Hearthpwn

We've seen 4, why would you think the other 5 classes aren't getting one? There is no reason to think they wont at all..

Going to do arena to savor the pack openings.. Then buy 80_120 a day or two after launch

But it breaks your sword..

Here is my theory:

Deathratyles trigger in the order they were played, so, the game must "check for death order" all the time.  So, the mad scientist triggers, pulling out the secret and putting it in play. Then (he must have played the recruit before the scientist) the game checks for the death of the other minions and since one died it triggers avenge because there is a minion left alive after flamestrike.  Not intuitive, but it makes sense.

I'm super excited, mostly about the prospect of our collections being permanent after this wipe (which in my mind means the game is basically released)

The Arena reward changes are perfect.  You should feel rewarded for 5 wins.  Having better guaranteed rewards for 5,6 and 9 is perfect!

I don't really care about the daily change, because I like all the classes, but its a nice bit of choice to make on a daily basis.

The biggest change by far has to be the 10 gold for 3 wins.  That's HUGE.  I didn't think they would lower it that much, but it means that you can actually GRIND in hearthstone now, and accomplish something.  Part of me feels like this will get brought back down a bit before its all done, but we will see.  I'm really happy.

The class changes SOUND exciting as well, it doesn't say just card tweaks for Warrior and Priest, it says "new tools" so I'm thinking brand new cards are possible.

I'm excited to be able to grind Golden Basic cards as well (the neutral ones) - can't wait for a Golden Stormwind Champion!

The one thing I'm surprised not to see listed is anything about the Ranking system / progression.  I thought there would be something on that this patch.

First one for me was opening King Krush

Second one was opening King Krush (lame!)

Third one was opening Archmage Antonidas 

Third one I crafted Hogger

Fourth one I crafted Tirion

Fifth one I opened Tirion (Lame!)

Sixth one I opened  Crafted Bloodmage Thalnos

Seventh one I opened Prophet Velen

Eighth one I crafted Ysera

I've opened around 130-140 packs (40x2 20x1 + everything I've earned)

I DE'd every card I got in the Warlock, Rogue, Warriro, Priest decks to focus on getting dust.  That is a plan I DO NOT intend to stick to after the coming resets.  It seemed like a good idea to focus on getting dust so I could make some kick arse legendaries, but dusting entire classes is not the right play.  I thought it made sense, but its much more fun to build decks with all the classes when ever you want.

Paladin 36 and 38 is Golden Light's Justice

Paladin:

32 and 34 Hammer of Wrath

I've had some fun playing 1st with Paladin Decks - Divine Favor really rocks for going 1st.

You play a 1 drop, 2nd player usually passes turn one, then you play Divine Favor.

You now have board control (a 1 Drop) and 6 cards in your hand.

No big updates it would seem.. I was excited.  I'm back in with no patch or anything!  Doh

Just got disconnected from the beta - the launcher has a msg "We will be restarting the PTR to environment between 7-9PM to pick up some important updates. You may be disconnected from the server during this time"

Updates!!!  I wonder what it is????

I got mine 8:44 PM eastern on the first day of beta.. so that's still 1 1/2 hours from now - still hope for yall!

Hey Guys,

Just wanted to start discussion on the possibility / need for a tournament mode.

I LOVE the Arena mode.  I can't even begin to say how much fun I've had.  I'm not the best player in the world, but I've had so much fun at it.  I probably only average 4 wins or so per run, but getting 7, 8 or 9 (once) wins bring such a feeling of accomplishment.  I can only imagine how much more awesome it will be once the make the rewards better.

Anyway, what I have discovered is that the awesomeness that is Arena mode, almost trivializes constructed mode.  At least for me.  I have fun with Constructed of course, but the medal system as it stands now is not nearly enough of a incentive to really try to pour your soul into building / collecting the perfect deck.

So, to address that problem, they really need to add a tournament mode.  The place where you take your constructed deck to really put it to the test.

