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Hearthstone |OT3| Preparing for the Ball of Spiders Meta
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Still over a month to go so that should make a good time to announce the next expansion and then slowly start rolling out the card reveals.Is the new Brawl today or tomorrow?
That's pretty good for an f2p game.
If we assumed that was representative (which it's assuredly way overforecasting) it'd be 7% of the community spending $10, 3% spending $20, and 2% spending $30 for things that took a pretty small amount of work.
Edit:
Hearthstone and Overwatch will be at Gamescom (SC2 and Heroes were at E3, so this makes sense):
Professor Lich
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Hope we get to build a deck tomorrow for the Brawl. However, I can understand that they only use premades for a while for testing purposes. Its just that I feel way more investment if I put effort into making the deck.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Professor Lich
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At least the first day/few hours will be interesting before people figure things out. Thinking about it, there really isn't an easy way to prevent net decking.(Chances are Blizzard doesn't want to anyway)
He also retired any draft that didn't allow him to play Rogue, lol. So ya, technically 6 twelve win arenas in a row. Still pretty crazy accomplishment considering at least half the decks were just average. Nothing crazy.
I played an Arena match where a Priest opened with:
Turn 1
Young Priestess
Coin
Northshire Cleric (now 1/4)
Turn 2
Power Word: Shield on Cleric (now 1/5)
Power Word: Shield on Priestess
Kill my random 2 drop
Turn 3
Velen's Chosen on WGAF which creature (probably was Cleric, making it a 3/10)
Turn 1
Young Priestess
Coin
Northshire Cleric (now 1/4)
Turn 2
Power Word: Shield on Cleric (now 1/5)
Power Word: Shield on Priestess
Kill my random 2 drop
Turn 3
Velen's Chosen on WGAF which creature (probably was Cleric, making it a 3/10)
BigJonsson
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Tempo mage is pretty fun
The team has also hit 50 people (initial 15, around 30 at launch) so we should be seeing a continued uptick in content: https://twitter.com/bdbrode/status/612506298546962432
TheChewyWaffles
Member
What deck are you using? I tried one last night that just kept getting the crap kicked out of it.
BigJonsson
Member
This one
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/261322-70-winrate-legend-eu
I seem to either get demolished or win easily depending on my draw, I'm only using it because I looked for a deck that had Ragnaros, Dr Boom and Sylvanas in it lol
Officerrob
Banned
Takes more people to make those $9.99 hero portraits
poppedcollar69
Member
i got 500 wins on warrior! i had no idea i was that close
BigJonsson
Member
Hah
Guy dropped an alarm-o-bot, I had mirror entity up and the only minion in my hand was Ragnaros
Guy dropped an alarm-o-bot, I had mirror entity up and the only minion in my hand was Ragnaros
Yeah that's Ratsmah. If u enjoy playing Arena, u should watch his stream. It's really informative and he explains his thoughts a lot. Watching his stream makes u a better arena player.
He is also an infinite arena player, averaging more than 7 wins per run. He only went 12-0 trice though, not 6 times. :d. He did get 12 wins six time in a row, which is amazing if u saw some of his drafted rogue decks.If you excluded the cinematics team, probably not that far from the truth.
I mean, i havent played WoW so all the Hearthstone Characters and Cards ... are new to me
So yeah at least for me, these are Hearthstone chars.
And of course: H E A R T H S T O N E B O Y S
http://www.heartharena.com/arena-run/1xq7vq
Went 9-3 with this priest deck. Not even sure how. My two and four slots were weak as hell. I didn't draft Velen's Chosen or Holy Nova. Had to go with anti-synergy Spectral Knights twice. I was offered five freaking Mind Controls. I guess it had to be my insane amount of card draw and the double dark cultists, because otherwise this deck felt really bad to draft.
Went 9-3 with this priest deck. Not even sure how. My two and four slots were weak as hell. I didn't draft Velen's Chosen or Holy Nova. Had to go with anti-synergy Spectral Knights twice. I was offered five freaking Mind Controls. I guess it had to be my insane amount of card draw and the double dark cultists, because otherwise this deck felt really bad to draft.
