Many thx to this thread, I discovered a new world. 2 weeks of playing and full of fun. Still playing HS for daily gold but every time I play is a pain compared to ESL. ESL>>>>>>>>>>>>HS.
The lane system is quite bad especially in arena. The moment u gain dominance in one lane u tend to just keep building on to it, and ur opponent will do the converse, given the lack of reliable board clears n spells. So many instances it is just about who gets to smorc each other down with no interaction of the board minions. Lame
So far no legendaries for me, besides the ones i got from the story mode mission. I appreciate how they cost a little less to craft than others, I just don't find them particularly useful at the moment. So far will/endurance token is working very solid for me, and I don't believe that has any legendaries in it.
General Tullius is nuts for token deck, Black Marsh Warden is also good card for it.
My biggest complaint so far is that getting legend seems way to easy. I am mostly playing arena in ESL however I jump into constructed to finish my quest and I am rank 4 with my homebrew deck.
90% of the playerbase jumped into this game in last week of closed beta when they sent huge invite wave or in open beta, they're playing for 2-3 weeks, basically most non-legend players have homebrew decks or budget versions of proper decks so it's really not to hard to get like 80% win ratio for experienced ccg players against this type of people who tend to do plenty of mistakes even around Legend rank because obviously most of the players have Hearthstone experience, a lot have only HS experience and they tend to play like in hearthstone, got punished then can't take the board back again. I hitted Legend 4th August cuz it was that easy, with huge winstreaks like 15-0 even on rank 5 and higher.
The key to farming rank 1 solo arena is aggro. You need to fight hard for the board fast against rush and token decks, but that leaves you without the gas to take on the value decks so you have to instead rush those down. Guard and especially drain help you race, also that the AI often forgoes trades for face when it shouldn't, leaving you free to hit face as well.
One you use up your rank promotion rewards, 9 wins is only going to earn you 70-80 gold, 2 packs, and a card. Good way to open packs, but you're losing money left and right. Of course max wins vs AI should be way more consistent than versus after ranking up.
I'm fairly new still but so far my impression is you could rename the game Elder Scrolls: Intelligence. Blue right now seems really superior to anything and compliments greatly with basically any other colour. Personally I like Blue + Green and Blue with a splash of Purple so far.
Actually Red + Green Archer is top tier.
You probably seeing a lot of intelligence at low ranks because it's easy to play and understand compared to the other colours.
One you use up your rank promotion rewards, 9 wins is only going to earn you 70-80 gold, 2 packs, and a card. Good way to open packs, but you're losing money left and right.
I never understood this point of view.
2 packs are worth 200 gold, plus the card ~40 dust, plus 80 gold.
Yesterday I got 3 packs, 20 gold and a card for 8 wins. Today I got 120 soul gems, 1 pack and 30 gold for 5 wins.
It's great way to increase your collection. For 150g entry fee, it's totally worth it.
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The game is awesomeee, similar to hearthstone but with more stragegy, great card art, and the 60 packs bundle is so cheap, im enlove.
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I recommend finishing the story anyways. By then you should have a free arena entry for pve arena. and a decent collection of cards. I am ftp currently and rank 3 and climbing with a 70% win rate using a mage deck. Mostly inexpensive deck that I upgrade as I go. Slaughtertooth spawning ftw.
Is it weird how easy it is for people to rank up in the game? Like it just seems weird to me, also I'm not sure how much I really like this dual lane, since it requires you to always have something on each lane or your opponent will overwhelm you in a lane and you can't even react to it because your other minions are on the other lane.
^^That was a crazy match. Didn't expect the result.
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Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
There are monthly card reward. It's in BETA for few months. So whoever took part and reached certain rank, got these cards for free. Rest have to craft it.
March - Mages Guild Retreat (epic) April - Withered Hand Cultist (epic) May - Staff of Sparks (legendary) June - Plunder (epic) July - Dagi-Raht Mystic (epic)
August - will be revealed today.
You can get max 3 copies for each card, including 3x legendary card for May.
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Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
There are monthly card reward. It's in BETA for few months. So whoever took part and reached certain rank, got these cards for free. Rest have to craft it.
March - Mages Guild Retreat (epic) April - Withered Hand Cultist (epic) May - Staff of Sparks (legendary) June - Plunder (epic) July - Dagi-Raht Mystic (epic)
August - will be revealed today.
You can get max 3 copies for each card, including 3x legendary card for May.
