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For 5 wins:

25 Gold - 30 gold - 10 Gold - 30 dus

I don't think its in-balanced really.. you have to get the perfect combo of cards and even still.. one sheep or silence or.. anything really.. its over.  SOO much fun when it works though :)

Just a for fun screenshot of my last game - this was the biggest minion I've made yet :)

I'm sure the guy I was playing was thinking something like:   "Wait.. what?  I don't even.."

Even if you can't use bnet balance, you can move the D3 sales to Paypal, then pay for packs with paypal.

I'm not planning to do it (bruned out on D3) but I do think you could earn more packs farming D3, than getting 5 gold per win.

Downside is, your not playing hearthstone :(

The other way to earn Hearthstone currency (real money) is farm Diablo 3

Hey All,

I didn't realize we had this thread going - I did two arena runs last night:

5 wins (Mage): 25 Gold - 15 Gold - 30 Arc - 25 Arc - 1 Pack

8 wins (Mage): 85 Gold - 75 Gold - 40 Arc - 50 Arc - 1 Pack

I'll update more as I play

Also, I think 5 wins is the magic number.  As far as making your arena purchase "worth it" (beyond the fun factor).

You can get 2 packs for 200 gold or 1 pack + Arena entry for 150 gold.  So, you need to make back 50 gold to have it be a wash.  So far, it looks like 5 wins nets you about 50 gold usually.  4 wins is ok too, you might get 30-40 gold and then the arcane dust makes up for the rest.

Long story short, I think arena is the way to go!!  Super fun + worth it compared to just buying packs.. as long as you average 4-5 wins.

I think 7 would have paid for the entrance.

I got a Pryoblast in the pack :)  So that's cool!

ARGH so close to 9 wins! I could taste it!  :)

Just for fun (maybe to brag a little bit) here is a screen shot of the rewards I got for getting 8 wins:

I was SOO close to getting the 9th win, played a paladin and had him at 6 health!

Hey Guys,

I through this up on the official boards, but its buried inside someone else's thread.  I thought I'd post it here to and see what you guys think?  Just ideas to:  A, increase the amount of gold you can earn just by playing and B, make you feel like your accomplishing something when you play.   After 20 hours of playing the game this is my only critique, I don't feel like I'm accomplishing anything when I play "Play mode".  

DISCLAIMER** The game is AWESOME!  I'm not complaining and I REALLY don't want this to be looked as a complaining thread or me saying I want everything for free.  I KNOW Blizzard needs to tune it so that people can't have the whole collections for free within 2-3 weeks.  I KNOW card games can only thrive if they have a consistent stream of money coming in!   But, like many others, I just think its a bit harsh right now.  Beyond the "Ratio" of earned gold though, is the MAIN problem of just not feeling like you are accomplishing anything.  So, if they like the ratios as they are, the below could be emended to be even slower gold earnings - the main thing it does is reward long play sessions and gives you a feeling of accomplishment.  Also, for the record, after 20 hours, I have 52 wins.. so I've earned 120 gold for three dailies + 50 for the wins.  Is only 1 pack enough for 20 hours of playing?  Anyway, on to the post:

 

Below are where I feel the "problems" are when it comes to making people feel like the game is "pay to win" or in other words "painful" for free to play players (I've spent $30 so far btw)

GOLD REWARDS
The Way it is right now: You have a continuing progress (or continuing quest) bar that shows that you need 5 wins in play mode to earn 5 gold. You can also complete 1 daily quests that varies in what you have to do, and rewards 40 gold.

Suggestion that changes the system and ratios: Make there be 5 different "daily continuing quests". You get a different one every day. They reset every day and would be something like this:
-Daily Quest 1: Get 5 wins: Reward 5 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 15 wins: Reward 15 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 30 wins: Reward 25 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 50 wins: Reward 50 gold.
-After you complete that: Every additional 10 wins gives 20 gold.
(The way it is now you would get 50 gold for 50 wins, this gives you 95 and rewards longer play sessions by giving you 2 gold per win if you keep playing after you max the quest)

-Daily Quest 2: Get 1 win with each class: Reward 10 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 2 wins with each class: Reward 20 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 3 wins with each class: Reward 35 gold.
-After you complete that: Get 5 wins with each class: Reward 55 gold.
-After you complete that: Every additional "set of wins with each class" gives 20 gold
(Compared to the first daily quest this one gives "more gold per win" but requires you to be skilled with all classes. For 45 wins you would earn 120 gold (compare to 90 gold for 50 wins above)