So I open a pack and I see that I have an epic, and I thought how nice it was. I pray for it to be Preparation or at least something I don't have yet. Ha! The third Lay on Hands. Sometimes Hearthstone just wants me to stop playing for some time after a terrible pack after a string of shitty games.
Lol, maybe because u had a freakkin huge late game?!
Late game doesn't win consistently in Arena anymore. You need early game presence to win Arena.Lol, maybe because u had a freakkin huge late game?!
Late game only starts to matter past 6 wins. If you draft a super greedy/slow deck then you probably won't make it past 3 wins. That's why best decks are usually the well rounded decks + AOE clears.
Lol, maybe because u had a freakkin huge late game?!
Having a huge late game doesn't help you if you can't establish tempo in the early going. They'll just ignore your big drops and go straight to your face. When I started losing near the end it was pretty apparent that if I fell behind I had zero catchup mechanisms.
My two slot just felt really bad. I didn't run into too many 2 mana 2/3's so that probably saved my ass to an extent. My dire wolf and loot hoarder never got punished.
He teased out an afro now?
He's a fucking ginger now, for some reason.
Victory Red
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This arena deck tho
Self quote. 9 wins.
Eloise is back, boys!
http://www.twitch.tv/eloise_ailv
http://www.twitch.tv/eloise_ailv
Servbot #42
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Is that fucking anime music in the background? Oh well at least it's not cancer music....even tough right now i can't decide which is worse.
what is a "finger dance"
BananasWithGuns
Member
300/500 for golden Shaman.
I imagine this is what hell is like.
I imagine this is what hell is like.
Eloise: "I learn a lot from you!"
Hafu: "Oh yeah, really?"
Eloise: "Yes, I learn to be greedy!"
*dead*
I really like Shaman
It was the first class I got to golden
But hot damn is it shitty in this meta. Not even Bloodlust or Resurrect bullshit is fun vs Face Hunter and Pateron Warrior
Rosenskjold
Member
Wow sometimes this game is just one aggro deck after the other that just has perfect starts :/
Always you mean.
goldenticket
Member
Yeah ratsmah is a good streamer. I've been watching him recently and I don't even like arena that much. But he explains stuff quite a bit, plays good music and is usually streaming when I get home from work.
Other streamers I reccomend are strifecro and hotform.
FiveSix4Three
Member
Welp.
Just got killed by a 20/5 Ravenholdt Assassin in arena.
Just got killed by a 20/5 Ravenholdt Assassin in arena.
Really? How does someone earning a gold portrait and getting to show it off in arena change the equality of theArena game you're playing?
The philosophy is exactly the same and has not changed. Blizzard was referencing the draft process and playstyle of arena, not cosmetic changes that don't change the competitive balance in anyway. You're still playing the same player with 500 wins, it's just now that you know he's a competent player. I actually think this is an advantage, I'd rather know that I'm playing against a competent player, puts me on my toes a bit more.
Do you feel that we should all have the same card back in arena as well? Isn't blizzard throwing off their entire philosophy of fair by allowing players to show a legendary card back?
Card backs are a bigger deal than golden portraits, when you see your opponent has some old card back on, you know they've been playing for some time and know what's up and probably have a good collection (hint: 100 percent chance Dr. Boom on turn 7). Any fool can get a golden portrait by farming rank 20. Specially hunters, there are quite a few, granted it means they've played enough games and are probably decent at least. Legend card backs of course have quite a impact on the opponent, far more so than gold portrait/
Now I was playing against this Medivh, that had legend backs and every card was gold. I lost my concentration right there...
Now I was playing against this Medivh, that had legend backs and every card was gold. I lost my concentration right there...
I personally don't give a shit what people use where. I was just commenting on the assumption that Blizzard said something to the contrary a while back (which may or may not be true).
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