drkOne
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I hate games that go on forever in constructed. I blame my Magic habits.
If you "miss" the finishing blow, and are now playing the card you draw each turn, while having 10 mana to spend Meh. I just concede.
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I hate games that go on forever in constructed. I blame my Magic habits.
If you "miss" the finishing blow, and are now playing the card you draw each turn, while having 10 mana to spend Meh. I just concede.
Crap I somehow missed that it now only applies to your own minions. Ok this card really is trash now.
With that deck you really shouldn't be running out of cards. Except if you really go into overtime.
Smokey Mcpot
Banned
This is 8 wins in arena (retired), and its roughly 80 more gold than I usually get from 9.
The amount (265g) is also the highest amount of gold I have ever gotten since the patch
this is fucking silly, the really need to add the extra pack/gold card as an extra "lump" or I am gonna keep retireing at 8
spindoctor
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New American opt in wave is going out right now. Got a key about 20 minutes ago. Good luck guys.
Updated.
With this change instead of the previous one, it turns a nerf that once demolished the card into a nerf that still retains it's card draw but doesn't make it as ridiculous as before. You can now easily get 2 cards for 2 mana and potentially get 3 cards for 2 mana, which is a great deal.
With the original nerf, you'd be getting 1 card for 2 mana and very rarely would you ever see 3 cards for 2 mana, just because having 3 wounded minions in an aggro warrior deck is almost unheard of. Most of the creatures have <4 hp and wouldn't be able to stand up to a hit, unless you did a commanding shout -> battle rage combo.
FearMyWrench
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Refresh, refresh, refresh...
I got it through my e-mail
Oh yeah i finally got it wooooooo!!!! Cant wait to go home and sink in some time with virtual goods
theMrCravens
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Somewhat agree, although I kinda like collecting those golden cards (at 9 wins), which seems rare inside packs.
Do you guys mind explaining the difference between retiring and keep playing? like, why would you ever purposely stop playing?
theMrCravens
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After 9 wins it's over.
Impeccable
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Here we go with more keys, GL me.
Then why would you stop playing after 8? Do you get better rewards for going 8-0 than you get for going 8-1?
-crosses fingers-
The amount of TotalBiscuit videos I've watched on this game is way too high.
shadowstar
Member
This is pretty much why I don't watch his Hearthstone play. Unlike you I enjoyed watching his D3 stuff, but here he makes so many excuses every time he loses. Sometimes you do get a bad draw or the opponent gets a miracle combo, but it seems like 90% of the time when he loses it was due to "luck."
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Good luck to you and good luck to me too!
Smokey Mcpot
Banned
Well I mean you could spend the last battle "losing" on purpose (going for 8 wins for the goldz) if you want to keep playing some, I just want to save the time
Yeah I get that, but the golden cards I want, if I'm ever going constructed would be personal favorites which I can most likely craft from dusts. Instead of hoping the individuals will drop from arena
theMrCravens
Member
Losses doesn't matter.
The thing is if you get 9 wins, one of the 5 loot bags becomes a card or second pack.
If you retire at 8 wins, that bag is usually more gold.
-Most- people want more gold to run Arena non-stop (costs 150 gold) instead of collecting cards.
No, after the patch/wipe, they made it so that you have a chance to get a golden card in one of the loot bags if you complete a run (9 wins), however, many don't value golden cards as highly as gold, because a golden card is purely cosmetic and is only worth a bit more dust than the regular version of said card.
So, people retire at 8 wins so that they have an entire extra bag of gold, compared to a shot at getting golden cards. There was speculation that the 'pot' of gold you get from a run is not diminished from each slot (i.e. for 9 wins you could get 1 pack, 1 gold card and 3 gold bags, totaling 250, while for 8 wins you could get 1 pack and 4 gold bags, totaling 250). It hasn't been proven or disproven but anecdotally a lot of people are claiming that 8 wins nets you more gold overall, and so have been retiring there rather than trying for the 9th win and risking a gold card.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
*crosses fingers for key lotto*
aaah see, I didn't know about that reward-difference between 8 wins and 9 wins. Yeah I'd totally stop at 8 too, then. Can always trade for Golden cards if I'm ever into cosmetics.
... I'd actually need to have the game first, of course. and win 8. :lol
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Mobius and pet octopus
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I hope I get a key, bro got one yesterday and yeah I need one TODAY! wooo
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Just got my key in the mail. Will check this out tonight D:
FearMyWrench
Member
Looks like another day of nothing for me. Damn you all! 
InternHertz
Member
Damn I'm so bad at this game 
I couldn't even win against the AI my first two matches.
edit: yay, third time and I had my first win, against the druid
I couldn't even win against the AI my first two matches.edit: yay, third time and I had my first win, against the druid
Impeccable
Member
Nothing for me... still four minutes... right, right?
Damnit. Roll on next wave.
Damnit. Roll on next wave.
Oh yes, you will play it - when it goes to open beta
Anyway, I would love to check it out too, but thankfuly I'm satisfying my urge with Duel of Champions as substitute. Better than nothing
Some musings I have over the last couple days of Hearthstone Arena play.
I will preface this by saying that I am new to CCGs in general, but I have been hooked on watching Hearthstone streams the past month. I have watched hours of footage, and learned quite a bit about general strategy, but you have to learn the nuances of play and construction for yourself.
My first arena run I went 8-3, and then I petered out for a couple runs, making mistakes at the deck construction level. My last two runs ending at 7 and 8 wins respectively.
The biggest mistake I was making? You have to respect the Mana Curve.
