RumblingRosco
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When I opened the Bnet launcher, I swore I saw a download bar pop up under Hearthstone really quickly, but it was gone in under 1-2 seconds and I figured it was just a little glitch. IF it was a patch, it was super tiny.
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When I opened the Bnet launcher, I swore I saw a download bar pop up under Hearthstone really quickly, but it was gone in under 1-2 seconds and I figured it was just a little glitch. IF it was a patch, it was super tiny.
No, there was. I had a small progress bar that said "Downloading 2 files" when I launched it this morning. Dunno what the update was though.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yeah, the urge to buy packs to "catch up" is strong. I'm in even worse shape than you are, in that I need a lot of legends and even rares and commons from classic, AND I've only opened a couple of GvsG packs so far. I've actually decided I'm going to buy classic packs for a bit first, trying to earn 100g per day to buy one pack per day. Even if I have to win 30 games per day to do it, lol.
My rational for not buying cards with real money is this: my need for cards gives me a reason to play. If I simply bought all the cards then my only goal would be reaching legend rank, and if I did that then I might lose interest and stop playing. So instead I'm traveling down the gradual path of improving my card collection daily and slowly.
It's for the upcoming months cardbacks.
Yeah I get what you mean on your stance of not spending money since it pretty much kills the need to play the game.That being said, I already spent $20 on Naxx, $20 on GvG packs, and had $50 worth of Amazon coins I got for free back in the day that I used on more GvG packs in the past 2-3 months that I've been playing.
I'm also missing the most basic of cards like Loot Hoarders, SI Agents, etc. I should have spent my dust crafting those but I used up most of my dust on Dr. Boom and Ragnaros since the only legs that packs have given me were Mogor, Nat Pagle and Shredder. Made a few epics as well.
I've managed to make a decent Shaman deck that gets me to around Rank 9-10. Still need cards like Sylvanas and just can't justify spending all my dust on class specific legendaries when I don't have the other cards to make a full deck. Slowly spending 100G at a time on classic packs but they keep giving me the same old junk.
Also I need to make Norzdomu for all the people who take their full turn to make a move despite it being an extremely simple decision. It's a shame it costs 9 mana to play though. Wish they "nerfed" it down to a 5-6 mana 4/4 or 5/5 card.
Norzdomu + Mogor + Sylvanas + Ysera + a bunch of taunts with divine shields sounds like a ton of fun.
Honestly between the packs I bought and Naxx; Naxx had the far better value.
Web Spinner
Avenge [secret]
Dark Cultist
Loatheb
Kel'Thuzad
Haunted Creeper
Sludge Belcher
Undertaker
Mad Scientist
and more are pretty essential to most decks
So, I've been curious about trying Hearthstone out. Any tips for someone who would like to pay entirely for free, at least for the moment? (Advice like "don't do it! It's not worth it" are super valid as well
There's some info in the OP though I have no idea how updated it is. Only advice is:
Do your daily quests for gold, you can reroll one quest a day if you get a quest that you dislike or is hard to complete.
Don't spend on gold on packs, arena has generally better returns as long as you can get at least 3 wins. At worst you get the same value as if you had bought a pack with 100 gold.
If you want to spend money, first thing you should do is buy the Naxxramas adventure thing.
So, I've been curious about trying Hearthstone out. Any tips for someone who would like to pay entirely for free, at least for the moment? (Advice like "don't do it! It's not worth it" are super valid as well
To add to Xanathus... Play the bots first as well. Beating the bots for every class unlocks that class for yourself. Also beating the bots on normal and expert gives you extra gold.
DOs:
-Level all classes to 10
-Beat all the AI on expert
-Use your gold to buy packs (at a 2:1 classic to GvG ratio)
-Watch educational streamers like Trump or Kibler
DON'Ts:
-Dust or craft anything yet
-Jump into arena without having a good understanding of the basics of the game and arena drafting strategies
-Buy packs with real money (if you are going to use real money, spend it on Naxx first)
-Be discouraged if you lose a lot at first, just keep playing and keep learning
-Level all classes to 10
-Beat all the AI on expert
-Use your gold to buy packs (at a 2:1 classic to GvG ratio)
-Watch educational streamers like Trump or Kibler
DON'Ts:
-Dust or craft anything yet
-Jump into arena without having a good understanding of the basics of the game and arena drafting strategies
-Buy packs with real money (if you are going to use real money, spend it on Naxx first)
-Be discouraged if you lose a lot at first, just keep playing and keep learning
So, I've been curious about trying Hearthstone out. Any tips for someone who would like to pay entirely for free, at least for the moment? (Advice like "don't do it! It's not worth it" are super valid as well
It's probably the only game I play on a regular basis nowadays.
