Hearthpwn

Note to self: When playing Hearthstone on the cheap## plan, do NOT play ranked battles on the first day of the month.  Holy crap did I get my ass handed to me by all-epic/legendary decks on the way up!

Hi folks,

So i ended up blowing $20 for Kharazan, and that's it. I enjoyed those quests and getting those interesting cards!  I now win about half of my games in casual mode (all I've ever played) thanks to those cards and about 8 other original series packs i got from quests.  perhaps this is because all the hard core players just play "ranked".

One last noob question.  As a 4-5 hour per week player, should i only play casual? What's the upside of playing ranked? I suspect I'd get beat nearly all the time!

Sniv

Thanks for the replies, everyone.  As I anticipated, opinions have varied. 

The gist I'm getting is that for someone like me who can only play for 1-2 hours per week, there's almost no point to going in half-cocked.  Either sink in the bucks for expansion pre-orders (at minimum), or just roll with the $5.00 and suck up the excess losses, which won't be so bad as I earn good cards from packs over time.

Sniv

Hello folks,

I have enjoyed dabbling in this game with the $5.00 welcome pack.  However, even after leveling several classes to 10 to get all the free class cards, I still lose far more often than not, since the cards that really create or leverage combos are usually rare, or at least only available in packs.

I'm not masochistic enough to do nearly free-to-play with a free quest pack from 100 gold once a week, but I don't want to spend a mint either. 

If I were to drop, say, another $20.00 into this game, would I get more competitive value in doing the $20.00 Night in Manfredgensen or whatever (c.f. a Fish Called Wanda) adventure pack to get those cards, or just buying packs?  Other strategy?  Should I not even bother spending $$$ unless I spend serious $$$?

Please advise, thanks.

Sniv