Hearthpwn

Quote from Lyra_Silvertongue >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

Quote from Lyra_Silvertongue >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

As expensive as it is to unlock everything  in Battlefront 2 , i´m pretty sure that to get everything in Hearthstone you would have to spend an equal or even greater amount of money and time. I suggest we start a boycott and simply stop buying packs with real money until Blizzard changes their predatory practices in what is supposed to be a game for teens-kids. Join me if  you feel the same.

Why do you feel that you should be able to get everything without great effort, time, and/or money? 

Being able to play the game vs being able to play competitively vs being able to have everything are all very different things.

 when did I say that i wanted to get everything without doing anything? why do people only read the title of a thread before commenting? , the discussion has advanced!

Actually I read the title and the OP. I have stuff to do other than read through each individual's comments in the thread. You may not have explicitly stated that you want it for nothing, but you implied that you shouldn't have to spend large amounts of time and money to get everything in HS. 

Quote from rhinoxious >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

Quote from rhinoxious >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

It's not about being able to play competitive is about stopping or at least mitigating practices that encourage gabmbling in children's games such as lootboxes.

Actually, the competitive part is far more of an issue, even a whiff of pay-to-win is a big design problem that puts off more casual players in favour of spending 'whales'. In the long run it can alienate a mass market player base in preference of a small number of highly-profitable players.

Hearthstone doesn't really have that problem, most people with minimal spend can build highly competitive decks. 

Plus in Europe at least BF2 has a PEGI 16 rating so the old/tired 'won't someone think of the children' argument is pretty weak.

I'm editor of the UK's trade magazine for the games industry, so you could argue I'm pro-industry but I still think there's clear lines between BF2 and HS.

 

 Because age ratings always stop people below the required age from buying that product. Look at Hs's art, dialogues and general style, its clearly meant to be marketed towards children or at least young teens.

 I don't see that at all to be honest, it's light and fun in the main, but it's inline with all Blizzard's stuff. And it appeals to me and I'm on my forties. 

Yes, games get into younger hands, but parents who let their kids run riot with their credit cards really should know better. Please let's move away from this old-fashioned Eighties-Nineties 'games are for kids' style moralising. 

Quote from Lyra_Silvertongue >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

As expensive as it is to unlock everything  in Battlefront 2 , i´m pretty sure that to get everything in Hearthstone you would have to spend an equal or even greater amount of money and time. I suggest we start a boycott and simply stop buying packs with real money until Blizzard changes their predatory practices in what is supposed to be a game for teens-kids. Join me if  you feel the same.

Why do you feel that you should be able to get everything without great effort, time, and/or money? 

Being able to play the game vs being able to play competitively vs being able to have everything are all very different things.

Quote from rhinoxious >>

Quote from PRAISEYOGG42 >>

It's not about being able to play competitive is about stopping or at least mitigating practices that encourage gabmbling in children's games such as lootboxes.

Actually, the competitive part is far more of an issue, even a whiff of pay-to-win is a big design problem that puts off more casual players in favour of spending 'whales'. In the long run it can alienate a mass market player base in preference of a small number of highly-profitable players.

Hearthstone doesn't really have that problem, most people with minimal spend can build highly competitive decks. 

Plus in Europe at least BF2 has a PEGI 16 rating so the old/tired 'won't someone think of the children' argument is pretty weak.

I'm editor of the UK's trade magazine for the games industry, so you could argue I'm pro-industry but I still think there's clear lines between BF2 and HS.

 

Would it hurt them too much if theygave you every card in an expansion for 80 bucks? im not against them making money im against predatory practices that encourage people to spend ludicrous amounts of money  in games

It's not about being able to play competitive is about stopping or at least mitigating practices that encourage gabmbling in children's games such as lootboxes.

As expensive as it is to unlock everything  in Battlefront 2 , i´m pretty sure that to get everything in Hearthstone you would have to spend an equal or even greater amount of money and time. I suggest we start a boycott and simply stop buying packs with real money until Blizzard changes their predatory practices in what is supposed to be a game for teens-kids. Join me if  you feel the same.

Is it early prediction season already? Hang on Let me name  a few  threads that will pop up in the following days:

- This will be the worst expansion ever

- This will be the best expansion ever

-Will discardlock be viable in Kobolds?

- Legendary X will be in every deck 

- we will have a control meta

- Branch of the world tree will break the game ( lol not)

Im super glad, the class was far to dominant for far too long.

Ultimate Infestation

I tought the problem with Arena was having egyptian-god level cards like Bonemare and Flappy Bird as commons and rares? 

-play this guy (3 mana)

- Asume that the only destroyed weapon was a legendary one

- Play your weapon( since apparently the deck is based around the legensdary weapon you need to get it out asap)

- All currently revealed weapons are more than 5 mana ( except Anduin's but good luck casting 3 spells with 4 mana left, and Malfurion which if already destroyed is useless to equip again)

- Your turn is over in the best case scenario of having 10 mana to play both this guy and the weapon. You have a 1/3 on board.

I guess if the game slows down to a crawl it will be good, or if weapons turn out to be so great that you have to run 1 of these as some anti-ooze tech

How long can this go go

Quote from Trimutius >>

Quote from Dr_Scaphandre >>

Okay, the guy who was supoosed to reveal the next card is so fucking fired.

I'm getting real sick of Blizzard using streamers to reveal cards, for they take their dear sweet time even though they have a set schedule.

 Streamers were actually fine... That unrevealed card was supposed to be revealed by some esport media on facebook page...

Nice finisher for Midrange

This card could be a sleeper