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Hearthstone |OT| Why tap cards when you can roll need [Naxx final wing out now]
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super-famicom
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Wow, I played for about 80 minutes and jumped from 20 to 15. I've never been ranked this high. All thanks to the Zoolock 
In his defense, the acronym "RNG" is obscure outside of games (MMO's primarily) and maybe musty computer science books. In fact, the way it's used colloquially as both noun and verb is obnoxious. Then again, terms like "top deck" and "meta" are likewise annoying terms that have found a home in competitive card games. I catch myself using them all the time, to my chagrin.
Most would advise against two Brawls.
Imagine
Coin + Defias Ringleader + Shadowstep + Defias Ringleader + Shadowstep + Defias Ringleader.
I've seen a variation of this done by aggro Mages with Knife Jugglers.
Yes. Notice that I said "does it run smoothly". I didn't say "does it run smoother".
Stronger hardware will make it run smoother of course. But that's now what I'm asking. I'm asking if it runs smoothly. Like, if you do a lightning storm as a shaman, does that make the game chug on a new generation retina ipad? Or is it completely smooth? If it's completely smooth then I may want a new ipad, if it still chugs a bit then there's no point in upgrading.
And yes, I'm serious about asking if the retina Ipad has better resolution because there are plenty of games that offers "HD" but not "retina". Many games don't take full advantage of the exact resolution of retina ipads and instead only supports the "HD-resolution" of Ipad 2's and such older versions.
So, anyone have any actual info or?
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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The jump from 20 to anything else is based mostly on decks. I went from winning about every other time to going on 5 game win streaks just by really planning out and testing a totally basic deck that worked well.Wow, I played for about 80 minutes and jumped from 20 to 15. I've never been ranked this high. All thanks to the Zoolock
thisisalan
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Well, this was a non-ideal hand for this situation:
Pretty much as soon as their Eaglehorn Bow came out, I started drawing nothing but secrets.
Pretty much as soon as their Eaglehorn Bow came out, I started drawing nothing but secrets.
Wow, that blows.
RumblingRosco
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That's what I'd do.
yeah that would be ... terrible
Why do you want to kill Miracle Rogue?
Randomness is always a part of TCGs though.
That would be a massive nerf to miracle rogues.
That would be a massive nerf to miracle rogues.
Please no.
TerryLee81
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I hate playing against priests. I just hate it.
Not that I never win against them, but it makes me angry if they take control of my best minions.
Not that I never win against them, but it makes me angry if they take control of my best minions.
3/3 run really makes me feel like I haven't learned anything.
Priests are so annoying. They deserve to be rushed in the face.
Priests are so annoying. They deserve to be rushed in the face.
I have an irrational fear of 1/ Priests and 2/ Mages.
Because of their hard removals, I'm always scared of playing 5+ mana Minions.
So I decided to fight fire with fire and now play Priests/Mage in ranked. Mwahahaha!
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Decks that need to go die in a fire;
Zoolock / Brain-dead throw everything on the board + tap. No skill involved, no good plays, just plonking everything on the board so fast that it can't be dealt with.
Handlock / Punishes the opponent for playing the game, rewards the player for not playing the game as long as possible.
Parasite Priest / Wow, you're really owning this priest huh? Oh wait lolno, he Thoughtstole your Jenkins, a Shadowstep and 2x Cold Blood. You're dead now. Wow, through a series of plays you got this really powerful minion on your side of the board that he can't possibl- lolno, Mind Control. Your opponent now has the minion you spent several cards on buffing and destroyed your copy for just playing a single card. Wow, you got a really great opening against this Priest and it'll most likely win you the ga- LOLNO Mindgames > Ysera. Wow, this Priest is dead unless he somehow has Leeroy, like I have in my hand right now. Mind Vision > Leeroy.
I always imagine these players as if this was a physical card game. They'd be annoying little kids that would just randomly pull a card out of your hand or your deck and then claim it is theirs for 'reasons' or take your best card on turn ten when they are losing and then proudly proclaiming 'Ok this is mine now'.
Stall Mage / When they get the right draws, they will win regardless of the quality of the opponent's plays or cards due to being able to freeze the board and/or stall on every turn.
