I've been stuck at 15, don't know if that makes a difference though. But I was pulling 3 or 4 in a row a few times before backing away slowly.
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Hearthstone |OT3| Preparing for the Ball of Spiders Meta
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I've been stuck at 15, don't know if that makes a difference though. But I was pulling 3 or 4 in a row a few times before backing away slowly.
P2W doesn't mean that you literally have to pay to get an edge over your opponents. Of course you can grind all cards just by playing. But imagine someone dropping $100 on the game day 1 to get a shitload of cards and to ensure he can craft Dr. Boom, Sylvanas and whatever you can get with all that dust. That guy would destroy any other first-timer unless he's utterly shit or RNG is completely on the other guy's side. That's textbook P2W so the game obviously has that to some degree. But that's fine, it's a damn trading card game after all.
BlackBuzzard
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Go fuck flamewaker pos card. So glad Blizzard decided to give Mage even more insane 4 drop minions.
I have some bad news for you.
TheChewyWaffles
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I think most consider P2W the idea that those who pay have a continued advantage over those who don't. That's not the case with Hearthstone.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Yeah Dragon consort and solemn vigil are pretty disappointing.
Solemn Vigil isn't a game changer but it's better than Acolyte, for sure. It never worked as well as it did in warrior.
RumblingRosco
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Haunted
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It wouldn't be the sole metric, but be incorporated as a factor alongside the current system for casual mode.
Fuck, if there are people out there who actually want to gut their whole collection just to get paired up with other cardless peasants... fuck it, be my guest. Still better than the current system.
Haunted
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Well, you're realistically never going to be able to stop this small amount of "hardcore farmers" from gaming the system either way, I think an overhaul of the system incorporating total collection size as an additional metric would be better for more people (and especially beginners).
As a side effect, you'd punish the farmers by forcing them to gut their collection to game the system instead of sacrificing nothing of value (like it is now), so that's an improvement, too.
Mobius and pet octopus
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So if you just save up gold, then you face easier opponents?
Also, punish people who spend money on the game because their collection is bigger, which is largely irrelevant to how good they are?
Nah, they can't match make based on collection size, or total dust of deck, or whatever. I don't think any of it is feasible or desirable.
Mobius and pet octopus
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So basically every low rank player must suffer lower gains because of farmers? Seems like you're shooting yourself in the foot to get rid of a tick.
They do have some ways to reduce gold farming but they are implemented in a way to not affect legitimate players. I don't understand how it works exactly but I think if you concede too much, to tank you rank, you can go into a mode where you don't earn any gold til you win a certain amount of games. That kind of thing is what they have now, although it isn't really explained well.
So basically every low rank player must suffer lower gains because of farmers? Seems like you're shooting yourself in the foot to get rid of a tick.
They do have some ways to reduce gold farming but they are implemented in a way to not affect legitimate players. I don't understand how it works exactly but I think if you concede too much, to tank you rank, you can go into a mode where you don't earn any gold til you win a certain amount of games. That kind of thing is what they have now, although it isn't really explained well.
Gold portraits do nothing though. What are low rank players really missing out on? Being matched vs opponents closer to your level would be worth it I think. Casual players already suffer since they get no progress towards gold portraits at all.
BlackBuzzard
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Victory Red
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I currently have a Rogue arena deck with Ysera (Legendary) and Shade Of Naxxramas (Epic)
1-1 so far.
1-1 so far.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
can you post the full list on GAF?
Paladin arena draft i just got.
Do not know if it will work out, Hungry Dragon can backfire so much.
I'm not sure what happened in the last two months but this game all the sudden threw the Reynard salt into me. No matter what deck I play I get garbage mulligans 75% of the time now, rng hits in the worst possible way against me and switching decks puts me up against my counter. I'm already at 20 for the month so I might just take it easy. patron is my only hope because I can pull that win out of frothings ass after getting smashed all game :B.
Professor Lich
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Just figured out the best use for Hungry Dragon, breaking a Mage's Duplicate. Only problem is when the secret is Mirror Entity, which is ran more often. Oh well.
TheChewyWaffles
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Yeah some guy posted that deck on reddit last week and it's got a nice take on pally.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
I really wanna see what crazy decks come out of challengestone this weekend.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I've seen decks like it before, never was impressed. I think coghammer is fine though, but not really that good against many midrange and control decks.
BananasWithGuns
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Generally not used because he's slow and doesn't have a big impact on the board. Still, it's a fun card that can probably fit into most control decks.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Bought 4 packs. Got Tirion and Flame Leviathan. Luckiest I ever been, guess they can't all be winners though.
Prob gonna dust Leviathan but I feel bad letting go of Legendaries without giving them a chance
Prob gonna dust Leviathan but I feel bad letting go of Legendaries without giving them a chance
call_kotaku
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having a lot more luck with ramp druid as opposed to midrange druid. Cutting the combo and shades and replacing those 6 cards with 2 sen'jins + 2 ancients of war + 2 utility cards feels a lot better for me.
I know midrange is a lot better against certain decks (handlock, rogues) but ramp is a bit better against zoo which is what really counts right now. I don't know if the matchup vs face hunter is better or worse, since I won a lot of games with FON + Roar, but ancient of war is just as game-winning in most situations if I can survive long enough to put him down.
I know midrange is a lot better against certain decks (handlock, rogues) but ramp is a bit better against zoo which is what really counts right now. I don't know if the matchup vs face hunter is better or worse, since I won a lot of games with FON + Roar, but ancient of war is just as game-winning in most situations if I can survive long enough to put him down.
Deck list? I want to see how it compared to mine (the Tempo Dragon Paladin deck).
Spuck-uk
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Its fun as hell if you manage to pull it off, but the current mill decks are only really strong against freeze mage and handlock
Get a metal table. For your own sake.
Turn 5 victory.
Feels good man.
I also got to rank 15 which is pretty good for me, I think it's the highest I've been so far.
EDIT: on an unrelated note, just came across this page which represents the UK's political party leaders as Hearthstone cards. Pretty amusing I thought.
EDIT 2: my Mage is now level 60, I guess that's max level? Doesn't seem to be going up any more.
Feels good man.
I also got to rank 15 which is pretty good for me, I think it's the highest I've been so far.
EDIT: on an unrelated note, just came across this page which represents the UK's political party leaders as Hearthstone cards. Pretty amusing I thought.
EDIT 2: my Mage is now level 60, I guess that's max level? Doesn't seem to be going up any more.
I'm setting up for another arena run in the next few minutes, if anyone's interested in watching I'll be streaming at http://twitch.tv/danj2k.
What I really want are new Casual matchup modes. A mode where you can control some variables - like, Only face specific class, or only mirror matches, or a no legendary mode, or Best-2-of-3s so that you can really test yourself against an opponent and even things out instead of losing quickly due to shit mulligans/draws in your one match, Etc.
For example, as a priest, there's no match I love more than mirror. Priest vs Priest is always random, fun, and full of unexpected strats and outcomes. I wish I could hop on and choose to play a casual match against another priest who wanted to do the same.
A solution to my problem is to make more BNET friends and actually control match types with them. Haha.
For example, as a priest, there's no match I love more than mirror. Priest vs Priest is always random, fun, and full of unexpected strats and outcomes. I wish I could hop on and choose to play a casual match against another priest who wanted to do the same.
A solution to my problem is to make more BNET friends and actually control match types with them. Haha.
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StaffyManasse
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Just got the spectate a friend win -daily quest. Anyone willing to help me out?
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