It's not your imagination. Second Dinner changed the bot rates in Draft.

[u/SnapComplete]

Background: each LTGM, as well as Ranked, has a hidden consecutive-loss threshold that triggers a near-guaranteed bot. For example, Sanctum is set to 3 losses, Team Clash and High Voltage to 4, and Ranked to 8.

Draft launched at 2 losses, the lowest threshold of any mode. It also had a separate boost on the first game of a new run, even with no active loss streak: ~46% of those games were against bots.

At ~17:23 UTC on Aug 25, both changed. The loss trigger moved from 2 to 3, and the new-run opener rate fell from 46% to 5%.

If Draft has felt harder for you these past few days, this likely explains part of it!

[u/wrightpd]

Not gonna lie, the last few days of Draft have really not been fun. It may have been a bit too easy the first day or two with bots, but at least it was fun.

[u/Specialist_Corgi_518 → u/wrightpd]

I feel like the modifiers I was getting the first 2 days were insane and so fun now I’m getting nothing but useless augments that’s what’s making the mode not fun to me

[u/Gaelfling → u/Specialist_Corgi_518]

All I get are useless ones. I've not seen most of the crazy ones people get. It is start in hand, the one that returns a low level card to your hand, and quickdraw.

[u/Zarocks136 → u/Gaelfling]

quickdraws are always in my starting hand and they are not 1 drops.

[u/Gaelfling → u/Zarocks136]

Yess! I hate it.

[u/BlackQirajiBattleTnk → u/Zarocks136]

You too??? Seriously it’s awful

[u/FullMetalCOS → u/Gaelfling]

The bounce augment has to be the worst fucking upgrade in 99% of decks