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Title: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 12:35:06 PM
Post yer battle.net battletag whosawhatsits

Creepy Old Guy- Triumph#1211
tehjaybo- tehjaybo#1195
lagerless- Monsoon #2669
Huff- BroHuffman#1633
chronovore- chronovore#1271
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: magus on September 09, 2013, 12:36:55 PM
http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=40760.0

 :beli
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 12:38:09 PM
:piss card hunter :piss2

Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: magus on September 09, 2013, 12:39:42 PM
(http://www.eegra.com/comics/2008/08/45.gif)
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 12:42:05 PM
Magoose, I'm not gonna bother to play any old fucking jank ass card game that comes out.  If I'm gonna bother to invest the time in one, it's gonna be one that I have a fairly good idea will have a large player base, which is why I'm excited for HEX and Hearthstone, but not SolForge.  Card Hunter has less buzz/interest than SolForge, so who gives a flying fuck.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Steve Youngblood on September 09, 2013, 12:57:25 PM
I get these games confused. Isn't SolForge the game being designed by Dick Garfield and the Ascension guys? Why wouldn't that pedigree be able to attract a decent playerbase?
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: magus on September 09, 2013, 01:04:39 PM
Quote
Magoose, I'm not gonna bother to play any old fucking jank ass card game that comes out.

:yeshrug

I get these games confused. Isn't SolForge the game being designed by Dick Garfield and the Ascension guys? Why wouldn't that pedigree be able to attract a decent playerbase?

that's because solforge is sort of boring,simple and somewhat power creepy... it's not horribad but you really shouldn't think of either MTG or Ascension when thinking of solforge
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 01:11:24 PM
I feel ya.

EU beta has started too but no luck yet :(
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 01:13:06 PM
:fbm

(http://stacyjulian.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/happy-mail.jpg)

Special delivery for Creepy Old Guy! :mynicca
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 01:49:50 PM
Way to kick a man when he is down  :tocry
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 01:51:27 PM
Way to kick a man when he is down  :tocry

I don't have any EU keys, sorry brah
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 01:53:55 PM
Thanks. I've gotten into pretty much every beta since vanilla WoW so I'm still hopeful.

Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: demi on September 09, 2013, 01:55:14 PM
Can I have a hearthstone key to kick Lager with?
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 01:58:28 PM
Actually US keys would work in the EU.

So if you do have a spare one.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: demi on September 09, 2013, 01:58:55 PM
He's lying. Give it to me.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 02:01:04 PM
Nah it's true. Plus if it doesn't work I can always give it to Demi.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: hampster on September 09, 2013, 02:01:40 PM
Its weird seeing this get so many views on twitch. You would think watching a card game would be boring... but then again I've watched more episodes of yugioh than I care to admit :-\

When you pay to play the arena battles, do you keep the cards you draw?
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: magus on September 09, 2013, 02:04:53 PM
Its weird seeing this get so many views on twitch. You would think watching a card game would be boring... but then again I've watched more episodes of yugioh than I care to admit :-\

When you pay to play the arena battles, do you keep the cards you draw?

i don't think so but you get a free pack out of the deal even if you instantly lose so you still come out with something
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 02:09:09 PM
Nah it's true. Plus if it doesn't work I can always give it to Demi.

Sent. If it doesn't work, give it to Demi.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 09, 2013, 02:09:48 PM
Is this the thread where we beg for Hearthstone invites?  I want one! :hyper
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 02:12:33 PM
All out, sorry boos.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: demi on September 09, 2013, 02:18:09 PM
Lager is about to be homeless in two weeks, don't give him the key!
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 02:18:50 PM
Lager is about to be homeless in two weeks, don't give him the key!

he told me he had a plan to pay for housing by streaming games of Hearthstone on Twitch.tv
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 02:19:43 PM
Thank you kind soul
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: bork on September 09, 2013, 02:37:10 PM
(http://ilarge.listal.com/image/1283828/936full-chris-rock%3A-kill-the-messenger----london,-new-york,-johannesburg-screenshot.jpg)
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 03:17:44 PM
:rejoice
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 05:17:19 PM
Game is great, played since i got the key.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 05:23:09 PM
Same here, just unlocked all of the decks.  Really fun, basic gameplay.  Can't wait to try arena mode, gonna use the mage deck cards I've unlocked to play some actual matches now.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 05:30:54 PM
I need to unlock all the decks, soon as I could play other people I jumped on it an tuned my custom deck a little.

Tomorrow Ill try to unlock all the decks.

Just getting around to learning all the classes will take some time. Gameplay seems deep enough for me.

Had some pretty close matches where the odds flipped last minute, had this guy down to 2 health and he got me down to 0 from 17 :( vice versa too once.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 05:32:06 PM
Is there any way to challenge someone you know? Would like to play against you triumph sometime
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 09, 2013, 05:32:48 PM
Ive already put more time in this then in Mass Effect 3
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 09, 2013, 06:09:04 PM
I played Vintage and Legacy MTG all weekend and now Hearthstone is a real :/. It's not the game, which is great, but the card pool feels so very meh.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 09, 2013, 06:14:22 PM
I played Vintage and Legacy MTG all weekend and now Hearthstone is a real :/. It's not the game, which is great, but the card pool feels so very meh.

yeah I'm worried they are holding too much back for future expansions, when this is the WoW problem in reverse - they're competing against years-established TCGs and as much as they want to keep the mechanics simple, they really can't, not if they want the hardcore
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 06:22:42 PM
I think that they'll be fine attracting people who are blizzard fans but not necessarily hardcore tcg fans with the card pool as it is now.  Down the road, when more expansions come out, you can potentially rope those people in.

4-0 in arena with my Hunter deck. :rock

I could definitely see people who have a deeper background in tcgs (me, frag) being able to "go infinite" in Arena with little to no difficulty.  None of my games have been particularly close yet, and a lot of that has to do with the fact that in Magic, my favorite formats have always been limited (draft, sealed deck) so I can snap evaluate cards when choosing what to "draft" in arena at a higher level than a lot of people, I'm willing to bet.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 06:43:02 PM
Also! I beat boogie2988 (the dude that does Francis) earlier :gladbron
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 09, 2013, 07:27:07 PM
I played Vintage and Legacy MTG all weekend and now Hearthstone is a real :/. It's not the game, which is great, but the card pool feels so very meh.

yeah I'm worried they are holding too much back for future expansions, when this is the WoW problem in reverse - they're competing against years-established TCGs and as much as they want to keep the mechanics simple, they really can't, not if they want the hardcore

I think the mechanics are acceptable for even people like me. This includes the lack of interrupt actions and requisite ability stack/chain which is the big break that Hearstone makes from other card games.

The problem is the actual cards. They feel really under-powered and too straightforward to use, which creates a real skill ceiling problem.

Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Damian79 on September 09, 2013, 08:46:14 PM
Please dont tell me that.  I am also waiting on hearthstone to get out of closed beta.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Damian79 on September 09, 2013, 08:48:17 PM
Wait you cant create a custom deck?  Deal breaker for me.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 09, 2013, 08:50:15 PM
Wait you cant create a custom deck?  Deal breaker for me.

If you don't want to create custom decks, you don't ever have to- just play Arena. 
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Fragamemnon on September 10, 2013, 12:33:12 AM
Arena is the real draw to the game, at least right now. Can you imagine how much fun a constructed MTG format would be if you could just play cards from a single core set? Yeah that's Hearthstone constructed. Given that this is Blizzard I am also concerned they will have a hard time with card design at a decent rate of release. At least Crypto had guys I knew and trusted making cards at a good clip (the last set they released for their WOWTCG game was the best one they made, and they got monotonically better in design over time in the stewardship of that game, even recovering it from a Urza Saga level of design incompetence from Upper Deck).

More I play this, the more I realize that this isn't the game for me. Will still play the dailies and arena but am much more interested in HEX's PAD-style event model and PvE design, and much more robust ruleset. Half of the time Hearthstone seems to take the "super simple" route instead of the "kind of simple, but leaves things open to crazier things in the long term" route that may be healthier for the game.

Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 10, 2013, 12:54:35 AM
Yeah, I'm definitely more stoked for Hex, but this looks like a really fun diversion with some potential.  Plus, it's Blizzard, so it's gonna get supported.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 10, 2013, 02:35:06 AM
I havent played a tcg game since high school (15 years) and this is a great way to play some again.

Think this is aimed at folks like me mostly, anything more complex to start with would alienate millions and only draw in the hardcore like you guys.

Cant wait to get home and play some more :)

I love the fact there is no padding and no pve here, that would really make me less interested in the game.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: pilonv1 on September 10, 2013, 03:16:17 AM
I just realised I didn't heave hearthstone ticked in my beta preferences :fbm
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Damian79 on September 10, 2013, 03:18:28 AM
If you don't want to create custom decks, you don't ever have to- just play Arena.

No i want to create custom decks.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 10, 2013, 03:39:35 AM
Then yes, you can do that too.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 10, 2013, 07:56:46 AM
Hey TGC hardcore crowd: is there a point in me having a balanced deck with a fair amount 1/2 mana cards when you are guaranteed to have extra mana every round?

I'm thinking of cutting the numbber of 1/2 mana cards down to 4/6 max.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 10, 2013, 08:51:56 AM
Yeah, you definitely want more powerful cards to cast in the later game.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 10, 2013, 09:41:21 AM
So ideally you would balance your deck around 3/4/5 mana cards? Since games prob won't last more then 10/15 turns anyway.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 10, 2013, 11:11:48 AM
You want to be able to curve out and use all of your resources every turn.  You don't need as many big mana cost spells/critters as you do lower value stuff, but you need some, especially since that stuff is big and impactful and can win you games just by casting it.

For cheap stuff, look for things that aren't just vanilla creatures- you want a battlecry effect that's something useful (dudes who do direct damage are awesome) or taunters that can protect you.  Spells that produce 2 dudes, etc.  You're trying to gain more utility out of your one card than just having a dude.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 10, 2013, 05:19:02 PM
Played for another 3 hours, so addicting!

Unlocked all classes and tried out the hunter.

Strat with my mage at this point is to try to control the board then mid/late game put out mobs bring the pain.

It will take a while to get to know all these classes.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 11, 2013, 04:41:33 PM
Can you ever pick a char when you enter Arena or is this always random?
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Dickie Dee on September 11, 2013, 05:50:03 PM
Anyone know if they're doing an open beta.

I need to play this  :tocry
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 11, 2013, 06:02:08 PM
Can you ever pick a char when you enter Arena or is this always random?

Random pick amongst 3.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 12, 2013, 02:35:57 AM
Yeah I know there is random pick amongst 3, but I want my class!

W 2 L 1 so far in Arena
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 15, 2013, 11:05:16 AM
I really need to stop playing the Beta since nothing will carry over. Put in at least 20 hours already this week  :-\
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 15, 2013, 12:14:46 PM
This is just on PC at the moment right? Is it on iOS when its out of beta?
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 15, 2013, 12:33:16 PM
No confirmation that it will be on iOS at launch.  Also, "iOS" is misleading- it will be on tablets only, no phones. :wag
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Tucah on September 15, 2013, 12:51:35 PM
Ugh, wish I was in this beta already, dying to try it out. Hex alpha is starting soon so that will fill my card game needs (and GTAV will keep me plenty busy until then) but I still wish I could fuck around with Hearthstone for a while.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 15, 2013, 01:30:27 PM
The game is fun but really shallow... some of that is what makes it fun, but that doesn't bode well for it's long term success if it doesn't release more cards that do some more interesting things.

I'm definitely having fun with it but like Lager said, am not sure of the wisdom of sinking a shit ton of time into the game before the wide release since everything will be getting wiped.  Plus, I've got a crippling PAD addiction to deal with...
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 15, 2013, 03:40:11 PM
Maybe there could have been some more synergy and depth in the cards available now.

Doesnt seem like i will stay up nights making decks cause there isnt too much choice.

The pool is just way too small now.
Title: Re: Every day I check my email for a Hearthstone beta key...
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 15, 2013, 06:10:30 PM
I really like Arena, so that's not my concern- constructed is just meeeeeh in general imo.  I like having to make decisions in building a deck, so Arena suits me just fine.  I just don't really see the point in putting effort currently when I have other stuff (school/work/other games) competing for my time.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 26, 2013, 01:25:13 PM
Heads up!  Beta wipe incoming.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/11100276
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of who wants a beta key
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 14, 2013, 09:37:43 PM
So, I got a beta invite.  FINALLY.  AWK-WAAAAARD.

Anyway, who wants it?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of who wants a beta key
Post by: demi on October 14, 2013, 09:38:42 PM
Me please
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of who wants a beta key
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 14, 2013, 09:41:43 PM
Me please

check yer inbox
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on October 14, 2013, 11:35:02 PM
I'd like to give this game a try. Never played a card game b4.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Dickie Dee on October 17, 2013, 11:15:27 AM
This is my first TCG as well. Guess this is my realization that I'm a total Blizztard cause now I suddenly think they're totally awesome.

Installed way past my bedtime lastnight and still played for several hours and now I'm a groggy as fuck here at work.

I got a new laptop recently and it's touch enabled. Being in bed curled up around my laptop screen and flicking cards to and fro = :lawd
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 04, 2013, 08:05:33 AM
my beta key arrived 10 days ago and i didn't even notice :lol

is anyone still playing this?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: archnemesis on November 04, 2013, 08:14:27 AM
I'm playing it almost daily. I'm not planning on spending any money on it since I earn enough gold from quests to play a round of arena mode every 2-3 days.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 04, 2013, 08:17:17 AM
Not really playing it too often... other stuff going on in life these days, vidya time is being consumed by PAD.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 04, 2013, 01:49:57 PM
the tutorial was pretty funny and whimsical,in fact it was the best tutorial ever! but i understand that's all of gnome hunter and donkey kong reference i'm going to get? that makes me pretty sad :fbm

EDIT: this is pretty fun,i like how the game give you tons of free stuff from start that you can mix & match,it's like having 9 starter deck... one thing that kinda surprised me was that the game is actualy all voiced in italian and the trolls speak with a southern dialect... that's pretty weird!

so far i only played the mage and an arena round with the paladin,the paladin seems the perfect draft class... free unit + removal + draw
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 06, 2013, 03:56:41 PM
went 4/3 on my first arena run,coincidentaly my other 2 losses were against other paladin

went into arena again this time as a rogue,i got 2 of those troll who gets tons of attack when they get damaged thinking i could attack my own unit with the rogue knives but apparently it doesn't work,whoops! still it's a great limited card in any case... also drafted tons of removal and a bunch of pirate card since they synergize well with the assassin natural dagger ability and went 2/0 so far but both game were pretty close,match 2 was against a hunter and being at 5 health knowing your opponent can deal 2 damage on a whim made me super nervous

basicaly what i'm saying is that this game is so much fun that every other F2P tcg i played can all go eat the biggest kickstarted cock ever and at this point,yes... maybe even hex!

i shouldn't play this much because they are going to wipe all my progress though since it's still a beta and all no? :S

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: archnemesis on November 06, 2013, 04:04:05 PM
I spent 20 seconds researching the beta wipe situation and I don't think they'll do another wipe.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 06, 2013, 04:05:29 PM
Yeah, plan as of now is to let people keep what they've accumulated in the beta once the wide launch happens.  Which is dumb, but hey, Blizzard.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 08, 2013, 12:34:48 PM
played some more and i don't think this is balanced pretty well,the mage gets big-ass explosion and amazing board control,the priest has a lot of staying power with all the cure and health buff,the warlock gets free card,the hunter can end the game pretty quickly

then you have the rogue and his bunch of somewhat unspectacular un-expensive combo card or the shaman which i'm not even sure how you are supposed to play (what the heck i'm supposed to do with all these 0/2 with these lame-o effect?)

i like it a lot but it feels like there are really only 5 classes instead of 9... heck i don't think i've ever played against a warrior when i think about it

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: archnemesis on November 08, 2013, 12:49:00 PM
I have a warrior deck that's quite successful. The problem is that most key cards are quite rare and unlocking them without spending any money is going to take months. The game isn't perfectly balanced, but if you adapt your play style to each hero's strengths then you still have a fair chance to win.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 08, 2013, 02:36:42 PM
HEARTHSTONE COMING TO ANDROID

ohhh yeahhhhhhhhhhh
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Dickie Dee on November 08, 2013, 02:45:29 PM
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKKKKK
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 08, 2013, 02:51:43 PM
also iPhone - so basically this is an "Android + phone form factor" announcement
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 08, 2013, 03:09:48 PM
:rejoice fuck yes

Always happy to have more shit to do on my N7
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 08, 2013, 07:05:17 PM
wow the priest totaly rocks in the arena,i just won an arena game by topdecking shadow madness,bet the troop wasn't the only thing that was mad :jawalrus

(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130831225849/hearthstone/images/thumb/6/64/ShadowMadness.png/250px-ShadowMadness.png)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 08, 2013, 07:18:12 PM
I've been playing this for a few days. It's pretty fun but I can see it getting boring without frequent updates.

In constructed the current winning meta is to spam card draws, battlecry buffs, and low-ish cost minions and overwhelm your opponent's direct damage (spells and crap). Very few classes besides specifically constructed mage decks have a lot of AOE damage to deal with it.

