Hearthstone

[lupi]

Forget to mention a couple stories from over the weekend. Had a lock in arena with 3 blood imps. On one match had 2 in hand on turn 1, played one and coined the second so the were both 2 health going into turn 2. Match didn't last till about turn 6, the imps ended at 4 health each and 2 at once buffed my cards enough to prevent easy clears.


Was facing a priest and screwed myself. He started with the 0/4 taunt and the 1/3 that gains +2 after heals. I thought this was the same as the similar card where the + gained goes away each turn so was going for the taunt first. He gave the taunt health =attack after healing it and I didn't realize till the second turn that his attack was persistent so I just bailed that match as I drew nothing playable.

Was going against a rogue that played the entire board sap twice in a row, and each time I ended up losing my draw card as being over the limit. He was low enough in health from damage already done though that I still smacked him good.

 

[Rhezuss]

This game as to have the most weirdness to it when it comes to win/lose.

How often I thought I had the control, was almost full HP, toher player down to the low 10s...and then BAM! In my face with some freakishly powerful combos out of nowhere...

Gotta love to learn from that lol.

 

[lupi]

just fudged myself so bad in arena about to toss my keyboard across the room. Was on a 7-2 run, mid battle against a rogue and when I went to grab my mouse at start of my turn, it clicked the end turn button....@#%$$@#$#@. Ended up losing and killing the run.

 

[lupi]

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)


The wait is over: The Hearthstone Open Beta Test is now live in North America! If you haven’t had the chance to partake in all of the crazy card-slinging action yet, now is the perfect chance to start casting powerful spells, summon mighty minions and duel your friends in this fast-paced strategy card game that anyone can dive into right away!

It’s been a crazy past few months for all of us on the Hearthstone team. We announced Hearthstone at PAX East back in March, began the Closed Beta Test in August, had a great Hearthstone event at BlizzCon with the Innkeeper’s Invitational along with our announcements for Android and iPhone support, and now we’re ready to unleash the awesomeness of Hearthstone to you with Open Beta!

So what does this mean for you? If you didn’t get the chance to participate in the Hearthstone Closed Beta Test, now is your chance to download the game! Just click here to download Hearthstone, or you can use the Play Free Now button at the top of playhearthstone.com. We have no plans to perform any more wipes of Hearthstone, so feel free to amass your collection and play against your friends!

What if you don’t play in the North American region? Don’t worry; we plan to go to Open Beta for all of the other regions within the next few days as well, so stay tuned for more information!

As open beta is still a beta phase, we will be closely monitoring many aspects of the game to ensure a positive play experience for everyone. Please be aware that if smoke starts curling out of our servers due to unexpectedly high demand to play Hearthstone, we may have to temporarily disable open beta account activations for a time until we’re ready to take on more players.

Download, play and enjoy Hearthstone now - We’ll see you in-game!

 

[Udgnim]

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)


The wait is over: The Hearthstone Open Beta Test is now live in North America! If you haven’t had the chance to partake in all of the crazy card-slinging action yet, now is the perfect chance to start casting powerful spells, summon mighty minions and duel your friends in this fast-paced strategy card game that anyone can dive into right away!

It’s been a crazy past few months for all of us on the Hearthstone team. We announced Hearthstone at PAX East back in March, began the Closed Beta Test in August, had a great Hearthstone event at BlizzCon with the Innkeeper’s Invitational along with our announcements for Android and iPhone support, and now we’re ready to unleash the awesomeness of Hearthstone to you with Open Beta!

So what does this mean for you? If you didn’t get the chance to participate in the Hearthstone Closed Beta Test, now is your chance to download the game! Just click here to download Hearthstone, or you can use the Play Free Now button at the top of playhearthstone.com. We have no plans to perform any more wipes of Hearthstone, so feel free to amass your collection and play against your friends!

What if you don’t play in the North American region? Don’t worry; we plan to go to Open Beta for all of the other regions within the next few days as well, so stay tuned for more information!

