So, I play wild and standard and the question I'm having here is: I want to craft some cards from rastakhan to play odd dragon warrior and two call to arms, to run in the secret paladin on standard and will be able to run in a deck on wild when I have other two missing cards( that I won't craft today). I have the dust necessary to do it, but a new exp is coming, I'm already saving gold, will probably have 7k when the exp hits. If I do craft them, I will be left with about 800 dust, so... should I wait or just do it and be happy?
I would just wait, if I were you. Find replacements within your collection and play those decks if you want to, but save your dust for after the expansion.
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw
EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);
True, but I feel that gold is more important than dust, simply because - if you open a lot of packs you will get most of the cards that you need and enough duplicates to get the rest of them, while with dust - yes, you can craft exactly the cards that you need, but after a few, you will run out of dust (and that's just a few, specific cards added to your collection).
Ofc, it depends on the current situation you are in and how the meta shape, after the expansion, but still...
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“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw
EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);
I vote wait because that's what I doing right now. I think they should be announcing the new expansion at the end of this month? I mean, at least we are starting to see the cards. Maybe craft something cheap [HUNTER LUL], or play with what you currently have.
For the second question, they are both important but in different ways.
- Dust is the 'final product' that you use 100 gold to trade for, and it may be more or less than 100 dust per pack. [the average value]
- Gold is more important when the new expansion hits, especially if you open a lot of packs, you'll get many new cards from the expansion.
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Gold is more important early in an expansion, dust is more important late in an expansion.
I always play it safe with my dust so I would wait, but sometimes logic loses when fun is the ultimate goal. Therefore, if you think you will get a lot of fun out of that deck, craft the cards and worry about the next expansion once out.
It will take some time for a new meta to settle so it's almost never true that you will spend your dust when the expansion hits (if you try to use your dust responsibly). Buying 70 pack will leave you with quite some dust (although less than usual, since you don't own any cards of the set at the start)
If you'd be happy to craft 1, maybe 2 legendaries within the month after new expac, I'd go ahead and craft away.
Also, being happy sounds like the final goal anyways ;)
Gold is better at the beginning when you have no cards at all. Opening like 50-80 packs, you will likely have all the commons and most of the rares twice. That alone would cost you way more than 8000 dust, not included the legendaries and epics you got.
Past this point, however, you will oftentimes just open dust packs with a very small chance to get those legendaries and epics you actually want. At that point, dust is better than gold, since you will get the desired cards way faster by crafting them instead, and oftentimes cheaper, like spending 1600 dust on a legendary that you probably wouldn't get if you spend 3000 gold.
So, gold is good for getting all the cheap cards, dust is better for getting the few rare cards.
The thing is, what you want to craft will likely change over time, possibly with the next expansion already. I wouldn't craft anything right now, but wait till the expansion hits, see what I get and then see what I want.
I can't really answer the poll. It depends on how much gold or dust you have saved.
If you have dust to spare, you may craft one or two cards now, and save some for the next expansion (I've saved 11k atm)
About packs, I think saving is the best, but you can buy one or two from time to time (from those exp you are higher on the pity timer). I try to get around 6k and only buy when I get to round numbers. Or spend it on arenas.
Remember that quite a lot of cards is rotating out, so it's good to have a solid base of sub-legendary rarity cards from classic and updated standard. Therefore money is more important since you want to craft as few cards as possible when expansion hits.
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So, I play wild and standard and the question I'm having here is:
I want to craft some cards from rastakhan to play odd dragon warrior and two call to arms, to run in the secret paladin on standard and will be able to run in a deck on wild when I have other two missing cards( that I won't craft today). I have the dust necessary to do it, but a new exp is coming, I'm already saving gold, will probably have 7k when the exp hits.
If I do craft them, I will be left with about 800 dust, so... should I wait or just do it and be happy?
I would just wait, if I were you. Find replacements within your collection and play those decks if you want to, but save your dust for after the expansion.
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw
EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);
Gold and dust are both important
True, but I feel that gold is more important than dust, simply because - if you open a lot of packs you will get most of the cards that you need and enough duplicates to get the rest of them, while with dust - yes, you can craft exactly the cards that you need, but after a few, you will run out of dust (and that's just a few, specific cards added to your collection).
Ofc, it depends on the current situation you are in and how the meta shape, after the expansion, but still...
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw
EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);
I vote wait because that's what I doing right now. I think they should be announcing the new expansion at the end of this month? I mean, at least we are starting to see the cards. Maybe craft something cheap [HUNTER LUL], or play with what you currently have.
For the second question, they are both important but in different ways.
- Dust is the 'final product' that you use 100 gold to trade for, and it may be more or less than 100 dust per pack. [the average value]
- Gold is more important when the new expansion hits, especially if you open a lot of packs, you'll get many new cards from the expansion.
Petition for Jaina's boobs to return please. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Gold is more important early in an expansion, dust is more important late in an expansion.
I always play it safe with my dust so I would wait, but sometimes logic loses when fun is the ultimate goal. Therefore, if you think you will get a lot of fun out of that deck, craft the cards and worry about the next expansion once out.
It will take some time for a new meta to settle so it's almost never true that you will spend your dust when the expansion hits (if you try to use your dust responsibly). Buying 70 pack will leave you with quite some dust (although less than usual, since you don't own any cards of the set at the start)
If you'd be happy to craft 1, maybe 2 legendaries within the month after new expac, I'd go ahead and craft away.
Also, being happy sounds like the final goal anyways ;)
Gold is better at the beginning when you have no cards at all. Opening like 50-80 packs, you will likely have all the commons and most of the rares twice. That alone would cost you way more than 8000 dust, not included the legendaries and epics you got.
Past this point, however, you will oftentimes just open dust packs with a very small chance to get those legendaries and epics you actually want. At that point, dust is better than gold, since you will get the desired cards way faster by crafting them instead, and oftentimes cheaper, like spending 1600 dust on a legendary that you probably wouldn't get if you spend 3000 gold.
So, gold is good for getting all the cheap cards, dust is better for getting the few rare cards.
The thing is, what you want to craft will likely change over time, possibly with the next expansion already. I wouldn't craft anything right now, but wait till the expansion hits, see what I get and then see what I want.
I can't really answer the poll. It depends on how much gold or dust you have saved.
If you have dust to spare, you may craft one or two cards now, and save some for the next expansion (I've saved 11k atm)
About packs, I think saving is the best, but you can buy one or two from time to time (from those exp you are higher on the pity timer). I try to get around 6k and only buy when I get to round numbers. Or spend it on arenas.
Gold is always better than dust, because you van convert gold into dust.
Remember that quite a lot of cards is rotating out, so it's good to have a solid base of sub-legendary rarity cards from classic and updated standard. Therefore money is more important since you want to craft as few cards as possible when expansion hits.
Playing Hearthstone in German solely for Garrosh sounds. Sieg oder Tod!
Gold is more important for the first 100 packs of an expansion then dust becomes more important
Just wait, don't hurry up. You will probably be more happy in the future. :D
^ This.