Here's an example deck of what I'm talking about. (http://i.imgur.com/gF54Flp.png) Note that 9 of his cards are 'draw a card' minions, the rest is direct damage and top tier buff/damage minions. I probably don't have half the cards that make up this deck. If you run into a card draw minion spammer in constructed and you're not one yourself or you get unlucky with your direct damage cards, you're probably going to get overwhelmed and lose. I worked up to 3 star master rank and run into a lot of them.

So basically it's your usual blizz balance.

In arena it's more balanced (relatively) because you can't construct uber decks as easily.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 09, 2013, 05:45:02 AM
well a lot of classes have field nuke's

coincidentaly none of the class that i would consider weaker have one :lol

i guess there is abomination as a nuke that everybody can use?

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 09, 2013, 11:32:12 AM
Yeah it's still in beta, arena is surprisingly well balanced and fun so far. I think they're doing a good job so far and they sound enthusiastic from Blizzcon.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: chronovore on November 10, 2013, 07:49:35 PM
iPhone support means this will eventually destroy my already limited productivity.  :'(
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Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 10, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
you know i've seen too many people complaining that this is "too simple"

compared to the shit i've seen by searching for anything that played like a tcg, this is pure gold and the amount of free stuff given is really generous (starting with around 120 common,lot of them being actualy playable card instead of dumb vanilla nobody would play) heck even the power creep,a plague that often hits these game doesn't seems to be incredibly bad (i like how there are a lot of joke rare like that guy who turn a creature randomly into a 5/5 or a 1/1) these two thing alone should make the whole internet cheer especialy after kickstarting a game like solforge which might as well boil down to a "who spend more" check but nooooooooooooooooope :beli
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 10, 2013, 10:38:36 PM
So it's pretty cool so far.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on November 10, 2013, 11:02:45 PM
...Hearthstone is in no way as balanced a game as MTG, which is one of the most well designed and strenuously play-tested games in existence.  Constructed Hearthstone is laughable.  Arena is pretty fun, but that's because it LIMITS WHAT YOU CAN DO.  If you can just build with whatever you wanted, you'd have the same 3 decks or whatever the number is that's viable.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 11, 2013, 03:47:47 AM
Don't shoot the messenger, that's just what streamers like Trump and Drop on twitch.tv have said. :-[
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: archnemesis on November 11, 2013, 04:28:10 AM
Yes, Hearthstone is very streamlined compared to Magic. They got rid of lands, activated abilities, interrupts and other features that makes the game difficult to get into. It makes it a lot easier for new players to get familiarized and it's nice not having to listen to people complaining getting mana screwed/flooded.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 11, 2013, 12:59:53 PM
I'm sorry, never played MTG before. Removed the comment.

Anyway, game on.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 11, 2013, 01:13:36 PM
got a golden legendary so this is now officialy the best game forever :gladbron

spoiler (click to show/hide)
king mukla,also the pack still had an epic and a rare,i fucking wish i had this luck with that stupid REM!
[close]

EDIT: wow if i sell this card back to the game i get so much money i can buy a deck worth of common with it... i once played a card game that gave you 1 card every 3 day if you played a shitty memory mini game daily... why you couldn't be there back then hearthstone? why? :'(

Yes, Hearthstone is very streamlined compared to Magic. They got rid of lands, activated abilities, interrupts and other features that makes the game difficult to get into. It makes it a lot easier for new players to get familiarized and it's nice not having to listen to people complaining getting mana screwed/flooded.

i don't see what's wrong with that,i like to play yu-gi-oh (well liked,the current game has gotten very stupid) and there too it's full of people "hur dur MTG!" it's not like every game has to be like MTG and it's not like MTG never fucks up (see skullclamp for an example back when i was playing MTG and jace the mind sculptor for an example of when i wasn't)

beside being simpler has it's advantage too like every game taking less than 15 minute to play
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: archnemesis on November 11, 2013, 01:42:46 PM
Absolutely. Being different is good. I don't need another game that plays the exact same way.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 11, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
...Hearthstone is in no way as balanced a game as MTG, which is one of the most well designed and strenuously play-tested games in existence.  Constructed Hearthstone is laughable.  Arena is pretty fun, but that's because it LIMITS WHAT YOU CAN DO.  If you can just build with whatever you wanted, you'd have the same 3 decks or whatever the number is that's viable.

Yeah, sadly constructed Hearthstone is super pay-to-win. But arena's always fun.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: mjemirzian on November 12, 2013, 02:51:04 AM
Went 9-2 in arena as a warrior, pretty good rewards.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 20, 2013, 11:59:54 PM
Got all up in that beta today.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: magus on November 30, 2013, 12:19:40 PM
i'm kinda getting bored of this but i still play a match or two to collect the rewards (it's a nice thing that it let you stack 3 days worth of quest because this way you can just do your chore's once in a while) the complete lack of any sort of update's and the game being heavy slanted toward aggro (yes,even the arena... i had a guy kill me on turn 5 simply by playing a stealth creature and then casting three attacks buff on it) really kills it...
 
i wish they would work it on somewhat but it's like blizzard shat the game on the internet and now it's not their problem anymore
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Stoney Mason on January 22, 2014, 03:22:01 AM
Magus mentioned it in another thread but this game is in open beta.

So I was pretty tired. Go in bed with my laptop. Figured I'd play a game or two to see what all the hoopla was about and call it a night.

Three hours later I had played through all the tutorial missions and played a few games in the practice arena and a few games with the play option against other people.

It's immediately obvious why its so popular and why some people are so addicted to it. And this comes from somebody who's not really into collectible card games. It seems like the McDonald's version of the concept and I don't mean that as an insult. It's very easy and understandable to get into. The matchmaking is extremely well done. And it just feels polished. It's fun and addictive to play. It's going to be really popular on tablets.

Which is to say nothing about whether it has long term appeal or if its a balanced game. Or whatever. I don't play the genre enough to really speak intelligently towards that stuff. I do know some of the more hardcore games in many genres could learn a thing or two about both making something accessible and polished from this product though. I certainly admire it on that level for sure.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on January 22, 2014, 04:45:09 AM
Its simple and great.

Sure for the most hardcore of hardcore nerds its not complex enough, but thats exactly its appeal. Anyone can get OK at it within hours. Small card pool is a boon for the game.

If Blizzard manages it well this could be HUGE.

There will always be balancing issues, but unlike paper card games this can be rebalanced all the time, and we know Blizzard is willing to do that.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 24, 2014, 12:06:44 AM
So I don't think I will ever try ranked again until I get a lot of good cards.

I've been playing a little bit each night since the game went into open beta and enjoying myself playing the casual mode.

I finally unlocked all the basic cards for each class last night and thought to myself, hey let's try ranked play. That should be fun!

Nope.

I was playing people who had multiple legendaries and epics. I have almost basic decks. I guess I thought it would still match me up against people who had similar cards to me but that isn't the case. So I'll stick to casual and eventually try the Arena.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: ToxicAdam on February 24, 2014, 04:19:06 AM
I've been playing off and on for a few weeks. It just doesn't have that '..just one more game." pull on me like some games do. Maybe that's inherent to the genre.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 24, 2014, 04:32:35 AM
For me it does.

It operates on a couple of levels. There is a desire for me to play and understand what to do in a game and what to do in certain situations. There is another level of how to properly construct a deck. And there is another facet of just grinding to get gold or dust to get better cards. And the more I play the more I can see myself improving in my decision making on how to play and how to build the decks. And this feedback loops continues as I grind and get better cards and funnels right back into itself.

It helps of course that I never really played these kind of games before so stuff that is old hat to card game veterans is fresh and new to me.

This is far more addictive to me than something like Puzzles and Dragons or certain loot games because of the competitive nature of it. I'm not just collecting things to increase my e-peen size. I'm collecting things to increase my e-peen size and then beat other people with it.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 24, 2014, 06:08:55 AM
In playinh this a shit ton now too.

My fiancee was gone this weekend and I wanted to play some metro on my new telly but instead I played hearthstone all the time.

Add me guys Monsoon #2669
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Stoney Mason on February 24, 2014, 06:36:13 PM
See this is what I mean by the game being addictive. I went back into ranked play and now just by reading up and actually constructing my deck properly and playing properly I'm beating people who have occasional legendaries and epics in their deck. I have none of either. I have one blue that almost never gets played unless I'm behind.

There is something intensely satisfying in beating people who you know technically have put more time in the game or gotten luckier with their card drops than you have. And it makes me want to play to get those epics and legenadaries to see how I do once I put them in my deck.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: tehjaybo on March 07, 2014, 11:54:59 AM
I'm a little LTTP but I just downloaded this last night and gave it a whirl.  Had to play against Uther a few times, but finally beat him.  Played my first online match and just rolled the guy playing with a "custom" Mage deck.  Really enjoying it so far, it really does feel like a WAY easier to start MTG, and I love that.  It's definitely scratching my MTG itch I've been having lately.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Himu on March 08, 2014, 01:29:31 AM
Wow this game. :bow
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: tehjaybo on March 08, 2014, 03:39:24 AM
Needs a catch-all gamertag post like we made in the BF4 thread so I can find you duders and lay the noobish smack down with my super sweet might-as-well-be-a-precon-deck.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 09:49:17 AM
Needs a catch-all gamertag post like we made in the BF4 thread so I can find you duders and lay the noobish smack down with my super sweet might-as-well-be-a-precon-deck.

If people will post their blizzard ids in here I'll (sporadically) update the main post.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: tehjaybo on March 08, 2014, 10:51:41 AM
Fuck I don't even remember how to find that.  Is it just user name?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 11:20:52 AM
Maybe? Click on "account management" on the battlenet client and it'll open up your account page, which will have your battletag. It's [somename]#[four numbers]
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Huff on March 08, 2014, 11:41:45 AM
is this on ios yet?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 12:26:34 PM
is this on ios yet?

No
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: tehjaybo on March 08, 2014, 12:47:15 PM
tehjaybo#1195

is this on ios yet?

I was just thinking about how much I'd really like that.  I've been using this new iPad I got a while back a lot recently, and would love to have this game on the go.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 12:53:57 PM
It's coming on iOS/android either later this year or early next. I look forward to playing it on Precious, my 2013 N7.  :hyper
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 08, 2014, 12:54:44 PM
Add me COG, id love to play with you.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Himu on March 08, 2014, 12:58:33 PM
I almost never like card games. But this game is.brimming with personality and awesome.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: magus on March 08, 2014, 01:55:10 PM
i remember when i was like you guys...

let's talk again in 3 weeks :hitler

is this on ios yet?

No

creepy i wanted to ask you for a while.. did you end up in the hex alpha? what are your impression? are you even using your account?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 02:07:12 PM
Yes, unnecessarily complex with a high learning curve even for people with TCG experience, and no. In that order.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Yulwei on March 08, 2014, 02:18:59 PM
Has blizzard added new cards? Last time I played was in early Jan
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 08, 2014, 04:30:03 PM
Nope
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 08, 2014, 04:30:37 PM
Add me to the Op cog
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on March 08, 2014, 04:34:35 PM
Battlenet tag?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 08, 2014, 04:35:40 PM
Monsoon #2669
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on March 13, 2014, 01:18:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKvJlfmv4n8
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on March 13, 2014, 09:12:02 PM
Yes, unnecessarily complex with a high learning curve even for people with TCG experience, and no. In that order.

I love Cryptozoic but yeah, they need to fire two card designers and hire one UI designer
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 16, 2014, 08:35:59 AM
Worst Arena run ever 1-3 with a priest.

Didnt help I alt tabbed when lookinh for an opponent and when I alt tabbed back I was in round 3.

Never pickinh priest again.

This game is so addicting dammit. Wish I would earn carda faster, kind of sucks doing ranked (r16 now) and running into dudes with rag an ysera in one deck :/
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 02, 2014, 06:28:53 PM
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/hearthstone-heroes-warcraft/id625257520?mt=8

Out in Australia. Not out in America yet.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 02, 2014, 07:19:55 PM
If you want to play now here is a post on how to do it.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=106720481&postcount=52
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 02, 2014, 07:39:21 PM
Just tested it out on my ipad 3. Plays well enough. A bit of slowdown but not much.

edit:video from toucharcade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyVN39P9aeI
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on April 11, 2014, 12:55:44 PM
Quote
Blizzard has announced the upcoming single-player adventure mode for collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.

Curse of Naxxramas is set in the necropolis of Naxxramas, which will be familiar to World of Warcraft players. Here Kel'Thuzad is the ultimate bad guy in a player versus environment adventure through five unique wings of the dungeon.

The expansion adds 30 new cards to the game, which you get for defeating the adventure's bosses, which include Maexxna, Loatheb and Patchwerk. Each boss has unique cards and hero powers. For example, the Plague Quarter boss, Heigan the Unclean, has an Eruption spell, which does two points of damage to your left most minion, and Mindpocalypse, which causes both players to draw two cards and gain a mana crystal. The completion of each wing rewards you with a guaranteed new Legendary class card.

Meanwhile, Curse of Naxxramas has its own unique game board, and there are nine unique class challenges, which, according to Blizzard, put a "difficult twist" on existing encounters within the adventure. Best these challenges and you get new class-specific cards.

Blizzard will make Curse of Naxxramas available over a five week period, opening its doors wing by wing. The first wing, The Arachnid Quarter, is free for all players. The other wings must be bought with in-game gold or real money. As each wing is released, the cards available from each show up in your Arena picks, even if you haven't earned them for your personal collection, Blizzard said.

Curse of Naxxramas doesn't have a release date yet, but it will be launched simultaneously for PC, Mac and iPad.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: magus on April 11, 2014, 01:17:45 PM
is there anybody here on thebore that is still playing and therefore cares about this? back when i got into the closed beta i was really happy to finaly have found a TCG that had production values and was playable even without spending but it got boring really really fast
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Huff on April 11, 2014, 05:58:09 PM
still waiting for the ipad version to hit the us. dont have the desire to make a new apple account to just to try it
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 11, 2014, 07:35:24 PM
I play every day :)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 16, 2014, 09:04:17 PM
I'd play if I could remember my Blizzard password, so I'm intentionally not looking for my Blizzard password.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 17, 2014, 02:29:06 AM
Come on chrono join the fun
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 17, 2014, 07:24:27 PM
Played on an ipad today, goddamn game is gorgeous! All that detail on the cards
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: AdmiralViscen on April 18, 2014, 04:51:16 PM
Got on iPad
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 19, 2014, 12:49:45 PM
Got on iPad today.

Goodbye, productivity... We were friends, once.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Huff on April 19, 2014, 04:51:44 PM
whats everyones battletags?

BroHuffman#1633
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 19, 2014, 07:21:27 PM
Add me guys
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 20, 2014, 09:43:09 PM
Add your battletag, goofball.

Mine's chronovore#1271
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on April 20, 2014, 11:48:23 PM
The op has everyone (all 5 of us, including you now :P ) that has bothered to post their battletags in here.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 21, 2014, 01:24:25 AM
The op has everyone (all 5 of us, including you now :P ) that has bothered to post their battletags in here.

Ah, oops. Man, I'm braindead this week. I am hoping it's a lack of sleep.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: tehjaybo on April 21, 2014, 12:17:10 PM
sah good on ipad.

But I'm having some serious issues on Arena.  I mean, I'm not a bad player in my opinion, it just seems like I get destroyed super fast.  I pick a decent curve, have utility cards, but I get rocked.  I think the highest I've gotten has been 3 wins, and even those were shutout matches where the other person just didn't really play anything.  Am I bad at this, or is it really that much luck?

Also, I got a Ragnaros in a pack, and put it in pretty much every deck now.  It makes me happy.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 21, 2014, 06:00:18 PM
You got rag? Nice.

Ive been playing for 6 months and only got ysera.

Are you using any online guide for arena? Which class do you pick?

In other news this was a glorious win for me, dude died of card burn

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 21, 2014, 07:48:18 PM
Large pic is large.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on April 23, 2014, 01:49:36 AM
After messing around with the beta a while ago, I decided to try the game again, but this time against human players. Oh my god yes yeeeeesssssssssssss. Opening virtual packs, daily quests, leveling up the different characters, fuuuuckkkkk yessss
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 23, 2014, 02:39:12 AM
Yeah, sadly, I can feel a similar pull to MtG, but more compelling because the games are relatively quick.

