrier (Shadow)
Root Nexus (Nature)
Scavenger
Slaver (Fire)
Sunderer
Twilight Bombard (Fire)
Vileblood (Fire)
Willzapper (Fire)
Witchclaws (Fire)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES*
Abomination (Frost)
Batariel (Fire)
Dreadcharger
Firesworn (Fire)
Healing Gardens
Ice Shield Tower
Lost Evocation (Frost)
Lost Grigori (Shadow)
Lost Spirit Ship (Nature)
Mark of the Keeper
Motivate
Mutating Maniac (Fire)
Nether Warp (Nature)
Nightshade Plant (Nature)
Parasite Swarm
Razorleaf
Skycatcher (Nature)
Swiftclaw
Sylvan Gate (Frost)
Thornbark
Thunder Wagon (Shadow)
MO
(Std. Only) Firesworn (Fire)
(Std. Only) Oracle Mask (Fire)
(Std. Only) Overlord
Bandit Lancer (Nature)
Bandit Launcher (Fire)
Banditos (Frost)
Curse of Oink
Gunner (Shadow)
Healing Well
Knight of Chaos (Frost)
Lost Dancer (Fire)
Lost Wanderer (Nature)
Mauler
Mo
Nomad (Nature)
Rioter's Retreat (Nature)
Shadow Phoenix
Skydefender (Shadow)
Termite Hill
Tower of Flames
Virtuoso
Waystation (Fire)

OCEAN
(Std. Only) Forest Elder (Nature)
(Std. Only) Lost Grigori (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Wrathgazer
Backlash
Bandit Sorceress (Fire)
Commandos (Frost)
Corsair (Shadow)
Fire Dragon
Furnace of Flesh
Global Warming (Fire)
Lava Field
Moloch
Portal Nexus
Pyromaniac (Frost)
Rioter's Retreat (Frost)
Scorched Earth (Shadow)
Spikeroot
Spitfire
Stone of Torment
Tortugun (Fire)
Volcano (Nature)
Warlock (Fire)
Windhunter (Nature)

ORACLE
(Std. Only) Firesworn (Frost)
(Std. Only) Frost Shard
(Std. Only) Lifestream
(Std. Only) Motivate
Bandit Lancer (Shadow)
Bandit Stalker (Shadow)
Cultist Master
Envenom (Shadow)
Fountain of Rebirth
Girl Power (Frost)
Infernal Machine (Shadow)
Lost Launcher (Frost)
Lost Priest (Fire)
Magma Fiend
Moon
Oracle Mask (Nature)
Primeval Watcher
Sylvan Gate (Fire)
The Incredible Mo
Unity (Nature)
Warlock (Frost)

2 PLAYERS MAPS
______________
CRUSADE
(Std. Only) Abomination (Frost)
(Std. Only) Healing Gardens
(Std. Only) Nether Warp (Nature)
(Std. Only) Razorleaf
Amazon (Nature)
Amii Ritual (Nature)
Burrow Ritual (Nature)
Deep One (Nature)
Drones
Equilibrium (Nature)
Grimvine
Lifestealer
Lost Disruptor (Nature)
Magma Spore
Makeshift Tower
Mumbo Jumbo (Shadow)
Phalanx
Primal Defender
Regrowth
Rifle Cultists
Root Nexus (Frost)
Swamp Drake
Tunnel
Undead Army
Werebeasts
Willzapper (Shadow)

SUNBRIDGE
(Std. Only) Energy Parasite
(Std. Only) Kobold Engineer
(Std. Only) Nightshade Plant (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Skycatcher (Nature)
(Std. Only) Thornbark
Altar of Chaos
Boom Brothers
Deathglider (Frost)
Disenchant (Shadow)
Dying Breed (Nature)
Grove Spirit
Hatecaster (Nature)
Howling Shrine (Nature)
Infect
Mindweaver
Nightguard (Shadow)
Plague
Ray of Light
Rocket Tower
Scythe Fiends
Stranglehold (Shadow)
Sunken Temple (Nature)
Treefiend (Shadow)
Twilight Warfare (Shadow)
War Eagle
Wrecker

