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I've never played this before, installed onto my phone. Played a few rounds and its pretty fun, however doesn't run as well as i'd like. So I just installed it on my macbook and the resolution is awful. I have a retina and the game doesn't support high res. I hope there is a fix for this eventually.
Lots of cards means lots of art. Which means it'll only get bigger.
I want to spend my coins, but the app is failing to install from the Amazon store. I was able to install it from the Google Play store without issue. =(
Hey, if you signed up to the Google form for the EU tournament and didn't see me post about this yesterday, there's a thread for the tournament now. You need to pick your classes. There is also one open spot if anyone wants to join, although it's fine either way.
Voice files too. There is a lot of voice acting.
RumblingRosco
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My Nexus 4 doesn't seem to run hot while playing Hearthstone unlike a few other experiences posted here. I do notice it is a huge game though - 1.55 GB actually which is crazy for a phone that has less than 16 GB of usable storage.
I think I'll keep it on my phone but damn will I have to manage space for the stupid thing.
I think I'll keep it on my phone but damn will I have to manage space for the stupid thing.
played 4 games on my nexus 4 today and was surprised it runs as well as it did. Battery is drained like crazy and phone was pretty warm, but i had no problems with connectivity (seems improved compared to tablet version) or crashes.
Slow animations are not really a deal breaker, i'm impressed with performance on my old hardware.
I played some practice games on my Nexus 4 and I was pretty impressed too. It chugs a bit, but not unbearably so. I'm still not used to the interface at all, though.
RumblingRosco
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I like the mobile interface a lot. They've basically removed targeting arrows and now you just play the card, then click your target. Using cards from your hand is a two-step process that makes it hard to accidently cast something; just tap your hand, then tap and drag out the card you want to play.
I think it is very nice overall. Very easy to read the card text, understand how much mana I have, and see how many cards my opponent has (tsp their hand to get a count). As I mentioned, I'm basically just rolling fools with my Hunter deck while lounging on my couch... Very fun.
I think it is very nice overall. Very easy to read the card text, understand how much mana I have, and see how many cards my opponent has (tsp their hand to get a count). As I mentioned, I'm basically just rolling fools with my Hunter deck while lounging on my couch... Very fun.
I agree that it's very hard to misclick. What I'm having the most trouble with is actually processing the state of the game. With all of the UI elements moved around, I was having a surprising amount of trouble just planning a turn, since I was so distracted by having to remember to select my hand, where my mana crystals were, my opponents hand size, etc. It may sound silly, and some of that may have been because I had just woken up and was still in bed, but I'm afraid to play opponents on my phone right now, and it has nothing to do with mistargeting.
Singularity42
Member
I can't seem to figure out how to get the mobile version. I've uninstalled and reinstall. Yet all i ever get is the tablet version on my S3. After some googling there doesn't seem to be a fix available yet.
I got Nerub'ar Weblord from a Shredder and it made me realise Choose One effects and Combo effects don't count as Battlecries. That's dumb. They should.
Fake card:
Big Game Hunter? Kills another random minion instead. Owl then Big Game Hunter? Another random minion is silenced. Brewmaster? Potentially steal one of your opponent's minions (!!!), or send the Brewmaster itself back to hand, which is funny.
Faceless Manipulator could randomly target minions in Stealth if it tried to copy this, like the ogre minions can randomly hit them instead of their real target.
Recombobulator would randomly turn another minion into another random minion with the same cost. Not Balnazzar's cost.
Rend Blackhand could kill another random minion which wouldn't have to be Legendary (???). Same with Black Knight and Taunt if you gave Balnazzar Taunt.
Vol'jin would swap health with another minion instead... or itself if the board is otherwise empty?
Maybe the effect is more funny than useful.
Fake card:
Big Game Hunter? Kills another random minion instead. Owl then Big Game Hunter? Another random minion is silenced. Brewmaster? Potentially steal one of your opponent's minions (!!!), or send the Brewmaster itself back to hand, which is funny.
Faceless Manipulator could randomly target minions in Stealth if it tried to copy this, like the ogre minions can randomly hit them instead of their real target.
Recombobulator would randomly turn another minion into another random minion with the same cost. Not Balnazzar's cost.
Rend Blackhand could kill another random minion which wouldn't have to be Legendary (???). Same with Black Knight and Taunt if you gave Balnazzar Taunt.
Vol'jin would swap health with another minion instead... or itself if the board is otherwise empty?
Maybe the effect is more funny than useful.
Gully State
Member
I've done that before.. I always kill the shredder first if I plan to kill him.
I tend to do the same but you equally can get screwed over by it popping out a taunt minion or a Weblord/Mana Wraith.
In short Shredders can be a pain to deal with.
RumblingRosco
Member
I think it'll come naturally with time. I played a few Casual matches before going into Ranked just to familiarize myself with the different interface.
TheAutomator
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just played this game on mobile for the first time. its pretty addicting. is the online just bots or is it real time?