Mgoose was complaining about it being babby's first CCG, but I believe it's just not needlessly complicated.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on April 25, 2014, 08:13:23 AM
(http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-Ws549SD/0/1050x10000/i-Ws549SD-1050x10000.jpg)

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-Ws549SD/0/1050x10000/i-Ws549SD-1050x10000.jpg
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 05, 2014, 09:06:21 AM
http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-KjPfTcZ/0/1050x10000/i-KjPfTcZ-1050x10000.jpg

(http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-KjPfTcZ/0/1050x10000/i-KjPfTcZ-1050x10000.jpg)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 05, 2014, 09:08:25 AM
So apparently there's some special card you can unlock by doing a fireside gathering?
http://www.hearthhead.com/achievement=113/fireside-friends
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 09:17:38 AM
It's just a different back iirc like the pandaria one

I just got a golden legendery yersterday (bloodmage thalnos) :mouf

Gonna disenchant that baby and make something useful
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: magus on May 05, 2014, 10:02:35 AM
beast mode = 90% of the opponent you are going to encounter
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 10:29:19 AM
High level ranks don't have many hunters I heard.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 05, 2014, 10:35:55 AM
I haven't seen a single beast deck in ranked mode. They're very common if you play casual games.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 10:39:40 AM
Whaaaat? Do you play EU?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 05, 2014, 10:43:37 AM
Yep, I'm currently rank 18 or 19. Judging from the GAF thread you have played the game considerably more than I.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 11:08:36 AM
I'm super poo this season, last season I was like 8 at one point, this season I was 13 already but fallen back to 16 15 now.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 05, 2014, 11:11:15 AM
This is my first season. My current deck is missing ~10 cards so I'm guessing around level 16 will be my limit for now.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 11:13:38 AM
What are you playing?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 05, 2014, 11:24:42 AM
A mage deck with secrets and spell damage amplifiers. I could use the legend you listed above plus ten other more effective cards. The placeholders that I'm using now aren't worthless but the mana curve is too steep and the minions aren't aggressive enough.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 11:27:17 AM
Your own making huh. Post the deck man. And add me :)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 05, 2014, 11:29:13 AM
I'm running the vanilla decks and finally won my first game today.

Finally. I need to unlock more basic cards in the decks, so I can play more competitive multi, so I can win enough coins... WAITAMINNIT, that's a dastardly cycle!
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 05, 2014, 11:39:44 AM
Your own making huh. Post the deck man. And add me :)
I sent you a request (I think). I'm archnemesis#1244.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 05, 2014, 11:51:54 AM
Chrono: start of the season is brutal as lots of high ranked players haven't played yet, in a week or so things will settle down
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 05:35:44 AM
Patch is out and Unleash the Hounds got a slight nerf to 3 mana.

Best thing about this, next to hunters being nerfed a bit, is that you can now DE your UTH for FULL VALUE.

DE'd my two golden UTH for 800 dust  :drool

1300 dust now so getting close to making a new legendary.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 09, 2014, 06:02:44 AM
I don't even understand what that means. You can reduce your cards to a lower currency?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 06:23:20 AM
You can disenchant any card you got through packs (not that you unlocked) into dust, this is a separate crafting currency.

Every card type has a set dust value (legendary card= 1600 dust, golden legendary = 3200).

With dust you can also craft any card you want at any time for its set value.

When you disenchant cards you only get half dust value.

But when a card gets changed you have an opportunity to disenchant for FULL value.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 06:25:41 AM
So what I did is disenchant two golden Unleash the Hound cards for full value of 400 dust each, now that it has been changed in this patch.

Golden cards are just nice fluff (they have a golden edge and are animated, but nothing game changing) and I already have the normal UTH cards so no loss for me there for my decks.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 09, 2014, 06:48:10 AM
I was planning to disenchant all my golden cards. The golden border is kinda ugly and the animations are distracting. I only have a single legend so far and I could sure use the extra arcane dust.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 08:01:32 AM
Go for it.

I DE a golden leg I got and crafted one I could use better, also DE'd a golden Sea Giant that I never used.

I think for most players the golden cards add nothing extra but there is always people that will want them :)

They look kind of cool imho with the animations.
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Post by: G The Resurrected on May 09, 2014, 09:46:50 AM
I bought an iPad cause of this game  :-\ wish I would have gotten a retina mini now. Bzchan#1290 I've been playing every damn day, this is addiction.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 09, 2014, 09:55:25 AM
I can't imagine playing this on anything smaller than the standard ~10" iPad. By now I recognize most cards from the art, but zooming in and reading the rule text would have been annoying on a smaller screen.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 10:29:41 AM
I want an ipad cause of this game too, but im hopeful it will be playable on the phone.
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Post by: G The Resurrected on May 09, 2014, 11:25:58 AM
Holy I'm 3\1 in my second arena attempt with the paladin. This deck I got is all melee and taunts with a few health cards too.

This is an awesome game for tablets. I was playing on PC but I wanted it around while I travel. The phone version I saw didn't look too bad, it is different in its presentation if I'm not mistaken.

Got my first epic too in a pack.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 09, 2014, 11:26:55 AM
As someone who has never played a single warcraft game, or card game for that matter, is this a fun game to get into?  I've been thinking about buying the iPad version...
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Post by: tehjaybo on May 09, 2014, 11:35:49 AM
Fucking shit.  I was just playing Arena, running with an aggro Mage deck, and somehow a hunter took three turns in a row????   What the hell.  It was blatantly my turn, but it wouldn't let me cast.  I am rather perturbed.

And no, you don't need to play any previous warcraft game to enjoy this.  It really is babby's first card game, but so much fun.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on May 09, 2014, 12:14:10 PM
As someone who has never played a single warcraft game, or card game for that matter, is this a fun game to get into?  I've been thinking about buying the iPad version...
The game is free. Download it and give it a try.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on May 09, 2014, 01:42:04 PM
Oh, it is?  Well shit
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Stoney Mason on May 09, 2014, 01:44:49 PM
I had never played a card game either and I think its fun. From what I gather its essentially the fast food version of a card game. Very accessible.

The only real negative is that without spending money, its a long grind to get the cards you want, to play how you want to play. But that's the cost of it being free.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 09, 2014, 05:34:18 PM
It takes a while to get what you want.

The thing is that playing arena is fun as hell so it doesnt feel like a grind. Its not mindlessly clicking attack like in Diablo.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: magus on May 09, 2014, 05:54:02 PM
i still think it's a pretty boring card game, having half of your card pool being playable by every color translate into seeing a lot of the same cards, there is lot of junk commons, and thanks to how the game works deck that focuses on beating down the opponent quickly are all the rage which is why this is the second time they've been changing unleash the hound in a desperate attempt to have games that last longer than 5 turns... seeing blizzard doing this nerfing dance every month or so instead of introducing new content and cards is also pretty annoying

the nice things about it are...

1) it's got amazing presentation with every card you play having a come into play quote, an attack quote, a dying quote and such...
2) with the rate you gain in game currency for free you can buy a card pack every 2 days which is a nice rate especialy considering you can only put 2 copies of a card in your deck at best so it feels like you can play the game even if you don't want to spend or spend as little as possible... not to mention they give you a huge pool of good starting cards to try different type of decks where another TCG would simply tell you to fuck off
3) thanks to the wonder of being a computer game instead of a TCG it features the sort of effect that would be hard to do with real cards... like there is a card that let you create copies of card your opponent plays, or a card that let you kill an opponent card and then summon a completly random unit

i wish they would finaly decide to launch hex to see if this whole F2P TCG can be done properly but they are still fucking around and not launching even after like a bajillion month from the projected date  :snoop



 
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Post by: G The Resurrected on May 09, 2014, 06:19:05 PM
Lost my arena play today due to the iOS update. Just as I was finishing my 4th win the game lost connection and forced the update. I'm so po'ed right now, I didn't get shit when I went back into arena. My wins are counted though...  :maf
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 13, 2014, 06:43:19 PM
Crafted Ragnaros today.

Brings my Leg count to 7.

Too bad one of them is Hogger :( I have no idea when Hogger would fit in a deck.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2014, 02:18:54 AM
Installing now - battletag is: Sceneman
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 14, 2014, 03:39:19 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/7WFfpeg.png)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2014, 04:31:26 AM
game seems pretty fun, just went through the tutorial. Characterisations were nauseating/horrendous

Its like Magic but not as complex or something.
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Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2014, 04:33:35 AM
.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 14, 2014, 05:51:06 AM
Installing now - battletag is: Sceneman

Pretty sure you need a four-digit number in there as well, no?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2014, 05:11:31 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/7WFfpeg.png)

I dont get it? This clearly isn't a card in the game. Is it supposed to be a joke or something?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: The Sceneman on May 14, 2014, 05:11:56 PM
Installing now - battletag is: Sceneman

Pretty sure you need a four-digit number in there as well, no?

Sceneman was accepted fine :yeshrug
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Post by: Huff on May 14, 2014, 05:39:23 PM
no, we need that number for us to add you
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Post by: The Sceneman on May 15, 2014, 01:25:26 AM
oh :tocry
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Post by: chronovore on May 15, 2014, 04:59:00 AM
oh :derp

FTFY
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Post by: The Sceneman on May 15, 2014, 06:49:24 AM
 :whoo
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 15, 2014, 03:54:08 PM
god i hate this game so much and i can't stop
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on May 15, 2014, 06:17:07 PM
What's to hate?

Some dude had me totally on the ropes, and kept flushing my creatures, even using Assasinate on those common Ape critters. So I was at 4HP when he was still at 24, but I managed to boost the shit out of one AND get two of those cost-7 Pit Fiends on the floor. Boooooom.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 15, 2014, 06:23:08 PM
I haven't seen assassinate in ages, every rogue is a miracle rogue now. Or tempo.

I played rag on turn 3 yesterday.

(http://i.imgur.com/rTHHr3E.jpg)
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Post by: chronovore on May 15, 2014, 06:27:59 PM
I haven't seen assassinate in ages, every rogue is a miracle rogue now. Or tempo.

Dude had THREE of them in his deck. I'm not very experienced, but I thought 5-points was a bit much to one-shot a Minion. If he'd saved them for Pit Fiends rather than using them on monkeys, he'd have won.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 15, 2014, 06:29:30 PM
Aha this was Arena!

You are right that card should be kept for big baddies.

Its a good card in arena.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 15, 2014, 08:12:22 PM
What's to hate?

Just feels like sometimes there's nothing I can do to win. Also, I seem to win 3-4 games every single time in Arena. Keep hoping I'll have one run where I do especially well, but no. :(
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 16, 2014, 02:18:12 AM
Which classes are you picking? What are you drafting?
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Post by: archnemesis on May 16, 2014, 03:11:19 AM
I did 7-3 with my last Arena deck. It was a pretty bad combination of Rogue cards, commons with either the windfury or taunt skills, and a single Gadgetzan Auctioneer.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on May 16, 2014, 03:57:57 AM
Which classes are you picking? What are you drafting?

pretty much just going by this guide and its accompanying card value tables

http://www.icy-veins.com/hearthstone-arena-guide

i dunno, maybe my mana curve is always shitty
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 16, 2014, 07:48:37 AM
That ranking is a nice crutch when stuck but it really depends more on how you know the game before you do arena. Have you been playing ranked and play mode for a while before starting Arena runs?

Mana curve is important but only to a degree, id always pick more 3/4 cards then 5/6+, unless there is some horrible choice.

This month I only did 5 runs so far and my average is 6.2 wins.   I didn't even use those websites cause once you've played enough you know which picks will make sense.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 16, 2014, 08:00:55 AM
Anyhoo that site seems a bit weird with how they talk about heroes, they put priest over druid when thats clearly not the case for arena goes.

Think win % go like rogue, mage, paladin, druid.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 16, 2014, 01:01:52 PM
I've played a bit of the game. Not nearly as much as someone who has played for 6 months. The picks usually make sense at the time for me and then I just blow it somehow in the game  :'(

And that site does not put Priest over Druid.


    Tier 1 (Excellent): Mage
    Tier 2 (Great): Paladin, Druid, Rogue
    Tier 3 (Good): Warlock, Priest
    Tier 4 (Average): Shaman, Hunter, Warrior
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 26, 2014, 03:08:30 PM
Made it to rank 7 without really trying with my Zoolock.

Every pack that I buy is full of dupes now :( 30/40 dust :(

Meta game is pretty boring the higher you get but in casual you come across cool decks.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 26, 2014, 08:30:45 PM
why buy packs instead of playing arena?
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Post by: archnemesis on May 27, 2014, 12:40:48 AM
It's the faster way to get cards for constructed play. I've only been playing Arena mode and after all this time I only have two legendary cards.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 27, 2014, 01:17:24 AM
Geez, I think I have two and I suck and haven't played all that much compared to you guys.
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Post by: archnemesis on May 27, 2014, 01:25:09 AM
I play often but only for short sessions. Most days I'm happy if I can find time to do the daily quest.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 27, 2014, 03:29:57 AM
Arena takes forever and you are kind of commited to doing it in one sitting, at least thats how I feel. Also my arena average is around 6 now. So lets say I get 100 gold and a pack. That means that im up 50 gold right over normal play right? Not really! Cause if i win 6 games in play mode I get an extra 20 gold. So im only 30 gold behind while not having to do one concetrated sitting. Games in playmode are usually faster too.

You get a legend one every 20 packs or something.

I have 6 now
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Post by: Brehvolution on May 29, 2014, 01:27:55 PM
This game is addicting.  :-\
It is keeping me up too late at night.  >:(
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 29, 2014, 05:23:39 PM
Add me bro

Ill be gentle
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Post by: ToxicAdam on July 07, 2014, 03:44:17 PM
This game finally got it's hooks inton me over the past week. Playing on the Ipad for some reason feels better than the PC (the first time I tried it).

I'm really having trouble breaking away from using Mage all the time. I can win 75% of the time with her, but when I try Shaman or Druid, I'm lucky to win 20% of the time. The mage is just more fun to play, almost pure offense.


Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Squiddy on July 07, 2014, 05:40:29 PM
Just get Naxxramas out ffs Blizzard.
Why the fuck are you announcing shit half a year before release, letting people go gold hoarding mode, then delay price anouncement because you realize that half the player base has been hoarding gold for months  :-\
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 09, 2014, 02:40:52 AM
Naxx wings will be only 700 gold.

Guess Ill play the game again a bit :)
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Post by: Squiddy on July 09, 2014, 04:51:17 AM
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/cardgenhs/p/Pp5BMIdC.png)

I'm planning on buying two wings (getting the 1st free) with gold, and just spend money on the rest.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on July 09, 2014, 10:58:35 AM
I'm stuck at level 19 in ranked matches. Can't seem to get over the hump.
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Post by: archnemesis on July 09, 2014, 11:03:52 AM
I got up to about rank 15 before I hit a wall. It might be possible for me to reach a little bit higher once I add legendary cards.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 09, 2014, 12:20:26 PM
I was at 9 once I think

That was over quick
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 09, 2014, 02:05:14 PM
I haven't got a chance to really grind out a lot of ranked matches. I got to 19 with mage, but got beat back down a bit. Usually the daily rewards are pulling me into using characters I haven't played yet. So, I spend most my play time there.

Like last night, I only needed to get 2 Druid wins and it took me 7 matches to do it. lol



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on July 09, 2014, 03:47:38 PM
Druid has my most ranked wins at 20 followed by Warrior and Warlock each at 18. Priest with 1.
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Post by: Squiddy on July 09, 2014, 04:10:43 PM
Highest I've ever gotten to is 13 with a Shockadin, but that's pretty much my wall.
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Post by: etiolate on July 11, 2014, 04:11:34 PM
Finally played this last night. It has a lot of production value for a card game. I enjoyed it, but like most mobile games it didn't hold my interest for long.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 11, 2014, 05:32:18 PM
Uhm what that doesnt make any sense

Thats like creating a char in an mmo and saying you are done

Its also not a mobile game but a game thats also on mobile

Is Xcom a mobile game cause its on ipad?

Ffs man
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Post by: etiolate on July 11, 2014, 06:10:11 PM
I am saying it's a game I'd play in short bursts.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 18, 2014, 02:00:22 AM
Naxx is dropping on the 22nd
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Post by: Squiddy on July 18, 2014, 11:27:57 AM
23rd in European countries
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Post by: Squiddy on July 22, 2014, 03:37:06 PM
Bwahaha, blizzard spends 6 months prepping for Naxxramas, first wing beaten in just a couple of minutes by some players  :lol

Still, it is good, shame the servers are down.
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Post by: Brehvolution on July 22, 2014, 03:56:22 PM
Gonna play all night :hyper

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Just like last night  :-\
[close]
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Post by: Brehvolution on July 22, 2014, 08:17:58 PM
That 2 mana 1 missile per card you are holding special is bullshit.  :maf
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Squiddy on July 23, 2014, 11:04:21 AM
It's very easy to beat with a zoolock deck, just spam out your cheap creatures out on the field and stay at 0 cards in hand.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 23, 2014, 12:10:52 PM
Yeah or shockadin.

Heroic aint so easy though, spidey got like 60 health spawns 4/4 as a hero power instead of 3/1
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Post by: Brehvolution on July 23, 2014, 01:07:55 PM
This mofo is what helped me out on solo and class challenges. He would always get put back in my hand by the spider boss and bring out 3 of his little dudes. But I'd bring this guy back out and they were all gone at the end of my turn.
(http://i.imgur.com/btOJiP3.png)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 23, 2014, 01:18:38 PM
Noob question here, but I've been earning about 80 gold a day. Should all that just go into buying more packs for the first few months of playing? Or should I be doing some arena play once in awhile?

It seems to me it would be more efficient to do the arena once you have a wide selection of expert cards at your disposal.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: magus on July 23, 2014, 01:24:14 PM
Noob question here, but I've been earning about 80 gold a day. Should all that just go into buying more packs for the first few months of playing? Or should I be doing some arena play once in awhile?

