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Quote from SuddenDeath >>Just curious what people think about netdecking and its impact on the game.
Are you serious? Dude, please, use the search function:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/search?search=netdecking
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/215082-netdecking-in-casual
Etc, etc, etc...
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I have the lamest tradition with my girlfriend. She does not care about Hearthstone, but she loves to open packs and she loves to kiss me. Thus, I combined the two things.
This is our very lame system:
Golden = double
If it's a legendary I really want = double
(yes a golden legendary I want means 200 kiss - and yes it has happened).
If she opens five 40-dust packs in a row I subtract one kiss from the next pack she opens (you know... to keep her motivated) until she opens at least 2x rare cards.
She gets five packs where all cards give double kiss (she must call it before she opens the pack) - and yes it stacks with previous bonuses.
It is incredibly lame, I know. However, she absolutely loves it and that's all that matters to me.
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Quote from Blue_Banana_whotookthisname >Also adding 7 drops that can compete with Dr Boom would increase card and deck diversity.
I am baffled by the amount of people that have suggested this.
Was adding more OTK combos the way to fix the Patron problem?
Was adding more 1 mana 4/5s the way to fix Undertaker?
How is fixing a mistake with more mistakes a good idea?
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Did you craft any legendaries? That resets pity timer.
Edit: whoops, I think this is incorrect
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With the new expansion just around the corner and soon the “how many packs do you open” threads to pop up, I thought I have a closer look at what to expect from your packs.
The goal was to determine how many cards of each rarity one would on average (and I use this term loosely, as I will explain) end up with after opening a certain number of packs on release day, how much dust one would earn and what is missing after all is said and done.
The “new” card distribution, introduced with Journey to Un’Goro, with 23 legendaries, 54 epics, 72 rares and 98 commons per set, has remained constant and so I figured I can just look at previous pack openings to predict (with some degree of variability) what to expect this time around.
As a reference I looked at the first 150 packs opened of the last two expansions. Since I didn’t record my results in a pack-by-pack fashion I looked at Kripparian’s pack opening videos and took detailed notes not only which cards he opened, but also in which order. The process was quite time consuming, noting all cards, comparing which ones were already opened in previous packs and such, so for now my data set includes only these last two expansions, thus the average of these is to be taken with a fairly big grain of salt, but it should be close enough to at least give you an idea what to expect.
The calculation of the dust gained is based on my personal habit of disenchanting all golden cards of which I have two regular copies. For example, if a golden copy of a card was opened first, then a regular one, then a second regular one, I would shift the golden copy over to the dust pile. I personally do this to acquire the most cards/dust, but other people might not do so, just something to keep in mind.
Assuming that there are many people here who save substantial amounts of gold and/or pre-order, I will only highlight the results at certain cut-off points, namely 53 packs (pre-order + 3 packs from logging in), 83 packs (mega bundle + 3 packs), 133 packs (pre-order, mega bundle + 3) and 150 (as far as I got). I did not count potential free golden legendaries from pre-orders, but did count the free legendary everybody gets.
After 53 packs you can expect roughly 90% of commons, 64% of rares, 20% of epics and 17% of legendaries, together with some 920 extra dust.
After 83 packs you can expect roughly 96% of commons, 81% of rares, 33% of epics and 28% of legendaries, together with about 2150 extra dust.
After 133 packs you can expect 99.5% of all commons, 90% of rares, about 50% of epics and 36% of legendaries plus roughly 4900 dust.
And after 150 packs the numbers are 99.8% common, 92% rare, 57% epic and 43% legendary, together with 5800 dust.
For a pack to pack analysis I attached two images, with the card percentages and the cumulative dust.
I hope some people will find this helpful, to adjust their expectation, appreciate their good fortune should their individual results come out better or justify their salt should they end up with lower percentages.
Enjoy!
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"The prize" in question isn't really that great if you're struggling so much. It's just some golden cards. If you really wanted random golden cards, the more efficient way to do it is spend more time at work and buy yourself some packs instead of spending the same amount of time on grinding ladder ...
