The Official Hearthstone : Heroes of Warcraft Thread

clartymarty · 3 Jan 2014 at 09:20

Its funny my main in WoW is a Palladin and I play him the most in this game ha-ha

In wow though I am trying to mix things up abit with new classes that I have leveled, I normally swap my main each expansion as well as a different role!

NinetyOne · 3 Jan 2014 at 13:01

Currently using a control deck on my mage. Just control/CC the early/mid game until I can get out my big cards then just overwhelm my opponent. The game is such a pay2win game though, as are all card games.

benny90125 · 3 Jan 2014 at 16:55

NinetyOne said:
Currently using a control deck on my mage. Just control/CC the early/mid game until I can get out my big cards then just overwhelm my opponent. The game is such a pay2win game though, as are all card games.

Haven't spent a penny on the game and I do just fine.

sharpygsxr · 3 Jan 2014 at 18:50

i only bought one pack to get the beta card, aside from that anything has been from arena packs

Fuggan · 3 Jan 2014 at 23:10

How do you guys know/decide which cards to discard or keep at the start of a game? Guess it's dependent on class, but is there a general rule for each class?

uncle_rufus · 3 Jan 2014 at 23:16

Surely you just try to discard any cards that are too high mana to play in the early to early-mid game... and hope they get replaced with lower cost cards you can use... no?

Fuggan · 3 Jan 2014 at 23:28

Pretty much what I have been doing, yes. Just wondered if anyone else did anything differently. For example, are there certain cards that are considered too powerful to risk not getting late game? Not sure.

Evilsod · 4 Jan 2014 at 00:29

Well that'll teach me to pick Hunter in Arena.

Had possibly the worst selection of cards I've ever seen. Ended up with absolutely no synergy, random beast and murloc cards without buffs.

Went 0/3. Just gone in again with a Priest, up to 3/0 now.

NinetyOne · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:01

benny90125 said:
Haven't spent a penny on the game and I do just fine.

Doing 'just fine' and doing as well as others who have paid out for the best cards are two different things.

benny90125 · 4 Jan 2014 at 01:31

NinetyOne said:
Doing 'just fine' and doing as well as others who have paid out for the best cards are two different things.

Just because they have spent more than me doesn't mean they're better than me, I have decent cards without spending anything, I just put time into the game instead.

Lodjik · 4 Jan 2014 at 09:50

The game isn't really pay to win. I would say it may be pay to catch up or make up for lack of skill. After all if you are good at card games or just this game then you can farm packs in Arena pretty much consistently with an approx 70%+ win rate. Anything over a 2:1 win ratio.

Two common misconceptions in newcomers is 1) A basic deck can't beat a Leg/Epic deck and 2) That everyone running decent cards has shelled out money for them. Most people have just earned them by being decent at the game and put time into it.

SiDeards73 · 4 Jan 2014 at 09:54

Just remembered i have a Beta invite for this, havent registered it yet, i might have to register it later and have a tinker!

Lodjik · 4 Jan 2014 at 10:13

SiDeards73 said:
Just remembered i have a Beta invite for this, havent registered it yet, i might have to register it later and have a tinker!

I see what you did there!

caz32 · 4 Jan 2014 at 10:48

Fuggan said:
How do you guys know/decide which cards to discard or keep at the start of a game? Guess it's dependent on class, but is there a general rule for each class?

Depends on your deck IMO, on my pally I 95% always keep true silver champion just because its good for removal, the only time I don't keep it is if I'm first and my other cards are like 4+, but again it depends what class I'm against too.

Fuggan · 4 Jan 2014 at 12:23

caz32 said:
Depends on your deck IMO, on my pally I 95% always keep true silver champion just because its good for removal, the only time I don't keep it is if I'm first and my other cards are like 4+, but again it depends what class I'm against too.

Yeah, I guess you are right. Comes with practice and learning the cards I assume.

jas72 · 4 Jan 2014 at 12:36

just remembered I have this beta invite thought it was spam but it was legit. Got it on 21/10 as well

Game is quite fun although how do you choose your starting race it just started for me with some woman called Jana ?

Do you have to play the opening 5 games first?

caz32 · 4 Jan 2014 at 12:47

jas72 said:
just remembered I have this beta invite thought it was spam but it was legit. Got it on 21/10 as well

Game is quite fun although how do you choose your starting race it just started for me with some woman called Jana ?

Do you have to play the opening 5 games first?

Yea, The best thing to do is "grind" vs AI all classes to level 10 so you get all the basic cards then take it from there.

Play against and beat all classes on normal and expert and I think you get something like 100 coins for doing it.

Fuggan · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:12

jas72 said:
some woman called Jana ?

SOME WOMAN!?

That be Jaina Proudmore! Founder and former ruler of Theramore Isle!!

Hurlbag · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:41

150g gone on a Rogue arena deck with 0 Assassinates, Backstabs, Eviscerates or Shivs, first time 0-3. :mad:

Stark contrast to my previous 9-3 Shaman run where 3 Rockbiters and a Windspeaker almost turned every game around for me, so hoping for that again!

Evilsod · 4 Jan 2014 at 15:46

caz32 said:
Yea, The best thing to do is "grind" vs AI all classes to level 10 so you get all the basic cards then take it from there.

Play against and beat all classes on normal and expert and I think you get something like 100 coins for doing it.

I wouldn't say grinding to level 10 against AI is a good idea. Beat them all once on normal and expert certainly to unlock everything and get the gold for it but you'd be far better going up against real players after that.

The basic decks for some characters just plain suck so you might be better off trying to make your own if you think you can.