NobleGundam
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Hunters only? Why not just nerf everything?
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I know we're all being incredulous about the price here on GAF, but I have no doubt that you'll see lots of people rocking this portrait when it comes out, especially the streamers (which will in turn make it more popular). People love cosmetic shit like this.
I can't remember if it was this thread or another F2P game, but I've always thought that they could sell this stuff at half price and they'd sell so much more, but they probably have internal data to support a $10 price doing just fine.
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Yeah pretty much this, lol.
I can't remember if it was this thread or another F2P game, but I've always thought that they could sell this stuff at half price and they'd sell so much more, but they probably have internal data to support a $10 price doing just fine.
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You guys complain about the pricing but once streamers start using it, you know you're gonna want one.
We got people dropping hundreds of dollars on virtual cards in a single go, after all.
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Also if you think about it, the 10 dollar price tag makes it more "exclusive" in a way, further increasing your desire to get one. We all know it's complain about the price while pulling out the virtual wallet
Yeah pretty much this, lol.
CountAntonius
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You guys complain about the pricing but once streamers start using it, you know you're gonna want one.
We got people dropping hundreds of dollars on virtual cards in a single go, after all.
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Also if you think about it, the 10 dollar price tag makes it more "exclusive" in a way, further increasing your desire to get one. We all know it's complain about the price while pulling out the virtual wallet
In CS:GO people spend 2.50 for a slim chance at getting a weapon skin they or they buy them outright most of the good ones going from 10-100 dollars(Knives are more). In Smite those premium skins cost about 4 dollars a roll again for a chance at getting one.
I'm actually surprised they let you buy them outright instead of placing a gambling mechanic like others are doing now. It is a bit pricey but that's pretty much premium cosmetics nowadays.
what would you gamble for? hero portrait or 50 dust? deck slots?
You guys complain about the pricing but once streamers start using it, you know you're gonna want one.
We got people dropping hundreds of dollars on virtual cards in a single go, after all.
A fiver for a new skin would be an impulse buy. I might get one at some point, but I'll feel bad about dropping a tenner on one.
Blizzard probably could have charged for card backs instead of getting one/month for reaching rank 20.
MetroidPrimeRib
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Need some advice boys, trying out the Aggro paladin deck. Do I swap Divine Favor for Solemn Vigil and Mukla for Tirion or Bolvar or keep as is?
Tirion and Bolvar are both too slow for aggrodin (bolvar especially bad if he gets 7+ attack and becomes your only bgh target). Probably quartermaster too. I have a deckhand in mine, you've got 4 weapons so you can get a 5/1 charger for two cards and 2 mana.
I can see people buying one for the class they main.You guys complain about the pricing but once streamers start using it, you know you're gonna want one.
We got people dropping hundreds of dollars on virtual cards in a single go, after all.
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Also if you think about it, the 10 dollar price tag makes it more "exclusive" in a way, further increasing your desire to get one. We all know it's complain about the price while pulling out the virtual wallet
Not me though.
Super Nothing
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I'd ditch Hammer of Wrath. Divine Favor should cover your card draw. Avenging Wrath is a little slow and doesn't help build your board. Avenging Wrath + Equality is too slow even for more control oriented decks. I'd drop at least one AW. Maybe add some chargers like Arcane Golem or Leeroy for burst/finisher with Blessing of Might.
Jesus, I am never ready for when a Priest doubles the fuck out of a minon's health and then uses Inner Fire. One just did it with a Deathlord and his health/attack was 32/32 before I knew it.
Any advice on dealing with this? Particularly with Warlock? I've strayed away from Corruption, but that seems like it might've been the only thing that could've saved me there. And even then...
Any advice on dealing with this? Particularly with Warlock? I've strayed away from Corruption, but that seems like it might've been the only thing that could've saved me there. And even then...
Does your deck run a silence?
Ironbeak Owl or Spellbreaker?
You can also use Siphon Soul or Big Game Hunter.
The real answer is to rank up so you don't have to face them. These shenanigans are scrub priests that never get past rank 18.
FiveSix4Three
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Control Paladin mirror is some boring ass shit.
Big Game Hunter or Ironbeak Owl. A lot of decks will tech in at least one of those.
Honestly buff priest decks are very gimmicky and unreliable,so you don't usually see them in higher ranks. Sometimes the priest is going to get good draws and you'll get bad ones. Not much you can do about that.
