Just wanted to start discussion on the possibility / need for a tournament mode.
I LOVE the Arena mode. I can't even begin to say how much fun I've had. I'm not the best player in the world, but I've had so much fun at it. I probably only average 4 wins or so per run, but getting 7, 8 or 9 (once) wins bring such a feeling of accomplishment. I can only imagine how much more awesome it will be once the make the rewards better.
Anyway, what I have discovered is that the awesomeness that is Arena mode, almost trivializes constructed mode. At least for me. I have fun with Constructed of course, but the medal system as it stands now is not nearly enough of a incentive to really try to pour your soul into building / collecting the perfect deck.
So, to address that problem, they really need to add a tournament mode. The place where you take your constructed deck to really put it to the test.
When you click tournament mode, you could be presented with 4 choices: 8 Player, 16 Player, 32 Player and 64 Player tournaments.
You could also add another item in the store called "Tournament Tickets" - They would be purchasable in quantities of 2 ($1.99 or 200 Gold) - 10 ($8.99) or 20 ($15.99)
These items could also become another way to diversify the rewards for winning games in play mode or arena runs - add a chance to win tickets.
The entry fee for each tournament would vary by size: 8 Player (1 Ticket) 16 Player (2 Tickets) 32 Player (3 Tickets) 64 Player (4 Tickets)
The formats could be bracket style best of 3, until the Simi finals where it becomes best of 5.
You would only be matched up with similar "Medal" players - Perhaps the bottom 3 Medals would play together, the Middle three Medals would play together and then Master plays only with Master - which would give another reason to try to up your Medal rating so you could be in high "tiered" tournaments as each Tournament would have a "Medal Bonus" for winning the tournament based on which Tier you are in:
***Champion’s Badge: Badges would last for only a set period of time (1 week? 1 Month?) from the most recent badge that you win. Each tier (Bronze, Gold, Master) of badge would be “upgradeable” by winning more and more tournaments you gain a level on your badge. If you win a second tournament before your badge expires, it gains a level and becomes slightly more awesome looking. Each time your badge “expires” you lose one level of awesomeness from the badge. So if you want to keep your badge awesome, you have to keep winning. Badges are purely cosmetic and appear both during Play mode games and Tournament games – they are also class specific. If you win a tournament with a Priest deck, all decks you play as a Priest have the badge.
OF COURSE – all of these numbers would need tweaking, but I think it basically does what it should. Give players a reason / drive to be competitive (earn champion badge levels) as well as a meaningful way to use their constructed decks. If you win enough tournaments, you would move up to the next bracket (higher tier) competition.
What do you guys think a tournament mode should include?
I would love to have a tourney mode in the game, but they will likely only support one mode, probably 8 or 16, just because the shear amount of time a 64 man tourney would take.
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Hey Guys,
Just wanted to start discussion on the possibility / need for a tournament mode.
I LOVE the Arena mode. I can't even begin to say how much fun I've had. I'm not the best player in the world, but I've had so much fun at it. I probably only average 4 wins or so per run, but getting 7, 8 or 9 (once) wins bring such a feeling of accomplishment. I can only imagine how much more awesome it will be once the make the rewards better.
Anyway, what I have discovered is that the awesomeness that is Arena mode, almost trivializes constructed mode. At least for me. I have fun with Constructed of course, but the medal system as it stands now is not nearly enough of a incentive to really try to pour your soul into building / collecting the perfect deck.
So, to address that problem, they really need to add a tournament mode. The place where you take your constructed deck to really put it to the test.
When you click tournament mode, you could be presented with 4 choices: 8 Player, 16 Player, 32 Player and 64 Player tournaments.
You could also add another item in the store called "Tournament Tickets" - They would be purchasable in quantities of 2 ($1.99 or 200 Gold) - 10 ($8.99) or 20 ($15.99)
These items could also become another way to diversify the rewards for winning games in play mode or arena runs - add a chance to win tickets.
