I started playing in December and have only spent money on the adventures and few Arena runs. I started with the online newbie decks featuring the Naxxramas cards and gradually increased my collection. January I ended at Level 19. February I ended at Level 15. I started buying GvG with my in-game gold and crafted Dr. Boom once I got 1600 dust. March '16 I ended at Level 14. I switched to buying Classic packs along with Arena runs. My collection has just drastically expanded. I'm still missing many staples, but with a bunch more cards under my belt, it's like an entirely different game. So many more options, and so much more power.
I decided to ladder with Rogue this month. After failing with Oil Rogue, I netdecked a Raptor Rogue deck and have easily just hit Level 11. After consistently hitting a ceiling of Level 14/15, Level 11 seemed impossible. It's only possible because I collected the dust to craft two Piloted Sky Golems and because I got two Defenders of Argus in packs (also thanks to the deck author, although I tweaked the deck a bit because I wasn't willing to spend dust on Classic cards I was missing now since I'm still getting packs).
I'm having so much fun with all the card combos, I will definitely be playing Wild because I don't want to lose the cards I've only just started playing with.
The frustration that newbies and F2P players feel is real. I remember resenting players that always had Dr. Boom and Emperor Thaurissen. (I still resent players who have multiple crafted Legendaries in their deck.) There may be some decks like Face Hunter and Zoolock that only require crafting a few rares to be competitive, but in the long run, you've got to get a collection. Choke up the money for the adventures, and start splitting your gold on Classic packs and Arena runs.
I started playing in December and have only spent money on the adventures and few Arena runs. I started with the online newbie decks featuring the Naxxramas cards and gradually increased my collection. January I ended at Level 19. February I ended at Level 15. I started buying GvG with my in-game gold and crafted Dr. Boom once I got 1600 dust. March '16 I ended at Level 14. I switched to buying Classic packs along with Arena runs. My collection has just drastically expanded. I'm still missing many staples, but with a bunch more cards under my belt, it's like an entirely different game. So many more options, and so much more power.
I decided to ladder with Rogue this month. After failing with Oil Rogue, I netdecked a Raptor Rogue deck and have easily just hit Level 11. After consistently hitting a ceiling of Level 14/15, Level 11 seemed impossible. It's only possible because I collected the dust to craft two Piloted Sky Golems and because I got two Defenders of Argus in packs (also thanks to the deck author, although I tweaked the deck a bit because I wasn't willing to spend dust on Classic cards I was missing now since I'm still getting packs).
I'm having so much fun with all the card combos, I will definitely be playing Wild because I don't want to lose the cards I've only just started playing with.
The frustration that newbies and F2P players feel is real. I remember resenting players that always had Dr. Boom and Emperor Thaurissen. (I still resent players who have multiple crafted Legendaries in their deck.) There may be some decks like Face Hunter and Zoolock that only require crafting a few rares to be competitive, but in the long run, you've got to get a collection. Choke up the money for the adventures, and start splitting your gold on Classic packs and Arena runs.
I've been playing for two years now. Spent some cheddar on the adventures. Other than that I have just about every card in the game and its great.