Something i've noticed

[Althend]

So most public gamers are ignorant of the fact that HB is unbalanced. Doesn't mean Azeroth is a bad server. Don't automatically assume that everyone here is terrible, which you will think if you keep up that kind of attitude. HB is very similar to normal, and so we still have the exact same gameplay, tanks, and items as you do.

I speak from experience. Pub players from azeroth comparing to pub from north are really bad.
Now you cand deny it, each players has different experience but each time i play pub in azeroth, I do nearly perfect, no death without big focus... I believe many good players I know can do the same. Players in azeroth are worse because of the fact that they play more often hb than in northrend and that btanks has been spread on this server when hb was enabled. It is not about saying "blabalbla I am the best" but seeing and experimenting the fact that hb bring bad skills to players.


Hb similar to normal? Just that assumption is really bad.

Don't forget that HB isn't the only reason games are unbalanced. It is also 5k starting gold. Basically any custom mode is unbalanced because it is different from how the game was meant to be played. The answer here is not to balance Hb, because that will not solve anything. People will still have larger starting gold and weaker creeps to work with. We have to get people to stop playing custom mode games, instead providing easier ways to play normal mode with more manageable rules (Such as no exploder and no trader).

People don't try to balance other custom and don't claim it is same as normal...

In order to make people realise that normal is better, many suggested to change hb name to "noob mode" or "unbalanced hb mode"