Yeah, I usually tell rarity by the number of cuts on the side of the card. If you open up a 10-scroll booster, the last three picks will be uncommon, uncommon, rare. That should give you a chance to see how the border differs for each type. I think another GAFfer said that there are more colored stripes depending on rarity - one for common, two for UC, and three for rare.
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Scrolls Beta Thread: On my Beard ! Not the Elder ones
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Yeah, I usually tell rarity by the number of cuts on the side of the card. If you open up a 10-scroll booster, the last three picks will be uncommon, uncommon, rare. That should give you a chance to see how the border differs for each type. I think another GAFfer said that there are more colored stripes depending on rarity - one for common, two for UC, and three for rare.
I wish I could take a mulligan on my starter deck. I picked energy but I really liked Growth from the tutorial. I don't want to save up and then spend 6500 on a starter growth deck. Seems pointless.
Guess I'll just trudge through energy.
Only played a few easy AI matches just to get the feel for the game. I kinda like it. Good timing for release. Beat Hearthstone to the punch.
Guess I'll just trudge through energy.
Only played a few easy AI matches just to get the feel for the game. I kinda like it. Good timing for release. Beat Hearthstone to the punch.
I won't. Not gonna give in to a greedy decision like that.
How is that greedy? Maybe he just wants to retain complete control over his product. Maybe he doesn't want his players tied to the whims of another corporation. Who knows what his line of thinking is; it's pretty unfair to just say greed.
edit: Wow, energy vs. energy matches take for-ev-ar.
Bought a 10-pack and had 6 growth spells. Both uncommons and rares were growth as well. :/ Feels bad, mayne.
Maybe we could trade. I bought two boosters and some single scrolls so far and I play Growth.
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I refuse to play games that don't generate money for Valve
I am wondering the same thing. Wish there was a mulligan on the starter decks.
I'm guessing that there will be rebalancing stuff, maybe new cards too, assuming they keep providing support along the way.
As long as running in Vista SP2 compatibility keeps the game working for me, I think it may be fun to play every so often. I started energy as well, and it does feel like it takes 4+ turns to get enough energy, at which point you may not have many cards. Being able to 2-shot idols (in one turn if you have the boost card) is cool if you can pull it off, though I imagine human opponents would block that pretty easily.
As long as running in Vista SP2 compatibility keeps the game working for me, I think it may be fun to play every so often. I started energy as well, and it does feel like it takes 4+ turns to get enough energy, at which point you may not have many cards. Being able to 2-shot idols (in one turn if you have the boost card) is cool if you can pull it off, though I imagine human opponents would block that pretty easily.
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I play Growth. When I go up against Energy players, things can get really ugly if they get a few artillery pieces out. I use lots of small creatures so if the Energy player can cover a decent amount of my board with cannon fire it's hard for me to get anything going. Also if they put up a Charge Coil behind some protection, that's very hard for a Growth player to deal with. Growth has to attack things from the front and doesn't have unit-removal cards to deal with something like that directly.
Oh, and if you can survive long enough to get an Iron Ogre out you'll be in pretty good shape.
Oh, and if you can survive long enough to get an Iron Ogre out you'll be in pretty good shape.
Picked Energy too I feel it's a bit harder, but nothing too troubling.
Playing against Growth can be a pain if you don't have things to play in the first turns, but if you manage to settle your opponent is in big trouble.
The only game I lost against AI (haven't done multiplayer yet) as energy so far was against a growth where somehow it ended up with like 4 white wolves and one had 7 strength and like 9 health. It one shot my iron ogre. I was just overwhelmed by tons of regenerating buffed wolves. It was ugly.
But I suppose that can happen with any of the factions.
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Yeah, I went up against an Energy player last night as Growth and knocked over 2 of their idols pretty quickly, but then they turtled up on the bottom three rows and slowly obliterated all of my forces until I ended up losing. All those ranged attackers, and so strong, too. oneshotting all my stuff. By the end it was just sad.
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Flooding the board with wolves seems like Growth's best endgame strategy. Great Wolf gets +1 attack for every other wolf on the board, so playing against Growth you'll want to take those out ASAP before their numbers build up. Same thing with Brotherhood of the Wolf since those guys can spit out a new wolf every 2 turns.
Most of the people still play with preconstructed decks or slightly altered ones, the game will certainly open up a bit more as we go, the basic Energy and Growth decks already show some very good possible synergies for instance.
But I'll gladly agree that adding more cards on a regular basis should be one of their priority.
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Yeah, it'll get dull if they don't continually add new cards. Supposedly a 4th faction is on the way.
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Well I started with Growth but I really struggle when fighting the other 2 deck types. Although it would be very helpful if I had more White Wolves.
