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New Hearthstone Expansion The Grand Tournament Coming Soon!

Blizzard just let us know what big Hearthstone news is and it's a brand new expansion called The Grand Tournament.

"The Grand Tournament bolsters the expanding Hearthstone library with 132 new cards, introducing all-new spells, weapons, and a retinue of Azeroth’s most renowned Champions ready to join your cause. Here’s a taste of what you can expect when you step into this Grand Tournament!"

In the Stream Blizz highlighted 5 new cards that focus on a brand new ability called Inspire that is activated when you use your hero power. I like this new ability and the new cards they have shown off really look to add a huge new dynamic to the game that should be interesting to... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/22/2015 at 10:17pm

I can't wait for this! I've been saving up my gold for packs since I heard about it.

The new Inspire ability sounds like it's going to really change up the game. Sometimes I go through a game and realize I have hardly used the Hero Power.

(I sure hope there's some cards that have an Inspire that heal the Hero for my Warlock deck!)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2015 at 12:22am

Yeah, that would be great. Have you thought about the 50 packs for $50 bucks+card back? That's about the price of a full game.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/23/2015 at 01:56am

I'm not going to buy any cards. I really like that everything is available with game-earned gold (other than Hero skins, but that doesn't affect gameplay)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2015 at 02:53pm

Yeah, I appreciate the free part too. But on the other hand maybe I should toss them some money? Just my luck I'd drop the money and is get all the new set commons ONLY.

JaBo wrote on 07/23/2015 at 04:02pm

Glad you post and decipher the news lol. I just played a game and would be oblivious to new things if not for checking here and occasionally seeing news feed when I play from work PC.

This is a huge long awaited change:

Arena Reward Update

[i]Beginning with the launch of The Grand Tournament, the Arena will no longer award players only Goblins vs Gnomes card packs. Instead, players will have a chance to receive a Grand Tournament card pack, Goblins vs Gnomes card pack, or a Classic card pack whenever a pack is awarded.[/i]

I don't get what they mean by "chance" though. Is it random? Normally, I'd say they mean a chance to win any at all and it may imply you choose when you win, because you have a chance of not getting a pack at all, but you always win at least one pack from arena... so you don't have a chance of losing, so maybe it's a random pack now? IDK!

As far as $50 for 50 packs and card back... hmm maybe.

I actually just paid $10 for the new hunter skin. I've never really liked Rexxar and Alleria Windrunner is cool. I tried making an elves themed deck, but it sucked lol... I did end up making a killer hunter deck though (I actually made 4 versions before I got to one that worked well) and I got to rank 9 with her. So, having the new skin allowed me to enjoy playing hunter for some reason lol.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2015 at 05:10pm

Check this news drop today. Want a better hero power? http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19819221/the-grand-tournament-hero-powers-7-23-2015

JaBo wrote on 07/23/2015 at 08:37pm

Hmm, I might run that. Getting harder and harder to narrow down the 30 cards for a deck!

JaBo wrote on 07/23/2015 at 08:39pm

Also, that Frost Giant is awesome! I already spam my priest heal until T6 or so and then still use it quite often... eventually he'll just be a free 8/8 (like the others have potential to be (molten giant and mountain giant etc)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/24/2015 at 03:22am

Someone reviewed a few of the new cards and I thought it was worth sharing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTrgyIaLnhk

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/24/2015 at 02:58pm

I haven't watched Jon's youtube link yet, but here's a photo album of the new cards they've announced so far:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.943363625706406.1073741875.498467596862680&type=3

JaBo wrote on 07/24/2015 at 05:20pm

Interesting cards spoiled so far. I should probably start saving my dust, I just had 1600 before spending 600 on some hunter cards.

https://www.facebook.com/Hearthstone/photos/a.943363625706406.1073741875.498467596862680/943364512372984/?type=3&theater

I like that one though. I'm really excited for getting different packs in arena though as I play a lot of arena and am sick of the GvG packs.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/24/2015 at 10:17pm

Blizzard has a site up listing all the new revealed cards. You can also vote on the next card to be shown.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/expansions-adventures/the-grand-tournament/

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/30/2015 at 02:34am

They dropped a few more cards to this point.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/expansions-adventures/the-grand-tournament/cards

The two bane cards are interesting. Not sure how much i'd use them or the Coliseum Manager. In fact, how is the Coliseum Manager something anyone would use?

