Hmm I hadn't heard about that. I was watching TB's unadultered stream VoD, and there was a rather ridiculous number of rage disconnect quits. I don't know if he just edits them out, but I don't think I had seen one before the open beta.
Only did arena once. Went 0/3 but I was forced DC exploited every game I was about to win. So.... I haven't done arena in awhile. I got 360 gold saved up though. Didn't have any force DC's this weekend the few times I played. So I'm hoping Blizz fixed the exploit.
I finally tried the open beta...man this game is really awful in my opinion. It is so dumbed down and near brainless.
I finally tried the open beta...man this game is really awful in my opinion. It is so dumbed down and near brainless.
No land
No colored mana
Auto-managed mana
No discrete phases
Lack of any sort of trickery or any kind
Lack of attacking/blocking mechanic
Creatures can target whoever they want
Heavy handed taunt mechanic as a result of the above
Really, the whole thing is just unexciting and shallow. Put the horrible WoW characters, art, and juvenile humor (TOYNRS DOYNE) on top, and it gets even worse. This is obviously a game made for kids - baby's first TCG. That isn't even getting into balance issues or P2W mechanics.
I finally tried the open beta...man this game is really awful in my opinion. It is so dumbed down and near brainless.
No land
No colored mana
Auto-managed mana
No discrete phases
Lack of any sort of trickery or any kind
Lack of attacking/blocking mechanic
Creatures can target whoever they want
Heavy handed taunt mechanic as a result of the above
Really, the whole thing is just unexciting and shallow. Put the horrible WoW characters, art, and juvenile humor (TOYNRS DOYNE) on top, and it gets even worse. This is obviously a game made for kids - baby's first TCG. That isn't even getting into balance issues or P2W mechanics.
I agree. Game is VERY simple compared to most card games... Have you tried Hex? I have alpha downloaded and installed but haven't really explored it yet.
Instead of colored mana they uses class specific cards.
No lands = Cant get mana screwed.
All TCGs are P2W FYI
Sounds like you wanted a MTG clone.
I finally tried the open beta...man this game is really awful in my opinion. It is so dumbed down and near brainless.
No land
No colored mana
Auto-managed mana
No discrete phases
Lack of any sort of trickery or any kind
Lack of attacking/blocking mechanic
Creatures can target whoever they want
Heavy handed taunt mechanic as a result of the above
Really, the whole thing is just unexciting and shallow. Put the horrible WoW characters, art, and juvenile humor (TOYNRS DOYNE) on top, and it gets even worse. This is obviously a game made for kids - baby's first TCG. That isn't even getting into balance issues or P2W mechanics.
What are your ranks in constructed? I've been floating around 12 but going back and forth with different decks trying to figure out what I like. I think if I settled on one and practiced it I could climb a little higher.
I'm just trying to figure out where that puts me overall percentile-wise.
Its just one less thing to consider in the goal to make a gross oversimplification of the genre.
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In other games, even commons or uncommons could be exceptionally good. You should be able to make at least a good deck even without any hugely rare of super powerful cards. But in Hearthstone, your entire deck could be easily outclassed by another individual.
I agree with rare=straight out better in hearthstone too. Its pretty disappointing. Rare should mean highly situational. Its powerful if you happen to get all the right cards, not better stats straight across the board.
It was exactly like that in MTG. Moxes/Lotus/Dual Lands/etc. Pretty much everything on the banned/restricted list was rare.
No, that's not how MTG is. A few rares are great always, but most of them are very situational, and some extremely bad 99% of the time.
I don't like the SECRET cards. The simplified land aspect is fine, but being able to defend to your choosing is probably better. They kind of "emulate" that with taunt cards but it's still not the same.
I'm not convinced it any different in hearthstone. The overwhelming majority of rares I've gotten suck balls.
No, I haven't. I'll check it out.
That isn't really the same thing. Class specific cards just limit build diversity and experimentation, which is one of the best things about a TCG. Instead you are put on rails.
Sure, but it also means less build diversity and less unique and interesting things that you can DO with your mana. No real mana ramping, no control over how much mana you have.
Its just one less thing to consider in the goal to make a gross oversimplification of the genre.
With constructed, that true. But that is why limited play exists like sealed or draft play. I don't know if hearthstone has either of these. Also, the simple power gap between cards is a lot larger in hearthstone.
In other games, even commons or uncommons could be exceptionally good. You should be able to make at least a good deck even without any hugely rare of super powerful cards. But in Hearthstone, your entire deck could be easily outclassed by another individual.
I think MTG is better, but no I didn't want a clone. I just wanted a game of rival depth, intricacy, potential, and enjoyability.
And, with this being only online and with no marketplace (yet), balancing cards isn't a huge deal.
Anyone get in on the card value bug yesterday.