As open beta is still a beta phase, we will be closely monitoring many aspects of the game to ensure a positive play experience for everyone. Please be aware that if smoke starts curling out of our servers due to unexpectedly high demand to play Hearthstone, we may have to temporarily disable open beta account activations for a time until we’re ready to take on more players.

Download, play and enjoy Hearthstone now - We’ll see you in-game!

finally, been waiting to be able to casually play this for quite a while

edit: top decked a fireball which was going to win me the game. I targeted myself and died.

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

finally, been waiting to be able to casually play this for quite a while

edit: top decked a fireball which was going to win me the game. I targeted myself and died.

Yes! Been there. Talked about it earlier in this thread. Hilarious

 

[JTsyo]

Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)


The wait is over: The Hearthstone Open Beta Test is now live in North America! If you haven’t had the chance to partake in all of the crazy card-slinging action yet, now is the perfect chance to start casting powerful spells, summon mighty minions and duel your friends in this fast-paced strategy card game that anyone can dive into right away!

It’s been a crazy past few months for all of us on the Hearthstone team. We announced Hearthstone at PAX East back in March, began the Closed Beta Test in August, had a great Hearthstone event at BlizzCon with the Innkeeper’s Invitational along with our announcements for Android and iPhone support, and now we’re ready to unleash the awesomeness of Hearthstone to you with Open Beta!

So what does this mean for you? If you didn’t get the chance to participate in the Hearthstone Closed Beta Test, now is your chance to download the game! Just click here to download Hearthstone, or you can use the Play Free Now button at the top of playhearthstone.com. We have no plans to perform any more wipes of Hearthstone, so feel free to amass your collection and play against your friends!

What if you don’t play in the North American region? Don’t worry; we plan to go to Open Beta for all of the other regions within the next few days as well, so stay tuned for more information!

As open beta is still a beta phase, we will be closely monitoring many aspects of the game to ensure a positive play experience for everyone. Please be aware that if smoke starts curling out of our servers due to unexpectedly high demand to play Hearthstone, we may have to temporarily disable open beta account activations for a time until we’re ready to take on more players.

Download, play and enjoy Hearthstone now - We’ll see you in-game!

So I can play on my tablet just from the website? When I checked it out yesterday, I only saw the downloads for PC and Mac.

 

[Aikouka]

So I can play on my tablet just from the website? When I checked it out yesterday, I only saw the downloads for PC and Mac.

Unfortunately, the iPad version isn't available yet.

 

[smackababy]

Unfortunately, the iPad version isn't available yet.

I think a tablet version would be exactly what this game is designed for. In fact, I think all TCG games should be on tablets. They just fit in perfectly.

 

[lupi]

if you had a windows tablet you could do so now, other versions probably wont be around till summer time.

 

[smackababy]

if you are one of the 5 people in the world with a windows tablet you could do so now, other versions probably wont be around till summer time.

ftfy =)

 

[JTsyo]

Anyone else having trouble installing the game? I got battle.net installed but the install of the game is stalling.

 

[Udgnim]

Anyone else having trouble installing the game? I got battle.net installed but the install of the game is stalling.

I had to wait a minute or two before it actually started doing the install

 

[Aikouka]

if you had a windows tablet you could do so now, other versions probably wont be around till summer time.

Did Blizzard announce a release window? I heard that the iPad version was quite playable at BlizzCon, which makes me wonder if it will at least come out in beta soon. I do recall that Blizzard said that the iPhone and Android version would be coming later. I guess that makes sense since the phone versions will probably need a completely different way to display the game.

Anyone else having trouble installing the game? I got battle.net installed but the install of the game is stalling.

I remember having issues installing it, but I can't remember what the issue was. Are you using Blizzard's stand-alone installer or the Battle.Net client?

 

[lupi]

They only "hard" dates they mentioned was open beta in december and ios/android version after full release, kinda saying during the summer to be a to look for time frame.

As we can see the open portion already went a month or more late, depending on what part of decemeber you were expecting, and the minion dancing bug still seems no where near being fixed. Assuming they still have a minimalist staff for it, you could expect they are not ported the versions over to the tablets with any regularity and are waiting for a more stable pc edition.

