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I don't even have access to the beta, so won't post much about gameplay, but watching streams you can see that the game is kinda lonely. Not much sense of community.
Things Iwould like to seeadded:
chat in duels (don't want it ? turn off);
support for clans/guilds/groups;
a general lobby, class lobby, clan lobby, etc;
spectator mode;
profiles/statistics;
and the most important for me, ladder/leaderboards for ranked play.
We should be able to do more in the game with Hotkeys. I understand the UI has to be Tablet-friendly, but there's no reason for the PC version to not have at least a couple "standard" hotkeys (I don't even think it's necessary to allow editing those).
Like once you're done editing your deck, a quick ESC press should return you to the previous screen. Instead it opens the Options Menu.
A Hotkey to concede instead of a clumsy "ESC -> click". For quick usage of the Emote system would be nice too. Maybe a hotkey that instantly cancels a spell/minion (ESC? space?), so that you don't have to bring it back to your hand (and accidentally cast/attack because your mouse button failed).
Something to prevent you from targeting the wrong target would be nice. For example trying to heal a full health target should at least be prevented in case you target your healing card on your minion instead of you by mistake. Though don't take this as my contest entry it's just something that I think the game needs.
The lack of statistics has already been mentioned and is my number one criticism of the game. I would also like to see a tourney system in the game and support for 2 v 2 mode.
I'd like to highlight balance issues in constructed about Warriors being under representated and, let's state the obvious, under powered.
It is risky to talk about balance in a beta, but yet, if the contest for the best hero is uncertain and still disputed, it seems that the worst one is already spotted by both feelings and statistics.
That said, balancing warriors in Constructed can lead to warriors being too strong in the Arena, and I'm not sure what cards can be modified to avoid that, maybe the rares, and not the basic/common ones.
- Mortal Strike is the first card that need a rework. Not just a buff in values. At best, it is a very expensive "one for one" and only shines when you need something better. A card draw, a counter to heal effects, or to armor could be ideas To explore.
- Armorsmith could give 2 armor and still be balanced.
- Frothing Berserker needs to have 5 in Health or to cost 1 less.
- Brawl could cost 4 as well. It is not an easy mass removal to play, and its random part makes it unreliable.
Even if my suggestions were all blindly adopted, I'm not sure the Warriors would turn to be more competitive. Maybe we need to find the right way to play them... :/
Here we go a list of everything I've heard that I agree with and a few of my own. I apologise if my sense of humour creeped in, but no one enjoys reading long lists and I tend to spice them up a little. Not all of them are 100% serious...
I don't care for community or ranked features, but I'm a miserable bastard, although I'll list the features that could stop people bitching here anyway.
In game chat function (with a mute, squelch or opt out option PLEASE) and/or a lobby. I don't want abuse or chat about the lovely weather while I play thanks. I live in England, the weather is never lovely.
As above, but with enhanced AI option. Over use of elite speak and meme jargon like l2p, n00b/nub, or u mad bro will result in your character being transformed into a forum troll. Your hero power will become; Berserk - smash head against game board (discard a card as you drop it and lose 1 health) and you play cards from your hand randomly for the duration of the game.
Statistics section, but make it tailored (options for show/hide). I must be the only person here that doesn't want to be reminded how many times he's lost.
Tournament option, using BNet friends or random player feature.
More emotes. Laugh, split emote for oops (my fault, your mistake), good game. A mock emote that's purely available when playing against BNet friends would be invaluable for me. I want them to know how I think they're the worst player I've ever played, how I wish I could hexamorph their hero into a shog (or a freep) or that I'd rather be running Ragefire Chasm with Johnny Awesome than sat lowering my intellect in a trivial battle of wits with the likes of you.
No hurry up emote please. If you do, make it a trick option that reduces the players health by 1 for every press to teach them patience.
Other:
Free to play arena (for practice), just reduce the rewards to no free deck, minimal gold and dust. Would be nice for practicing, building confidence and casual fun.
An answer to rewarding players that choose to play after completing all daily quests but don't want to play. No gold for lose please, but at least something to make it at least feel worthwhile to those that don't want to spend to actually bother playing beyond the free gold dailies. You'd be surprised how little would be enough.
Better crafting interface, or at least more intuitive.
Show how to set unranked and ranked play more clearly (tool top instruction for example, although I feel the entrance of Crabby could be a negative impact).
Improved card suggestion system. Currently it's worse than an airbed filled with hedgehogs. Be more specific with the suggestions and explain why in better detail.