Anyway, I'm saving up for the energy deck now, because those turrets seem to be really powerful for crowd control and holding the board. It looks more fun to play with as well.
Anyway, I'm saving up for the energy deck now, because those turrets seem to be really powerful for crowd control and holding the board. It looks more fun to play with as well.
Seems about right. Guess we're stuck with little variation till the cards start coming out. Shouldn't be long. If you want to maintain a game like this, need at least monthly "packs"
I guess the grass is always greener
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I'll at least have Growth to fall back on if Energy turns out to be crap. I imagine Growth could be considerably better if I had a larger selection of cards to choose for my deck. It's probably a good idea to get all the starter decks as soon as possible, I imagine.I guess the grass is always greener
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I just played a really fun game online where the opponent (Energy) killed 2 of my totems and got a third down to 2 HP before I did any damage to him, and I still came back.
I also started the game at a disadvantage because I clicked on the chat box and it ended my turn (since the chat box sits on top of the end-turn button). Watch out for that.
I also started the game at a disadvantage because I clicked on the chat box and it ended my turn (since the chat box sits on top of the end-turn button). Watch out for that.
Won my first online match last night. Good feels man.
But honestly, I still dont know what Im doing with growth. I feel lost as far as strategies go. All I try and do is get all my best units out there and thats pretty much it.
I still cant find any tutorials or basic strategies for each deck... anyone know of a place to level up my game?
But honestly, I still dont know what Im doing with growth. I feel lost as far as strategies go. All I try and do is get all my best units out there and thats pretty much it.
I still cant find any tutorials or basic strategies for each deck... anyone know of a place to level up my game?
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Going from personal experience, I thought the default Growth deck had too many spells/enchantments and not enough creatures to cast them on. So I added more creatures in to replace spells as I got them. Wolves are really good, as is Kinfolk Brave (attacks every turn) and Kinfolk Veteran (attacks the turn he comes out). I keep putting out more creatures and prioritize killing enemy units to gain board control.
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I will try the compatibility mode. My first guess is the game needs a reliable Internet connection, and mine is not all the time.
I noticed the lack of creatures in growth as well. Ive been trying to decide what cards to keep and which cards to throw out. Any suggestions?
I just played the AI with the strategy you mentioned before of getting as many wolves as possible + the great wolf. Seems like a solid strategy to get me started. Feels much better to play like this rather than just sticking random people on the board.
I just played the AI with the strategy you mentioned before of getting as many wolves as possible + the great wolf. Seems like a solid strategy to get me started. Feels much better to play like this rather than just sticking random people on the board.
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I got rid of most of these:
Healing spells
Vitriol Aura
Illthorn Seed
Nutrition
Bear Paw
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I played a few of the trials, and went and lost my first match against a real opponent. It was a close one though. I chose Growth. I think I need to unlock some more cards and tweak my deck a little. Pretty awesome game so far though.
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Decided to try and jump start my friend who was getting frustrated by giving him my 38 Order cards.
Now he's gone and quit the game claiming 'it's been a fucking waste of $20.' He just doesn't seem to properly understand how to build his deck. It's very frustrating to both of us and he's lost interest completely saying that, "Growth is the best and Order is useless." There really isn't any information about the three decks before you choose one.
Now he's gone and quit the game claiming 'it's been a fucking waste of $20.' He just doesn't seem to properly understand how to build his deck. It's very frustrating to both of us and he's lost interest completely saying that, "Growth is the best and Order is useless." There really isn't any information about the three decks before you choose one.
Can you buy shards with paypal?
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I've heard various people say "energy is the best" and "energy is the worst." I don't hear order talked about much, but I think it's more focused on card combos than the other two. When you stack your units right it's pretty deadly. I do think growth is pretty good though.
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The rate at which you earn more cards is pretty slow for a pay to play game. I wonder how much playtime it will take before you can play with a deck that's more than a slightly modified starter.
Also, it feels like the lack of colorless mana is going to hurt multicolored decks.
Also, it feels like the lack of colorless mana is going to hurt multicolored decks.
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Winning one game online gets you enough for 3 singles or about a third of a pack. I've been adding cards pretty quick.
I haven't experimented with a multicolor deck yet but lack of colorless might make it difficult. There are "memorial" cards though that give you resource for a different color. Those are probably important if you play a multicolor deck.
This video by TotalBiscuit is pretty useful. It's an hour long, but worth the watch if you're on the fence of getting this game.
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I might be on later. Ill trade other sets for growth cards.I'm planning on idling in the "Neogaf" chat channel if I have the game running late tonight, in case anyone wants some duplicate energy fire chain cards (I forget the name) in exchange for other basic energy cards.
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