Officerrob
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Was once one of the best cards in the game, now he's never used. If you need the dust to help build your decks, dust him
veloxStrix
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I just lost to one aswell. Like a poster above says just rank up. Past rank 18 they are gone. And just feel happy about the fact that the scrub might have beaten you once, but he will most likely loose the next ten matches.
Thats your fault for putting TWO bloodlusts in deck.
Ok, so if you had to pick from:
Bloodlust
Totemic Might
Ancestral Healing
Which one would you pick?
Arena offered me that choice twice on that run.
Super Nothing
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In his defense, when I ran a Bloodlust deck way back in the day, if I had two of them in the deck, I'd always draw them both before turn 5 and not have any minions to play. If I dropped one because they kept clogging my hand, I'd never draw the only copy when I finally did get a board going.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I'd pick ancestral healing over a second bloodlust. Bloodlust is just a bad card that more often than not has an extremely small window of play in any game.
toddhunter
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Kill the Northshore immediately and at all costs. Without that card draw they can't do shit.
I could care less about cosmetic stuff...I am still using the default cardback, too..never used any of the ranking ones even though I have a ton of them (and heroic cardbacks, too). I do like looking at the animated portrait of my mage, though I think having gold versions of the different classes is a much cooler bragging right than "oh hey, look, I spent money totally stupidly.."
I think having gold versions of the different classes is a much cooler bragging right than "oh hey, look, I spent money totally stupidly.."Deck was very gimicky. All about small windows because I had no high drop minions, so I went with a second one. No Hex. No clears.
Ancestral healing would only delay the inevitable since all my minions would be dead.
4-3
Game surprisingly rewarded me 80 gold.
Haunted
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How surprising, most Hearthstone commenters/watchers online are uncreative pricks relying on copy-pasting unfunny "jokes". If you had viewed 15 seconds of any Hearthstone-related Twitch chat before, you would've known.
How surprising, most Hearthstone commenters/watchers online are uncreative pricks relying on copy-pasting unfunny "jokes". If you had viewed 15 seconds of any Hearthstone-related Twitch chat before, you would've known.
If only that stuff would remain exclusive to Twitch.
toddhunter
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Nope, always pick bloodlust as a shaman.
Sure it is a win more card, but if you are a Shaman in arena you need to win more. It is a "if you can't play it you already lost card". It'll normally get me half the wins in a good run.
When you are talking arena, flamestrike kills all. I have lost so many arena games to mages because they just have too much board control. They need to do something to balance things out.
Mobius and pet octopus
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It's a trap. I wouldn't even call it a win more card. I would call it a win less card.
You should buy Naxx as soon as you get all your heroes to lvl 10 and beat all the AI heroes on expert. After that, you've basically beaten the single player portion of the base game and you can then move right into Naxx. Once you've beaten Naxx, you'll have a decent card pool and can start building decks for ranked/casual.
BRM isn't as necessary to be competitive in ranked play, so feel free to purchase that one at some point down the road.
BRM isn't as necessary to be competitive in ranked play, so feel free to purchase that one at some point down the road.
How surprising, most Hearthstone commenters/watchers online are uncreative pricks relying on copy-pasting unfunny "jokes". If you had viewed 15 seconds of any Hearthstone-related Twitch chat before, you would've known.
I don't think they're joking. Hearthhead is just full of people who assume "card is amazing in one very specific circumstance" directly implies "card is always good" even though every single card ever fulfills the first one. Shadowbomber is the best card ever because there's the situation where you have 3 health and your opponent has lethal on board and you topdeck Shadowbomber! Mimiron's Head is the best card ever because there are situations when you can win with it!
Thanks!
RumblingRosco
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Yep. I'd take Ancestral Healing over a second Bloodlust. A single Bloodlust though is above average in Arena in my opinion.
Oh wow, for some reason I never put it together that silence would kill that! I thought it was it's own effect. Unfortunately, I don't think I have ANY cards that have silence. I really need more cards...
Anyway thanks for the tips. Good to know there's ways around it, and apparently good ways too because they don't show up in later ranks.
Both neutral silences cost 40 dust so if you need one badly, make having one your priority. Though you'll probably pull one out of a pack sooner than later.
Silence doesn't really help at all when you're getting OTK'd by that dumb combo. Two Belchers should be more than enough to hold it off you until you're out of the gimmick Priest ranks (which is of course pretty expensive for a new player so you just gotta take the L and move on)
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