NIGHTMARE SHARD
(Std. Only) Cluster Explosion (Fire)
(Std. Only) Dark Crystal
(Std. Only) Mutating Maniac (Fire)
(Std. Only) Skyelf Sage
(Std. Only) Soulshatter
Architect's Call (Shadow)
Befallen's Curse (Fire)
Burrower
Coldsnap
Corpse Explosion
Ensnaring Roots
Fleshbender (Fire)
Hatecaster (Shadow)
Ice Age (Frost)
Incubator (Shadow)
Juggernaut
Lost Shade (Shadow)
Mana Wing
Mountain Rowdy (Shadow)
Necrofury
Rageclaws
Shadow Insect
Stone Shards (Fire)
Time Vortex (Shadow)
Twilight Curse (Shadow)
Twilight Hag (Fire)
Vileblood (Nature)

NIGHTMARE'S END
(Std. Only) Curse Well
(Std. Only) Evocator's Woe (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Frenetic Assault (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Shadow Worm
(Std. Only) Shatter Ice
(Std. Only) Twilight Hag (Nature)
Abomination (Shadow)
Batariel (Shadow)
Church of Negation
Disenchant (Nature)
Dying Breed (Fire)
Forest Elder (Shadow)
Grim Bahir (Nature)
Icefang Raptor (Frost)
Infected Tower (Fire)
Knight of Chaos (Shadow)
Lost Banestone (Nature)
Lost Horror (Nature)
Maelstrom
Nightguard (Nature)
Protector's Seal (Lost Souls)
Shadow Mage
Soul Splicer (Fire)
Thunderstorm
Twilight Bombard (Frost)
Twilight Pestilence (Nature)
Wintertide (Fire)
Dryad (Nature)

THE INSANE GOD*
Aura of Corruption
Bloodthirst
Energy Parasite
Enlightenment
Fathom Lord
Frenetic Assault (Shadow)
Grim Bahir (Fire)
Ironclad (Fire)
Lifestream
Living Tower
Lost Priest (Shadow)
Lost Warlord (Fire)
Mind Control
Nightshade Plant (Shadow)
Overlord
Parasite
Skycatcher (Frost)
Spore Launcher
Sunken Temple (Shadow)
Twilight Creeper (Shadow)
Twilight Hag (Nature)
Wrathgazer

SLAVE MASTER
(Std. Only) Bloodthirst
(Std. Only) Lost Priest (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Mind Control
(Std. Only) Wheel of Gifts
Aura of Pain
Bandit Launcher (Shadow)
Bandit Spearmen (Frost)
Blaster Cannon (Fire)
Bloodhorn (Shadow)
Dying Breed (Shadow)
Eliminator (Frost)
Enforcer
Executor
Gladiatrix (Shadow)
Hurricane
Nox Trooper
Sandstorm (Shadow)
Satanael (Shadow)
Scorched Earth (Fire)
Slaver (Shadow)
Soulhunter (Shadow)
Suppression
Treespirit (Shadow)
Voodoo Shack
Warrior's Death (Fire)
Wrathblades
CONVOY
(Std. Only) Bandit Sorceress (Frost)
(Std. Only) Grim Bahir (Fire)
(Std. Only) Lost Warlord (Fire)
(Std. Only) Spore Launcher
(Std. Only) Ward of the North
Amii Monument
Bandit Stalker (Nature)
Cluster Explosion (Shadow)
Construct
Decomposer
Deepfang (Fire)
Deepgorge (Frost)
Gemeye (Shadow)
Gunner (Fire)
Hammerfall (Nature)
Lightblade (Fire)
Lost Dancer (Shadow)
Matter Mastery (Shadow)
Nasty Surprise
QueekQueek
Skydefender (Nature)
Stone Tempest (Frost)
Stone Warrior (Frost)
Stormsinger (Fire)
Unstable Demon
Voidstorm