By "reached certain rank" do you mean in the PvP ladder? Or just your account/character (i.e. the ranking up you get by doing everything)? Tks.
Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
OK, thanks. Up to now I've only been playing Solo Arena and Casual PvP while getting a feel for the game/learning the cards. How difficult (i.e. what's the time commitment) is it to get to those ranks? Tks.
I'd like to try Ranked mode but I really don't have much cards yet to make any of the budget decks I've seen (lowest I've seen was 2600 dust and I had about half the cards). Any suggestions of simple decks with mostly cards you get from completing story mode?
The lane system is quite bad especially in arena. The moment u gain dominance in one lane u tend to just keep building on to it, and ur opponent will do the converse, given the lack of reliable board clears n spells. So many instances it is just about who gets to smorc each other down with no interaction of the board minions. Lame
Die, Insect!
The key to farming rank 1 solo arena is aggro. You need to fight hard for the board fast against rush and token decks, but that leaves you without the gas to take on the value decks so you have to instead rush those down. Guard and especially drain help you race, also that the AI often forgoes trades for face when it shouldn't, leaving you free to hit face as well.
One you use up your rank promotion rewards, 9 wins is only going to earn you 70-80 gold, 2 packs, and a card. Good way to open packs, but you're losing money left and right. Of course max wins vs AI should be way more consistent than versus after ranking up.
I play SOLO arena daily.
Yesterday I got 3 packs, 20 gold and a card for 8 wins.
Today I got 120 soul gems, 1 pack and 30 gold for 5 wins.
It's great way to increase your collection. For 150g entry fee, it's totally worth it.
Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
The classic tier: Reno Jackson | Elise Starseeker | Brann Bronzebeard.
I love me some ESL.
Farewell, Hearthstone! Forever and never again.
On the path to victory, one must be prepared to get a little bit of wiener in their mouth.
The game is awesomeee, similar to hearthstone but with more stragegy, great card art, and the 60 packs bundle is so cheap, im enlove.
I recommend finishing the story anyways. By then you should have a free arena entry for pve arena. and a decent collection of cards. I am ftp currently and rank 3 and climbing with a 70% win rate using a mage deck. Mostly inexpensive deck that I upgrade as I go. Slaughtertooth spawning ftw.
Is it weird how easy it is for people to rank up in the game? Like it just seems weird to me, also I'm not sure how much I really like this dual lane, since it requires you to always have something on each lane or your opponent will overwhelm you in a lane and you can't even react to it because your other minions are on the other lane.
Victory or Death!
^^That was a crazy match. Didn't expect the result.
Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
The classic tier: Reno Jackson | Elise Starseeker | Brann Bronzebeard.
Hi there!
A question for some of you who already play ES Legends Open Beta.
Do you get some kind of special reward for playing with Beta (Like golden Gelbin Mekkatorque in case of HS)?
Are there any seasonal card backs or anything else that represents that you are with the game since open beta?
Thanks in advance!
You get a title for playing beta.
There are monthly card reward. It's in BETA for few months. So whoever took part and reached certain rank, got these cards for free. Rest have to craft it.
March - Mages Guild Retreat (epic)
April - Withered Hand Cultist (epic)
May - Staff of Sparks (legendary)
June - Plunder (epic)
July - Dagi-Raht Mystic (epic)
August - will be revealed today.
You can get max 3 copies for each card, including 3x legendary card for May.
Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
The classic tier: Reno Jackson | Elise Starseeker | Brann Bronzebeard.
Sorry, ranked mode.
Rank 9 - 1 copy.
Rank 5 - 2 copies.
Rank 1 - 3 copies.
Betrayer... In truth, it was I who was betrayed. Still, I am hunted. Still, I am hated. Now, my blind eyes see what others cannot: that sometimes the hand of fate must be forced! Now go forth... unleash the tides of Doom... Upon all those...who would oppose us.
The classic tier: Reno Jackson | Elise Starseeker | Brann Bronzebeard.
I'd like to try Ranked mode but I really don't have much cards yet to make any of the budget decks I've seen (lowest I've seen was 2600 dust and I had about half the cards). Any suggestions of simple decks with mostly cards you get from completing story mode?
Eternal: https://www.direwolfdigital.com/eternal/register/?ref=180c0383-f75d-48eb-942b-7a5c78b4fdbb
Hearthstone: https://battle.net/recruit/GV2XRPRX5L?blzcmp=raf-hs&s=HS&m=mac