 

[imaheadcase]

Wow this game is all about randomness than actually skill for sure. lol

20 game losses in a row, then 5 wins in a row. I've went from winning by one hit to dying in one move with full health. I've had a hand with all +1 minion damage, no minions. lol

 

[Aikouka]

They only "hard" dates they mentioned was open beta in december and ios/android version after full release, kinda saying during the summer to be a to look for time frame.

To be clear, when you say iOS, are you including the iPad in that? I ask because I recall Blizzard stating that the iPhone and Android versions will be coming after the iPad version as it was already in development.

 

[lupi]

Both are tablet verion. Phone version would be sometime even later as they work out the control interface on the smaller screen size.

 

[JTsyo]

Did Blizzard announce a release window? I heard that the iPad version was quite playable at BlizzCon, which makes me wonder if it will at least come out in beta soon. I do recall that Blizzard said that the iPhone and Android version would be coming later. I guess that makes sense since the phone versions will probably need a completely different way to display the game.



I remember having issues installing it, but I can't remember what the issue was. Are you using Blizzard's stand-alone installer or the Battle.Net client?

I was using the Battle.net client. Turned out my Starcraft 2 install was causing problems. I uninstalled it and then deleted agent.db and then everything went smoothly.

 

[Rhezuss]

Wow this game is all about randomness than actually skill for sure. lol

20 game losses in a row, then 5 wins in a row. I've went from winning by one hit to dying in one move with full health. I've had a hand with all +1 minion damage, no minions. lol

I'm having the same thought about this game lol.

I can win 6+ games in a row in ranked, then lose...
Or I can lose 15+ games in casual, then win 1 and lose another 10+...

In Ranked I do A LOT better and i'm regularly on a win streak and up my rank of at least 2 ranks when I play.

But it's still damn entertaining that's for sure. But when I don't do well I switch to "easy mode" WoW to win and feel better then come back lol.

 

[imaheadcase]

I'm having the same thought about this game lol.

I can win 6+ games in a row in ranked, then lose...
Or I can lose 15+ games in casual, then win 1 and lose another 10+...

In Ranked I do A LOT better and i'm regularly on a win streak and up my rank of at least 2 ranks when I play.

But it's still damn entertaining that's for sure. But when I don't do well I switch to "easy mode" WoW to win and feel better then come back lol.

To be fair I blame Blizzard terrible match making. I had the same experience with playing SC2 when it came out. hehe

 

[lupi]

Rng still plays a huge factor, especially when you consider that small deck size and slow draw rate.

 

[smackababy]

Rng is a large factor in every card game though. It just wouldn't be any fun if it was "play whatever card you want".

If you guys are losing 10 games in a row, chances are, you're not at the appropriate ranking or something incredible wrong. Granted, before a certain rank, you don't lose any skill, so you could just be out of luck as far as that equalizing. I'd seriously start looking into strategies and try to understand why you lose and how that could be prevented.

 

[Aikouka]

If you guys are losing 10 games in a row, chances are, you're not at the appropriate ranking or something incredible wrong. Granted, before a certain rank, you don't lose any skill, so you could just be out of luck as far as that equalizing. I'd seriously start looking into strategies and try to understand why you lose and how that could be prevented.

It's probably a mix of being new (not knowing good strategies and/or fun tricks) and a severe lack of good cards. For anyone that's new, keep in mind that leveling up a class gives you good class-specific cards.

 

[smackababy]

It's probably a mix of being new (not knowing good strategies and/or fun tricks) and a severe lack of good cards. For anyone that's new, keep in mind that leveling up a class gives you good class-specific cards.

That is true. However, even for the newest players, leveling up each class to 10 will only give you the class specific cards and the most basic neutral cards. Going into ranked is probably a bad idea until you've gotten decent enough cards you're deck has a chance. Arena is probably the best way to learn the game (as you get random cards and no matter what you get a pack IIRC). If you were going to spend the money on a pack, simply spending it on arena is probably a better deal, experience and value wise.