Hearthstone

They promised a tournament mode, they even showed the UI at blizzcon for GVG. We are now one xpac, and one adventure mode later, and they give us more casual bullshit.

But, hey as long as the Plebs keep spending money, and are happy is all that matters right?


On a side note the match up websites are starting to get better, so been using those for tournaments etc. Shame I have to go to an off site just to enjoy this game because Blizzard is run by a bunch of fuck nuts.

Column_sl said:

They promised a tournament mode, they even showed the UI at blizzcon for GVG. We are now one xpac, and one adventure mode later, and they give us more casual bullshit.

But, hey as long as the Plebs keep spending money, and are happy is all that matters right?


On a side note the match up websites are starting to get better, so been using those for tournaments etc. Shame I have to go to an off site just to enjoy this game because Blizzard is run by a bunch of fuck nuts.

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Its Blizzard. You've had decades now to realize how they operate. For every pissed off ultra competitive hardcore guy, they will have twenty casual free to players doing backflips over this shit. The hardcore will continue to play because they offer the smoothest cleanest version of a given genre that's out there. See you in the brawls leetie cakes.

I like this gameplay mode. I hope some of the preset decks don't adhere to the normal deck building rules either. Decks like what you get for the hero challenges in the solo adventures. Or a whole new arena style where the end product of your deck has to meet certain criteria (X number of spells, minions, etc). Could be a lot of fun.

100% Kripp knew this was coming and Challengestone was his interpretation of how it might work.

Oh lord, Unstable Portal -Only or Webspinner-Only decks will be amusing for like an hour, not a week...

But something like a Heigan the Unclean board where your leftmost minion gets hit by 2 at the start of your turn would be interesting.

Deathwing_sl said:

You don't play around epics in arena, especially an epic + common combo.

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I didn't mean that part for arena but constructed. Just saying it will be nice to have something where you don't predict anything easily because its a new one off ruleset every time. You said that it won't be fun because you can't practice, but you don't really practice arena either except in a general sense. The info said it will be up for a few hours at a time or something so I assumed multiple games, not just one and done. That would be stupid.

Tavern Brawls

Tavern Brawls launch mid-June.
Admission to Tavern Brawls is free.
It is a weekly event which has a custom deck building rule for that mode that everyone must adhere to.
One week you may need to build your own deck, or you may be given a premade deck.
The gamemode unlocks after you have leveled up any hero to level 20.
There will be a couple of days delay after a brawl ends before a new one begins.

How it Works

Each brawl has a new deckbuilding ruleset / theme.
You will either build a deck or be given a preset deck depending on the brawl.
If you are building a deck for that brawl, you must do so using your own card collection. (Source)
You can fight as many times as you want in that week's Tavern Brawl with your deck.
Total wins for that brawl will be shown on the brawl screen. (Source)
You can only have one deck for each brawl, but your deck can be edited. Your brawl deck has its own deck slot on the brawl UI, like arena.

Rewards

Winning your first brawl each week during the launch event will reward you with a Classic Card Pack. (Source / Source)
There is no additional information at this time on rewards past the launch event.
Daily quests can be completed in brawls. (Source)
Just like play mode, winning brawls will give you 10 gold for every 3 wins. (Source)

There should really be rewards, wonder what they have planned or if they expect it to just be for fun.

Its just nice to have a choice now instead of running the hunter/patron/warlock gauntlet every day or watching the arena mage wall.

The rewards are exactly the same as the ladder.

The Ancient_sl said:

The rewards are exactly the same as the ladder.

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So... Nothing? lol

Sithro_sl said:

So... Nothing? lol

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Well, it is free. There will be a pack per week in probably the first month to get people to try it out. As it counts towards quests you might also get the ten gold for three wins.

I think it will be a fun thing and I don't really see it needing better rewards than what you get from ranked. They might throw some more stuff in there, who knows, but I personally am happy with the announcement as is.

The whole game needs better rewards. The amount of gold you get is shit. The amount of dust you get for cards is shit. The amount forging NEW cards cost is bullshit. $10 for a fucking skin is bullshit. The fact that packs are more than 99 cents is bullshit.

Yeah I'm mad about shit. Yet I can't stop playing, even though I'm stuck at a low rank with a legend level deck. I'm starting to question if I'm retarded or not.

You guys must be new to f2p games. I'd say Hearthstone is better than most in that regard.

I think they should give a classic pack a week for brawls forever, to help out new players. Its basically a discount on the classic collection for when the next expansion comes out. They have to throw some more bones eventually or the barrier to entry for new people will be too high.

Famm_sl said:

They have to throw some more bones eventually or the barrier to entry for new people will be too high.

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Now this I absolutely agree with. You only have to look at Magic to see how bad this can get, and in Magic you can at least buy singles.

Gavinmad_sl said:

You guys must be new to f2p games. I'd say Hearthstone is better than most in that regard.

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I think it is really good, if you started playing in beta or right at launch. I can't even imagine trying to get into it now.