hey thinking of saving gold with the end result of getting heaps of packs with it , should i save up gold and buy heaps of packs at once or save up gold and every 150 gold play arena? ill get packs either ways just wondering which way sounds better
i.e. I spend gold when the amount after spending is 100 more than what I had last time I spent gold, so my gold mounts up while buying packs and arena runs occasionally (get around 5000 or so for the next expansion, which I then spend on new expansion packs), and repeat.
Well, by definition saving gold is literally achieved by not spending gold.
Putting semantics aside, the most efficient use of your gold is in the Arena. All you need is to average 3.5-ish wins per run, and you will come out on average better than if you just spend gold on packs only. If you're a half-decent player who studies the arena "meta", you'll average more, though.
The "problem" (so to speak) with playing Arena is that you only really obtain packs from the current expansion. By the time you've actually collected any substantial quantity of cards that way, it's arguably too late to really enjoy that expansion.
So what I advise is to play multiple accounts/regions.
The TLDR is to play 3 accounts -- one strictly for fun in the Arena & two in play mode. Each "play" account alternates dumping its gold on expansions (account XZY plays this expansion and then spends nothing on the next; account YXZ does the opposite).
The average gold you'll obtain each day with minimal casual play is 55. At three expansions per year (one every 4 months), that's ~6700 gold per expansion. 67 packs barely dents an expansion, though. If you play multiple accounts the same way, each one will be plagued with the same lack of cards/dust.
But, if you alternate buying packs vs. saving on each account (or one account playing multiple regions), each account will get ~140 packs to work with per expansion. 140 packs per expansion will give you plenty of current cards to work with on release day as well as enough dust to craft whatever meta cards your missing from last expansion (which will be very well known by this time, so no wasted crafting).
Your third account/region is just for playing around in the Arena. If you get really good at the Arena on that account, then you can perhaps consider alternate strategies on the main "play" accounts.
Well, by definition saving gold is literally achieved by not spending gold.
Putting semantics aside, the most efficient use of your gold is in the Arena. All you need is to average 3.5-ish wins per run, and you will come out on average better than if you just spend gold on packs only. If you're a half-decent player who studies the arena "meta", you'll average more, though.
The "problem" (so to speak) with playing Arena is that you only really obtain packs from the current expansion. By the time you've actually collected any substantial quantity of cards that way, it's arguably too late to really enjoy that expansion.
So what I advise is to play multiple accounts/regions.
The TLDR is to play 3 accounts -- one strictly for fun in the Arena & two in play mode. Each "play" account alternates dumping its gold on expansions (account XZY plays this expansion and then spends nothing on the next; account YXZ does the opposite).
The average gold you'll obtain each day with minimal casual play is 55. At three expansions per year (one every 4 months), that's ~6700 gold per expansion. 67 packs barely dents an expansion, though. If you play multiple accounts the same way, each one will be plagued with the same lack of cards/dust.
But, if you alternate buying packs vs. saving on each account (or one account playing multiple regions), each account will get ~140 packs to work with per expansion. 140 packs per expansion will give you plenty of current cards to work with on release day as well as enough dust to craft whatever meta cards your missing from last expansion (which will be very well known by this time, so no wasted crafting).
Your third account/region is just for playing around in the Arena. If you get really good at the Arena on that account, then you can perhaps consider alternate strategies on the main "play" accounts.
Well, by definition saving gold is literally achieved by not spending gold.
Putting semantics aside, the most efficient use of your gold is in the Arena. All you need is to average 3.5-ish wins per run, and you will come out on average better than if you just spend gold on packs only. If you're a half-decent player who studies the arena "meta", you'll average more, though.
The "problem" (so to speak) with playing Arena is that you only really obtain packs from the current expansion. By the time you've actually collected any substantial quantity of cards that way, it's arguably too late to really enjoy that expansion.
So what I advise is to play multiple accounts/regions.
The TLDR is to play 3 accounts -- one strictly for fun in the Arena & two in play mode. Each "play" account alternates dumping its gold on expansions (account XZY plays this expansion and then spends nothing on the next; account YXZ does the opposite).
The average gold you'll obtain each day with minimal casual play is 55. At three expansions per year (one every 4 months), that's ~6700 gold per expansion. 67 packs barely dents an expansion, though. If you play multiple accounts the same way, each one will be plagued with the same lack of cards/dust.
But, if you alternate buying packs vs. saving on each account (or one account playing multiple regions), each account will get ~140 packs to work with per expansion. 140 packs per expansion will give you plenty of current cards to work with on release day as well as enough dust to craft whatever meta cards your missing from last expansion (which will be very well known by this time, so no wasted crafting).
Your third account/region is just for playing around in the Arena. If you get really good at the Arena on that account, then you can perhaps consider alternate strategies on the main "play" accounts.
Then each region is missing every other expansion entirely? How is that more fun than lacking some of the cards from each expansion?
If you save up the gold between expansions, from my experience, you'll get a fair bit more than the 6700. I spent everything on Un'Goro and even played arena for a few weeks after the launch, and still had 10000 gold saved up for KotFT.
Also, I'd say you're wrong about the packs not making a dent in the expansion – 67 packs sure won't give you all the cards, but you'll be able to make at least one good deck.
Well, by definition saving gold is literally achieved by not spending gold.