4 PLAYERS MAPS
______________
BAD HARVEST
(Std. Only) Aura of Corruption
(Std. Only) Dreadnaught
(Std. Only) Icefang Raptor (Fire)
(Std. Only) Resource Booster
(Std. Only) Twilight Creeper (Shadow)
Ashbone Pyro
Befallen's Curse (Shadow)
Darkelf Assassins
Deep One (Shadow)
Defense Tower
Earthkeeper (Frost)
Embalmer's Shrine
Frenetic Assault (Nature)
Frost Bite (Fire)
Glaciation (Frost)
Harvester
Morklay Trap
Mutating Frenzy
Necroblaster (Nature)
Northern Keep (Fire)
Nox Carrier (Fire)
Offering (Nature)
Ripper
Shield Building
Shrine of Memory
Stone Launcher (Frost)
Tempest
Witchclaws (Shadow)

THE DWARVEN RIDDLE*
Bandit Sorceress (Frost)
Construction Hut
Curse Well
Dark Crystal
Earth Crystal
Evocator's Woe (Shadow)
Firesworn (Frost)
Flame Crystal
Glyph of Frost
Howling Shrine (Shadow)
Ice Crystal
Icefang Raptor (Fire)
Kobold Inc. (Frost)
Matter Mastery (Nature)
Mountaineer
Oracle Mask (Fire)
Phase Tower
Resource Booster
Rogan Kayle
Shadow Worm
Timeshifter Spirit
Ward of the North
Winter Witch

THE GUNS OF LYR*
Architect's Call (Frost)
Avatar of Frost
Cluster Explosion (Fire)
Dreadnaught
Forest Elder (Nature)
Frost Mage
Frost Shard
Home Soil
Inferno
Ironclad (Frost)
Kobold Engineer
Lost Vigil (Shadow)
Second Chance (Shadow)
Shatter Ice
Shrine of War
Skyelf Commander
Skyelf Sage
Skyelf Templar
Soulshatter
Stormsinger (Nature)
Stronghold
Thunder Wagon (Fire)
Volcano (Fire)
Wheel of Gifts
Worldbreaker Gun

KING OF THE GIANTS
(Std. Only) Avatar of Frost
(Std. Only) Inferno
(Std. Only) Phase Tower
(Std. Only) Volcano (Fire)
Aggressor (Frost)
Battleship
Crystal Fiend (Nature)
Deepgorge (Fire)
Earthen Gift (Fire)
Earthkeeper (Fire)
Forest's Vim (Shadow)
Gemeye (Nature)
Giant Slayer
Hammerfall (Frost)
Ice Barrier
Infernal Machine (Fire)
Jorne
Lost Wanderer (Frost)
Northland Drake (Fire)
Razorshard (Nature)
Shrine of Martyrs
Silverwind Lancers
Spirit Hunters (Nature)
Stone Hurler (Shadow)
Stone Shards (Frost)
Timeless One
Twilight Minions (Fire)
Unholy Hero

THE TITANS
(Std. Only) Glyph of Frost
(Std. Only) Howling Shrine (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Mark of the Keeper
(Std. Only) Stronghold)
Abyssal Warder (Fire)
Aggressor (Nature)
Amok (Fire)
Blood Healing
Brannoc
Deepfang (Nature)
Dryad (Frost)
Ethereal Storm (Frost)
Firedancer
Global Warming (Frost)
Grinder (Shadow)
Lost Shade (Frost)
Mountain Rowdy (Frost)
Northstar (Frost)
Offering (Frost)
Promise of Life (Frost)
Pyromaniac (Fire)
Rageflame (Frost)
Retreating Circle
Stone Launcher (Shadow)
Twilight Pestilence (Frost)
Vulcan
Wildfire

BLIGHT
(Std. Only) Ironclad (Frost)
(Std. Only) Lost Vigil (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Mountaineer
(Std. Only) Parasite Swarm
Amok (Shadow)
Artillery (Shadow)
Bandit Spearmen (Fire)
Banditos (Nature)
Commandos (Shadow)
Corsair (Nature)
Fire Worm
Gladiatrix (Nature)
Infernal Chain (Nature)
Lightblade (Shadow)
Lost Disruptor (Shadow)
Lost Evocation (Fire)
Mortar Tower
Nomad (Fire)
Rallying Banner
Sandstorm (Fire)
Shrine of Greed
Snapjaws (Fire)
Stranglehold (Nature)
Sun Reaver (Fire)
Thugs
Waystation (Shadow)
Windhunter (Shadow)