It seems to me it would be more efficient to do the arena once you have a wide selection of expert cards at your disposal.

arena is basicaly a draft mode, you pick a class out of 3 random one and then build a deck by selecting random cards out of batchs of 3, so your card selection really doesn't matter, and no matter how much you win or lose you always get a pack out of it, but of course if you win a lot, you also get more reward and assuming you win a shitload it's totaly possible to break even, so the question is "do you think the extra 50 coins are worth the risk of getting more stuff/not playing constructed?"
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 23, 2014, 01:34:47 PM
Okay thanks. So for arena, the knowledge of how to use the cards is more important than actually owning them.



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 23, 2014, 04:23:38 PM
Yeah, what you own has no influence there.

Buy packs if you dont play that much, arena is good for earning cards but only with a big time investment and a 6+ win average (better yet 8)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 24, 2014, 08:26:17 AM
I ran into someone with that new Legendary last night. Late in the match (I was ahead and in control) and they threw it out there and put a taunt on it. I basically had to run all my minions into it or wait until I got the frog card (playing as low-level Shaman).

Pretty dastardly card.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 24, 2014, 08:32:41 AM
Which one was it?

Legs can be like that, you feel like you are winning but then BAM. Its important to know what your opponent is trying to do and his moves could be so that you know what to save your cards for (like the frog). Basicly know your opponents deck.
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Post by: archnemesis on July 24, 2014, 08:33:45 AM
There are a few cards that will deal with almost any threat. If you're playing Shaman then you could add two Hex to your deck and save them for difficult late-game minions.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 24, 2014, 08:34:47 AM
Hey thats what I said  :jawalrus
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 24, 2014, 08:43:49 AM
I had Hex (frog), but just couldn't get the pull.

It was that new Legendary (the spider). It's a long name I don't remember. So, every time I ran a minion into it, it would kill that minion.



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 24, 2014, 08:46:56 AM
You should put earthshock in your deck maybe, silence and 1 dmg.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 24, 2014, 08:51:12 AM
Yea, I need to start mixing in some more silence cards, they can really flip a match if used in the right spot. I usually like to go aggro though, so I load my decks with a lot of divine shields, windfury and +/+ modifiers.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 24, 2014, 09:17:42 AM
1/2 should be enough if you play aggro and need to silence someone.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on July 24, 2014, 09:38:13 AM
I had Hex (frog), but just couldn't get the pull.

It was that new Legendary (the spider). It's a long name I don't remember. So, every time I ran a minion into it, it would kill that minion.

This one:
(http://i.imgur.com/s9K7pky.jpg?1)

You get this card for your decks when you beat her in the solo mission.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 25, 2014, 11:07:25 AM
Last night I ran into a taunted Maexxna again, I had a Kodo (battlecry: eliminate minion with 2 or less attack) in my hand. Felt good.

Paladin has (surprisingly) been my most effective class to date. I was able to push to rank 15 last night.

Feeling cocky, I joined arena and lost 3 in a row.  :-\





Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 01, 2014, 12:43:16 AM
Aggro paladin is so much fun to play.

 :lawd
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2014, 02:28:57 AM
It is.

Ramp Druid is fun too.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 01, 2014, 03:16:50 AM
Did you beat all the heroic bosses yet, Lager?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2014, 05:44:22 AM
Nope, hadn't had the time yet really with the wedding and all.

Haven't had a day alone with my wife since last wednesday even  :-\

You?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 01, 2014, 05:50:48 AM
I completed the regular challenges and one of the heroic bosses (on my first attempt!). Most of the bosses should be possible to beat with the right deck. At the moment I'm missing two Pyroblasts for my burn deck and two Lightspawn/Lightwell for my healing deck.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2014, 06:07:39 AM
Two pyro's? Not a bit much?

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 01, 2014, 07:29:30 AM
Many of the heroic bosses have skills that take advantage of your minions e.g. raising a 5/5 minion whenever one of your minions is killed. If you build a deck with no minions it should be fairly easy to win. However, dealing enough damage with only spells might require two copies of Pyroblast.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2014, 07:36:18 AM
Oh ok so its a specific Boss Deck, looking forward to trying these encounters and doing some tweaking :)

Would be nice if we can have 2/3 expansions like this a year, but I fear Blizz is Blizz.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Squiddy on August 01, 2014, 01:56:23 PM
Beaten all the heroics, without any legendaries.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2014, 06:01:45 PM
What kind of decks? Did you netdeck?

I beat one so far
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 02, 2014, 04:00:55 AM
Beat meaxna now too.

One the first wing i still have the spidey left that makes 4/4 spiders.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 04, 2014, 10:24:57 AM
I pulled a golden Bloodmage Thalnos last night (+1 Spell and Draw card deathrattle).

I would love to have that dust (+1600), but that card seems like it will be pretty handy in a lot of decks.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 04, 2014, 10:29:28 AM
I got a golden Hogger this week and I was planning on turning it into a Thalnos. It's not terribly exciting, but maybe the most versatile legend.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 04, 2014, 11:04:47 AM
yea, I'm in a wierd spot now. I want to use the dust to make neutrals that I want/need (Faceless, Knife Juggler, Pyromancer, Auctioneer etc).

I think my best bet is to spend some $$ on this game and then buy a bunch of packs and see where I am at after that.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 04, 2014, 05:34:24 PM
The Naxx mage challange was probably the most interesting fight I've had yet
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Freyj on August 04, 2014, 06:57:53 PM
yea, I'm in a wierd spot now. I want to use the dust to make neutrals that I want/need (Faceless, Knife Juggler, Pyromancer, Auctioneer etc).

I think my best bet is to spend some $$ on this game and then buy a bunch of packs and see where I am at after that.

I spent $10 on 7 Packs just to see what I got: 1 Epic, several extra Rares. Spent another $10 later and got a Malygos with the last pack, some Epic and a few golden Rares. Filled in a lot of the decent to good commons I was missing 2x of as well.

I lost 1 Pack by doing it this way, but it let me do a batch of opens, see what I could make and then decide if spending more was worth the chance. Unless you feel like dropping $50 of course, I think it's a good route to go.

The changes to rerolls made the daily grind a bit more irritating, otherwise I probably would have just chugged along buying Arena Tokens as I could.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 05, 2014, 05:55:47 PM
Kirin Tor Mage + Duplicate hnnng

Really feel like making a better secret deck now. Secretkeeper still seems useless though
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 06, 2014, 03:45:49 AM
Secretkeeper is not bad at all. Having some board presence before you start playing secrets is essential for tempo. It will often deal a few points of damage before you can trade it against an opponents creature or a removal spell.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 06, 2014, 03:50:49 AM
Realistically though you could play it turn 1 but then its up against Squire, Imp or whatever peeps are playing and 1/2 doesnt cut it.

Highly unlikely it will make it to turn 3/4 I think.

Maybe you can play it turn 4 with a secret, but then Kirin Tor is better.

Have to play around with it more.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 06, 2014, 04:04:46 AM
In my secret deck I run Secretkeeper, Kirin Tor Mage, and Ethereal Arcanist. I also have a couple of Gadgetzan Auctioneers, but those will likely be removed when I add the new cards from the expansions. Both Duplicate and Mad Scientist seem great.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 06, 2014, 04:30:52 AM
Duplicate is so sweet man when you drop it with a Kirin Tor.

Try it man.

mmmmm

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 06, 2014, 11:33:56 AM
I wish there were some way to negate secrets (even if for a turn). I was in a match last night where I had 1 HP left and had lethal on a Hunter, but he had explosive traps set up. I had no recourse but to suicide.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 06, 2014, 12:32:25 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/aTsPHxL.png)

I added 2x Mana Wyrm to my secret deck. It's alright and it's nice to have access to more early minions.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 06, 2014, 12:36:30 PM
Oh, I never play hunter. I didn't know that existed.

That card would be great against miracle Rogues who love to hide their Gadgetzans.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 06, 2014, 03:15:31 PM
Guys

Northshire cleric + Deathlord

Deathlord + Inner Fire + Divine Spirit

Hahahaha
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on August 06, 2014, 04:45:12 PM
My first successful deck was a build called a Zoolock (sounds like "Zoo" might have been a card game term that pre-dates Hearthstone).

Basically load up your deck with cheap minions and swarm the opponent with them. With the Warlock ability you never really run out of cards. Didn't follow the build to the letter, but the general idea is pretty easy to implement.

The only other real ranked success I've had is with the Paladin, since I've gotten a few pretty great Paladin-spic Epics and Legendaries. With both builds I usually stall out at around rank 14-16 though.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on August 06, 2014, 05:27:26 PM
I lost a couple of games against Lager and he asked for my Mage Secret deck list.

[Mage hero]
1 Arcane Missiles x2
1 Mana Wyrm x2
1 Secretkeeper x2
2 Frostbolt x2
3 Arcane Intellect x2 (will be replaced by Mad Scientist)
3 Counterspell x2
3 Duplicate x2
3 Mirror Entity x2
3 Spellbender x2
3 Kirin Tor Mage x2
4 Fireball x2
4 Polymorph x2
4 Ethereal Arcanist x2
5 Azure Drake x2
5 Faceless Manipulator
7 Flamestrike

Code: [Select]
Mana curve
1■■■■■■
2■■
3■■■■■■■■■■■■
4■■■■■■
5■■■
6
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Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 06, 2014, 05:52:27 PM
You proved me wrong about those secret keepers , they were very annoying. Good games.

9 deck limit is starting to bug me, need to delete a deck every time I want to try something new.

@mamacint: I think zoo is from magic. Zoolock is very powerful although im not sure about current meta cause I havent played in a while on the ladder
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Squiddy on August 08, 2014, 06:54:09 AM
Gotdamn they increased the difficulty in the latest heroic bosses  :lol
Only managed to beat Guile with priest shenanigans (stole his sword, smashed him.)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 08, 2014, 07:16:54 AM
Shit is def harder, last wing will be pretty spicy I think.

Heroic challenges werent that hard this time.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 08, 2014, 09:09:58 AM
http://www.oneofflethal.com/
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 13, 2014, 04:11:29 PM
I did it, sick

The dream

(http://i.imgur.com/54seAaH.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/bEislyJ.jpg)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 14, 2014, 08:42:56 AM
Nice PL.


Last night I went on a nice run of 7-0 in ladder, I finally cracked 14. Still using Shockadin.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 15, 2014, 08:26:38 AM
I had my best run in arena yesterday of 5-3. Played a priest and went with value minions over class specific spells.

One of my wins was against a mage that had 4 flamestrikes and 4 polymorphs. It was one of the most frustrating matches I  have played yet.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on August 15, 2014, 10:12:26 AM
I've been winning ranked and getting spanked in casual. It used to be the other way around.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 18, 2014, 11:29:36 AM
I hate when people bitch about facing one type of enemy all the time(ie. reddit), but the sheer amount of hunters I face in ranked (and even casual) is starting to become grating. Been playing a lot more arena lately because of it.


Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 18, 2014, 03:55:53 PM
I guess hunter is back

But i think thats lower ranks only

You can see shifts when you rank up
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on August 19, 2014, 09:29:15 AM
Win 3 straight ranked games. :phil

Lose the next 4. :shaq2
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 21, 2014, 05:36:44 AM
Not enough gold yet to buy the last wing  :'(
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 21, 2014, 09:13:28 AM
I bought mine with $$. I still haven't completed last week's wing yet, been too busy with ladder/arena.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 03, 2014, 10:59:48 AM
I was able to finish at rank 12 last season with a naxx-heavy Paladin. Running into too many dudes with 4-5 legendaries in their decks.

I still suck at arena though.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 03, 2014, 03:47:21 PM
Played two games on arena because I started playing this fucking game again because I hate myself. Got 4 wins both times. That's all I ever do. Same goddamn shit every time UGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on September 06, 2014, 01:31:50 AM
I'm completely bawlz at Arena. Really just have no feel for building a deck. I resorted to following internet guides that ranked the relative worth of each card for each class, but I still end up with a jumbled mess of a deck.

Lately I've just been saying fuck it and buying the packs for 100 gold, saves me the fuss and frustration.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Freyj on September 07, 2014, 12:07:09 AM
http://www.liquidhearth.com/forum/arena-strategy/457576-massans-guide-to-midrange-arena

This is a decent guide for Arena (not the card rankings, which are outdated at this point, but the general idea).

I still don't do it much because there's already enough RNG in the game without the extreme amount of RNG in drafting.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 22, 2014, 11:08:35 PM
Still running that naxx Paladin, but with more secrets. It gives me more board presence and allows me to hang with Zoo decks, which is about 40 percent of my opponents.

Currently rank 9 on the ladder.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 10, 2014, 04:04:29 PM
Why the fuck do I continue to try to play Arena? I got three garbage heroes to choose from two straight times and then got Paladin and didn't get ONE Consecration. FUCK THIS GODDAMN GAME

BTW, I am CajoleJuice#1772

I think I have most of you guys on Bnet.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Brehvolution on October 10, 2014, 04:46:43 PM
Yep, I'm passing on arena for now. I'm saving my gold up for the next chapter or whatever it's called. Up to 1100 gold now.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 10, 2014, 05:08:56 PM
Havent played in aageees and prob wont till there are way more cards
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 10, 2014, 07:46:35 PM
I remember when I asked you why you bought decks instead of playing arena. Now I understand why.  :-\
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Freyj on October 11, 2014, 09:58:16 AM
I keep playing my dailies, but my interest is lessened considerably.

Arena feels like a waste of time to eek out a little bit of extra gold/dust more often than not.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 11, 2014, 11:57:46 AM
Game seriously needs a big expansion, especially if you were playing since beta.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on November 05, 2014, 09:31:36 AM
I'm still playing an hour a day. I got up to rank 7 last month.

I want to hit Legend someday, but the grind from rank 5 to Legend sounds daunting.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 05, 2014, 05:02:33 PM
I've been playing a bunch. Got up to level 14 last season, which was a big deal for me :'(
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 05, 2014, 05:23:14 PM
I started playing again, not that I ever really quit. I hear that there is some cool sea giant deck doing the rounds now, got to try it out.

Im gonna try to save up a few k of gold for the xpac. Then do a huge splurge :)

Only on 1k now

Has anyone faced any bots?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on November 07, 2014, 02:24:24 PM
New expansion announced minutes ago: Goblins vs Gnomes. 120 new cards and they are beling released next month.


Aww yisss

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Yulwei on November 07, 2014, 03:31:24 PM
New expansion announced minutes ago: Goblins vs Gnomes. 120 new cards and they are beling released next month.


Aww yisss

I'm getting back into this game  8)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 07, 2014, 05:26:03 PM
Next month already?

Fuuuu
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Yulwei on November 10, 2014, 09:15:28 PM
I play Zoolock and aggro Paly, and priests of almost any kind are the bane of my existence

I can deal with Mages fine if I can beat them before the inevitable Flamestrike(s) comes out, but Priests are just..  >:(

Arena is fun as ever though. Going to be doing more of that in the coming days since the new booster pack will replace the current one as a reward once the expansion is out
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 08, 2014, 05:16:43 PM
So uh, G&G is p cool.

Okay with this being one of my three free packs:

(http://i.imgur.com/Vw5m0Hx.png?1)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 09, 2014, 01:34:25 PM
Coghammer is a beautiful weapon. If you play aggro paladin you have to craft it.


I didn't have much luck with my packs. I had enough gold to buy 13 of them along with the 3 I got for free. No Legendaries, 4 Epics and a bunch of repeats (already!). Only one golden.  Luckily, I had about 1400 dust saved up and crafted a bunch of epics and rares that I knew I wanted.

One was that Lil' Exorcist. She's a bad little bitch with all the zoolock and hunters you face.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 09, 2014, 07:04:43 PM
One was that Lil' Exorcist. She's a bad little bitch with all the zoolock and hunters you face.

Yeah, exactly. So fucking sick of that shit.

Did you craft Unstable Portal? That card HAS to get nerfed at some point.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 09, 2014, 07:30:08 PM
No, Mage is one of my least favorite classes.


Unstable Portal actually fixes one of my problems with the Mage class. It's early game is so predictable, you are almost forced to play the same damn cards every time. Rogue had a bit of the same problem.

It is pretty stupid how there is no downside to the card.




Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 10, 2014, 02:43:26 AM
TA you think you have bad luck?

Opened 26 packs and got 0 legs!

Out of the 26 packs (130 cards) 34 were duplicates already that went straight to disenchant.

 :'(

Edit: Next to the 26 packs I saved up for with gold I bought an additional 15 for cash and got 1 leg: Voljin.

1 leg in 41 packs is half of what I should get. Really sucks.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on December 10, 2014, 11:15:01 AM
Just logged in and realized I barely even played last month and never got to rank 20 and missed out on that month's deck reward.

This bugged me much more than it should've.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 11, 2014, 09:56:12 PM
Well, I am enjoying Arena more. 6-win and 5-win runs since GvG.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: G The Resurrected on December 15, 2014, 11:23:08 PM
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone)

For the Android Brethren

It's not available in the US yet sadly. :'( :usacry
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 16, 2014, 09:36:47 AM
Reached Golden Paladin, but sadly realized that my Paladin deck doesn't work anymore. Too many mech decks are wrecking my old Undertaker/Secrets Pally at rank 9.

Probably going to try a GvG-heavy Warlock deck next.






Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 16, 2014, 09:41:35 AM
Almost none of my decks work anymore, except Shaman Deathrattle and Priest.

Wish I could play with yall but blizz gonna blizz on the regions.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on December 16, 2014, 06:50:32 PM
An iPad Mini fell into my possession lately and playing Hearthstone on it owns a lot.