You can easily only play a game a day (which I guarantee you won't
) which take roughly 10-15 min each.You don't need to pay for anything. It's just a pretty long grind to get what you need so if anything you only pay to save time. All the packs and the expansion is purchasable with in game gold.
I'd say you play through the tutorial then go straight into practice mode to unlock every class' basic cards which should be at level 15 (?)
You can decide after that if you want to keep playing or not
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
I bought Naxx but that's it so far. I felt justified in buying Naxx because:
1) I was guaranteed to get good cards that I can use
2) it was fun content that I enjoyed a lot
3) completing the heroic challenges will keep me busy for a real long time, and I want that Naxx card back!
Naxx was worth the money to me. Helped make all of my decks stronger.
Like you though I am still missing basic cards that I want. I keep seeing Harvest Golems in many player's decks and I want them too, but I still don't have even one. Same with Knife Jugglers and some rare class cards. So I need to earn classic packs yet, lots of packs I'd wager.
Yeah Knife Juggler is something I need to put my dust towards. I actually ended up just crafting two Harvest Golems.
Lol why do people pick Fel Reaver for arena? I understand its great value for 5 mana but when I make you discard your entire deck in 2 turns with a bunch of 1 mana spells, followed up with a shadow word: death as my last one, it must leave quite a sour taste in their mouth.
Well, even if you bought all the cards, you'd still have gold cards and gold portraits to work towards.
The temptation to buy cards is too stronk. If you really like the game I almost guarantee you that you'll buy packs now and again.
Also you should almost never craft commons and only craft rares occasionally. At some point you'll get to where you open a pack and you get nothing but dupes. Very easy to get dupes of commons and rares. Dust is much better spent on epics and legendaries.
Mengy
wishes it were bannable to say mean things about Marvel
Yep, I know I'll reach that point eventually. I've got 300 dust saved up now and I'm just going to keep banking it until I have all of the commons and most of the rares. Once I reach that point then I'll start looking to craft any missing rares or legends.
I figure if I do one daily per day every day, then on the days I get a 40g quest I need to win 18 games to reach 100g for a pack, and on the days I get a 60g quest I need to win 12 games to reach that 100g price per pack point. Realistically I can't play that much every day, so I'm figuring I can probably earn 3 or 4 packs per week at most. That's 156 packs per year, or 780 cards per year. So, in a year's time frame, assuming they don't add any more expansions or cards, I should be sitting with a very decent card collection.
Yep, this will take time, LOL.
Been playing since beta and only purchased Naxx and one pack to get the Gold beta Legendary, stopped when I sold my ipad for a long time and started again when it works on android phones, after I quit with my ipad I dusted every card I had then remade cards and dusted those so it was like starting fresh(which I regret).
I would definitely buy Naxx, I would then look online at free Naxx decks for every class(for dailys)and after you've got the basics down I would choose a class you like and create a deck for that class.
I would then save up 300 gold and buy two normal and one GvG and keep doing this till you have some decent cards and some game basics and then try your free Arena run.
I would definitely buy Naxx, I would then look online at free Naxx decks for every class(for dailys)and after you've got the basics down I would choose a class you like and create a deck for that class.
I would then save up 300 gold and buy two normal and one GvG and keep doing this till you have some decent cards and some game basics and then try your free Arena run.
Embearded
Member
I just stopped playing after 3 hours for the first time. The game is amazing and rewarding even if you play with the CPU. Every match I've played seemed different and it didn't get boring. That feeling when you open a pack and you see a rare card!
I just hope it doesn't get pay to win after a while. I never pay for packs and stuff in games and i won't do it with Hearthstone too.
A bit disappointing that you need a 6" device for Andoird version. My phone is 5" and I don't have a tablet...
Will read the OT when I get home.
I just hope it doesn't get pay to win after a while. I never pay for packs and stuff in games and i won't do it with Hearthstone too.
A bit disappointing that you need a 6" device for Andoird version. My phone is 5" and I don't have a tablet...
Will read the OT when I get home.
I just stopped playing after 3 hours for the first time. The game is amazing and rewarding even if you play with the CPU. Every match I've played seemed different and it didn't get boring. That feeling when you open a pack and you see a rare card!
I just hope it doesn't get pay to win after a while. I never pay for packs and stuff in games and i won't do it with Hearthstone too.
A bit disappointing that you need a 6" device for Andoird version. My phone is 5" and I don't have a tablet...
Will read the OT when I get home.
It's not pay to win it's more pay to variety, a basic Rush/face hunter/ZooLock can get you to Legendary and the cost of those decks are 500-800 dust.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I just stopped playing after 3 hours for the first time. The game is amazing and rewarding even if you play with the CPU. Every match I've played seemed different and it didn't get boring. That feeling when you open a pack and you see a rare card!