JaBo wrote on 07/30/2015 at 03:54pm

Wow, Darkbane is insanely good! As far as the Coliseum Manager... I think it's an odd ability. A 2/5 for 3 isn't terrible, 7 stats for 3 mana and it has an awkward ability. Not all abilities are good ones, like Injured Blademaster has battlecry deal 4 dmg to itself. SO I guess this Manager is part negative ability on him, can't use hero power without returning him to hand, but it's also something interesting as you can return him to hand to recast him back at full life later if need be.

He's certainly not appealing and as a rare? ugg

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/31/2015 at 04:11am

I wish I had two Injured Blademasters. He's a 4/3 for 3 that can be healed and as such I bring him out early game in my Shaman deck. So if he is paired with a healing Totem or the card that heals and taunts for 0, it's a very cheap and effective card.

http://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Injured_Blademaster

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/05/2015 at 06:08pm

New rare cards and JOUSTING:

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19817948/the-grand-tournament-at-gamescom-8-5-2015

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/05/2015 at 06:26pm

Wow, that jousting mechanic is interesting. I wonder how much that will be played? Will people be stacking their decks with higher-cost cards and slow playing more to take advantage of it?

JaBo wrote on 08/06/2015 at 04:15pm

Super excited for ladder rewards! I am one that likes my golden cards so this is just so great! I made rank 7 last month, so it looks like I would have gotten 2-3 golden cards, a rare or epic one even. I love this addition!

Jousting is fine, my fav deck is already a slow control priest deck with 6-9 drop minions, so if there's any good jousters for me, it should be a good fit.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/06/2015 at 10:45pm

Wut? Wow, Aviana is the new card to get.

http://4d663a369f9f03c3c61e-870e77779efd63f7bd6c2ee08d8cfae6.r2.cf1.rackcdn.com/images/2-J41jdJ8_kk.878x0.Z-Z96KYq.jpg

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/06/2015 at 10:58pm

JaBo wrote on 08/06/2015 at 11:50pm

It's an awkward card. Ideally you'd want to be at 10 mana, play her and then play Ysera or Ragnorak for 1. But anything that requires OTHER cards to be good, usually doesn't work out well in the end. She's a 5/5 for 9. I don't think she'll be too big. Maybe a druid would mess around with her, just load up hand, wait til enough mana and innervates and then play her and 4-5 other 8-10 drops.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/07/2015 at 12:04am

That's exactly what I was thinking, playing her as a druid. Or you could knock down her cost with Emperor Thaurissan. Perhaps there are also new Inspire cards which might lessen mana costs as well.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/07/2015 at 05:53am

True But turn two (if she survives) that might be crazy. I agree though, 9 mana and a 5/5 but I imagine she will be used in some fun decks to start anyway.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/19/2015 at 03:13pm

Grand Tournament will be coming out August 24th! New brawl to test out some new cards comes out in an hour!

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19843162/the-grand-tournament-arrives-august-24-8-19-2015

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/19/2015 at 05:21pm

Just played half a Tavern Brawl with the new Inspire mechanic. It was a lot of fun! (had to do work stuff so I had to concede though)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/19/2015 at 05:41pm

"had to do work stuff so I had to concede though"

Boooooo.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/19/2015 at 07:14pm

Seriously.

Played a few times during lunch. I'm not a big fan of the new Hunter cards, or the joust mechanic, but I've still only played a handful of the new cards. Looking forward to opening my 20-something packs when the cards are officially released!

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Tips & Strategies for New Hearthstone Players

Recently I've been seeing more people starting out in Hearthstone and wanted to write up some tips and starting ideas that helped me out. The in-game tutorials are good but they don't give you a direction or help you make choices about how to spend your time and gold. As you read this you might have something you have that helped you, drop it in the comments. This post is for new players to Hearthstone or people that are thinking about jumping in.