I have not done as well in Arena since my post about it, though. Averaging 4 wins or so. Still an improvement over my pre-GvG days.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 18, 2014, 10:33:45 PM
Gonna give this shit a shot again after like a year. Holler
iG86#1646
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on December 18, 2014, 10:38:19 PM
A friend wanted the Fireside Gathering card-backing, so we sat down and tried to work it out on his subnet. We even installed the game and created an account for his wife so we’d have the three friends on a subnet condition met. His wife’s account and mine got the card-backing immediately, then it took another two hours to get his, for some reason. :lol The only person who really wanted it, and it was glitching. :rofl
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 07, 2015, 04:30:10 PM
The game has gotten more fun for me since I've gotten better at Arena. I haven't gotten lower than 3 wins in 9 runs, and I've averaged ~5 wins over my last half-dozen runs. It helps that I've gotten to be Mage or Paladin for a majority of them.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 08, 2015, 09:23:32 AM
You only play arena?

I never do that anymore it seems.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 08, 2015, 10:21:23 AM
Not only, but I like it more than grinding up the ladder, even if it is random as hell. I got the highest I've ever been in ranked last season, though. Mech Mage got me to 12 (I know, still not good).
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 08, 2015, 11:40:47 AM
Whats your best arena run so far?

I do like the odd run but it feels so random sometimes
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 08, 2015, 12:04:19 PM
I've gotten 7 a bunch of times recently, but can't seem to break through that ceiling.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 04:01:47 AM
Made it to Rank 9 last night with my self made druid ramp deck. In the process of tweaking a bit now since I got smoked back to 10, need something against bum rush decks like hunters and palas. Recomubulator is a great card to heal a minion back to full health after being used, but I switched it for Acidic Swamp Ooze to see how that helps me against hunters and Pala weapons.

This is what I'm running:

2x Innervate
2x Wild Growth
2x Wrath
2x Recombulator
2x Keeper of the Grove
2x Piloted Shredder
2x Swipe
1x Nourish
2x Druid of the Claw
2x Sludge Belcher
1x Loatheb
2x Argent Commander
2x Ancient of War
2x Ancient of Lore
1x Dr. Doom
1x Ragnaros
1x Sneeds old Shredder
1x Ysera
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 04:05:09 AM
Any suggestions anyone?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on March 18, 2015, 04:25:23 AM
What type of decks does it lose against?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 04:35:33 AM
Bum rush hunter, mage, pala

It's not consistent against them but I can win, esp against mage and pala
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on March 18, 2015, 04:42:06 AM
Have you tried Unstable Ghoul (1/3 Taunt/Deathrattle: deal 1 damage to all) or Abomination (4/4 Taunt/Deathrattle: deal 2 damage to all)? They would slow down aggressive rush decks and allow you to survive long enough to play those legends.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 04:47:53 AM
Was thinking about those but there are some issues with them imho:

-Late game they are useless it seems
-They hurt you as well, opening up yourself for things like execute for your larger minions
-Abomination is 5 mana, thats a lot
-Ghoul is only 1/3 for 3 he might not even kill the minion he is getting smacked by

I was also thinking about Death Lord but that will only hurt me too as it will keep their minion train rolling on
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on March 18, 2015, 05:18:47 AM
I have a pretty fun deck that is using the Paladin secrets and Mad Scientist

(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/696/7729.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/8/657.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/147/987/158.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/635/7748.png)

together with deathrattle abuse cards like Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendare.

(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/669/7742.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/729/7740.png)

The rest of the deck is filled up with minions with good deathrattle effects e.g. Sludge Belcher and Piloted Shredder. I'm still missing some important legends and a card like Tirion Fordring.

(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/663/7749.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/149/66/12191.png)(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/148/304/391.png)

It's very inconsistent, but when I recycle a Sludge Belcher multiple times it will shut down most decks.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 05:21:57 AM
This deck need Feugen/Teugen and Sylvana or Sneeds old Shredder.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: archnemesis on March 18, 2015, 05:37:44 AM
I've already added the twins, but I'm missing the other two legends. Harvest Golem is a good early minion that helps slow down fast decks.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 05:47:26 AM
Yeah might put in Golems, was also thinking about Pint Sized Summoners which would also help me ramp if they don't get killed. Lil Exorcists might work too.

If you like Deathrattle try making a Shaman deck.

Edit: I checked Hearthpwn and Ramp droods are running Cenarius again. Makes sense! Might put him in tonight for Rag.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on March 18, 2015, 08:32:12 AM
Lager, Use double Zombie Chow. I used to be a hater, now I'm a believer.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 18, 2015, 09:58:04 AM
BUT WHAT IF I GET IT LATE GAME BREH
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on March 18, 2015, 10:40:36 AM
You're a control druid, you should be dominating the board to such a degree that giving him back 5 more hps will be irrelevant.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on March 18, 2015, 07:45:26 PM
I give you guys credit for coming up with your own decks. I got up to Rank 12 last season and now I'm at it again with a boring Mech Mage (sans Snowchugger because I haven't gotten one from a pack and I'm stubborn and won't spend dust on a common). I think I'll try to come up with my own decks when Blackrock hits. I'll have enough gold saved up to buy a bunch of wings immediately, so that's nice.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on March 19, 2015, 08:52:40 PM
Every single person I have played tonight already has the pre-order card back.
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Post by: archnemesis on March 20, 2015, 03:37:08 AM
Does it become cheaper if you pre-order the expansion or is the only incentive a card back?
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 20, 2015, 03:38:25 AM
I use the default one since I cant see it anyways.

Made changes to the deck and still stuck at Rank 9 :(

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Post by: archnemesis on March 20, 2015, 03:58:58 AM
I played a few rounds with my Paladin deathrattle deck yesterday and I realized that its biggest issue is that it relies heavily on four cards (Redemption x2, Kel'Thuzad, Baron Rivendare). The Mad Scientists have a reasonable chance to fetch the Redemption secrets. Adding a couple of Annoy-o-Tron should help me survive long enough to get my combo going and I also run Loot Hoarder for early card draw.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 20, 2015, 04:24:13 AM
Wanna try it against my deck this weekend?
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Post by: archnemesis on March 20, 2015, 04:28:00 AM
I would be happy to play against you if I spot you online, but my weekend is too busy to schedule any time for games.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 20, 2015, 05:39:07 AM
Hehe my baby won't let me commit either, but I'm on a lot in the evening usually. Ill challenge you if I see you :)
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 20, 2015, 05:40:22 AM
Fuuuuuuu as if huntertards needed more momemtum

(http://media-hearth.cursecdn.com/avatars/191/80/635623925373152357.png)
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 24, 2015, 10:00:24 AM
Im happy this game doesnt have a tracker on time spent.

I seriously think Ive put in over 200 hours into it.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on March 24, 2015, 12:20:13 PM
After beating my brains in trying to make Zoo work, I've switched to a Priest netdeck I saw on reddit. Some chinese dude ran it to legend.

https://tempostorm.com/decks/xiaosoul-priest

13-4 right now. Zoomed from 15 to 10.

Good against aggro and control. Weakest matchup is combo druid.

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Post by: archnemesis on March 24, 2015, 12:45:20 PM
I've faced that Priest deck a few times and it's quite powerful. I think I might netdeck a warrior deck to help me beat my current quests. It's not my preferred pick in arena mode.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on March 24, 2015, 03:25:23 PM
Yea, Warrior in Arena is so awful. My decks always end up looking like a weapons/aggro deck and I end up taking too much face damage trying to keep the board clear.

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Post by: CajoleJuice on March 24, 2015, 04:36:57 PM
After averaging ~5 wins for a while in Arena, I finally decided to try Warrior and promptly went 0-3 :lol
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Post by: ToxicAdam on March 27, 2015, 11:05:16 AM
I had the weirdest thing happen in casual last night. I was playing against a secrets Mage. I run my Deathlord into his face (on turn 4), he has the Vaporize secret up. My deathlord dies and no minion hits the board. I sit there stunned and think that it's some kind of bug.

It turned out he had zero minions in his deck! It was all secrets and spells. lol 

I lost to double Pyroblast on turns 10 and 11. :(



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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 27, 2015, 04:06:17 PM
Hahahaha
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Post by: ToxicAdam on March 31, 2015, 09:21:05 AM
The new cards are pretty meh. I'm definitely not as excited as I was before Naxx.  I'll still buy it day one though.


I stalled out with my priest at rank 8. Got mad and made a cancerous Paladin deck and zoomed up to rank 6 (my highest ever). I was outpacing Face Hunters and Mech Mages, but felt no joy doing it. This aggro meta is soo stupid.

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Post by: CajoleJuice on April 16, 2015, 08:00:04 PM
Hearthstone on phones is more important than the new adventure.

Also, a reminder to add me at CajoleJuice#1772 because of that new Spectate daily quest.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 16, 2015, 10:41:38 PM
Mine's Toxicadam#1720


I like to watch ....   :phil
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Post by: chronovore on April 18, 2015, 05:00:42 AM
Play on an iPhone, get a free "iPhone Pack" of booster cards. W00t.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 18, 2015, 10:47:44 AM
If only the free boosters where for the expansion
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Post by: CajoleJuice on April 29, 2015, 09:45:09 PM
So I spent $15 of saved up Google Opinion Rewards bux when the update hit phones and ever since I have fucking SUCKED in arena. I regret spending $15 of app money because I wanna just quit playing this stupid-ass game. I've had the feeling before, but haven't been able to break the hold of playing such a casual game I can play while doing other things. I find grinding ladder to be boring as hell, tbh, and almost only do it for daily quests. I am poor/hate myself.

PS: I have been taking my meds irregularly. Jesus. This post is embarrassing.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 30, 2015, 09:55:42 AM
Haha the amount of times ive said that :)

Even my wife doesnt buy it now
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Post by: CajoleJuice on April 30, 2015, 06:54:16 PM
A few hours after that post, I played a few games on the iPad in bed before sleeping.

:goty2
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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 01, 2015, 01:37:47 PM
I still love the game, but I make sure I keep playing other games. I find if I exclusively play Hearthstone, I get burned out pretty quickly or let RNG really get me down.

I never have a bad time playing Priest in casual. It's always fun to me. That's kind of my fallback option whenever I get sick of ladder/arena.



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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 02, 2015, 12:37:34 AM
In my last 5 packs, I've gotten 2 gold rares, 1 Troggzor, 1 Deathwing and a second copy of Dr. Boom.


I guess I need to hold onto that Boom and hope for a nerf, eh?

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 02, 2015, 02:36:25 AM
That is so nice man. Id love Deathwing.

Use Boom!

I still play Hearthstone every week, but not as much as last year. I just do all the dailies while trying to climb the ladder with my druid deck. Got to rank 10 last month that way and 9 in March
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 02, 2015, 03:32:30 PM
I just had a 9 win Paladin run in Arena. Got a golden Inner Fire (that I dusted), 185 gold, and a pack with two rares and a golden legendary (Mogor the Ogre). I LIKE THIS GAME AGAIN.

Also: I now have enough dust to craft another legendary. Thinking Sylvanas.

Edit: Yeah, Toxic, you should wait for that nerf.
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Post by: Human Snorenado on May 02, 2015, 04:09:14 PM
How feasible is it to play this game and not spend any money now?
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 02, 2015, 04:26:05 PM
Just as much as ever.

Stick to the level playing field of arena though till you have some cards to make a deck.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 02, 2015, 08:00:15 PM
That is so nice man. Id love Deathwing.

Use Boom!

I still play Hearthstone every week, but not as much as last year. I just do all the dailies while trying to climb the ladder with my druid deck. Got to rank 10 last month that way and 9 in March

I already had a Boom. That was my second one. So, now i have to hold onto it in case he ever gets nerfed and I can get full value for it.

It sucks though, now I can't quickly dust my rares/commons anymore. I have to manually do it.

How feasible is it to play this game and not spend any money now?


This game isn't P2W, it's more 'pay to have fun'. You can make cheap, winning decks ... but they usually end up being mindless aggro decks. When you get more cards, you get more options and can make more interesting decks.

I think the one thing you do 'need' to own is the Naxx adventure. There are too many strong cards in that set to pass it up.




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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 02, 2015, 08:07:48 PM
First world problem ;)
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 03, 2015, 03:59:05 PM
Now I had a 7-win Mage run, which was particularly awesome because I got the 7 wins in any mode 100 gold quest today. I should always do Arena on weekends.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 10, 2015, 11:49:04 PM
http://i.imgur.com/XuwxwKZ.png?1

I'm too scared to play anymore.

 :brazilcry


edit: finished 10-3, got crap

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Post by: Freyj on May 11, 2015, 12:22:45 AM
I'm too bummed at the gold I've missed to come back to this really. I paid more than I'm comfortable with to get to a fun place before Naxx and any kind of catch up device is detrimental to the game's cash flow, so.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 12, 2015, 08:42:43 AM
How much did you spend ?

I think I've spend under a 100 bucks since 2013.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 12, 2015, 09:55:36 PM
http://i.imgur.com/XuwxwKZ.png?1

I'm too scared to play anymore.

 :brazilcry


edit: finished 10-3, got crap



:'(

I still can't believe how awesome the pack I got for watching you was.

What were your other cards?
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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 13, 2015, 10:48:32 AM
Can't remember ..

The next arena run I went 9-3 (using Warlock).  Had 3 Dark Bombs and 4 Dark Iron Dwarves.

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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on May 16, 2015, 05:41:27 AM
Yo dudes, add me so I can watch you  :-*

iG86#1646
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Post by: Freyj on June 08, 2015, 10:58:24 PM
So apparently a bunch of coworkers are closet Blizzard nerds and so I'm back to playing Hearthstone. The nearby players feature is pretty entertaining in a work environment.

Having a much better time of it now that I don't care much about optimizing Dailies Gold.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 09, 2015, 05:40:23 AM
I got a new phone and forgot to transfer my Blizzard Authenticator. Now Blizz wants me to send over my passport to verify my account, this has happened before but I just can't be arsed.

Quit playing.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 09, 2015, 09:59:00 PM
damn that sucks

but probably a blessing in disguise
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 10, 2015, 04:14:47 PM
Bit how I feel. Played the game for two years now and hundreds of hours. Maybe my most played game after wow
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Post by: ToxicAdam on June 10, 2015, 06:50:33 PM
Sorry to hear that Lager.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 08, 2015, 05:36:58 PM
Toxic just got me another awesome pack

(http://i.imgur.com/vR5CCtv.jpg)
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Post by: Dickie Dee on August 19, 2015, 04:44:41 PM
finally started getting semi-serious about HS a month or two back and make sure to do the dailies and found some good Arena guides. I stopped awhile back because my Arena decks were always a sloppy unbalanced mess and go 0-3/1-3 there constantly what's the point?

http://www.heartharena.com/ (http://www.heartharena.com/) has helped quite a bit - at the point where I usually know now what to pick anyways without them telling me but it's always nice to have them track things for you.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 20, 2015, 12:21:11 AM
Yeah, Heartharena is cool.

I've been saving up gold since The Grand Tournament was announced. Got enough for 21 packs. Will throw Google bucks at the game for another 10. The Tavern Brawl this week is a fun preview of the upcoming cards.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 20, 2015, 10:41:40 AM
Cards are so op though, if you dont buy into the exp you are screwed

Only got enough for 6 packs and Im also still missing the last wing :'(

1500 dust though so Ill be able to craft a leg of choice
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 20, 2015, 03:02:10 PM
3000 dust and 2300 gold. I'll probably put 20 dollars down also. I had more dust, but I needed to craft Ysera.

I like the mechanics of Joust and Inspire, even though you won't really be able to build a competitive deck around the idea (solely).

I'm either going to build a "flipping" Priest deck or a spell-based, tempo Hunter deck. I really like Lock-n-Load.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 20, 2015, 05:40:24 PM
I appreciate the Joust mechanic being a response to aggro decks.
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Post by: chronovore on August 20, 2015, 06:58:57 PM
Played for the first time in forever yesterday. I still haven't unlocked all the basic cards, and have two crappy custom decks. Friend in Cali sees me on, asks me to play a friendly game. He rolls out a Patron Warrior deck and finally gets the combo he wants. Jesus, I don't think I'm ever going to play on that level. Is there a "casual dweebs league"?
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 20, 2015, 08:14:08 PM
I think they added the Tavern Brawl each week to provide a more casual atmosphere, but playing your own decks in even Casual Mode is pretty brutal.
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Post by: chronovore on August 20, 2015, 08:19:13 PM
Yeah, but Tavern Brawl only unlocks for Level 20 Heroes, so even that is not casual enough for my casualness-ness.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 20, 2015, 09:10:39 PM
Yeah, but Tavern Brawl only unlocks for Level 20 Heroes, so even that is not casual enough for my casualness-ness.

oh i didn't even realize :(
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Post by: chronovore on August 21, 2015, 12:21:24 AM
Yeah, but Tavern Brawl only unlocks for Level 20 Heroes, so even that is not casual enough for my casualness-ness.

oh i didn't even realize :(

Yeah, neither did the friend who brutalized me. He actually invited me on to get in on the Brawl, and then I couldn't join. So now I'm grindan' in single player until I can get enough cards to make even a basic deck. If that gets me to 20, I'll Brawl.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 21, 2015, 04:10:42 PM
Arena is your best bet I think

That patron combo is so lame btw zzzz
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Post by: chronovore on August 21, 2015, 08:37:38 PM
I think Arena would leave me gaping, looking like something from the end of an AssTraffic.com video.