When you click tournament mode, you could be presented with 4 choices: 8 Player, 16 Player, 32 Player and 64 Player tournaments.

You could also add another item in the store called "Tournament Tickets" - They would be purchasable in quantities of 2 ($1.99 or 200 Gold) - 10 ($8.99) or 20 ($15.99)

These items could also become another way to diversify the rewards for winning games in play mode or arena runs - add a chance to win tickets.

The entry fee for each tournament would vary by size: 8 Player (1 Ticket) 16 Player (2 Tickets) 32 Player (3 Tickets) 64 Player (4 Tickets)

The formats could be bracket style best of 3, until the Simi finals where it becomes best of 5.

You would only be matched up with similar "Medal" players - Perhaps the bottom 3 Medals would play together, the Middle three Medals would play together and then Master plays only with Master - which would give another reason to try to up your Medal rating so you could be in high "tiered" tournaments as each Tournament would have a "Medal Bonus" for winning the tournament based on which Tier you are in:

The rewards for the tournaments would be:

8 Players: (1 Ticket)

All Players receive 50 Arcane Dust

Top 4 Players Receive 50 Gold

Top 2 Players Receive 1 Card Pack

Champion Receives 100 Gold + 1 Additional Pack + 75 Arcane Dust (Total 150 Gold +2 Packs + 50 Arcane Dust)

"Medal Perks":

Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 1 Level: (A cosmetic portrait for the champion you played the tournament with)

Middle Tier: Golden Champion Badge+ 1 Level  

Master Tier: Masters Champion Badge+ 1 Level + 1 Golden Card

***Champion’s Badge: Badges would last for only a set period of time (1 week? 1 Month?) from the most recent badge that you win.  Each tier (Bronze, Gold, Master) of badge would be “upgradeable” by winning more and more tournaments you gain a level on your badge.  If you win a second tournament before your badge expires, it gains a level and becomes slightly more awesome looking.   Each time your badge “expires” you lose one level of awesomeness from the badge.  So if you want to keep your badge awesome, you have to keep winning. Badges are purely cosmetic and appear both during Play mode games and Tournament games – they are also class specific.  If you win a tournament with a Priest deck, all decks you play as a Priest have the badge.

16 Players: (2 Tickets)

All Players receive 75 Arcane Dust

Top 8 Players receive 75 Gold

Top 4 Players receive 1 Pack

Top 2 Players receive 100 Gold

Champion receives: 125 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 100 Arcane Dust (Total 300 Gold, 2 Packs, 175 Arcane Dust)

Medal Perks:

Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+2 Levels

Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 2 Levels

Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 2 Levels + 1 Golden Card

32 Players: (3 Tickets)

All Players receive 100 Arcane Dust

Top 16 Players receive 100 Gold

Top 8 Players receive 1 Pack

Top 4 Players receive 125 Gold

Top 2 Players receive 1 Ticket

Champion receives: 175 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 125 Arcane Dust (Total 400 Gold, 3 Packs, 225 Arcane Dust, 1 Ticket)

Medal Perks:

Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 3 Levels

Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 3 Levels

Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 3Levels + 1 Golden Card

64 Players: (4 Tickets)

All Players receive 125 Arcane Dust

Top 32 Players receive 125 Gold

Top 16 Players receive 1 Pack

Top 8 Players receive 150 Gold

Top 4 Players receive 1 Ticket

Top 2 Players receive 1 Ticket and +1 Champion Badge Level

Champion receives: 225 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 150 Arcane Dust (Total 500 Gold, 3 Packs, 275 Arcane Dust, 2 Ticket, 1 Champion Badge Level)

Medal Perks:

Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 4 Levels

Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 4 Levels

Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 4 Levels + 2 Golden Cards

OF COURSE – all of these numbers would need tweaking, but I think it basically does what it should.  Give players a reason / drive to be competitive (earn champion badge levels) as well as a meaningful way to use their constructed decks.  If you win enough tournaments, you would move up to the next bracket (higher tier) competition.

What do you guys think a tournament mode should include?