Free plushy toys for 100 wins with every class.
Building on the above; Deck build suggestions - There are links to external sites for help files and payment options, why not for deck building and example decks? Nothing hardcore, but if it's catering for beginners, a few example decks with easy to understand descriptions would kick start imagination. Murloc rush deck, Priest divine spirit and inner fire or Rogue combos. A few decks with descriptions on why they've been built that way with a suggestion of how synergies work so players can get the idea of what to aim for. A short description of the mana curve would also be useful for new players.
Customisable Hero cards. The option to change the image of your hero avatar (class and hero power remain), with voice over effects muted if required. Future hero options could be provided in a store for a small fee or unlocked after a certain number of wins with that class (eg: unlock Varian Wrynn or one of the Bronzebeard dwarves after 5/10/25 warrior class wins). Customisation is awesome. While kicking Garrosh's butt as Thrall must be satisfying, I'd rather kick either of them as an Alliance character ;)
Further to above; At least the option to have a gender/faction change for each hero to stop the complaining of "this gender/faction is best".
No TCG. No trading of cards. Ever. No AH, no giving, no gifting, no swapping or trading of any kind between players, third party sites, minions of the underworld or suspicious horned deities.
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If not more slots for decks, the option to save and import them. I'm an altoholic, I like to play with more than one character. With daily quests encouraging you to play different characters, being able to save different build for each class would be an advantage. Currently not possible with only 1 slot per class.
Change the coin! At the very least stop it being a card and acting like a spell that can be abused. Please look at balance regarding Coin and gaining an extra card that you can choose to replace on first turn or not.
Diablo infests Hearthstone Halloween special. Fun in game event where you must beat the Lord of terror from his attempt at trying to take over the hearthstone franchise.
Concede option should be on the board with a warning "are you sure?" option rather than hidden in the options menu.
Retire option for Arena was clear for me, but others seemed confused by it. Changed it to Cash In or something similar, with an "Are you sure?" tooltip that describes clearly that the current arena deck will be abandoned, this exact deck will never be able to be played again, and rewards based on current number of wins will be given.
An option to link your current card collection, like an armoury or profile link. An automatic and unremovable smug smiley should also be included with this link.
Rewards for highest weekly rank. I've heard this is already being considered, but always worth mentioning again. Reward a player based on their rank at the of the week and reset. Maybe include the "highest rank attained" or number of which rank earned (above basic) on a table each week.
More card options to play for 1 mana that don't have a huge impact later in the game (might help Coin problems mentioned earlier)
Again, I know it's already been mentioned and being considered, but I'd love there to be an option to play cross-region. I want to say that at least ONCE I have beaten someone of Noxious calibre.
Matchmaking selection (for Play made) that takes into account deck quality or card library quantity/quality.
When choosing a random opponent, the rolling ticker selection (takes ages, but it's only beta for now...) runs past options like Wombat Warlock and Blizzard Developer. Can we at least have the chance to fight certain ones of these types, even just as an Easter egg that gives no reward? Super easy gimmick AI or actual Blizz Dev would be fine with me, Would make it an amusing "WOW! :O" factor when it actually turns up.
I could probably think of more, but I think this post proves that I already think too much. I'm sure I'll think of more, but the rules of this contest are too ambiguous and I don't feel I have the right to post officially on the forums without a key .
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"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
Windowed fullscreen mode, I really hate either playing in less that max resolution or having to tab out of a game, since I have multiple monitors.
I forgot to bring up my hatred of this! Sound in background is also an incredibly necessary feature to add to the game so I can tab out and interact with people or adjust stream stuff while being able to keep the music playing and being able to hear all the spell effects that are going off.
Windowed fullscreen mode, I really hate either playing in less that max resolution or having to tab out of a game, since I have multiple monitors.
I forgot to bring up my hatred of this! Sound in background is also an incredibly necessary feature to add to the game so I can tab out and interact with people or adjust stream stuff while being able to keep the music playing and being able to hear all the spell effects that are going off.
+1 to this. I wasn't aware there was no windowed fullscreen option or I'd have added it my list. Grrr, hope they add it before I get beta access or it'll drive me nuts!
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"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
I forgot to bring up my hatred of this! Sound in background is also an incredibly necessary feature to add to the game so I can tab out and interact with people or adjust stream stuff while being able to keep the music playing and being able to hear all the spell effects that are going off.
Oh yeah, I really hate when the sound turns off when you tab around to other stuff too grr!