-Daily Quest 3: Deal 150 damage to an Enemy hero: Reward 8 gold.
-After you complete that: Deal 350 damage to an Enemy hero: Reward 15 gold.
-After you complete that: Deal 1000 damage to an Enemy hero: Reward 20 gold.
-After you complete that: Deal 1750 damage to an Enemy hero: Reward 35 gold.
-After you complete that: Every additional 350 damage to an Enemy hero gives 15 gold.
(This quest rewards less gold over all, but has the advantage of being "complete able" when you lose a game)

-Daily Quest 4: Summon 75 minions: Reward 8 gold.
-After you complete that: Summon 200 minions: Reward 15 gold.
-After you complete that: Summon 375 minions: Reward 20 gold.
-After you complete that: Summon 750 minions: Reward 35 gold.
-After you complete that: Every additional 200 minions summoned gives 15 gold.
(This quest rewards less gold over all, but has the advantage of being "complete able" when you lose a game)

-Daily Quest 5: Destroy 60 minions: Reward 8 gold.
-After you complete that: Destroy 150 minions: Reward 15 gold.
-After you complete that: Destroy 325 minions: Reward 20 gold.
-After you complete that: Destroy 650 minions: Reward 35 gold.
-After you complete that: Every additional 150 minions destroyed gives 15 gold.
(This quest rewards less gold over all, but has the advantage of being "complete able" when you lose a game)

Besides these quests that go on all day: there would be "daily" quests similar to the ones that are in the game now, at least in terms of "large one shot rewards" for completing something. However, rather that what they are now, they would be AI battles:

Each day you would be presented with a "Map" and fight your way through 8-10 battles against AI heroes. They could be similar to the tutorial battles, ramping up in difficulty until you get to the end. It would require the Dev team to make some more unquire AI only heroes, but you have ALL of World of Warcraft to draw from, so should be no problem! Make the reward for completing these 75 gold. For release, there could be just 2 or 3 different "Maps" that rotate every day. More added over time.

ARENA ENTRANCE
The Way it is right now: You have to pay $1.99 to get in - as it stands now you can earn your way in about once every other three days. You can get 120 from three daily quests, throw in 30 from getting 30 wins. You'll end up getting in more like every 2.5 days when you count your winnings from the previous arena modes. You MAY even have enough to buy right back in if you are able to win 6 or 7 games!

$1.99 is a great price, don't mess with it. 150 gold to get in is fine too. I do think the rewards need some tweaking before release.

I don't want to get into the details of what I think the rewards should be, but I think in general, more rewards need to be added (for high amounts of wins). I've played arena now 6 times, and the most I've won is 4 games. Of course, I'm not the greatest player in the world, but I think I'm pretty good. My "normal" will probably never get higher than 3.5 or 4 wins. So I think 3.5 to 4 wins should net about what it does now. However, the skill / luck / good draws to get 5+ wins is pretty big I think. Especially when you take into account that you are playing decks that have won the same/similar amount as you keep winning. So I think the rewards need to be more than they are at 5 wins. Perhaps at 5 wins, start having a VERY small chance for more than 1 Card Pack in your Reward package that has the card packs in it? Once you get to 9 wins, it's certain it will have at least 2 and has a chance to add a 3rd.

The main thing we need is PRACTICE ARENA mode!

In this mode, you pay 5 gold (a Bribe to the Arena Master to let you in after hours) and you get to do the amazingly awesome play style that is arena mode! You don't lose your deck after 3 losses though, you can play it as long as you like (but it goes away when you leave the mode - to prevent people saving up their STUPID over powered decks for too long).

You can continue completing your Daily Continuing quests while in the practice arena, but created another small gold sink (the 5 gold entry) for those that just want to play the mode with out the massive 150 gold fee.

The downside to this, is that not as many people would be in the REAL arena.

Snow#1554

Just got my invite guys! at 8:44 PM eastern! Couldn't be more excited!

If you get an invite and get the message "YOU CANT PLAY THIS GAME YET" don't freak out, the desk top app takes about 10 min to update itself after you flag your account

EDIT ** Don't give me a key - I got an invite in the mail!  Wahoo

F5 should be spammed in your email, not your Account page apparently, as the email actually contains a Key - scarry.. I fully expect to see keys going up on ebay :(

ITS ON!@!@!  Look at the official forums!

So excited!!  Of course praying for an invite, but LETS GET NOXIOUS a key asap so we can watch some videos! :)  <3 Noxious