First thing is to keep in mind that you are new to the game and will lose a bunch until you figure out the games mechanics. It's OK, you don't know everything and you don't lose anything in game when you don't win a match. I... Read All Recently I've been seeing more people starting out in Hearthstone and wanted to write up some tips and starting ideas that helped me out. The in-game tutorials are good but they don't give you a direction or help you make choices about how to spend your time and gold. As you read this you might have something you have that helped you, drop it in the comments. This post is for new players to Hearthstone or people that are thinking about jumping in.

First thing is to keep in mind that you are new to the game and will lose a bunch until you figure out the games mechanics. It's OK, you don't know everything and you don't lose anything in game when you don't win a match. I am also writing this from the perspective of someone that wants to play the game without spending money, to date I haven't and that has worked out well to this point.

Start out by playing all the heroes in Single Player mode and unlock them all to achieve all the basic cards. Don't build a deck, just play as the starting heroes and unlock all the cards in Single Player against the computer. Over time you will understand the basic flow of the game and by the time you level all the heroes you should be able to beat the computer most of the time.

As you continue to unlock the basic cards in Single Player all the gold you acquire should be spent on card packs. You might not know if you pull anything good yet(one my first packs got me a Harrison Jones) but adding more cards to your game is important and you might pull something great.

When you are done unlocking all the basic cards start playing with people online in unranked matches. When I got to this point I didn't even have a deck built yet. I didn't win much but I started to understand how real people played VS a computer. At this point you should be favoring a few classes over the others, stick to a couple and focus on learning them well.

When you get tired of losing and understand your focused classes better, build a deck. Hearthstone has a great deck builder so just use that and then play with the deck you build. Based on how the matches go drop cards that don't work and replace them with cards you like. As you play against people you will see them do some cool stuff with cards you might have. Would that strategy work for you? If you see something someone does you like, steal it and make it your own.

Every week play Tavern Brawl to at least win a match and get the free pack. Tavern Brawl is fun but the free pack each week is incredible, get it.

Once you get some decks you like start saving in game gold up to unlock the first Hearthstone adventure, Naxxramas. Hearthstone adventures are great in that if you beat the adventure bosses you are assured certain cards. Naxxramas has some epically amazing cards you NEED to have for your decks. Sludge Belcher, Haunted Creeper, Maexxena & Kel'Thuzad are all incredible and will make your decks stronger. Each Naxxrama wing costs 700 gold to unlock so it will take you some doing to accomplish but the cards are well worth it.

Understand how to reroll your daily quests to get the most gold possible. I outlined the steps I learned in a post here http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/2508/heartstone-roundup-the-grim-patron-is-good-gold-stats

Once you feel ready, each month you should play ranked matches and get to level 20. It's not too hard and if you do it you unlock a monthly unique card back for doing it. Personally I use the standard card back but it's nice to have options and it's something else to do in game.

Understand all the in game basic quests because doing them rewards you with a ton of gold. http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1ua5c9/hearthstone_for_beginners_guide_and_resource/

If you are losing with a particular deck consider what cards you don't use and think about replacing them. Does your deck not have a good starting temp? Maybe you need more cards that cost less. Are you getting slammed by big creatures you can't match? Maybe you need more cards to help you later in the game.

Be comfortable with experimentation. If you have an idea, build a deck and try it out. Playing against a computer is a good way to see if a deck has a minimum viability and playing against people is even better. Don't be afraid to try something new but it's also OK to have a mainstay deck you can't help but come back to.

If I forgot something let me know in the comments and i'll update this guide over time accordingly.

Hearthstone Expansion "Argent Tournament" Drops July 22nd

https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lxqQAIaxr_FTq_ersqHeu3-yE_k=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3853488/hearthstonenotice.0.jpg

Blizzard sent a package to a few popular video game websites (not us, booo) teasing a new Hearthstone expansion coming July 22nd called "Agent Tournament." In the image linked above from Polygon the scroll reads:

"Well met, hero!

Champions are gathering from around the world to witness the next exciting thing Hearthstone has in store. News travels far and wide in search of brave new faces ready to answer the call to arms — are you one of them?

Muster for battle and mark July 22 on your calendar. The next bit of news won't come by carrier pigeon — thankfully, we have much better ways of communication now.

