PostLOE was a pretty healthy and diverse meta . Secret Paladin and Combo druid were strong but they didn ' t dominate . Renolock was strong enough counter to Secret Paladin . Aggro shaman beat combo druid . Control Priest was a at one of it ' s strongest points . And there wasn ' t such a tremendous gap between tier 1 and tier 2 decks . You could ladder successfully with a wide range of decks and archetypes . It also introduced mechanics that completely rejuvenated deckbuilding in Hearthstone . Took one of the stalest , most sour metas , and turned it into one of the most vibrant , experimental periods in the game . <| sep |> Crush kids out of gyms , they always have crappy mons , don ' t know how to prestige , and will brag when they destroy your huge defender with a bad IV Vaporeon with 10 levels less . Average people I play with are 25 yo , many are older . You have to be independent and able to travel in the city . Life is unfair , don ' t be so protective . It is so sad this mobile game is too casually oriented . the concept of making players going outside and discovering your area was so innovative , Niantic are ruining the fun to make it too easy .