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Hearthstone Closed Beta - Open beta in NA, elsewhere next few days. New thread soon!
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Dreamland Boy
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I just got in. Seems fun so far. A lot like Shadow Era.
Oh, that is just mean...
Nothing in my inbox, so I check the spam filter on my online mailbox (which some people said can sometimes inadvertently catch the emails). Not one, but TWO emails in there from Blizzard Entertainment:
Apparently I'm trying to sell my Diablo III account and should sign into their website immediately.
Fuck.
Nothing in my inbox, so I check the spam filter on my online mailbox (which some people said can sometimes inadvertently catch the emails). Not one, but TWO emails in there from Blizzard Entertainment:
Apparently I'm trying to sell my Diablo III account and should sign into their website immediately.
Fuck.
People will be mad lol.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I'm on cloud nine right now
Congrats! Have fun with it. I played a little bit on a friend's account over the weekend. I haven't been so hooked to a game in a lonnnnnnng time.
Oh man. Taunt might seem useless at times and you can build around it but I've now done three drafts in a row without any taunt* available and I'm going to put my 1-3 and 0-3 runs at least partially on the complete lack of taunts. That first warrior run was especially fun, zero weapons, zero taunts, no executes and so on. The 0-3 was a paladin with exactly one weapon, Light's Justice, available. Haven't played any matches with the third deck yet but I have zero confidence in what I just drafted.
*I did get one 0/4 and one 1/1 taunt on those three drafts but no taunts at all made for a better story and two pitiful taunts don't really help at all.
Lactose_Intolerant
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You lost because you didn't have the good class cards, not because of taunt. Again, taunt isn't bad, but most are horrible and it is better to give good creatures taunt than to use subpar creatures because they have taunt. I've gone 9 wins with a paladin with no weapons. Get those divine shields and taunt giving minions a try.
Yes, you can challenge your friends in constructed play.
Another day, another disappointment! :/
So awesome!
There goes your luck for the next 5 years or so
So awesome!
There goes your luck for the next 5 years or so
JetBlackPanda
Member
I already have a huge CCG addiction with magic and netrunner.. Now Blizzard goes and does this!?
Guess that's that
Guess that's that
MustacheBandit_
Member
With every wave of keys distributed a little piece of me dies. Tomorrow is my day though, i feel it bros!
EscapingJail
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EscapingJail#1496
Wunder#6816
Hey all,
Just thinking about the future of Hearthstone and how Blizzard will potentially expand on their core game.
I saw a comment the other day along the lines of "See? This game has so much more depth than people give it credit for! Everything's fine!" That'll be great if that's actually the case, but just how much depth is there?
Looking at the product itself we have what,
1) Ranked PvP play. 1-1 match with another player.
2) Arena. Ranked, limited environment play.
3) Tournaments. (data-mined text seems to indicate there will be tourney support)
4) Dailies.
At this point, Arena seems to offer the most potential for varied, long-lasting play. There was an interesting post about this earlier in the thread about the problems with Arena - specifically that players will always go for the best cards rather than attempt to explore possible synergies with their class.
Overall, I don't have too much of a problem with Arena other than the fact that as time passes, certain cards are going to stand out as being clearly better than others. Once this knowledge reaches a certain percentage of players, success in Arena will be largely determined by RNG - all things equal, the player who gets the better cards will win. Draw luck and player skill will add the variables, but deck construction is still probably the biggest contributing factor to success in arena.
2) Tournaments. Right now we're still in the early stages of the game where everything seems fresh, but I'm going to say that the 400-something card pool will not last. Dominant strategies will surface, much like we say in the beta pre-wipe. Then you're going to have decks broken into one of these dominant decks or a deck tailored to beat it. Everything else will be tossed aside. To keep things fresh, HS will need expansions and lots of them. I'm not convinced that the light, beginner-friendly, bite-sized game they've come up with can support more complicated rules / unit abilities. If that is true, then we're looking a finite number of variations for new units and an inevitable power creep. It will be interesting to see what kind of plans Blizzard has for the game on this front. I kinda feel like tournament play clashes with their design goals. We'll see. I mean, take a look at another emerging product - Hex. If I wanted to run a tournament for it, there are a lot of choices even now during the alpha - highlander, tribal, 5-color, and pauper come to mind. Hearthstone could potential do Pauper and maybe some sort of Hero-restriction based tournament but it's a lot harder to swing. Hmmm...
Still, it's not like Blizzard to put the time / money into putting out a product, only to not support it afterwards - especially if they're going the F2P route. Is this just an experiment to test the viability of the F2P market? Is this going to be a gateway product into some other, casual game? Or are they in it for the long haul? Are we going to see something like Magic with new expansions, sets, multiplayer variants and what not?
Don't get me wrong, I'm dying to play the game. Waiting for both a HS beta key and Hex alpha access is pretty rough. P4 Golden is the only thing keeping me sane.
Anyway, I'm sure there are a lot of things I'm probably not seeing. How confident do you feel about HS's longevity? Do you even care? Will it be enough to just jump in, play around for a few weeks / months and then move on?
edit:
DOOOOOODs, Blizzard just sent me a key! *.*
I thought they hated me because I didn't opt into their Cataclysm beta! See you in the game!
To you guys who haven't gotten in yet, I know it sounds hard but just try to all hakuna matata about it. If you're obsessing about it, it'll only make the wait go longer! Just keep believing and you'll get in!
We should get a google spreadsheet up with gaffers up!
