Forgive my ignorance, but I do not play Arena at all. I did last night to get the Enter the Arena quest award, and I lost all 3 games in a row (clearly need more practice).
Nonetheless, after it was over, I got a pack of cards, 5 gold, and 20 dust (I think). What I am asking is this the normal payout for losing 3 games, or was this just the quest reward? If not, then even losing 3 games seems like it would be better than just buying packs for 150 gold you would get a pack, plus some gold and dust.
The 5 win number doesn't count the dust though, that is just the number to get ~50g back. When considering the value of dust making specific cards you break even at more like 3 wins.
The arena always rewards 5 prizes, some of which are randomized within certain ranges, some of which are set at various numbers of wins. At all numbers of wins you are guaranteed 1 pack of cards and 4 other prizes. Between 0 and 6 wins, the four random prizes contain small amounts of gold and dust, on average you get somewhere around 25 gold and dust combined per win. At 7 or more wins, you are guaranteed to make back your entry fee (although there are cases where people have received no gold and only dust, this is probably not intended) and you have a couple randomized prizes that can be gold, dust, or an additional pack of cards. At 9 wins, you are guaranteed either an extra pack of cards or a gold card.
Overall, participating in arena is probably more worthwhile for your gold than actually buying packs, but obviously isn't as time effective for earning cards since an arena can take quite a while to complete.
only counting in the booster, I'm pretty sure. to break even gold wise you need 7 wins. that doesn't take the daily quests into account though. so if you play an arena every 2-3 days and complete some dailies, you should be playing for free with 5 wins.
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Greetings.
Forgive my ignorance, but I do not play Arena at all. I did last night to get the Enter the Arena quest award, and I lost all 3 games in a row (clearly need more practice).
Nonetheless, after it was over, I got a pack of cards, 5 gold, and 20 dust (I think). What I am asking is this the normal payout for losing 3 games, or was this just the quest reward? If not, then even losing 3 games seems like it would be better than just buying packs for 150 gold you would get a pack, plus some gold and dust.
Thanks in advance!
You always get a Pack in arena. This is normal.
And what about the rest of it? I got some gold and some dust. Do you get some of each as well?
The 5 win number doesn't count the dust though, that is just the number to get ~50g back. When considering the value of dust making specific cards you break even at more like 3 wins.
The arena always rewards 5 prizes, some of which are randomized within certain ranges, some of which are set at various numbers of wins. At all numbers of wins you are guaranteed 1 pack of cards and 4 other prizes. Between 0 and 6 wins, the four random prizes contain small amounts of gold and dust, on average you get somewhere around 25 gold and dust combined per win. At 7 or more wins, you are guaranteed to make back your entry fee (although there are cases where people have received no gold and only dust, this is probably not intended) and you have a couple randomized prizes that can be gold, dust, or an additional pack of cards. At 9 wins, you are guaranteed either an extra pack of cards or a gold card.
Overall, participating in arena is probably more worthwhile for your gold than actually buying packs, but obviously isn't as time effective for earning cards since an arena can take quite a while to complete.
only counting in the booster, I'm pretty sure. to break even gold wise you need 7 wins. that doesn't take the daily quests into account though. so if you play an arena every 2-3 days and complete some dailies, you should be playing for free with 5 wins.