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Seuss
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I'll be preordering. My poor moneys. | ||
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Alaric
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jcarlsoniv
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On July 24 2015 03:10 Requizen wrote: Edit: Anyone preordering? lol absolutely On July 24 2015 03:19 Alaric wrote: You can pre-order to get a full set of all the cards? no, I think it's packs at discount | ||
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Requizen
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On July 24 2015 03:19 Alaric wrote: You can pre-order to get a full set of all the cards? Preordering gets you the card back and 50 packs. | ||
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Seuss
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TheHumanSensation
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Requizen
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Parnage
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On July 24 2015 04:48 Requizen wrote: Water chestnuts are delicious. Yes, yes they are. | ||
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Cixah
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intotheheart
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On July 24 2015 05:02 Cixah wrote: Can I preorder twice lol? That would be the dream, although unrealistic. | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
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phyvo
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On July 23 2015 21:48 jcarlsoniv wrote: So, as mentioned before, it's a CCG first and foremost before it's a F2P. I can understand why the RNG would turn people off the game, but the fact that Blizz is continuously releasing cards for a CCG should surprise no one. I know you're right, and it might that no CCG would be financially viable if guided by my preferred rate of card release/gain, but I think that's an oversimplification of my complaint. I sort of wonder what the market would be like if it was a TCG instead and you didn't have to rely on dust. | ||
TheYango
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Who knew that Blizzard would strike digital gold a second time. On July 24 2015 05:42 phyvo wrote: I know you're right, and it might that no CCG would be financially viable if guided by my preferred rate of card release/gain, but I think that's an oversimplification of my complaint. I sort of wonder what the market would be like if it was a TCG instead and you didn't have to rely on dust. It would be easier if your goal is to make casual decks with mediocre cards, and WAY worse if you were trying to make a competitive deck or collect a full set. A cursory glance at how secondary markets for paper TCGs works should make that pretty apparent. The *average* value of a card in secondary markets would stay similar, but the value of low-demand/excessive supply cards would drop while the value of high-demand/rare cards would skyrocket. It would be unsurprising to see a card like, Dr. Boom for example, go for ~$20-30 (if not even higher than that) on secondary markets if HS had trading but no dust crafting. I think Blizzard was definitely cognizant of the direction secondary markets develop and were mindful of that when they chose not to include trading in Hearthstone. For myself I feel like this rate of card release is fine (I'm not playing Hearthstone for other reasons). Though that's partly because I personally like the "progression" aspect of collectible gaming and making deckbuilding decisions within budget constraints adds an interesting dimension to the process for me. Constructed actually felt LESS interesting to me once I reached the point where I actually owned all the cards to make the deck I wanted (right before I stopped playing I was actually playing more games on my EU smurf than on my NA account because it was more fun to play with almost nothing). | ||
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jcarlsoniv
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On July 24 2015 05:55 TheYango wrote: Every time some hew HS stuff comes out, I'm amazed at how many people are actually playing the game (and even more amazed at how many people are spending money on it). Who knew that Blizzard would strike digital gold a second time. Well, someone was going to hit the mark eventually. Wizards clearly dropped the ball, and Blizzard took hold well because 1) Battle.Net lends itself very well to playing games and being connected to friends and 2) Blizzard's pockets opened the gateway to a high quality, smooth CCG experience. | ||
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WaveofShadow
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TheYango
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On July 24 2015 06:09 WaveofShadow wrote: I read something recently that shows how Wizards and HS aren't competing in the same market at all. They clearly aren't, the question is whether WotC actually ever wanted to be in the market Blizzard is in, which is a question that nobody outside of WotC management would be able to answer, really. | ||
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Seuss
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Cixah
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On July 24 2015 06:16 Seuss wrote: A lot of Hearthstone's grab is the UI. It's very easy to parse the game visually, and Blizzard absolutely succeeded in making the game feel very tactile. That draws in players who might otherwise be intimidated by CCGs. Hs grab is because I can play it while I shit at work. If I had this functionality for magic I'd switch in a heartbeat. | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On July 24 2015 06:09 TheYango wrote: F2P digital CCGs were starting to become a big thing before HS came out though--it wasn't really necessarily an early adopter thing. I think the fact that HS became the dominant one so quickly has to do partly with the the Blizzard/Warcraft branding, but also to do with some subtle design choices. Yeah I'm not saying it's an early adopter thing (I guess my previous post was phrased poorly). It's the perfect storm of Warcraft lore, ease of use, platform, and community. edit - Swaglord, this is for you + Show Spoiler + | ||
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Seuss
United States10536 Posts
On July 24 2015 06:36 Cixah wrote: Hs grab is because I can play it while I shit at work. If I had this functionality for magic I'd switch in a heartbeat. That doesn't explain Hearthstone's early popularity, though it helps now I suppose. | ||
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