No, thanks.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 24, 2015, 01:54:47 PM
Its not that bad at all Chrono.

Bought 8 packs of the exp, got the lamest legendary :(
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 24, 2015, 06:08:18 PM
Opened 30 packs.

2 Legendaries, 9 Epics, 29 Rares (2 Golden), one Golden Common, and 390 Dust (De-dusted one of the Golden Rares)

Pretty happy. The two legendaries were Dreadscale and VARIAN WRYNN.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 25, 2015, 04:26:34 AM
I got Fiola Lightbane :/
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 25, 2015, 10:45:32 AM
Used 2300 gold to buy packs. Got nothing.

Spent 20 dollars and got Acidmaw, IceHowl and The Mistcaller. (Conspiracy!)


Only had time to play around with Dragon Priest. The new cards really help make it more reliable. The hard part is figuring out what spells to include.

Playing against Warrior is hard as hell now. You don't know if you're going to be dealing with Patron, Control or Taunt variant.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 25, 2015, 02:25:01 PM
I just played a Control Warrior vs Control Warrior match that went to fatigue, of course. The other dude had Alex and Ysera and I didn't. I still almost won though! I should probably use my dust on either of those, huh?
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 25, 2015, 03:35:27 PM
Yea, I would. Ysera can be used in Dragon Priest, too. Although Alex is more of a reliable win condition in Control Warrior.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 25, 2015, 04:48:41 PM
I used Ysera in my ramp druid.

Kind of fed up with my druid now but Im close to 400 wins in ranked so I want to take it all the way
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 26, 2015, 09:15:28 AM
I'm only 8 wins away from my golden Warlock. It's been a struggle with all these new cards though, none of which seem to help Demonlock but has helped every other class.


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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 27, 2015, 04:46:13 PM
I've been actually trying to grind the ranked ladder a bit for the first time due to the chest rewards. Succumbed for the first time to using Face Hunter for any amount of time, but since TGT came out, I've been using a slight variation of this Shaman Totem deck.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/308008-s17-tgt-midrange-totem-shaman

I've been waiting for a deck like this.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 27, 2015, 05:48:53 PM
Havent used any decks from the net since last year I think, might explain why I suck atm :)

Made a beast drood now which took me to rank 16 already. Pretty fun.

99 wins to go!
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 27, 2015, 05:57:53 PM
Making your own deck is probably more fun!

I should've just gone ahead and tried to create a similar deck on my own, since I got a ton of Totem-related cards in my packs, but I couldn't help myself from netdecking.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 28, 2015, 02:29:17 AM
Nothing wrong with that, all depends on what level you want to compete.

Making your own decks is fun and frustrating, lets also be honest, if you play enough even without netdecking you see hpw the popular decks are built

Beast druid is rank 14 now, it doesnt have card draw (took that out) but it seems to be working for now.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 28, 2015, 03:12:06 AM
I'm up to rank 8 with that deck. I think maybe the highest I had gotten before was rank 13 or 12. I think it could push me through to rank 5 by the end of the month. I want that golden epic card.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 28, 2015, 03:18:23 AM
It gets harder man, there will be more stars to fill further up  :'(

Don't remember how far I've made it up the ladder, wish you could see that somewhere. I can see I said 7 once in this thread but I'm pretty sure i've been higher.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 28, 2015, 09:56:10 PM
You were right. :-\
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 29, 2015, 06:17:30 PM
Sorry dude :(

Made it to rank 11 with my beast drood
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 31, 2015, 12:54:44 AM
Arena is so fucking hard now :-\
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 31, 2015, 10:12:50 AM
Yea, Arena matches seem to go like this:

Player A hits a nice curve and controls the board for the first 4 rounds, gets an Inspire minion to stick on the board by turn 5. Player B expends all his resources to get the Inspire minion off the board and runs out of steam, never draws AOE. Game over by turn 8 or 9.

It's very "snowball-y" if you know what I mean. There is rarely a match where you see wild swings in control (unless a mage has multiple Flamestrikes or a Paladin that got the equality/consecrete combo).




Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 31, 2015, 12:50:03 PM
Yep. A combination of the new inspire minions enabling even more stickiness and all the new cards further diluting the chances of drafting AOE.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: studyguy on August 31, 2015, 12:51:34 PM
I actually started this and tried it for a while.
I thought I was doing okay then I got to a certain rank... I forgot which where suddenly everyone had legendaries and shit and my cards were just straight up worse compared to them. Read up online on what it took to get up to it and I realized how much further back I was than everyone else already playing so I quit.

That shit's a straight up grindwall without paying in, it's crazy.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Human Snorenado on August 31, 2015, 12:59:53 PM
I actually started this and tried it for a while.
I thought I was doing okay then I got to a certain rank... I forgot which where suddenly everyone had legendaries and shit and my cards were just straight up worse compared to them. Read up online on what it took to get up to it and I realized how much further back I was than everyone else already playing so I quit.

That shit's a straight up grindwall without paying in, it's crazy.

#gamingbyblizzard
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 31, 2015, 01:31:13 PM
The game is a marathon, not a sprint. You either have to accept that, or find a different game.

Even if you had access to "all the cards", there is a huge component of knowing how to play the cards, anticipating what the opponent will play and having the right counters to what is in the meta. You can only gain that knowledge by hours and hours of playing.

Even when you get to "that point" (where you have all the cards and a ton of knowledge) many games can be decided by simple RNG. If you got of a good Implosion on turn 8 or your opponent's Ragnaros hit a 25% face shot in consecutive turns. That's why even the very best players can still lose 45% of the time.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on September 04, 2015, 10:28:25 AM
So does Arena give out random pack types now? I just got a classic  - which I suppose isn't the worst thing since I didn't play for a long stretch and could use some key classic cards, just seems odd.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 04, 2015, 01:58:23 PM
I actually started this and tried it for a while.
I thought I was doing okay then I got to a certain rank... I forgot which where suddenly everyone had legendaries and shit and my cards were just straight up worse compared to them. Read up online on what it took to get up to it and I realized how much further back I was than everyone else already playing so I quit.

That shit's a straight up grindwall without paying in, it's crazy.

Well you are two.years late to the party man
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 04, 2015, 02:55:13 PM
So does Arena give out random pack types now? I just got a classic  - which I suppose isn't the worst thing since I didn't play for a long stretch and could use some key classic cards, just seems odd.

Yea. So many people complained about Arena only giving out GVG packs (for a long ass time), they changed it up.

They need to create an " arena token" which you can exchange for any pack you like.

 
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Post by: CajoleJuice on September 04, 2015, 06:33:11 PM
They need to create an " arena token" which you can exchange for any pack you like.

Yep, this would be ideal.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 15, 2015, 12:07:56 AM
So close.

(http://i.imgur.com/vSHcjsz.jpg)

The cards not shown are War Kodo, RAGNAROS, and YSERA. Unfortunately, the last two only won me one game. On the other hand, I seemingly had Defias in my opening hand every time I had the coin.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on September 16, 2015, 09:06:36 AM
Nice! People have been saying that Rogue is the second best class in Arena now, maybe I need to start picking it.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 16, 2015, 09:12:18 AM
470 wins with druid now

I'm close to "finishing" the game

Have enough dust to mage a Leg but don't know which one
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 17, 2015, 07:31:09 PM
Nice! People have been saying that Rogue is the second best class in Arena now, maybe I need to start picking it.



Eh, that deck was fucking insane. I would establish board control every game and never let go. I played another Arena with Rogue right after and only went 4-3. But it definitely seems better overall.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 18, 2015, 05:59:20 AM
I think I cant play ranked anymore after I ding 500 wins.  Next goal might be that elusive 12 wins in Arena. Got 11 once.

What drives me fucking bonkers in ranked now is that stupid warrior combo.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 18, 2015, 10:08:28 AM
I have Paladin/Warlock at 500 wins. Working on Priest next (179 wins), but it's a much slower climb.

Dragon Priest is okay. Picking the dragons is the easy part, the hard part is getting the right mix of spells and other minions to help against the meta.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 19, 2015, 05:16:18 PM
How many wins are you at in total across arena and play mode?
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 20, 2015, 01:53:24 PM
Yaaay 500 wins, got the golden druid, now dont feel like playibg druid  :lol
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 21, 2015, 01:21:39 AM
How many wins are you at in total across arena and play mode?

3067 total wins, only 350 in Arena.

I play a lot of casual.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 21, 2015, 07:03:13 PM
1350 total wins and 532 in Arena for me. Mage is my highest Hero win total with 227. I've played a lot of Mech Mage.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on September 22, 2015, 09:11:36 AM
That feeling when you lose to a Face Hunter because he runs Snake Trap or misdirection.

areyoufuckingkiddingme

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 23, 2015, 04:56:49 PM
Haha thats a plot twist

1865 wins here, 185 Arena
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 26, 2015, 12:48:27 AM
WHY THE FUCK DO I PLAY THIS PIECE OF SHIT FUCKING GAME IN CONSTRUCTED FUCK THIS I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD I FACE AGGRO DECKS UP UNTIL I DECIDE TO BE A PIECE OF SHIT AND PLAY FACE HUNTER OUT OF FRUSTRATION AND THEN I FACE A FUCKING ASSHOLE PRIEST WITH TAUNT AFTER MOTHERFUCKIGN TAUNT FUCK THIS THIS IS WHY MY ARENA/CONSTRUCTED RATIO IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN YOU GUYS
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Post by: Freyj on September 26, 2015, 09:53:42 PM
All of my coworkers are Ranked addicts and I can't stand it.

Arena >>>>>>>
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Post by: CajoleJuice on September 28, 2015, 08:59:12 PM
After that post, I went from Rank 12 -> 9 pretty quickly with that stupid-ass face hunter + Savannah Highmane deck. I trickled into Rank 8 and hit a motherfucking invisible wall. Whenever I try any other deck it just takes me back a few notches. I suck. Never gonna reach Rank 5. Goddamn it.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 29, 2015, 03:40:34 AM
I swear there is so fucking algorithm tracking what cards you use and then pairing you with something opposite.

 :hans1
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Post by: ToxicAdam on September 29, 2015, 09:16:19 AM
I'm currently enjoying a 21-2 run with my Control Paladin. I think everyone is so used to Secrets Paladin they don't know how to handle a Paladin that has the potential to heal for 20+.

Thaurissian is the real star. Being able to turn Lay on Hands or Tirion into a 7 drop, makes them a lot easier to get out of your hand.

 

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 03, 2015, 08:42:57 AM
I crafted Malygos like two weeks ago, partly on a whim  :lol

Now I'm playing Dragon/Spell Priest which is pretty bad ass (took me to rank 12), and trying to make a Druid Dragon Ramp deck.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 03, 2015, 08:47:55 AM
Dragon druid is still under wraps, but hitting someone with a 6 dmg moonfire is pretty cool.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 06, 2015, 05:51:22 PM
doing okay in arena lately (yeah i use heartharena)

(http://i.imgur.com/0RLRY4Y.jpg)
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Post by: ToxicAdam on November 09, 2015, 11:47:55 AM
That's a really impressive run. Your back to back 10-3's inspired me to play more arena ... went 3-3 both times.  :-\ ::slinks away back to casual::

Speaking of, yesterday while playing casual I was just dicking around with Casino Mage and played 12 games. 7 Face Hunters, 4 Combo Druids and 1 Face Warrior (only game I won easily).

I guess people are grinding for gold for the new expansion?



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 09, 2015, 01:38:43 PM
People are grinding gold and there definitely has been more Aggro since Patron was nerfed. I've got enough saved up for the first two wings of the new Adventure. And I almost have enough Google Play credit to cover the other two. Woo

P.S. My next arena after posting that was a 2-3 Rogue run.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on November 09, 2015, 02:05:31 PM
So sick of aggro, nothing to do with skills

Glad to see patron gone
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on November 09, 2015, 05:38:15 PM
ladder sucks
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on November 30, 2015, 05:49:54 PM
Started playing this a little more. Probably my least favorite feature is that Casual is where UTTER NOOBS (like me) play, and it's also where power players go to test their theme decks before rolling into Ranked. About 1-in-3 games I'll get someone perfectly suited to my level, but the other times it's like I've brought a spork to a gun fight.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 01, 2015, 11:12:08 AM
Casual mode is a shitshow. Especially now, because you have pure F2P players grinding for 700 gold to afford the adventure wings.

 There needs to be three modes: Casual, Unranked, Ranked. Ranked and Unranked can earn you gold and casual has no rewards attached. That way people can dick around and not worry about grinding for gold or doing their dailies.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on December 02, 2015, 12:13:24 AM
I wish, but it's likely that people would still troLOLLOL their way through no-reward Casual, just to see if their deck is working well.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 02, 2015, 09:05:44 AM
Maybe, but it would be a much smaller number of people than you are seeing now.

Really, the best place for new players is on ladder in ranks 20-25. You are going to find a lot more opponents within you experience range there. I would recommend just playing games in there and avoid casual. Once you hit rank 20 though, it turns into a shitshow again.

Hopefully Blizzard finally does something about improving the new player experience in this game. They have acknowledged that it is a problem (especially with all the expansions this game has had), so that's a good first step.

 
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 02, 2015, 09:40:49 AM
Every time there is an expansion within a week you feel so far behind on ladder, when peeps rock some new fecking cards.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on December 03, 2015, 08:52:35 PM
I found something I hate more than the tuned-deck-testers: Bad winners. These aren't people who mock, 'cos that's not possible through the limited chat options; no, this is the dickhead who is able to win, but spends his last turn casting a bunch of extra spells, powering up creatures, buffing out his offensive line... I'm fine playing through to the end of a game I'm clearly going to lose, but FUCKING NOBODY GETS TO WASTE MY TIME while they power-wank over their last turn. Fuck RIGHT OFF with that.

Maybe, but it would be a much smaller number of people than you are seeing now.

Really, the best place for new players is on ladder in ranks 20-25. You are going to find a lot more opponents within you experience range there. I would recommend just playing games in there and avoid casual. Once you hit rank 20 though, it turns into a shitshow again.

Hopefully Blizzard finally does something about improving the new player experience in this game. They have acknowledged that it is a problem (especially with all the expansions this game has had), so that's a good first step.
Thanks for the advice; I'll try it out.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 03, 2015, 09:25:40 PM
Yea, sometimes it people being dicks, sometimes it's new people who don't realize they have lethal until halfway through their turn and sometimes it's just people that are trying to earn achievements. Because there are achievements granted for spells or minions played.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 07, 2015, 02:43:13 AM
Yeah if I'm about to win or lose I always think about what the quest of the day is in case it's one of the 'play x cards under over/y cost' types. I just hate having 19 of 20 6 cost cards done at the end of a game.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 07, 2015, 07:26:44 AM
Sometimes showing your final hand is a sign of respect imho. Esp after a tight finish.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on December 07, 2015, 08:10:39 AM
I'm talking about non-close, dominating finishes, and the guy is just dicking around with, "Oh, this! And some of this!" when he could just go ahead and use his attack-6 creature against my health-4 character, when there are no Taunt creatures in play. Suddenly Fuckleberry Finn decides it's time for a goddamned parade.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on February 02, 2016, 03:24:33 PM
Blizzard made a big announcement today.

They are creating new formats, Wild/Standard. Standard will only be the latest few sets and Classic cards.  So, that means GvG and Naxx will be phased out.

I guess that's one way to make TgT cards viable..



edit: Also, 18 deck slots.



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 02, 2016, 03:45:51 PM
Thats not something that will bring me back
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on February 03, 2016, 02:19:18 PM
I wish there was a Classic only mode, but that would be antithetical to them selling new cards.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on February 28, 2016, 11:06:52 PM
Just made Rank 5 with...

...you guessed it, Secret Paladin.

What a fucking joke.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on March 02, 2016, 02:09:13 PM
Haha... congrats though, it's still an accomplishment.

I made it to 9 (with Patron Warrior) but didn't have time on the last day to make a push.


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Post by: CajoleJuice on March 02, 2016, 05:32:20 PM
Haha... congrats though, it's still an accomplishment.

I made it to 9 (with Patron Warrior) but didn't have time on the last day to make a push.