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Goal
To collect constructive criticism about Hearthstone and give something away! We will be randomly selecting one person from this thread to get a prize! You must post constructive criticism about the game in order to be eligible.
Winrar is you?
Winner of the contest will receive $10.00 of something. Something is decided by the winner and it may be Riot Points, a World of Warcraft Pet Store Pet, or a game on Steam. Contest winner will be announced on the next Fireside Chat (
Aug 30) so be sure to tune in!Good Luck!
Don't forget to follow HearthPwn to keep up to date with all the latest and greatest. Also check out the wonderful work of James over on the Curse Entertainment YouTube Channel.
I don't even have access to the beta, so won't post much about gameplay, but watching streams you can see that the game is kinda lonely. Not much sense of community.
Things I would like to see added:
We should be able to do more in the game with Hotkeys. I understand the UI has to be Tablet-friendly, but there's no reason for the PC version to not have at least a couple "standard" hotkeys (I don't even think it's necessary to allow editing those).
Like once you're done editing your deck, a quick ESC press should return you to the previous screen. Instead it opens the Options Menu.
A Hotkey to concede instead of a clumsy "ESC -> click". For quick usage of the Emote system would be nice too. Maybe a hotkey that instantly cancels a spell/minion (ESC? space?), so that you don't have to bring it back to your hand (and accidentally cast/attack because your mouse button failed).
Something to prevent you from targeting the wrong target would be nice. For example trying to heal a full health target should at least be prevented in case you target your healing card on your minion instead of you by mistake. Though don't take this as my contest entry it's just something that I think the game needs.
Let me change your mind
I dont have the beta yet, but from what i have seen the main criticism i can give is that they need to make it alot more social (chat, channels etc.)
I also feel like they need to add a ladder type system.
The game should be completely functional without a keyboard, but the ability to keybind certainly things would be nice.
Background sound setting would be nice so the game didn't automatically mute itself every time I clicked on another window.
The lack of statistics has already been mentioned and is my number one criticism of the game. I would also like to see a tourney system in the game and support for 2 v 2 mode.
The lack of a discard pile or a scrollable history list on the side would be my number 1 complaint.
I'd like to highlight balance issues in constructed about Warriors being under representated and, let's state the obvious, under powered.
It is risky to talk about balance in a beta, but yet, if the contest for the best hero is uncertain and still disputed, it seems that the worst one is already spotted by both feelings and statistics.
That said, balancing warriors in Constructed can lead to warriors being too strong in the Arena, and I'm not sure what cards can be modified to avoid that, maybe the rares, and not the basic/common ones.
- Mortal Strike is the first card that need a rework. Not just a buff in values. At best, it is a very expensive "one for one" and only shines when you need something better. A card draw, a counter to heal effects, or to armor could be ideas To explore.
- Armorsmith could give 2 armor and still be balanced.
- Frothing Berserker needs to have 5 in Health or to cost 1 less.
- Brawl could cost 4 as well. It is not an easy mass removal to play, and its random part makes it unreliable.
Even if my suggestions were all blindly adopted, I'm not sure the Warriors would turn to be more competitive. Maybe we need to find the right way to play them... :/
I have an opinion on almost everything. :)
Here we go a list of everything I've heard that I agree with and a few of my own. I apologise if my sense of humour creeped in, but no one enjoys reading long lists and I tend to spice them up a little. Not all of them are 100% serious...
I don't care for community or ranked features, but I'm a miserable bastard, although I'll list the features that could stop people bitching here anyway.
Other:
Take a deep breath. Get a cup of tea/coffee/beer and have a bathroom break. There's more...
I could probably think of more, but I think this post proves that I already think too much. I'm sure I'll think of more, but the rules of this contest are too ambiguous and I don't feel I have the right to post officially on the forums without a key .
"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
Windowed fullscreen mode, I really hate either playing in less that max resolution or having to tab out of a game, since I have multiple monitors.
Also some kind of chat function would be great, no so much with your opponent. I would definitely opt-out of that, but a lobby of some sorts.
I forgot to bring up my hatred of this! Sound in background is also an incredibly necessary feature to add to the game so I can tab out and interact with people or adjust stream stuff while being able to keep the music playing and being able to hear all the spell effects that are going off.
+1 to this. I wasn't aware there was no windowed fullscreen option or I'd have added it my list. Grrr, hope they add it before I get beta access or it'll drive me nuts!
"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
Oh yeah, I really hate when the sound turns off when you tab around to other stuff too grr!