Victory awaits!"

So what are you most excited for? A full new... Read All

The Great Summoner Competition

This week's Brawl is super fun! Every time you cast a spell, you get a random minion that costs what you paid. (and it is what you paid for the spell, not it's normal casting cost). So, just make a deck of ALL spells! I'm 4-0 as a priest doing it. So far I've played against 3 druids and a paladin. Druid seems fairly favored with all the creature boosts it gets. I think mage would be great with all the damage spells to clear the board while putting out free creatures.

You should try it out... just load up on all the spells you can =] I'm not running a single creature in my deck. I've noticed some people are...and I just wouldn't, unless you were using a creature that... Read All

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/08/2015 at 09:32pm

This one is great! I've put together a Mage deck, and I agree, don't bother with creatures, unless you don't have enough spells. I think I ended up with 24 spells and 6 creatures in my deck (and all the creatures are spell oriented of course). Twas a super fun time. So far I've only played one brawl (against a warlock), and I will be coming back often.

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/09/2015 at 03:14am

I did what you suggest in that I built a Priest deck with all spell cards and was pitted against a Mage doing the same thing. In the end I whomped them and it was due to the better randomness of my creatures spawning and got the free pack. I really like what they are doing with Tavern Brawl and at least get the first win for the deck.

I put in some Sludge Belchers, I can't make a deck without those they are a deck staple.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 07/10/2015 at 04:22pm

So, I've been trying with other classes, because really the only reward is XP for the class and a win towards any quest or for the 3 wins for 10 g. So, I have druid/mage/priest at lvl 60 so figured I'd try rogue or paladin... well argg, they are so not as good as priest or mage or druid! I didn't even try warlock, shaman, or hunter. They don't have expensive spells.

Priest is the best, mind control their best minion and then get a deathwing. But ya, my win rate went from like 90+% to like <50% trying paladin which is definitely not a bad looking option. But Priest/mage/druid are where it's at on this one.

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Annoy-o-Tron Addresses The Media - My Most Hated Minion

Blizzard has been creating a slew of Hearthstone ads and the latest two featuring Annoy-o-Tron I particularly liked. Annoy-o-Tron, in my opinion, is one of the most effective ways to lock down the early game as it costs two to bring out and has divine shield plus taunt. When it comes out and I hear the familiar "HELLO, HELLO" I cringe.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/12181-annoy-o-tron

This ad is particularly cringe worthy too, but that's the point entirely. When you start Hearthstone you get 100 dust and can craft, right away, two Annoy-o-Trons. I decided to craft the Ironbeak Owl instead which I use in damn near each of my decks and for two it can break near anything... Read All

Two New Hearthstone Heroes Revealed

Two new Heroes are coming to Hearthstone in Medivh and Alleria Windrunner. Combined with the new Tavern brawl, Blizzard is creating a pretty large Hearthstone update.

I wonder when we might see a new Adventure? If we did, what kinds of new cards or card mechanics would you like to see?

http://www.pcgamer.com/two-new-hearthstone-heroes-step-into-the-spotlight/
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19508176/brace-yourself-for-tavern-brawl-6-10-2015

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/17/2015 at 07:07am

Recent news, the latest patch has been released: http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19803850

The new Heroes are $10 or $20 each and they don't seem to have a gold value. That may change in time, but I don't see a need for them now, for me anyway.

I've seen people with the backs of cards that were different than mine and wondered what kind of cards those were. It seems we can now customize them.

I've apparently never been on while the Tavern was open.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/17/2015 at 04:06pm

The Tavern will be opening for the first time today in about 20 mins! I'm really excited to see what it's like :)

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/17/2015 at 06:31pm

Thanks for the heads up, Adam, I played my first Brawl and lost. If I win, I get a card pack, that would be cool. I suggest others try out the Tavern, it's different.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/17/2015 at 06:45pm

I'm 2 for 3 so far in the Tavern. I love it!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/17/2015 at 06:59pm