I made the push the second-to-last day. I had gotten to Rank 9/8 with Tempo Mage and I decided to take advantage of Secret Paladin before Standard arrives (although I know I'll still be able to in Wild mode). I crafted 2 Mysterious Challengers and was Rank 5 a few hours later.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on April 01, 2016, 08:20:41 PM
Considering preordering the 50 pack deal for WOTOG.
Reasons for: only gonna have like 2k gold when it drops, not awful but probably still gonna have a deficit since standard will render all of my current decks useless; I don't really play arena that often, so I'll actually be using the cards; cool animated card back.
Reasons against; Hard for me to justify spending money on something that I can eventually get for 'free'; might not even be worth playing if it's gonna be full of shit like Tentacles for Arms
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Post by: CajoleJuice on April 01, 2016, 09:50:47 PM
<- has 6k gold :smug
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on April 01, 2016, 10:29:31 PM
 :sheik

spent all my dq gold on GVG packs looking for Boom in december  :goty2
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 02, 2016, 01:37:59 AM
When would be a good time to jump back in?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on April 02, 2016, 03:13:25 AM
'early May'
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on April 02, 2016, 03:20:59 AM
though it's tough to to even say at this point. To be less of a snarky dickhead, there's a new format and expansion coming, tho the cards they've shown so far for the new expansion make it look like Blizzard are doing their version of Planeswalkers
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on May 28, 2016, 04:20:09 AM
Just won 3 games in a row thanks to Leeroy and two power overwhelmings. I kind of get why people commit armed robbery for fun now
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on May 28, 2016, 04:21:47 AM
Oh wow I'm the only dude that's posted in this shit forever. Euch
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 28, 2016, 06:23:57 AM
Welp im back
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 29, 2016, 03:48:38 PM
Range getting me maf again, got 6/8 ramp cards in my ramp deck yet so often I dont even get one in the first 6 cards
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on May 29, 2016, 08:20:28 PM
Hate that, thus why I've been sticking g to zoolock. Noticed the amount of cthun decks has gone down a lot since launch, but im still having ridiculous success with my thun druid
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 27, 2016, 09:43:45 AM
Got a pack with 2 legs today

But its Anomalus and the Boogeymonster

thanks blizzard  :'(
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 28, 2016, 08:29:24 AM
I looked up Boogeymonster on hearthpwn to see if there was ANY use for it and in the comments someone said the only card that's probably more useless is Anomalus  :lol

spoiler (click to show/hide)
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
[close]
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Post by: ToxicAdam on June 28, 2016, 11:18:34 AM
Ouch. Those are the two worst ones to get.

I was super lucky in my first batch of packs. Got the Twins, Fandral and Soggoth. Had to craft Nzoth and Yogg.

Since then I've also opened up Bogeymonster, Xarill and just today Chogall.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Dickie Dee on June 28, 2016, 03:39:54 PM
Cho'gall and Boogeymaster were the only two Legendaries I got this xpac

Luckily one was golden though.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 29, 2016, 01:14:38 AM
You guys are just lucky, I dusted both and another crappy one (ramshield)

Would like to have twin emperor but its one of those legs that wilę only be good now

probably better to make a classic leg lige cairne or the black knight
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on June 29, 2016, 08:48:36 AM
Damn I guess Im lucky cause I got another leg, but it's Hogger Doom of Elwynn

I already dusted regular Hogger cause he sucks and now this  :lol
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on June 30, 2016, 01:00:51 PM
Made rank 5 in Wild with Patron Warrior. Still preeetty good against most decks you will find there. I've probably logged in 500+ games with the deck so far, so I'm pretty good with it.

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Post by: CajoleJuice on June 30, 2016, 05:56:46 PM
I just did not play that much this month outside of doing my daily quests. Might try to speed to rank 10 today/tonight, but I doubt I'll have the patience. I haven't found a deck to really main with since the new expansion. I should probably craft what I need to complete the OP Shaman decks right now.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 03, 2016, 04:19:36 AM
Why do people play yogg saron in ranked?

Had a hunter play one after I dropped cthun and it buffed it  :lol
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 04, 2016, 04:47:08 AM
So apparently Yogg Sagon is a thing, so annoying. So random.

Im stuck around rank 15 now with my Ramp Cthun Druid, made it to 10 or 11 last season.

Wonder what the easiest times to play are.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 04, 2016, 05:18:59 PM
Played tons and went down to rank 17  :-\

now the tinkering begins  :-\
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on July 14, 2016, 05:09:51 AM
Up to rank 12 now again.

There is a recruit a friend campaign (they have to get to lvl 20) that unlocks a Murlock Shaman character.

Kind of tempted to make a fake account for that :)
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 01, 2016, 04:11:26 AM
Fuck playing Druid though, so sick of it.

Made it to Rank 10 and was one game away from Rank 9 like 5/6 times this month I think.

August is gonna be Shaman month, if you can't beat them, join em! See if I end up higher.

New expansion coming in a few weeks, haven't even unlocked all wings of the old one, way behind in cards.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on August 01, 2016, 09:09:20 AM
Cajole got a friend quest, play with a friend for 80 Gold. We tried running it three times, crashed the iPad app every time. Finally was able to play with a different friend and have it not crash yesterday.

Hope you got it to work for you and a friend at some point, Cajole!
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 01, 2016, 02:37:33 PM
Cajole got a friend quest, play with a friend for 80 Gold. We tried running it three times, crashed the iPad app every time. Finally was able to play with a different friend and have it not crash yesterday.

Hope you got it to work for you and a friend at some point, Cajole!

I did, thanks! And I am very ready for the expansion. I actually have a lot of gold because I haven't been playing arena nearly as much as I used to. I have been seeing lots of Warriors in addition to Shamans, Lager. Dragon Warrior is really strong right now.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 01, 2016, 03:22:15 PM
Yea, I'm sitting on 3700 gold myself. This will be the first adventure I buy with gold and not cash.


Finished Rank 5 in Wild (Patron) and Rank 8 (Yogg Hunter) in Standard last month. Having the playerbase spread out has really helped me consistently get higher than I ever have before.

Been having too much fun making silly decks lately. From my Yogg/Renounce Darkness Warlock to my Alarm-o-bot Taunt Druid. 
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 10, 2016, 12:10:06 PM
This new adventure coming up is GAAARBAGE.

First one that I am not pumped up for. Feels bad man

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 10, 2016, 06:28:12 PM
I'll still get it because I have too much Google credit and gold saved up, but yeah, it's a terrible theme and there's just not many exciting cards. Although, Prince Malchezaar seems fun for new players and could be of use in control/fatigue decks?

PS: Priest lol
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 11, 2016, 03:32:51 AM
I have 1000 gold but fuck it meta sucks in standard with shaman being annoying.

Might go Wild.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 11, 2016, 12:42:00 PM
There are a lot more Warriors on the ladder nowadays, at least in NA. Not gonna disagree with Shaman being annoying, though.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 11, 2016, 02:59:04 PM
The Standard meta is shit. You can't even play casual as it's littered with meta decks grinding for gold.

Although Secret/Yogg Hunter might be the way to go with that new card that lets you play Secrets for zero cost.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on September 29, 2016, 04:45:16 AM
RIP tuskarr/midshaman
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on September 29, 2016, 05:27:29 AM
They finally nerfed shaman? What about that turn 3 8/8?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: MMaRsu on September 30, 2016, 06:40:54 PM
Uhh not to be a beggar but if anyone can give me a code for the new hero that would be great, I tried linking my Amazon prime account but it says Twitch prime cant be enabled on my account which sucks.

So if anyone has an extra code that would rock. Thanks
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on September 30, 2016, 08:22:57 PM
Oh shit, it's not paid? Rad.

^Try here. https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/55ah9k/tyrande_whisperwind_code_sharing_megathread/
If not, I'll see if my chick/parents have Prime and try and snag an extra sometime this week.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 30, 2016, 08:26:04 PM
Got Rank 5 with lolshaman this month before the nerf. :smug
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on September 30, 2016, 08:39:50 PM
lol I got to 8 with it and discozoo, might make a push tonight
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on October 02, 2016, 05:23:49 AM
Tavern Brawl robot decks can slurp my sack. Other people seem to get the mechanics rolling for them. I'm 0/5 right now. Fuck this fey earth.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 02, 2016, 04:43:26 PM
Haha didn't seem that hard to me but then again HS is truly about that rng.

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 04, 2016, 01:44:01 AM
Yeah I fucking hated the brawl too. Took my like four or five games til i finally got the win, and the mechanics were just dull as shit.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: chronovore on October 04, 2016, 02:16:15 AM
Yeah I fucking hated the brawl too. Took my like four or five games til i finally got the win, and the mechanics were just dull as shit.

I finally got the mechanic rolling on a deck and the other player conceded halfway through the fight; I'm guessing their mom made mac 'n' cheese for dinner, and was calling them to the table. I'm not bitter or anything. I guess a free booster pack is a free booster pack.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 04, 2016, 06:27:20 AM
Yeah but you NEVER get a good card from the Brawl pack. Like no legs or epics or whatnot. Ever.

I got 700 gold and thinking of buying more wings from Karazan, but the cards don't seem that hot... so maybe saving up for a big expansion is a better investment.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: MMaRsu on October 04, 2016, 01:20:16 PM
Yeah but you NEVER get a good card from the Brawl pack. Like no legs or epics or whatnot. Ever.

I got 700 gold and thinking of buying more wings from Karazan, but the cards don't seem that hot... so maybe saving up for a big expansion is a better investment.

That's what I'm doing, these cards from Karazan don't seem to important. Only one I'd really want is Prince Malchazaar
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 05, 2016, 08:42:19 AM
Been plugging away at my Golden Mage (currently at 401 wins). Tempo Mage has been strong for me, already made rank 9.

Current Gold Heros: Paladin, Warlock, Warrior.


My next closest is Priest at 330 wins. I guess that will be next. :gulp:



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on October 05, 2016, 04:36:59 PM
lol i don't even have one golden hero yet
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Post by: MMaRsu on October 05, 2016, 05:24:16 PM
I've got a golden mage with over 500 ranked wins ( sadly it doesnt show exactly how many..wtf )

And Im working my warrior to golden, with around 470 wins now :D
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 06, 2016, 02:45:02 AM
Ive got almost at 2500 wins but only got gold druid as thats main
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 07, 2016, 05:07:51 AM
Yeah but you NEVER get a good card from the Brawl pack. Like no legs or epics or whatnot. Ever.

I got 700 gold and thinking of buying more wings from Karazan, but the cards don't seem that hot... so maybe saving up for a big expansion is a better investment.

That's what I'm doing, these cards from Karazan don't seem to important. Only one I'd really want is Prince Malchazaar
He's OK but when you roll shit like Cho or Millhouse it shoots you in the foot. The mage and warlock cards are cool, and a mediv, the curator and barnes can do some cool stuff too
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 12, 2016, 02:47:56 AM
Beat some scrub with a warrior pirate bum rush deck using my cthun ramp druid and he added me just to rant cause i saud well played and he thinks I only got lucky

as if pirate rush deck has any skill hahah
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 17, 2016, 07:50:38 AM
Caved and got Karazan and the final wing of the League.

Saw that druid Malygos deck and I has to have that!
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 18, 2016, 02:30:41 AM
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20324471/introducing-heroic-tavern-brawl-10-17-2016

L O L
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 19, 2016, 05:15:56 PM
Im getting the hang of this Malygos Druid deck, it beautiful to drop Malygos and bring down people from full health
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 20, 2016, 12:44:35 PM
Malygos Druid is definitely fun to play. Just have to learn how to be patient and understand when is the right time to waste spells to help control the board before it gets out of hand.

Shamans are probably the worst matchup because they have so many threats with 3 or more health.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 20, 2016, 01:45:39 PM
ive put in bloodmage thalnos in it for more draw and oomph, works nice in a pinch

as you said there is quite some things to figure out

hard match up is anything thats very fast, but that not the current meta it seems (cthun druid is also hard)
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 20, 2016, 03:06:35 PM
Lots of people have been experimenting with a single Jungle Moonkin and/or Evolved Kobold to help with board clears. That +2 Spell Power turns your swipe into a 6/3 board clear. Really effective against Shamans when they start trying to build boards late.


Next time I make a run with the deck, I'm going to try it out.




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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 20, 2016, 03:09:34 PM
Tried Jungle moonkin but it helps shamans with spirit claws plus there is many other builds mow that don't mind getting some spell power, its pretty expensive too at 4 mana, so you'd need 8 to do a swipe

haven't tried Kobold, I do use Stampeding Kodo

do you use the deck?
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 20, 2016, 03:47:46 PM
It's my second most used deck in the past month. Probably 75% Tempo Mage 15% Malygod Druid  10% Other, if I had to break it down.

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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 20, 2016, 06:19:18 PM
They're giving away packs if your pick advances. Voted for Thijs, as he's the only guy I heard of
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/esports/tournament/hearthstone-world-championship-2016/choose-your-champion
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Post by: ToxicAdam on October 26, 2016, 10:48:18 AM
Made rank 4, my highest yet. Hopefully I can gain a rank a day until the end of the month.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 28, 2016, 08:47:39 AM
Grats.

With tempo mage?

I'll be unemployed soon and hope to do get legendary one time at least.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 29, 2016, 12:53:25 AM
Lost a game on a train because the connection was too slow, so frustrating!

Druid dropped Deathwing when I was on 12 health, I drew 5 cards and the last one I got was naturlize but the game didn't register me using it :(

Had Maylgos in my hand plus some spells.

Every time Im on this train i tell myself I wont play because of this fuckery.
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Post by: MMaRsu on November 21, 2016, 10:36:02 PM
Finally got an 11 win run, my previous record was like 5 wins or something lol

then I crafted this deck ( without any deckhelper but it was obvious what to pick lol )

(http://i66.tinypic.com/2dtvsdd.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/6ygnyr.png)

siiiiiick

 :gladbron
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Post by: ToxicAdam on November 22, 2016, 11:12:50 AM
Congrats man. That's not even a busted deck.

I think 10 has been my highest, only because i had a lucky (busted) deck.
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Post by: MMaRsu on November 23, 2016, 11:28:06 AM
Thanks man, it was really nerve wrecking but I cant believe I got to 11 wins in the end.

Could have made 12 if I hadnt made a terrible misplay on the last game :(
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Post by: MMaRsu on November 23, 2016, 12:37:48 PM
please add me on Battle.net fellow Bore Bro's

MMaRsu#2459

lets do some games of HS :D
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 01, 2016, 11:54:12 AM
Well you do have to accept my invite Mmarsu!

Anyhoo i got 2.5k gold ready for the xpac today, hope I get a leg or two

Got an epic from a brawl today, one I didnt have, so Im hopeful
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Post by: CajoleJuice on December 01, 2016, 12:55:15 PM
7k in gold baby  :success
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 01, 2016, 01:52:23 PM
 :maf well i saved this up in 1.5 month maaaan

EU still not out

US launch bugged
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Post by: MMaRsu on December 01, 2016, 02:02:04 PM
I didnt accept your invite? Ill have to check again.

Lol I dont have any gold haha :(.

US will be out at night or something :)
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Post by: CajoleJuice on December 01, 2016, 02:08:08 PM
bought 61 packs, got three legs

got kazakus as one of those three, which is cool

custom potions here we come!

edit: bugged? hope i don't lose all the shit i just bought lol
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 01, 2016, 04:05:16 PM
apparentęy the drop rate for multi class cards is too high

im just going to go to bed since they probably want to ptxh shit before the eu launch anyway

gz on the legs, I really want the jade lotus one
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Post by: MMaRsu on December 01, 2016, 04:21:42 PM
Lager whats ur bt
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Post by: CajoleJuice on December 01, 2016, 04:38:58 PM
well shit wish i had work during the day today  :-\
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Post by: CajoleJuice on December 01, 2016, 06:16:30 PM
nevermind, getting an extra 21 packs as compensation. not bad, blizzard. not bad.

edit: i got one legendary in those 21 packs...another kazakus
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 02, 2016, 01:16:51 AM
25 packs and only one leg  :'(

at least its the priest one

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Monsoon
[close]
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 02, 2016, 02:12:04 AM
Bought 15 packs, got Wrathion

Crafted the Jade legend, made druid jade deck, smashing faces :rock
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 02, 2016, 01:56:42 PM
This druid jdr deck seems legit crazy

after three years is this finally druids momeny to shine?

hold me brehs
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Post by: MMaRsu on December 02, 2016, 02:00:03 PM
This druid jdr deck seems legit crazy

after three years is this finally druids momeny to shine?

hold me brehs

pm ur battle tag nerd

 :-*
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Post by: CajoleJuice on December 02, 2016, 04:57:35 PM
This druid jdr deck seems legit crazy

after three years is this finally druids momeny to shine?

hold me brehs

i beat some dude playing what i assume is this deck this morning playing the same ez mode midrange shaman
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 03, 2016, 02:56:16 AM
funny I beat an ez mode shaman :smug

opened a pack this morning and got kazak :rock
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Post by: MMaRsu on December 03, 2016, 10:39:01 AM
funny I beat an ez mode shaman :smug

opened a pack this morning and got kazak :rock

Grats bro!

Im really liking these new cards so far
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Post by: ToxicAdam on December 05, 2016, 01:28:00 PM
Dirty Rat is the MVP. It sucks that it costs 400 dust to craft it, but it's worth it.

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Post by: MMaRsu on December 05, 2016, 02:29:33 PM
Dirty Rat is the MVP. It sucks that it costs 400 dust to craft it, but it's worth it.

In what kind of deck do you use this?
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Post by: ToxicAdam on December 06, 2016, 09:22:25 AM
Reno Priest or Warlock.

In a control matchup, you use it to pull out cards like Reno/Jarraxxus or  anything with a strong battlecry. Denying it's use to the opponent. You just have to make sure you have an answer if you pull out something strong like Rag or Ysera.

In aggro matchup, you save it until the opponent is top decking or has a few cards left. It's a pretty annoying taunt for them to bypass when they are trying to close the game out.