Just thinking about the future of Hearthstone and how Blizzard will potentially expand on their core game.
I saw a comment the other day along the lines of "See? This game has so much more depth than people give it credit for! Everything's fine!" That'll be great if that's actually the case, but just how much depth is there?
Looking at the product itself we have what,
1) Ranked PvP play. 1-1 match with another player.
2) Arena. Ranked, limited environment play.
3) Tournaments. (data-mined text seems to indicate there will be tourney support)
4) Dailies.
At this point, Arena seems to offer the most potential for varied, long-lasting play. There was an interesting post about this earlier in the thread about the problems with Arena - specifically that players will always go for the best cards rather than attempt to explore possible synergies with their class.
Overall, I don't have too much of a problem with Arena other than the fact that as time passes, certain cards are going to stand out as being clearly better than others. Once this knowledge reaches a certain percentage of players, success in Arena will be largely determined by RNG - all things equal, the player who gets the better cards will win. Draw luck and player skill will add the variables, but deck construction is still probably the biggest contributing factor to success in arena.
2) Tournaments. Right now we're still in the early stages of the game where everything seems fresh, but I'm going to say that the 400-something card pool will not last. Dominant strategies will surface, much like we say in the beta pre-wipe. Then you're going to have decks broken into one of these dominant decks or a deck tailored to beat it. Everything else will be tossed aside. To keep things fresh, HS will need expansions and lots of them. I'm not convinced that the light, beginner-friendly, bite-sized game they've come up with can support more complicated rules / unit abilities. If that is true, then we're looking a finite number of variations for new units and an inevitable power creep. It will be interesting to see what kind of plans Blizzard has for the game on this front. I kinda feel like tournament play clashes with their design goals. We'll see. I mean, take a look at another emerging product - Hex. If I wanted to run a tournament for it, there are a lot of choices even now during the alpha - highlander, tribal, 5-color, and pauper come to mind. Hearthstone could potential do Pauper and maybe some sort of Hero-restriction based tournament but it's a lot harder to swing. Hmmm...
Still, it's not like Blizzard to put the time / money into putting out a product, only to not support it afterwards - especially if they're going the F2P route. Is this just an experiment to test the viability of the F2P market? Is this going to be a gateway product into some other, casual game? Or are they in it for the long haul? Are we going to see something like Magic with new expansions, sets, multiplayer variants and what not?
Don't get me wrong, I'm dying to play the game. Waiting for both a HS beta key and Hex alpha access is pretty rough. P4 Golden is the only thing keeping me sane.
Anyway, I'm sure there are a lot of things I'm probably not seeing. How confident do you feel about HS's longevity? Do you even care? Will it be enough to just jump in, play around for a few weeks / months and then move on?
edit:
DOOOOOODs, Blizzard just sent me a key! *.*
I thought they hated me because I didn't opt into their Cataclysm beta! See you in the game!
To you guys who haven't gotten in yet, I know it sounds hard but just try to all hakuna matata about it. If you're obsessing about it, it'll only make the wait go longer! Just keep believing and you'll get in!
We should get a google spreadsheet up with gaffers up!
The Lamonster
Member
What's the point of spending extra Arcane Dust for golden versions of cards?
Is it just a cosmetic upgrade?
Is it just a cosmetic upgrade?
Purely cosmetic.
First Win!
Little bit worried about this deck due to the lack of big removal. Unpictured: Frost Elemental, Lord of the Arena
I'd like a free no reward version of Arena, constructed play is a little too boring/easy and Arena is much more enjoyable to me but (while improving game on game) I'm not good enough yet to regulary earn free runs. I have to imagine its going to get harder and harder as knowledge about the game (and which cards/classes/strats work best in arena) get more and more widely disseminated. Even been able to purchase gold/multiple runs at once would be an improvement.
shadowstar
Member
Yes.
For people getting in and wondering what to pick in arena and why, here is a popular streamers rankings of the neutral minions (non rare+). It'll get you thinking on how to succeed in arena.
http://ihearthu.com/trumps-arena-card-rankings/
It's probably changed a bit for him without updating but it gets you in the right mindset.
Rexxar about to get c*ntpunted...
I'd like this too. Or at least a nominal amount, like 10g if they want people to play other modes too.
Game is pretty great. Side note, apparently Warrior class is pretty OP right now. The new rogue.
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NA:
Sajjaja - Sajjaja#1529
EU:
Xater - Xater#2989
Undetermined:
EscapingJail - EscapingJail#1496
Wunder - Wunder#6816
tylerf - tylerf#1732
KuroNeeko - kuroMame#1491
dk_ - dkunderscore#2653
tylerf
Member
tylerf#1732
JustProgress
Member
Haha just finished watching Kripp who said Warrior sucks.
Freakinchair
Member
I just got in too FINALLY
Or me! I'm much nicer!... I think.
To be quite honest I would really have 0 problems giving it to a fellow gaffer but looking at this http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=hearthstone+beta+key&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc and the fact that I had unexpected expenses with the car, I could really use the cash. :/
If I decide not to sell I'll prolly give it to boken, perhaps he'll carry me in the future on LoL XD lol. No promises yet.
If I decide not to sell I'll prolly give it to boken, perhaps he'll carry me in the future on LoL XD lol. No promises yet.
lol. Some people seem to absolutely murder with him because Execute is only 1 mana, and Battle Rage (for 3 mana) provides as many cards are there are damaged minions which could be potentially verrryy deadly.
But I could be wrong of course because I am in fact citing Northernlion lol.
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