I'm 1 for 3. I quit after I won so I could open my new pack. That's the second pack I've earned recently, the first spectating your win (a daily quest). I think I got some good cards, which is good because I get tired of seeing the same originals all the time. Now I wonder, when I should re-customize my decks. It's been a while. I've been working on getting my Heroes leveled up and gold cards in the process. Depending on the hero, I do normal practice or re-fight some of the Naxxramas bosses. I also do the class challenges. I still don't have one hero that I use all the time. I just go from left to right, top to bottom, when leveling. As for the dailies, I just pick one of the ones that's listed, if the daily requires winning with a certain hero.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/18/2015 at 02:45am

The Brawl is fun but the cards are so overpowered I am not sure how balanced it is. I guess one could translate that to "ITS SO DIFFERENT" but yeah, it's a lot of fun and wildly so.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/18/2015 at 06:09am

It seems pretty balanced to me. I'm having a grear time with it!

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New Hero Magni Bronzebeard Comes To Hearthstone

Hearthstone is a game I have come to love over the last few months. Whenever I am able to unlock the next Naxxramas tier it makes my week. Blizzard teased that they were going to release new Hearthstone Heroes and today they dropped the details of the first Hearthstone Warrior Hero Magni Bronzebeard.

"hese new Hearthstone Heroes will feature beautifully detailed animated Hero portraits, including all-new art never before seen in the Blizzard universe. The first new Hero we’re introducing is a famed Warrior—the mighty King of Ironforge himself, Magni Bronzebeard!

Aside from the vibrant new Hero portrait artwork, these new Heroes also come with unique Hero power... Read All

JaBo wrote on 06/07/2015 at 05:02pm

Oh I'm so disappointed! When there was talk of a new hero units, I thought ok, they didn't want to make a whole new class yet with new class cards etc, so they are doing just new hero characters for the existing classes.

I'm pretty bummed they don't come with a different ability

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/07/2015 at 05:20pm

I agree. It's kind of neat to see some Hero diversity I was also hoping there would be some new abilities added.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/07/2015 at 05:32pm

I was definitely excited until I saw that he had to be bought.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/07/2015 at 08:14pm

"I was definitely excited until I saw that he had to be bought."

I know, I was pretty stoked about buying a new car and I was like WAIT I CAN'T GRIND THIS CAR OUT WITH GOLD DAILIES? I was pretty bummed about that.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/08/2015 at 01:57pm

I don't find buying a car to be analogous with this. Previously, everything in game was attainable, but now it's not. I feel disappointment is a legitimate reaction to finding out that a piece of the game has to be bought now.

Thankfully it's just a skin, so it won't affect gameplay.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 03:54pm

"I don't find buying a car to be analogous with this."

Right, it was a joke based on some criticism i've been seeing about this. Hearthstone is a free to play game and like other free to play games is getting into the customization/skin for pay business. I think this is a good model to keep the game making enough money so I don't have to pay for it, or I might, I am still not sure.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 04:36pm

Not sure what Blizzard is teasing here, but it looks like a new game mode?

https://twitter.com/PlayHearthstone/status/607947945447546881

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/08/2015 at 04:41pm

Yeah, I just saw that! I'm seeing speculation including: a tournament mode, a team mode, a lightning mode and... a new shop for the skins. I'm really hoping it's one of the first 3 lol

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/10/2015 at 04:08pm

http://bit.ly/HSBrawl

Tavern Brawl!

Each week, a diifferent Tavern Brawl will pit you head to head versus another player using exciting and unique rules. One week might feature preset decks, while another week could have you crafting a brand new Tavern Brawl deck following specific guidelines, while others might offer buffs to specific minion types-who knows!

I'm very happy to see this coming. I'm kinda at a point where the gameplay is getting a bit old, and I look forward to this new mode!

JaBo wrote on 06/10/2015 at 08:16pm

That sounds fun!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/11/2015 at 01:50am

Having a hard time imagining what that will be. I hope they post a gameplay video post launch to show it off.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/11/2015 at 01:54am

I'm hoping for some crazy weeks!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/15/2015 at 07:10pm

Tavern Brawl schedule out http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/18132724383#1

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Cheerful Ghost Roundtable: S3 E3 - Free To Slay

In this episode of the Cheerful Ghost Roundtable we talk about what we've been playing, the latest Humble Nintendie Bundle & the latest craze with free to play games. In this episode you can find out how much our lifetime spend is on free to play games and if we regret any money we've put into them. You're welcome internet!