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Post by: MMaRsu on December 06, 2016, 01:18:39 PM
Damnit I opened a duplicate Kazakus from a package

 :'(
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 06, 2016, 02:05:54 PM
fuck aggro
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Post by: OnlyRegret on December 09, 2016, 03:03:47 AM
How many of you still play this, scrolling through to see who is active enough to add. Thread starts in 2013
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Post by: MMaRsu on December 09, 2016, 08:36:03 AM
i do
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 10, 2016, 07:12:59 AM
its been three years? my most played game since wow no doubt, maybe even beat wow
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Post by: ToxicAdam on January 18, 2017, 06:21:47 PM
First time 12 win arena. Warlock is too OP in arena now.

Proof Rewards: http://imgur.com/A6KOCPP
Deck list: http://imgur.com/IuKf7oN http://imgur.com/S7Tk8do
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Post by: CajoleJuice on January 18, 2017, 07:31:14 PM
holy shit NICE

two abyssal enforcers LOL

i played one arena since the expansion and i picked warlock and got zero of them :|
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 16, 2017, 09:20:29 PM
Buncha classic cards going to wild after the next rotation. Kinda surprised to see Ice Lance here.

Also adventures are done, which is kinda disappointing, though I'll never have enough dust to beat all the heroic challenges anyway. Three 130 card xpacs a year now.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20475356
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 17, 2017, 01:53:21 AM
1. No more adventures is a fail imho, it was fun SP content and some cards everyone could get.

2. Banning classic cards is a fail imho, as it is a common thing that everyone could strive for and should be the base of the game.

3. 3 expansions per year is a lot maybe? why not a bit less but more tweaks to the meta on the go...
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 17, 2017, 02:00:03 AM
They have to ban/nerf classic cards, or give HS a perennial set. I have zero issues with the nerfs, tho I'm sad I can't get stb value anymore. I'll adjust. Hopefully we see some stronger 2-turn options next xpac
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 17, 2017, 02:01:47 AM
Also hoping the 3 xpacs x yr swing the meta a lot more
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 17, 2017, 02:02:05 AM
stb?

It seems like they banned a lot of card slower decks needed... just going to make the meta even more about turn 1. It's ridiculous really.

There is no point at all at the moment to play a slow deck in standard, and thats the only thing I ever play.

Instead of nerfing rush shit decks they are doubling down on that being the only meta.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 17, 2017, 02:08:04 AM
For the casual player I think classic was something you could safely invest in, that's what I did at least, but now it feels thats not the right way to go.
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 17, 2017, 03:05:23 AM
Smalltime Buckaneer

TBH I dont think any of these besides AD make a huge difference besides that Rag doesn't swing shit anymore
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 17, 2017, 06:00:28 AM
I'm pretty happy that 'years' are rotating out but I dunno about scrapping basic cards. Why bother committing to Classic at all? I get that they're trying to route casual play into ranked but that shit still isn't fun
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on February 17, 2017, 08:40:24 AM
It just feels cheap, why even bother building up your classic collection if Blizzard can just nuke it from orbit.

You now have to be on board of the latest xpac every time to be competitive, and also only if you dumb ass aggro.

I keep playing this dumb shit regardless but its like a pachinko machine really.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on February 17, 2017, 04:27:05 PM
It's a catch-22 for this game. You want to collect (and play) cards that are versatile and powerful, but if Blizzard allows them to be around forever, then you will never play anything else. Unless Blizzard purposely powercreeps cards to make you choose them instead. But then that opens another whole can of worms of balance issues.

I like Rag, Sylvanas and Drake, but I don't want to feel compelled to keep putting them into Standard decks in 2019.

Retiring them to Wild is a better solution than nuking them from ever seeing play again (like they did to Molten Giant and a few Druid cards last year).

 
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Post by: MMaRsu on February 20, 2017, 12:59:13 PM
I tweeted Ben Brode why they cant move reno to classic

He was like the game is changing too slow or something I dunno some bs :p
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on February 20, 2017, 06:24:17 PM
I'm pretty sure they've said they're not gonna print more Reno cards and they're trying to shift away from having deck archetypes that last as long, so I don't see why they'd keep it around.
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Post by: Kara on February 20, 2017, 07:52:35 PM
It just feels cheap, why even bother building up your classic collection if Blizzard can just nuke it from orbit.

So you can use the cards when it's possible to use the cards. You played with your Classic cards, yes?

Blizzard is pretty upfront about this game not being a CCG. If you choose to believe you're collecting anything in it, that's your prerogative of course, but it's not one rooted in much reality.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 03, 2017, 02:54:21 PM
Ungoro is almost here. 3500 gold already waiting :drool
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 03, 2017, 03:25:45 PM
The new arena has really eaten into my gold savings. Only 2500 this time. Usually I'm sitting on 4000.

I'll have a bunch of dust to craft things though. Sitting on 3500 and will be getting that sweet HOF dust.


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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 03, 2017, 03:42:21 PM
Got about 3k dust too,plus yeah all that HOF dust will be sweet
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 04, 2017, 09:57:44 AM
I had insomnia last night and played too much HS.

I've picked up aggro Shaman in the past week, just because I've run out of fun decks to play. It absolutely destroys Pirate Warriors, Jade Druid and Rogues. Currently at Rank 7, the earliest I've ever gotten this high. I beat a pro player (Naiman) last night during my climb.

I'm hoping to go balls out and see how far I can go with this broken deck before the rotation hits.

I'm kind of concerned this deck will still be really good, even if Trogg/Totem Golem get removed. You only really need to find a replacement for Golem. Trogg can be replaced by an argent squire.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 04, 2017, 01:18:13 PM
i hate aggro decks

ruins the fun

guilty pleasure is the shaman murlock deck though..
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 04, 2017, 04:41:37 PM
I feel like after this expansion there will be more tools than ever to deal with early aggro. So, it's really on the player if they want to include them. Kind of limits deck building when you have to include those cards just to survive, but at least the options are there. 

I think that's part of the reason why Shaman was so popular. It was the most versatile class in dealing with all kinds of decks.

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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 07, 2017, 02:32:20 AM
Opened 45 packs, got one leg only, elemental shaman  :'(

Crafted the shaman quest myself and got stomped by quest hunter and jade druid

not like this un goro
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Post by: MMaRsu on April 07, 2017, 10:18:15 AM
Opened 7 packs and all I got was shit.

Now priest sucks again...great with 450 ranked wins..
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 07, 2017, 10:38:23 AM
So close

you can do it
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Post by: MMaRsu on April 07, 2017, 11:24:20 AM
So close

you can do it

With no dragons and no reno, I doubt priest is still fun. New Priest cards also sucks so I used all my 600 dust and crafted a bunch of elemental minions and legys and the shaman quest :p
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 07, 2017, 11:47:18 AM
I think deathrattle priest could be cool
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 07, 2017, 01:35:15 PM
I opened 45 and only got Hemet. Ugh. I had a ton of epics though.


I crafted that new Rogue quest and started to play it. It's kind of broken, but can be countered.

I'm currently rank 4, so it's really a bad spot to be experimenting with new decks.

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Post by: MMaRsu on April 07, 2017, 01:52:53 PM
So hows the lore with the new cards? So far a lot of them seem made up and not based on any wow stuff.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 07, 2017, 03:58:28 PM
They dropped the "Heroes of Warcraft" tag recently from the game so they could have more freedom in creating their own characters.

 Starting next expansion, they are going to be having free Single Player content with every release. Which will build more stories behind their characters. They'll probably have recurring characters like they did with Elise this set.



 
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Post by: MMaRsu on April 08, 2017, 07:17:47 AM
Heh. Oh well, the new expack seems like total garbage to me.

F this game
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 09, 2017, 01:21:43 AM
Its a cool expac but I wasted like 5000 dust making the Murloc quest card + finja and the druid quest card. Both suck!

The two legendaris i got are for the elemental shaman deck which is decent at least and got
me to 13.

So pissed I wasted so much dust on crap.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 09, 2017, 01:26:13 AM
I knew that druid quest would be poo but I couldnt resist after 3 years of druid being my "main"

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Post by: MMaRsu on April 09, 2017, 06:43:45 AM
Its a cool expac but I wasted like 5000 dust making the Murloc quest card + finja and the druid quest card. Both suck!

The two legendaris i got are for the elemental shaman deck which is decent at least and got
me to 13.

So pissed I wasted so much dust on crap.

I also spent all my dust on murloc elemental shammy
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 10, 2017, 08:51:43 AM
The more I play the more I like the expansion. They did a great job designing the elementals. They all feel pretty good and there are enough of them you can build some interesting decks.

It does suck about the costs of those quests. I crafted Rogue Quest on day one, but I find it pretty dull. Either it works and you cheese a win, or you have a handful of crap cards and no way to win.

I played a lot of Arena over the weekend. Had some great runs (11 wins twice, 10 wins twice and 9 wins three times). Envenom weapon for Rogues is RIDICULOUS in Arena. The tempo swing is just too much when you can trade 6 health to kill a huge taunt.



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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on April 11, 2017, 10:11:49 AM
I'm really not enjoying the quest aspect. Exodia Mage and the Rogue quests seem to make up 75% of my opponents. Exodia mage is particularly frustrating as you can't really do anything. Ratting out and killing an apprentice only to see four of them pop up on the board next turn anyway is maddening.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on April 11, 2017, 11:24:20 AM
At least the mage takes so long to get going you can kill him, rogue can have 5/5 minions by turn 5 like

Anyhoo made it to rank 10 with my elemental shaman

Really good xpac so far
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Post by: ToxicAdam on April 12, 2017, 08:31:32 AM
I got tired of beating my head at rank 4. So I switched to Wild. It's fun until you get to rank 8-9. Then it's just an endless stream of tryhards and aggro decks.

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Post by: MMaRsu on May 01, 2017, 08:31:38 PM
Three packs for free as a login bonus for 70 mil players

too bad it was all shit
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Post by: chronovore on May 01, 2017, 08:36:56 PM
Three packs for free as a login bonus for 70 mil players

too bad it was all shit

I play so infrequently, it was all new to me. I was happy for the free packs.
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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 02, 2017, 10:51:13 AM
Made it to rank 7, which is top 4%, not too shabby!
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 02, 2017, 02:31:03 PM
I made it to rank 1 and then slipped all the way back to rank 4. It was too discouraging, so I gave up.

One day ...


I haven't really found a deck that clicks with me yet. Quest rogue, different variants of Paladin, Mage, Taunt Warrior. Kind of dull. I want to try a heavy control Shaman, but I can't afford it yet.



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Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 03, 2017, 02:08:33 AM
Dropping from 1 to 4 must have been rough, how many stars do you need that high up?
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Post by: ToxicAdam on May 03, 2017, 03:05:13 PM
Every rank from 5 to 1 has 5 stars.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 04, 2017, 01:52:15 PM
god i'm so sorry TA

highest i got was 3 a few months back and after dropping back to 5 i wanted to murder someone

also lager, there are no win streak bonus stars at rank 5 and above
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on May 04, 2017, 02:29:55 PM
Ill never get beyond 5 then anymore
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on May 06, 2017, 12:28:51 AM
Just play pirate warrior, you've got 11 months til it rotates out and you can probably smorc your way to legend. Or just flip between token shaman/freeze mage
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on May 08, 2017, 11:57:48 AM
I think I'll be able to get there with (slower) mid-range Paladin. It doesn't really have any lopsided matchups in the current meta.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on May 08, 2017, 02:04:44 PM
Vicious Syndicate definitely thinks it's the strongest deck in the game.
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Post by: MMaRsu on May 18, 2017, 02:21:46 PM
Damn each time I get a great Arena deck I still end up getting wrecked :/

fml
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on June 02, 2017, 10:23:36 PM
Kripp is dusting his extras tonight at midnight btw
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on July 07, 2017, 03:35:50 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgaBjPyMtXo&

New card gallery:
http://imgur.com/a/U8oVR
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on July 07, 2017, 05:39:16 AM
Theme looks cool. The two mechanics they've shown so far are adding more healing to classes and being able to change your hero mid-game. With the hero power changing to something different and powerful.

The Hunter one is interesting as it hopefully opens up more of a control deck.
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on July 07, 2017, 02:51:55 PM
It looks like it could be an interesting mechanic, though it's really impossible to judge anything when they drop six cards and are like 'alright see ya in three weeks'
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Post by: MMaRsu on July 07, 2017, 04:29:29 PM
Welp, im pretty excited
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on August 10, 2017, 11:17:32 PM
I think it's cool? Death Knights and DK cards seem kinda useless so far. I went nuts and crafted Arfus, and then immediately realized I should have saved the dust til the meta shakes out a bit. I've played games that last 25+ turns each, and also still slammed out a few easy games using Gadgetzan pirate warrior. I hope the game slows down, cuz I've always liked the newspaper-chess-puzzle aspect of the game more than just slamming damage into face.

Also the single player shit was weird. I managed to get through the first, third and fourth bosses no problem, but the OTK one was a bitch that took me like four tries
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Post by: MMaRsu on August 12, 2017, 06:22:17 AM
Goddamn priest is fun

I got a jaina dk while playing as mage then later in  the game when my opponent had a few 5+ attack minions on board, i dropped my priest dk.

Awesome
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 14, 2017, 10:18:37 AM
I was half in the bag when I started the new expansion and crafted The Black Knight, Lich King and Bolvar (why?!).

Druids are pushing my shit in, no matter what I try. I've given up on cute, mid-ranged decks and went the aggro/tempo route (Pirate Rogue!) and have had limited success (currently rank 9). Their Shadw Blade weapon has been a bit underwhelming. 3 attack weapons aren't quite as strong as they were in the Ungoro meta.

My DK pull was Garrosh, but I haven't even tried it out yet. I kind of want to craft a Shaman DK and fuck around with battlecry decks.
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on August 14, 2017, 04:28:14 PM
FWIW I too drunkenly spent most of my dust, though mine was on TLK and Arfus (ugh). I'd hold off on any DK cards for now. The game has slowed down considerably for now, but I still think most of them are too slow. The Warlock one is great if you play it late enough, but it's only really won games I've been either evenly matched or just slightly behind in. Speaking of which control Warlock is great right now, which I'm happy about. I haven't played this many long games since Renolock. Defile is awesome too btw. Combined with Tainted Zealot/Mortal Coil/Drain Soul, you get a lot of options for boardclears at almost every stage of the game.
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Post by: ToxicAdam on August 15, 2017, 01:04:01 PM
Crafted two Meat Wagons, so I could play a Summoning Stone Mage deck in Wild.

NO REGRETS


Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on August 18, 2017, 02:42:53 AM
Skipping this xpac, think Im really of HS now.
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Post by: CajoleJuice on August 18, 2017, 04:29:12 PM
Skipping this xpac, think Im really of HS now.

congrats
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Post by: MMaRsu on August 22, 2017, 03:15:46 PM
Just got 12 wins in arena for the first time.. aww yeah!
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 24, 2017, 09:03:28 PM
jade druid is undertaker meta right now

Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on August 25, 2017, 11:41:44 AM
Yea, I haven't completed a daily quest in about 5 days. I'm having trouble finding the fun.

The only reason I cleared out my queue was because of Tavern Brawl. Pretty good one.




Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 03, 2017, 05:44:05 AM
so how is this xpac?
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on October 03, 2017, 12:13:34 PM
I dig it. The DKs are fun, and surprisingly at least one of the Princes wound up being viable. After the last round of nerfs it has one of the most balanced metas in ages.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on October 03, 2017, 12:25:02 PM
Xpac is good, but I'm just tired of the game.

I need something fundamentally new to get me excited again. Best of 3 format or Sealed format or Achievements, Speed Mode (20 seconds per turn), Clans (with rewards).  Some kind of significant twist.

The current paradigm doesn't feel different enough for me and I don't have that drive to earn cards anymore.



Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on October 03, 2017, 03:03:18 PM
yeah thats the feeling i have with wow too now, if you know what I mean
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 07, 2017, 04:10:32 PM
New xpac is out, kinda blows ass
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 12, 2017, 11:57:35 AM
The Dungeon Run is fantastic though.

They could've spun that off into it's own game and it would've been a huge hit. Hopefully people that have fallen away from HS, hear about it and  get to try it out.
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Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 12, 2017, 12:19:27 PM
Yeah dungeon run is tons of fun. I wish there was a bit more incentive than the card back though
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 19, 2018, 02:40:54 AM
Installed again, been a long break (6-12 months?), lets see how it is and if its possible to jump back in.

Read a new season is starting soon.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 21, 2018, 06:17:53 AM
I guess the new cards are cool, but this game really is digital shit.

The rng is still as stupid as ever which just makes everything feel like time lost.
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: MMaRsu on March 21, 2018, 08:03:02 AM
I guess the new cards are cool, but this game really is digital shit.

The rng is still as stupid as ever which just makes everything feel like time lost.

Lager come play pubg with me mayne
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 21, 2018, 11:15:15 AM
What time do you play?
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Post by: MMaRsu on March 21, 2018, 11:17:05 AM
What time do you play?

mostly during the evenings but from april 1st im jobless so ill be playing a lot
Title: Re: Hearthstone thread of cards n whatnot- post your battletags
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on March 21, 2018, 11:35:58 AM
Well then we can play together from april as im jobless unemployed too  :maf