Secret Hunter / Punishes the opponent for playing the game.
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Decks that need to go die in a fire;
Zoolock / Brain-dead throw everything on the board + tap. No skill involved, no good plays, just plonking everything on the board so fast that it can't be dealt with.
Handlock / Punishes the opponent for playing the game, rewards the player for not playing the game as long as possible.
Parasite Priest / Wow, you're really owning this priest huh? Oh wait lolno, he Thoughtstole your Jenkins, a Shadowstep and 2x Cold Blood. You're dead now. Wow, through a series of plays you got this really powerful minion on your side of the board that he can't possibl- lolno, Mind Control. Your opponent now has the minion you spent several cards on buffing and destroyed your copy for just playing a single card. Wow, you got a really great opening against this Priest and it'll most likely win you the ga- LOLNO Mindgames > Ysera. Wow, this Priest is dead unless he somehow has Leeroy, like I have in my hand right now. Mind Vision > Leeroy.
I always imagine these players as if this was a physical card game. They'd be annoying little kids that would just randomly pull a card out of your hand or your deck and then claim it is theirs for 'reasons' or take your best card on turn ten when they are losing and then proudly proclaiming 'Ok this is mine now'.
Stall Mage / When they get the right draws, they will win regardless of the quality of the opponent's plays or cards due to being able to freeze the board and/or stall on every turn.
Secret Hunter / Punishes the opponent for playing the game.
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TerryLee81
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Yeah, basically you have to sacrifice the first two 5+ minions you play. You then have about two turns until your best minions get mind controlled.
they should start by making secrets more useful (paladin cries in the corner)
That's incredibly situational and luck based.
Nope, still there.
Minsc
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Looks like someone is stirring the hornet's nest a little with some reportedly leaked (though probably fake) image at the bnet forums over the pricing of the PVE (summary take from here):
The part that clues you in to it obviously being fake is the $90 price tag for unlocking all the content. Blizzard's not quite that greedy, lol. But interesting to see the increasing wing cost rumored, 500/1000/1500/2000, for a total of 5000 gold. It'd be nice to see them address the pricing issue at some point soon, especially if it is going to cost closer to 5,000 gold, so people who don't want to pay can start saving their gold, as 5,000 is a little more than you can manage to save easily if you decide to start from 0 at the launch of the thing.
The part that clues you in to it obviously being fake is the $90 price tag for unlocking all the content. Blizzard's not quite that greedy, lol. But interesting to see the increasing wing cost rumored, 500/1000/1500/2000, for a total of 5000 gold. It'd be nice to see them address the pricing issue at some point soon, especially if it is going to cost closer to 5,000 gold, so people who don't want to pay can start saving their gold, as 5,000 is a little more than you can manage to save easily if you decide to start from 0 at the launch of the thing.
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Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
5000 is the sweet spot. Not too high, not too low.
Well you're also punishing mages for using Sorcerer's Apprentice.
What the fuck? Sarcasm?
$90 worth of gold is not low at all. Magic 2015 is coming out next month and is $10 which also has PvE. Took me a month just to save 1000 without spending it.
Minsc
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I dunno, if you do your dailies, you should be getting a minimum of 50g per day (if you got 100% 40g quests), so that's 1500g / month. More likely you'd get at least a few 60g quests (and a whole lot of 60g quests if you rerolled your 40s). So:
40g quests only: 1500g/month
40g/60g mix: ~1875g/month
60g quests only: ~2250g/month
40g/60g mix + 100g daily limit: ~4500g/month
40g/60g mix + arena: infinite g/month
So you should be able to get it with about 2 months of play, on average if you save all your gold. It would probably be the sweet spot for the more hardcore players, at 5,000g. Many of them probably already have close to 5,000 gold, going by that thread, quite a few commented such.
Edit: The real problem is the $ price. At $90, they would actually not be making money from this content, it is such a ridiculous price that it would encourage people to save the gold as high as it is in gold, not spend money. Unless maybe people use gold for wings 2-4, then just spend $25 on wing 5, but that sounds crazy too.
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