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/28/2015 at 04:28am

Retroblazer is the Wolfenstein/Doom clone I was thinking of: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375199095

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/28/2015 at 04:33am

Nintendo doesn't have a paid subscription service. They do have a service that you can sign up for and to access some things, you may need to log into that service. They are currently working on changing it a bit, though, there has been some news of it recently. They frequently have sales going on, which I can see from a notification on the game pad (the Home button lights up blue).

Other than sales, Nintendo has other promotions which people can participate in and receive digital download codes. When the new Smash Bros. games came out, one of the bonus rewards of registering both games at Nintendo's site was that I could get Mewtwo for free when they released him as a character in the new games. The games were out for quite a while before that DLC was released and Nintendo emailed me the codes to download that DLC for both systems.

I think it's cool to see Nintendo in a Humble Bundle. I did see news of this before, but I'm not familiar with any of the games included. I'd like to see more Nintendo Bundles, though. HB seems to be a great way to buy video games!

Travis Admin wrote on 05/28/2015 at 05:44pm

Whoa... Retroblazer looks fun!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 05/28/2015 at 08:55pm

Who's setting up the God Mode event?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/29/2015 at 01:42am

I would, but my computer is 2000 miles away. If you guys have a God Mode event without me, I'll cry bitter tears.

(Just kidding. I'd be crying anyway, because of the whales.)

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Heartstone Roundup - The Grim Patron, Gold Strats and More

In a recent interview with PCGamer, Blizzard talked about a bunch of game related bits and one that stood out to me is that Hearthstone has amassed 30 million players. They mention this is due to launch on mobile. I dived back in after the phone launch and it seems I wasn't alone.

During the interview a question was also asked in how Blizzard gauges the effectiveness of new cards.

"For me, my main goal is not actually to get cards into decks permanently, but to have people experiment with new ideas a lot, which is slightly different. So, for example, Flamewaker caused people to try out decks with tons of spells in them. And some people had some success with that, but... Read All

Free to Play = >$

http://www.pcgamer.com/meet-the-guy-who-spent-3200-on-hearthstone-packs-in-one-night/

WOW

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/08/2015 at 09:09pm

As a programmer I love this title. That said, let me read that article.

Here is an image you can edit this post to use as the media header, I think it fits

http://i.imgur.com/8DJvf70.png

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/08/2015 at 09:15pm

Hah thanks

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/08/2015 at 09:29pm

Some things from the article I found interesting.

"Why buy so many packs at once?

Nick: I already have every card. I knew I would have to buy a sizable amount of packs to get all the gold cards I wanted. I'm playing economies of scale here. The more packs I open, the more gold cards I'll get and the less I'll have to craft. It's cheaper in the long run to buy in bulk and craft less."

"PC Gamer: How many packs did you buy at once and how much did it cost total?

Nick: Last night I bought 2,700 packs which cost roughly $3,400 tax included. I always forget about tax when I splurge on decks."

"Your Reddit thread said you were drunk, how drunk were you?

I had work in the morning so nothing crazy, but enough to get me to pull the trigger. I've been seriously considering doing this for months now. Last night I decided to go for it."

"How long did it take to buy them all—presumably you had to keep clicking the highest value set of packs?

45 transactions of 60 packs. Looking at my email, I was able to do it in under 5 minutes. I've been opening the packs for a couple hours now though and I have a long road to go. I'm estimating 5+ hours to open all of these."

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 05/09/2015 at 01:29am

Holy crap

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/09/2015 at 04:03am

Yup.

I think the interesting part is that he already has a full set he just wants to craft the gold cards. That's a special kind of game focus I don't have. Not sure if I impressed or something else?

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/11/2015 at 06:51pm

Yeah, it's intense.... but like he pointed out, he has money. Some people buy fancy cars, some want fancy cards... And I do agree that you should spend money on what you play. I've paid for dota2 skins because it increased my enjoyment of a game I play a lot. It's superfluous to the actual game play and doesn't help me win or anything else. But, still worth it if the value is there for the consumer.

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