Putting semantics aside, the most efficient use of your gold is in the Arena. All you need is to average 3.5-ish wins per run, and you will come out on average better than if you just spend gold on packs only. If you're a half-decent player who studies the arena "meta", you'll average more, though.
The "problem" (so to speak) with playing Arena is that you only really obtain packs from the current expansion. By the time you've actually collected any substantial quantity of cards that way, it's arguably too late to really enjoy that expansion.
So what I advise is to play multiple accounts/regions.
The TLDR is to play 3 accounts -- one strictly for fun in the Arena & two in play mode. Each "play" account alternates dumping its gold on expansions (account XZY plays this expansion and then spends nothing on the next; account YXZ does the opposite).
The average gold you'll obtain each day with minimal casual play is 55. At three expansions per year (one every 4 months), that's ~6700 gold per expansion. 67 packs barely dents an expansion, though. If you play multiple accounts the same way, each one will be plagued with the same lack of cards/dust.
But, if you alternate buying packs vs. saving on each account (or one account playing multiple regions), each account will get ~140 packs to work with per expansion. 140 packs per expansion will give you plenty of current cards to work with on release day as well as enough dust to craft whatever meta cards your missing from last expansion (which will be very well known by this time, so no wasted crafting).
Your third account/region is just for playing around in the Arena. If you get really good at the Arena on that account, then you can perhaps consider alternate strategies on the main "play" accounts.
Then each region is missing every other expansion entirely? How is that more fun than lacking some of the cards from each expansion?
If you save up the gold between expansions, from my experience, you'll get a fair bit more than the 6700. I spent everything on Un'Goro and even played arena for a few weeks after the launch, and still had 10000 gold saved up for KotFT.
Also, I'd say you're wrong about the packs not making a dent in the expansion – 67 packs sure won't give you all the cards, but you'll be able to make at least one good deck.
Not entirely. Upon purchasing the current expansion, you'll have ample dust available to craft necessary cards from the previous expansion -- cards you will absolutely know you need, resulting in zero wasted dust.
6700 is a conservative average for casual play (missing quests periodically, not re-rolling all 40g quests, etc.) If you're diligent to re-roll all 40g quests and play more than *just* to complete quests, you'll tend to amass more than 6.7k.
"At least one good deck" is barely a dent when you consider there are 9 classes. As Heeljin said, 150 packs is a good goal; 100 packs is still 33% short of that goal.
i.e. I spend gold when the amount after spending is 100 more than what I had last time I spent gold, so my gold mounts up while buying packs and arena runs occasionally (get around 5000 or so for the next expansion, which I then spend on new expansion packs), and repeat.
In a drunken stupor and being a mathematician and everything, I realised this is not the best way to save gold, if you are going to buy packs there is no point waiting since you may get a good card that increases your gold farming rate.
New mathematical plan version, get packs while increasing gold saved:
When I get 250 gold -> Arena run + buy a pack
When I get 450 gold -> Arena run + buy a pack
etc.
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hey thinking of saving gold with the end result of getting heaps of packs with it , should i save up gold and buy heaps of packs at once or save up gold and every 150 gold play arena? ill get packs either ways just wondering which way sounds better
If you're new, buy 100 gold packs. You won't win 7 matches in arena. Plus, Constructed will make you a better player.
if you can average 4 or more wins in arena, it's a nice way to build your collection
I go 150g -> Arena
200g-> pack
350g -> Arena
400g -> pack
i.e. I spend gold when the amount after spending is 100 more than what I had last time I spent gold, so my gold mounts up while buying packs and arena runs occasionally (get around 5000 or so for the next expansion, which I then spend on new expansion packs), and repeat.
Well, by definition saving gold is literally achieved by not spending gold.
Putting semantics aside, the most efficient use of your gold is in the Arena. All you need is to average 3.5-ish wins per run, and you will come out on average better than if you just spend gold on packs only. If you're a half-decent player who studies the arena "meta", you'll average more, though.
The "problem" (so to speak) with playing Arena is that you only really obtain packs from the current expansion. By the time you've actually collected any substantial quantity of cards that way, it's arguably too late to really enjoy that expansion.
So what I advise is to play multiple accounts/regions.
The TLDR is to play 3 accounts -- one strictly for fun in the Arena & two in play mode. Each "play" account alternates dumping its gold on expansions (account XZY plays this expansion and then spends nothing on the next; account YXZ does the opposite).
The average gold you'll obtain each day with minimal casual play is 55. At three expansions per year (one every 4 months), that's ~6700 gold per expansion. 67 packs barely dents an expansion, though. If you play multiple accounts the same way, each one will be plagued with the same lack of cards/dust.
But, if you alternate buying packs vs. saving on each account (or one account playing multiple regions), each account will get ~140 packs to work with per expansion. 140 packs per expansion will give you plenty of current cards to work with on release day as well as enough dust to craft whatever meta cards your missing from last expansion (which will be very well known by this time, so no wasted crafting).
Your third account/region is just for playing around in the Arena. If you get really good at the Arena on that account, then you can perhaps consider alternate strategies on the main "play" accounts.
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How to save up gold EASY DON'T SPEND IT!
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For the long term:
At 150 packs you generally get x2 of each rare. After that its just better to save gold for the next round.
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