Arena play is all about assembling the most powerful deck possible, typically at the cost of certain synergies. You can't always count on certain cards showing up later in the deck, neither can you count on those lower-cost creatures showing up for later picks.
I made the mistake the few runs of just picking the most powerful card I could, but then I ended up with this late-game focused deck that struggled to get to that stage of the game.
Check out the curve from my latest Paladin run, its almost perfect. With the 2 and 3 drops assuring my board prescience when we enter the mid and late portions of the game.
Efficient Trades
Arena is all about making efficient trades with the most reliable cards in the game. Make enough trades to get a card/board advantage and I can almost guarantee a win.
I've noticed there is a certain portion of the early game where I can already tell whether I am on the road to a win or a loss. Going off what I was discussing earlier with the mana curve, get to know those low mana cards that allow you to take the advantage.
Shattered Sun Cleric, Harvest Golem, Gnomish Inventor, Dark Iron Dwarf, Chillwind Yeti, Shieldmasta. These cards may seem boring, but they are seriously some of my favorite cards in the game.
They all allow you to trade efficiently. Its all about leaving as many of your minions alive and on the board as possible.
Even if they are at one health, it still requires your opposition to spend 2 mana on a hero power or waste a minion on killing it off.
Great example is buffing say, Bloodfen Rapter, with Shattered Sun Cleric to 4-3, then it can trade well with all of the 2 attack minions.
Or using Dark Iron Dwarf to buff Dragonling Mechanic or Gnomish Inventor to 4-4. Now they can trade with several low mana drops, or even a higher drop.
Best case scenario is if your opponent plays something expensive such as a Lord of the Arena or Sunwalker, and you can kill both with a buffed Bloodfen Raptor for cheap.
That is value.
I've seriously had value Bloodfen Raptors or Acidic Swamp Oozes that have lasted half the game. Combining Shattered Sun Cleric, Earthen Ring Farseer (unappreciated card), and Defender of Argus, you can keep a value creature going for a long time.
The really nice thing is opponents typically don't like wasting silences on those creatures. They don't pose that much of a threat on paper, but they are sticking around trading will all of the minions efficiently.
I will preface this by saying that I am new to CCGs in general, but I have been hooked on watching Hearthstone streams the past month. I have watched hours of footage, and learned quite a bit about general strategy, but you have to learn the nuances of play and construction for yourself.
My first arena run I went 8-3, and then I petered out for a couple runs, making mistakes at the deck construction level. My last two runs ending at 7 and 8 wins respectively.
The biggest mistake I was making? You have to respect the Mana Curve.
Arena play is all about assembling the most powerful deck possible, typically at the cost of certain synergies. You can't always count on certain cards showing up later in the deck, neither can you count on those lower-cost creatures showing up for later picks.
I made the mistake the few runs of just picking the most powerful card I could, but then I ended up with this late-game focused deck that struggled to get to that stage of the game.
Check out the curve from my latest Paladin run, its almost perfect. With the 2 and 3 drops assuring my board prescience when we enter the mid and late portions of the game.
The mana curve is almost perfect, with a linear decline from the 2 drops to 7+
Efficient Trades
Arena is all about making efficient trades with the most reliable cards in the game. Make enough trades to get a card/board advantage and I can almost guarantee a win.
I've noticed there is a certain portion of the early game where I can already tell whether I am on the road to a win or a loss. Going off what I was discussing earlier with the mana curve, get to know those low mana cards that allow you to take the advantage.
Shattered Sun Cleric, Harvest Golem, Gnomish Inventor, Dark Iron Dwarf, Chillwind Yeti, Shieldmasta. These cards may seem boring, but they are seriously some of my favorite cards in the game.
They all allow you to trade efficiently. Its all about leaving as many of your minions alive and on the board as possible.
Even if they are at one health, it still requires your opposition to spend 2 mana on a hero power or waste a minion on killing it off.
Great example is buffing say, Bloodfen Rapter, with Shattered Sun Cleric to 4-3, then it can trade well with all of the 2 attack minions.
Or using Dark Iron Dwarf to buff Dragonling Mechanic or Gnomish Inventor to 4-4. Now they can trade with several low mana drops, or even a higher drop.
Best case scenario is if your opponent plays something expensive such as a Lord of the Arena or Sunwalker, and you can kill both with a buffed Bloodfen Raptor for cheap.
That is value.
I've seriously had value Bloodfen Raptors or Acidic Swamp Oozes that have lasted half the game. Combining Shattered Sun Cleric, Earthen Ring Farseer (unappreciated card), and Defender of Argus, you can keep a value creature going for a long time.
The really nice thing is opponents typically don't like wasting silences on those creatures. They don't pose that much of a threat on paper, but they are sticking around trading will all of the minions efficiently.
Priests are the most annoying fuckers around....
2 of these
And 1 of this
Plus Priest heals are the most rage inducing thing ever..... ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BUFF THE COBRA TO 14 HEALTH.
Too bad the Cleric is no longer 2 Mana, but 1
Makes her even more annoying (and broken to be frank).Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Priests are the most annoying fuckers around....
2 of these
And 1 of this
Plus Priest heals are the most rage inducing thing ever..... ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY BUFF THE COBRA TO 14 HEALTH.
I thought priest heals cannot go above starting hp of the minion
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
I laugh at priests on my mage.
So far the only class that beats me a lot on my mage deck are defensive warriors. Ones that just power stack shield/tanky buffs..
So annoying!
So far the only class that beats me a lot on my mage deck are defensive warriors. Ones that just power stack shield/tanky buffs..
So annoying!
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