Hearthstone Thread

They do take forever. But when they release something, it is polished to perfection. At least, that has been my experience.
 
this is the very same point my friends and i were discussing a couple days ago. Hearthstone is absolutely PERFECT for a tablet. the flicking of the cards with your finger? YES PLEASE!
 
Pay to win?

Gouko_Tenrou said:
So annoyed with the players who buy packs & packs of cards with real cash and then just destroy me:(
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I haven't spent a single cent of real money on this game, and don't intend to, and I've played for several weeks, maybe 6 to 8 weeks? Mostly I do Arena runs after I finish the daily quests.
I have a kickass Hunter deck that I used to go from Rank 25 to Rank 15 this weekend, managed to win most of the games I played with it.
Hunter decks and their Beasts have insane synergy, and there are so many cards like that, the deck doesn't rely on a single set of cards for combos either.
You *can* win, and play well, without spending money on the game. Sure, some guys pay money and end up crafting especially good decks, with some legendaries etc. but that doesn't mean they *will* win. Having a legendary or three in your deck still means there's a small chance of getting that legendary card at the right time while you play.
I've crafted a few cards with the dust I get from disenchanting extra cards I get, specifically rare cards that I feel will do well in my deck.
It is a bit like Magic the Gathering, some guys could spend lots of money for lots of boosters and get a nice spread of cards and trade etc. Other guys couldn't spend that much and only ever traded to make their one or two decks they had, work well. You can disenchant class-specific cards in Hearthstone of classes that you don't like, and craft cards for a class that you do like, to make the deck for that class work better.

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Hiro said:
this is the very same point my friends and i were discussing a couple days ago. Hearthstone is absolutely PERFECT for a tablet. the flicking of the cards with your finger? YES PLEASE!
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Agreed, and it will make the game so much more accessible as a quick pick-up-and-play game, once it exists on a tablet. Got 10 minutes? Quick game. Nice. Hope they don't charge for it on the Appstores...
 
They wont charge for it on the App store, I read a thread on Blizzard forums where they mentioned it and said its free to play, so there will be no charge for it on the app store.

Agreed, you can craft and make very competitive decks with basic/common cards and the odd lucky rare/epic/legencary card you get, but this game is also very much about luck, 50/50 :)
 
i played my first Arena session last night and ended with 3 wins (and obviously 3 losses). but to be fair, i made some very poor choices when constructing my deck :-( still, it was a free entry so it was a win. got a free pack plus some gold. keen to dive back in once i have a bit more Gold acquired.
 
DeepwaterNewt said:
I haven't spent a single cent of real money on this game, and don't intend to, and I've played for several weeks, maybe 6 to 8 weeks? Mostly I do Arena runs after I finish the daily quests.
I have a kickass Hunter deck that I used to go from Rank 25 to Rank 15 this weekend, managed to win most of the games I played with it.
Hunter decks and their Beasts have insane synergy, and there are so many cards like that, the deck doesn't rely on a single set of cards for combos either.
You *can* win, and play well, without spending money on the game. Sure, some guys pay money and end up crafting especially good decks, with some legendaries etc. but that doesn't mean they *will* win. Having a legendary or three in your deck still means there's a small chance of getting that legendary card at the right time while you play.
I've crafted a few cards with the dust I get from disenchanting extra cards I get, specifically rare cards that I feel will do well in my deck.
It is a bit like Magic the Gathering, some guys could spend lots of money for lots of boosters and get a nice spread of cards and trade etc. Other guys couldn't spend that much and only ever traded to make their one or two decks they had, work well. You can disenchant class-specific cards in Hearthstone of classes that you don't like, and craft cards for a class that you do like, to make the deck for that class work better.
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I know its possible to be a great player without buying cards, I was just getting fed up with having my a** handed to me match after match. I've cooled down now and I'll probably be playing some of the game today:)
 
DeepwaterNewt said:
I have a kickass Hunter deck that I used to go from Rank 25 to Rank 15 this weekend, managed to win most of the games I played with it.
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Do you mean you HAD a kickass hunter deck? From my understanding the Arena games are a selection of random cards within the game, not with in your collection?
 
Tom said:
Do you mean you HAD a kickass hunter deck? From my understanding the Arena games are a selection of random cards within the game, not with in your collection?
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His hunter deck is for normal construction play. Hence the "from Rank 25 to Rank 15" part of his post. You don't rank up (or down for that matter) in Arena matches.
 
Toxin said:
His hunter deck is for normal construction play. Hence the "from Rank 25 to Rank 15" part of his post. You don't rank up (or down for that matter) in Arena matches.
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O ok got you... Thats what i thought but im still getting to grips with the whole arena thing... I find it quite interesting that they random your cards, as it either makes it really fair, or incredibly unfair... If you get a crap roll you pretty screwed...
 
Tom said:
O ok got you... Thats what i thought but im still getting to grips with the whole arena thing... I find it quite interesting that they random your cards, as it either makes it really fair, or incredibly unfair... If you get a crap roll you pretty screwed...
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happened to me when I played arena this weekend, picked Rogue and got mostly mid/late game cards, ended up getting rushed down by my opponents.
 
hmm...say, what about if you run some sort of iPad-PC "remote desktop" app? coudn't you then play Hearthstone "on your ipad" ?
 
Hiro said:
hmm...say, what about if you run some sort of iPad-PC "remote desktop" app? coudn't you then play Hearthstone "on your ipad" ?
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Could probably get it right with team viewer even... But a native app would be awesome...
 
Hiro said:
hmm...say, what about if you run some sort of iPad-PC "remote desktop" app? coudn't you then play Hearthstone "on your ipad" ?
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Tom said:
Could probably get it right with team viewer even... But a native app would be awesome...
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PaPaRaZZ! said:
Yep you can do it with any RDP app.. Teamviewer or Splashtop. I've used it already, works well.
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splashtop will be the way to go here. teamviewer is slow and runs through your internet conection so dulls down graphics like any other rdp does.

splashtop works through your wifi and runs smoothly and looks great. I've even watched series on my tab via splashtop
 
MalicE said:
splashtop will be the way to go here. teamviewer is slow and runs through your internet conection so dulls down graphics like any other rdp does.

splashtop works through your wifi and runs smoothly and looks great. I've even watched series on my tab via splashtop
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Learn something new everyday ;) Will give this a look... Never even heard of it...
 
Tom said:
Toxin said:
His hunter deck is for normal construction play. Hence the "from Rank 25 to Rank 15" part of his post. You don't rank up (or down for that matter) in Arena matches.
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O ok got you... Thats what i thought but im still getting to grips with the whole arena thing... I find it quite interesting that they random your cards, as it either makes it really fair, or incredibly unfair... If you get a crap roll you pretty screwed...
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Indeed, constructed deck.
The arena card choices are not 100% random from what I understand. They tend to have groupings of specific types of cards or something like that. Then there is obviously the selection of rares and/or epics/legendaries.

The trick is to look past the "coolness" of having Death Wing, and rather select a card based on usefulness in the context of the rest of the cards you've chosen. Selecting a notthatcool but useful card over a cooooool card can be the difference between winning and losing. :)
 
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