The entry fee for each tournament would vary by size: 8 Player (1 Ticket) 16 Player (2 Tickets) 32 Player (3 Tickets) 64 Player (4 Tickets)
The formats could be bracket style best of 3, until the Simi finals where it becomes best of 5.
You would only be matched up with similar "Medal" players - Perhaps the bottom 3 Medals would play together, the Middle three Medals would play together and then Master plays only with Master - which would give another reason to try to up your Medal rating so you could be in high "tiered" tournaments as each Tournament would have a "Medal Bonus" for winning the tournament based on which Tier you are in:
The rewards for the tournaments would be:
8 Players: (1 Ticket)
All Players receive 50 Arcane Dust
Top 4 Players Receive 50 Gold
Top 2 Players Receive 1 Card Pack
Champion Receives 100 Gold + 1 Additional Pack + 75 Arcane Dust (Total 150 Gold +2 Packs + 50 Arcane Dust)
"Medal Perks":
Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 1 Level: (A cosmetic portrait for the champion you played the tournament with)
Middle Tier: Golden Champion Badge+ 1 Level
Master Tier: Masters Champion Badge+ 1 Level + 1 Golden Card
***Champion’s Badge: Badges would last for only a set period of time (1 week? 1 Month?) from the most recent badge that you win. Each tier (Bronze, Gold, Master) of badge would be “upgradeable” by winning more and more tournaments you gain a level on your badge. If you win a second tournament before your badge expires, it gains a level and becomes slightly more awesome looking. Each time your badge “expires” you lose one level of awesomeness from the badge. So if you want to keep your badge awesome, you have to keep winning. Badges are purely cosmetic and appear both during Play mode games and Tournament games – they are also class specific. If you win a tournament with a Priest deck, all decks you play as a Priest have the badge.
16 Players: (2 Tickets)
All Players receive 75 Arcane Dust
Top 8 Players receive 75 Gold
Top 4 Players receive 1 Pack
Top 2 Players receive 100 Gold
Champion receives: 125 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 100 Arcane Dust (Total 300 Gold, 2 Packs, 175 Arcane Dust)
Medal Perks:
Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+2 Levels
Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 2 Levels
Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 2 Levels + 1 Golden Card
32 Players: (3 Tickets)
All Players receive 100 Arcane Dust
Top 16 Players receive 100 Gold
Top 8 Players receive 1 Pack
Top 4 Players receive 125 Gold
Top 2 Players receive 1 Ticket
Champion receives: 175 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 125 Arcane Dust (Total 400 Gold, 3 Packs, 225 Arcane Dust, 1 Ticket)
Medal Perks:
Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 3 Levels
Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 3 Levels
Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 3Levels + 1 Golden Card
64 Players: (4 Tickets)
All Players receive 125 Arcane Dust
Top 32 Players receive 125 Gold
Top 16 Players receive 1 Pack
Top 8 Players receive 150 Gold
Top 4 Players receive 1 Ticket
Top 2 Players receive 1 Ticket and +1 Champion Badge Level
Champion receives: 225 Gold 1 Additional Pack and 150 Arcane Dust (Total 500 Gold, 3 Packs, 275 Arcane Dust, 2 Ticket, 1 Champion Badge Level)
Medal Perks:
Bottom Tier: Bronze Champion Badge+ 4 Levels
Middle Tier: Gold Champion Badge+ 4 Levels
Master Tier: Master Champion Badge+ 4 Levels + 2 Golden Cards
OF COURSE – all of these numbers would need tweaking, but I think it basically does what it should. Give players a reason / drive to be competitive (earn champion badge levels) as well as a meaningful way to use their constructed decks. If you win enough tournaments, you would move up to the next bracket (higher tier) competition.
What do you guys think a tournament mode should include?
Took me a while to read but i find it a great suggestion! Please and i mean it Pleaseeee write it in the Beta forum suggestions since ua re playing!
I will post it in the EU forums when the beta open for us i hope u are giving me the ok for it! to support this idea!
I would love to have a tourney mode in the game, but they will likely only support one mode, probably 8 or 16, just because the shear amount of time a 64 man tourney would take.