I just hope it doesn't get pay to win after a while. I never pay for packs and stuff in games and i won't do it with Hearthstone too.
A bit disappointing that you need a 6" device for Andoird version. My phone is 5" and I don't have a tablet...
Will read the OT when I get home.
I play off my galaxy s4 pretty well. You can basically sideload the android tablet version. The only problems I have noticed is that a few animations take longer (blizzard animation takes several seconds longer than normal) and it is difficult to use chat on.
There is a reddit thread about how to do it.
That's less cards than you'd think, most of those are going to be dupes.
Professor Lich
Member
Found some interesting bug while playing. Throw down a Pyromancer and cloak it with a Spare Part, it'll automatically lose stealth. Going to assume it's from the effect trigger.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I believe that is intentional, the same thing happens with knife juggler and ragnaros, when their effect goes off stealth drops.
Anytime a card attacks or deals damage, It loses stealth. That's as intended.
Professor Lich
Member
Ah, didn't know that. Thanks for the heads up. Kind of a bummer but makes sense.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Lol chat calling Forsen 0-4SEN
He got absolutely destroyed by Thijs.
He got absolutely destroyed by Thijs.
Finally got my first random friend request. Guy was pretty nice though, just wanted to laugh about how lucky it was when a Fel Cannon spawned from my Sky Golem when I was playing as mech druid. Good times.
Also unpacked a Leeroy. Guess I'll throw him in my hunter deck and pretend it is summer 2014.
Also unpacked a Leeroy. Guess I'll throw him in my hunter deck and pretend it is summer 2014.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Just got an iPad the other day and it's great on it. I can't even imagine how deep the addiction could run if I could play on my phone. And yeah, probably some tough challenges fitting it for the smaller screen.
I play it in my Sony Z3C and it's runs and looks great no issues with txt or anything makes me wonder what the delay is for an official release because it works just fine.
Lately every time I get to draft a decent Mage deck I face some unreal 10+ decks in my first few matches. I usually manage to salvage it and go 6 or 7 but it's getting frustrating.
Embearded
Member
OK thanks! That's good I guess!
I really don't want it to become pay to win..
That's so nice!! I will try it on my coolpad f1 w8297 and report back.
Just think about the Knife Juggler + MoD combo
I remember trying this when I first got into the game thinking I was a genius (after seeing stuff like blood imp keep his stealth). I was a little disappointed when it completely didn't work at all.
Interesting to read all the reluctance to spending real money on Hearthstone here. I've probably spent around $200 on the game and I have no regrets. Opening packs is tons of fun and I play more than enough Hearthstone to justify the cost. Couldn't imagine trying to build a decent collection of cards going totally free to play.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
If rogue ditched deadly poison, I wonder what could possibly take its place...
Maybe perdition's blade would work.
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I've always kinda been a fan of this card but could never make it work in a deck that isn't trash vs control decks.
Maybe it is time to bust out the perdition's blade again. The first hit is still like a deadly poison'd weapon. Still costs 3 mana. Sometimes getting more impact due to combo. In some ways even more impactful than deadly poison against aggro. 5 attack with sword oil, good enough on that front. Gonna have to give it a spin.
Maybe perdition's blade would work.
I've always kinda been a fan of this card but could never make it work in a deck that isn't trash vs control decks.
Maybe it is time to bust out the perdition's blade again. The first hit is still like a deadly poison'd weapon. Still costs 3 mana. Sometimes getting more impact due to combo. In some ways even more impactful than deadly poison against aggro. 5 attack with sword oil, good enough on that front. Gonna have to give it a spin.
toddhunter
Member
I'll stick up for him.
He streams for a long time each day, so yes he does need to eat. He also does the whinging thing after games, but clearly that is his "act" because his viewers lap it up.
But by and large he'll talk about what is going on and is informative, especially when he is not just grinding arena but is trying out a deck or watching somebody else play. He has been doing that a lot lately and it is entertaining to me.
Since we seem to have a bunch of new people in here who are working on building their collection, I'm going to post my collection spreadsheet again.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p94gq_GGTw8L1MeyBOCwoGu6nsjcGP8W_U9vsL8hTLQ/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p94gq_GGTw8L1MeyBOCwoGu6nsjcGP8W_U9vsL8hTLQ/edit?usp=sharing
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
"I can't believe it's morning again" / "the toast burned itself out of spite" / "that guy got the perfect parking space I was going for" / "of course he won, officer, his car is faster than mine, wait what do you mean speeding ticket"
Control Priest are running Baron, so not a terrible choice.
TetraxShards
Member
I think this is it.
I don't really get it? It's Control Warrior with Priest cards, but how do you actually win? I see it being strong against aggro, but you would have to hope that they run out of cards before you can draw your big cards.
Four BGH targets is probably too many as well.
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