It's pay2win alright. Like all other card games.
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Denmark14978 Posts
It's pay2win alright. Like all other card games. | ||
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solidbebe
Netherlands4921 Posts
On June 01 2014 18:50 Drazerk wrote: You realize that the game has been out for so long that even if you have never touched arena you should have crafted at least 4 legends and have every common / rare by now. (I have 20 arena wins and like 3000 constructed wins or something without spending a penny). You only really require leeroy anyway since the meta is far too fast to play control on ladder. Reading this im sooo glad I havent touched this game oh thanks be to the lords ![]() | ||
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Ru ba
Serbia1812 Posts
On June 01 2014 18:50 Drazerk wrote: You realize that the game has been out for so long that even if you have never touched arena you should have crafted at least 4 legends and have every common / rare by now. (I have 20 arena wins and like 3000 constructed wins or something without spending a penny). You only really require leeroy anyway since the meta is far too fast to play control on ladder. it was a joke but yea,I only play arena and cba with constructed | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On June 01 2014 19:16 solidbebe wrote: Reading this im sooo glad I havent touched this game oh thanks be to the lords ![]() Well you're supposed to play arena to get cards. I just abused a flaw in blizzard's match making to get all the cards which is why my win count is so stupidly high. | ||
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Denmark14978 Posts
I think arena is awfully boring for example, i got my cards through constructed and quests. Edit: To clarify, i just dislike the notion that there is a 'supposed' way to play the game Arena is just another game mode, it isn't specifically there to give players cards. It's just that all rewards in hearthstone and thus the rewards in arena revolve around the cards. | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On June 01 2014 19:37 Unleashing wrote: Lol you're not supposed to play arena to get cards, that's just one way to get cards. I think arena is awfully boring for example, i got my cards through constructed and quests. Edit: To clarify, i just dislike the notion that there is a 'supposed' way to play the game Arena is just another game mode, it isn't specifically there to give players cards. It's just that all rewards in hearthstone and thus the rewards in arena revolve around the cards.I'm a speedrunner I've learnt to cover my tracks and use words such as intended / supposed to :-P Since there is a gold cap in constructed but not one in arena its the intended route of the developers for card progression nothing more. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
From what I played of hearthstone I just felt like there was too little to do, in terms of deckbuilding and playing. I think arena was alright but again, it gets pretty dull because it feels like the choices are kind of made for you. It's not like drafting in magic where you have very difficult decisions to make and you can create decks with real synergies not just 2 card combos. Maybe after they release like 6 expansions so they're at a point where they have to make more interesting cards I will go back to it. But at the moment it's just so bland. Dual-class mode could also make the deckbuilding (and play) interesting, but the game's obviously not balanced to support that. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On June 01 2014 20:03 teapoted wrote: Well it's faster just to spend money. From what I played of hearthstone I just felt like there was too little to do, in terms of deckbuilding and playing. I think arena was alright but again, it gets pretty dull because it feels like the choices are kind of made for you. It's not like drafting in magic where you have very difficult decisions to make and you can create decks with real synergies not just 2 card combos. Maybe after they release like 6 expansions so they're at a point where they have to make more interesting cards I will go back to it. But at the moment it's just so bland. Dual-class mode could also make the deckbuilding interesting, but the games obviously not balanced to support that. Yeah but paying for cards also defeats the only reason to play the game so its kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things. The new class cards they've been releasing all seem kinda meh to be honest so hopefully the next expansion is better. | ||
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Denmark14978 Posts
On June 01 2014 19:56 Drazerk wrote: I'm a speedrunner I've learnt to cover my tracks and use words such as intended / supposed to :-P Since there is a gold cap in constructed but not one in arena its the intended route of the developers for card progression nothing more. I can guarantee you that the vast majority of the playerbase does NOT hit the gold cap in constructed. Winning 30 games of constructed daily is definitely not the norm. And the gold cap was implemented to stop abusers, not because they really wanted to nerf constructed gold gain. | ||
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teapoted
United Kingdom24425 Posts
On June 01 2014 20:10 Drazerk wrote: Getting cards isn't the only reason to play the game.Yeah but paying for cards also defeats the only reason to play the game so its kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things. The new class cards they've been releasing all seem kinda meh to be honest so hopefully the next expansion is better. In fact if that's even part of the reason to play the game that's kind of sad. | ||
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Drazerk
United Kingdom31255 Posts
On June 01 2014 20:14 teapoted wrote: Getting cards isn't the only reason to play the game. In fact if that's even part of the reason to play the game that's kind of sad. Game is fun to play its just nice to have some actual story / something to strive for in a game and unlike Dota there is no online community in Hearthstone and its far too repetitive given the meta. | ||
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On June 01 2014 12:52 Dubzex wrote: I feel like I accomplished something great tonight. oshi-! gz dbzx, ive still got like 2 ranks to go | ||
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Denmark14978 Posts
It depends on a lot of things, will TI4 result in another huge boom in dota viewership and play-base? If so, how big? If we're at 8 million monthly unique players in the west currently i think we might just hit 11~12 million after TI4 and then it'll drop down and stabilize at around 10 million. Or maybe the increase will be way bigger or way smaller, who knows ![]() However what i'm personally more interested in isn't bigger prizepools for the general tournaments although that's also neat. I hope we soon reach a point where organizations can/will pay the players wages good enough to have the players focus full-time on dota. Sure we have a few organizations and teams already at that stage, but it's not the norm. | ||
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Denmark14978 Posts
Before adding the gem: -Kinetic gem -Inscribed gem -Open slot After adding the gem: -Inscribed gem -Kinetic gem -Inscribed gem AND THIS IS REALLY ANNOYING ME | ||
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Arena is just another game mode, it isn't specifically there to give players cards. It's just that all rewards in hearthstone and thus the rewards in arena revolve around the cards.