Super Nothing
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I lost a game to a Priest that traded his Shredder to damage my Sludge Belcher and got a Thalnos. That upped his Holy Nova to 3 damage for a board clear rather than just injuring my Shredder and Zombie Chow. What did my Shredder pull? Fucking Captain's Parrot.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
REAL
TheAutomator
Banned
okay another question, can i play with my friend even though he's on PC and im on mobile phone?
Parrot trades 1 for 1 with Thalnos. You could also panda the parrot for it's pirate synergy. The Value is all around us.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
TheAutomator
Banned
CAPS, totally not condescending at all. though i guess its kinda my fault for doing it the easy lazy way instead of looking up for all the info.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yep. It's everyone in the same pool. You can't tell what device the others are using. It's just one big group of people no matter on PC, tablet or now phone!
TheAutomator
Banned
That's pretty cool. Thanks!
I think those are HYPE caps. Rage caps from yoshi involve more words.
Professor Lich
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It's an interesting idea bit you have to remember something. Choose One and Combo are part of what defines the Druid and Rogue class. They probably wouldn't make a card that directly effects only a single, or few, class(es) while also breaking what makes a class unique. It'd be better if it was a minion that was like Mogor but effected all spells.
You're probably focusing on SI7: Agent and Keeper of the Grove though, which I can understand, but it's nice that the class cards have an extra advantage.
Random Battlecries would be fun though.
The only minions affected are Kidnapper, SI:7 Agent, and Keeper of the Grove. I guess Ancient of Lore if you decide to heal a Warlock-exclusive legendary (maybe it popped out of Sneed's). It's just trying to go for "if an arrow pops out of a minion when you play it and you can target this minion with it, then the effect hits something else", not supressing Rogue and Druid specifically.
In fact, affecting Warrior class cards with Battlecry and then not affecting Rogue cards with what is still technically a Battlecry under a different name is unfair to Warrior.
Is anyone else having problems installing this from the Play store? No matter where I go to try and download (home, work), it always stalls at the same place - 94%, 586MB/619MB.
EDIT: never mind, it's suddenly decided it wants to work now.
I got Nerub'ar Weblord from a Shredder and it made me realise Choose One effects and Combo effects don't count as Battlecries. That's dumb. They should.
Fake card:
Big Game Hunter? Kills another random minion instead. Owl then Big Game Hunter? Another random minion is silenced. Brewmaster? Potentially steal one of your opponent's minions (!!!), or send the Brewmaster itself back to hand, which is funny.
Faceless Manipulator could randomly target minions in Stealth if it tried to copy this, like the ogre minions can randomly hit them instead of their real target.
Recombobulator would randomly turn another minion into another random minion with the same cost. Not Balnazzar's cost.
Rend Blackhand could kill another random minion which wouldn't have to be Legendary (???). Same with Black Knight and Taunt if you gave Balnazzar Taunt.
Vol'jin would swap health with another minion instead... or itself if the board is otherwise empty?
Maybe the effect is more funny than useful.
I dig this, a lot.
I was going to suggest Druid of the Claw but you already have a ton of five drops. Starfall maybe to combo with the Azure Drakes?
I'm going to guess Karazhan is the next adventure because it's so different to what they've done so far. No idea about card expansions though... GvG was kind of random.
Does anyone know a good pre-GvG Paladin deck I can use for dailies? I have all of naxx and 95% of the regular set. I have a really old control Paladin but not sure how it fits right now. This was my old control deck.
I have a small handful of GvG cards but none of the Paladin class ones. Most notable I think is 1 mechwarper and 2 healbots.
I just want to finish dailies and earn gold for arena runs mostly, I'm not planning to ladder or rank up a lot.
I have a small handful of GvG cards but none of the Paladin class ones. Most notable I think is 1 mechwarper and 2 healbots.
I just want to finish dailies and earn gold for arena runs mostly, I'm not planning to ladder or rank up a lot.
Add Zombie Grub and Loatheb. Sludge Belcher if you need taunts.
GvG cards made Paladin a really good character:
Shielded Minibot
Muster for Battle
Quartermaster
Coghammer for some decks
Also Dr. 7 or Dr. Balanced or Dr. GG (aka Dr. Boom)
pelicansurf
Needs a Holiday on Gallifrey
iPhone 6+ and Hearthstone is just what I needed to get back into the game.
Twilights maybe?
Edit: Oh shit forgot about Keepers.
Could be viable.
I feel like BGH is pretty mandatory in Druid these days, with Dr. Boom being in almost every deck.
Congratulations, now you get to look at Kidnapper and wonder why it exists.
They buffed Bane of Doom. Maybe they'll buff kidnapper to actually kidnap!
Yeah, probably not.
TheOhrenberger.
Banned
I think the best part about the hearthstone iphone app is that I can now finally buy packs/arena runs with my itunes store credit. I have a lot of store credit saved up over the years since I never really buy anything on itunes anymore but I still get itunes gift cards from people all the time. Now I have something to spend all that money on!
FiveSix4Three
Member
Know the best part about hearthstone coming to mobile phones?
Getting BM'd while on your work break by face hunters!
Getting BM'd while on your work break by face hunters!
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