TheChillyAcademic
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Ugh, would do anything to get a beta key for my boyfriend, he's been so down in the dumps lately...sigh.
ANY idea when the Open Beta might be?
ANY idea when the Open Beta might be?
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Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
I can see the maintenance being an issue since, you're right, HS is intended by Blizzard to be a small project - although I even have my doubts about that somewhat, just because I think the WoW TCG wasn't renewed by Blizzard due to HS. I think HS is intended to eventually be a really competitive game replacing Blizzard's former TCG. I just think Blizzard didn't want to put a lot of resources into it initially and, from launch and onward, they will build it up. I don't think trading will ever be available though - I'm just saying that I can see Blizzard putting a detailed tournament system within the game where e-sports can flourish.
I wish they hated them enough to try their best to prevent bots from grabbing HS beta keys. :/
colormage1
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No clue. But if he's sad... maybe just be extra nice to him? >>
Sorry to hear about that. If I get a Beta key, I'll make sure to get it to him.
ANYWAY. I can't wait until I get to play this game. It looks so awesome. It flows really quickly and there seems to be a lot of skill involved. I just can't believe it's taking so long to make it more open to the public. I guess it is because I don't understand these things, but the game looks pretty much completed.
Buying it off ebay for $100+
I've tried my best to grab a beta key and nothing. A friend got in and I got to try it out. It really is amazing, but there are some criticisms I have about the game.
The idea of having a 30 card limit no matter what, no graveyard mechanic, randomly discarding at a 10 card hand cap, and the current meta.
Honestly a lot of things can be tweaked and fixed, and when more cards are added it will definitely make the game more fun.
About the open beta: So apparently the virtual Blizzcon ticket will include something for Hearthstone. So my guess would be that they might go open beta around Blizzcon. Would be weird to have an exclusive item that most people can't use right?
Holy crap I just saw a new scheme on EBay.Some people are now renting out their Hearthstone account for 10 to 15 Euro a day. Crazy!
Yeah I could see people doing this if it's completely just for Hearthstone, no WoW or D3 attachment.
You essentially just get over skype, you can send them your info, still have an authenticator and then tell them the code at that point in time to allow them to play. Honestly it seems like a lot of hassle, but I guess people really want to play.
I think one of the main things I discussed with friends who are magic players, if Hearthstone can overwhelmingly make online TCG a "real" thing. Because while MTG online exists, as far as I know, more people would rather play it physically than online.
Motte in Paris
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Heh... was watching Ek0p streaming his arena matches during my dinner - kept the stream running in the background while doing some matches myself, suddenly at the beginning of one of my matches I hear him go "Fucking Mottschi (my btag), this guy is good"... checked the tag of my opponent and there he is!
Left stream immediately to give him a fair match, but that one comment made my day.
Left stream immediately to give him a fair match, but that one comment made my day.
I was thinking that a HS key would tide me over in lieu of GTA for a while, but it just occurred to me that I'd be going up against the same five people over and over because everyone else would be off playing GTA.
Johnlenham
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Better get one seeing as GTA never arrived.
Where is this info from?
Despite the amount of money being tempting I genuinely just want to start playing.
Lactose_Intolerant
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I probably should have sold mine....
Haha, yes. It's a great game, but it kinda feels bad when you see keys being sold for so much money.
Don't worry - you are not alone ;-) - at least I got football tonight and GTAV for the next days to tide me over to the next wave... ( I hope... )
All keys have been sent: https://twitter.com/rinnywee/status/380031457692893184
No luck for me nor any of my bribed friends (4 total) who would possibly share their key with me. It's amazing how Blizzard (=random generator) manages to depress me even on the day GTA 5 releases.
Well of course nothing for me. Can't wait to see all those new key auctions popping up....
Johnlenham
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Fuck you Blizzard.
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INSTAAAAAAAAALLING.
Finally. The bad news is I have to work tonight. 9 painful hours. I'll probably try to sleep them all away so I can play as fast as possible.
Finally. The bad news is I have to work tonight. 9 painful hours. I'll probably try to sleep them all away so I can play as fast as possible.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Me too. I wouldn't sell mine regardless but I just want to play a good digital card game.
Hopefully some opt-ins go out for NA as well.
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So I've finally gotten to try out HS for myself. Unsurprisingly, I love it. Quickly got all the classes, though I actually lost twice to the paladin. Is it just me or is he harder than any of the other classes in practice mode? After unlocking all the classes, I immediately tried out the arena. Was planning on buying a bunch of cards and trying out some decks first, but had to put that on hold for a few days as I'm a little strapped for money at the moment. Arena is the mode I am most interested in anyway. Started off brilliantly with the druid, going up 3-0 after destroying my opponents. Then I lost a pretty close and awesome match against another druid. Both with massive board presence going in for the kill. That was followed by another loss. Then I managed to get two more wins before ending up with 5-3. Decent enough for my first arena run. The second one has been pretty abysmal so far. At 2-2 with the mage right now. Couldn't quite understand why I was struggling so much. Then I realized that I hadn't gotten a single polymorph or flamestrike. Polymorph especially is so important.
Lactose_Intolerant
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I would suggest playing all the classes until they are level 10. Get a good feel for them, then do arena. If you don't win 7+ in arena you don't get enough gold.
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I do not mind spending real money on the arena as it is all returned in gold when the game launches. I feel I've seen enough streaming to get a pretty good idea of how the different classes play either way. Don't feel like spending time bogged down in constructed with inferior cards right now anyway. Just gonna dive right into the fray. Whatever will be, will be.
But man, though I am grateful for finally getting my hands on the game, I feel as if Blizzard are trolling me with the timing. I wish I had gotten in either earlier or later. I was just getting back into WOW these days. Now I gotta balance the two games along with CS:GO. Balance is not my strong suit.
I apologize for complaining to everyone who is still waiting for beta access.
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Professor Lich
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Game is a lot of fun. Wish quests were handed out quicker. Can't believe people are able to sell keys.
Lol, any details? I havent been following it.
The_Player
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They promised to give away keys an hour ago, yet no sign of GET MY BETA KEY button.
TheChillyAcademic
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Do we know if they even had any beta keys out, or is the release just delayed? Talking about PC gamer.
Probably would have been the best.
I am not even that much against fcfs - if it'd be fair and if it'd work...
it would work in a perfect world where proxies do not exist or you cannot get a new IP just restarting your router.
Honestly the only fair way to do it would be asking for people ID #
even so; it's going to stop a bot getting a bucket load of keys.
but in that way you could actually sue them for using ID# they don't own.
yeah, saw that tweet, but honestly I prefer stop trying.
If I'll ever get into the beta is because blizzard will send me an invite, I'm done wasting my time with those people
TheChillyAcademic
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Same here, got to the beta key page but all it does is pop up the disclaimer....fucking ridiculous.
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