RAVEN'S END
(Std. Only) Ironclad (Fire)
(Std. Only) Lost Evocation (Frost)
(Std. Only) Lost Spirit Ship (Nature)
(Std. Only) Matter Mastery (Nature)
(Std. Only) Thunder Wagon (Fire)
Altar of Nihil
Artillery (Fire)
Bloodhorn (Fire)
Comet Catcher
Crystal Fiend (Frost)
Earthen Gift (Shadow)
Eliminator (Fire)
Gravity Surge (Shadow)
Green Peace (Fire)
Grinder (Fire)
Lost Grigori (Fire)
Mine
Nether Warp (Frost)
Rageflame (Fire)
Ravenheart
Razorshard (Fire)
Satanael (Fire)
Soul Splicer (Nature)
Soulhunter (Frost)
Stone Hurler (Fire)
Stone Shell (Nature)
Tortugun (Frost)
Warrior's Death (Frost)

EMPIRE
(Std. Only) Batariel (Fire)
(Std. Only) Enlightenment
(Std. Only) Thunder Wagon (Shadow)
(Std. Only) Timeshifter Spirit
(Std. Only) Worldbreaker Gun
Amii Phantom
Core Dredge (Frost)
Curse Orb
Earthshaker
Ethereal Storm (Fire)
Evocator's Woe (Nature)
Frost Sorceress
Green Peace (Frost)
Ice Age (Nature)
Ice Tornado
Infernal Chain (Frost)
Kobold Inc. (Shadow)
Lost Banestone (Frost)
Lost Dragon (Nature)
Lost Horror (Fire)
Lost Reaver (Shadow)
Lost Spirit Ship (Fire)
Lost Warlord (Frost)
Protector's Seal (Twilight)
Revenant's Blessing (Nature)
Snapjaws (Shadow)
Time Vortex (Frost)
Void Maw
Wintertide (Frost)
 
 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oMsqJ1IMx8hied3W1ZRtQ5YbpgD2_kBezviNSmSovjM/edit#gid=1527833434

The abilities on both Ironclad affinities have an initial cooldown of ~15s which is not state on the card description.

Just wanted to make a topic and tell all you devs that are behind this, that you are amazing! Even tho there are some problems right now with server issues and so, i won't complain afterall its a stress test!. I just can't wait to see what happens in the future. I was so nostalgic when i got into the forge and messed around with the cards and open the 2 boosters. I got to play 1 game and its just as good as i remember.
I know my account here is new but i have been following you guys for a long time on other sites! So keep up the amazing work, you should be proud! can't wait for the more stable versions but i will still try now and report bugs and help you guys.

Shortly put, we endorse neither of those actions. There has been a lot of discussion going over this in the past, and we are of mind that smurfing heavily disrupts the ranked PvP scene and will, especially with an even smaller community that will rely heavily on newcomers, result in an insanely unfair PvP environment where matchmaking doesn't even matter anymore due to the sheer amount of artificially low-ranked pros dominating the entire game because they don't dare to face any opponents matched with when trying something new. This is not what ranked PvP is made for. Ranked PvP exists to test your PvP skills comparatively to people at the same level of you. Whether this is regardless of decks is debatable, but this is why unranked PvP exists, why there are Sparring Grounds. It's even in the term; Sparring Grounds. Sparring in boxing (and fighting) means that you're not landing your blows heavily so you can train. The same goes for the game; Sparring Grounds are for training your PvP skills without being judged harshly for it by the matchmaking system. This is, very briefly and shortly put, why we are against multiaccounting and it will result in bans. Smurfing destroys the purpose of the difference between ranked PvP and Sparring PvP, and your training needs are easily resolved by testing your new decks out in Sparring instead.

So, are you scared of losing your ELO because, skylords forbid, you are using a somewhat unconventional deck? Go to the Sparring Grounds. They are literally made for this exact purpose.