IMO, the enjoyment of playing on ladder should be its own reward. I only play what I enjoy. Sometimes there's a deck I like to play a lot and I reach legend but I consider climbing high a happy coincidence rather than the reward in itself. Don't be like those people who reach legend just once for an ugly cardback with a "boring" deck and hated every moment of the climb. It's a game; if you're not enjoying it you're doing it wrong
If you do not like the deck or certain matchups of the deck, I suggest you find yourself something you like better. There's been a lot of metas where I couldn't find a deck that clicked with me and I go into a short hiatus but that's okay. There's always next meta. Since you mentioned there's lots of control in your ranks, I can recommend a few anti-control options; Miracle rogue, Recruit hunter, shudderwok shaman, cubelock. Certain druids can also be good depending on what kind of control you're specifically running into
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Was thinking about getting the mega bundle for my NA/EU/Asia accounts. That's £210.
Hmm,I think I'll just stay f2p and scrape by - at least I can blame my performance on that rather than my lack of skill :)
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we should see the next expansions to criticise this card. I believe it has the potencial to be a great card. Mind that blizzard created at Witchwood only this DK card so i expect to be more effective. But for the moment shaman decks are not very good
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To be less of a jerk, there are generally more viable decks out there than before witchwood, and no one deck dominates. Generally you'll see a lot of either aggro (odd paladin, odd rogue), recruit hunters, even warlocks and taunt or token druids. Mage isn't so popular anymore and warrior has a couple decent decks but still isn't very popular. Priest isn't in a great spot since the spiteful nerf, but you'll see some control priests occasionally.
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Quote from Shockii412 >>Everyone completed this months ago though.
Considering that Monster Hunt hasn't even been available for 2 whole months yet, your statement is dead wrong.
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A much higher frame rate so I don't have seizures and autoinflammation. The current game mimics nystagmus, a common symptom of poisoning, causing the innate immune system to go nuts.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23000611
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I desperately want back in but I need a frame rate that is high enough that it doesn't cause seizures, and stop making the board shake for special effects. My medical conditions may be extreme, but I actually believe this is at least a low-grade medical problem for everyone. Low frame rate mimic nystagmus, a common symptom of poisoning, causing autoinflammation and related illnesses.
Motion sickness: an evolutionary hypothesis
M Treisman
Science 29 Jul 1977:
Vol. 197, Issue 4302, pp. 493-495
DOI: 10.1126/science.301659
Abstract
Since the occurrence of vomiting as a response to motion is both widespread and apparently disadvantageous, it presents a problem for evolutionary theory. An hypothesis is proposed suggesting that motion sickness is triggered by difficulties which arise in the programming of movements of the eyes or head when the relations between the spatial frameworks defined by the visual, vestibular, or proprioceptive inputs are repeatedly and unpredictably perturbed. Such perturbations may be produced by certain types of motion, or by disturbances in sensory input or motor control produced by ingested toxins. The last would be the important cause in nature, the main function of the emesis being to rid the individual of ingested neurotoxins. Its occurrence in response to motion would be an accidental by product of this system.
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/197/4302/493
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/301659
See also:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23000611
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It was my Yogg.
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Ranked play isn't all that much fun with a pile of cards, either, I'm afraid. But fun decks really rock, and you can make good ones with not a ton of money, so start crafting for a Casino Mage, Thief Rogue or Steal Priest deck; fun cards and decks preserve their value expansion after expansion.
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A wild thief rogue deck is happening right now that is powerful-enough AND insanely fun. That doesn't happen often, so you might wanna grab it. It will still be a fun deck after the expansion, no matter what:
https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1126437-thief-in-the-wild
Maybe don't craft Nefarian for this deck - you can sub a powerful eight and only lose a little of the fun. I love Nefarian in this deck but it rarely shows up in decks, even in fun decks, and its played winrate even in wild, is not great. Also, I dumped Burgle and subbed Face Collector for it in this deck and recommend that if you can afford it.
or if you have Valeera the Hollow this deck might be even better (Val is my next craft, so I dunno)
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/class-discussion/rogue/219531-tess-burgel-roge
The nice thing about fun decks is that you don't have to wait - truly fun (highly variable) cards retain their fun factor very well indeed, from expansion to expansion. (They might or might not retain their power, of course.)
Some people actually mean "different-but-powerful" when they say "fun." You mentioned power, so maybe that's you. The Malydruid deck that MC_Mitta mentioned is all that, and in truth Maly decks will always pop up, Maly as a card is a good craft, as there will always be novelty decks with it, and some will be competitive or nearly competitive, in virtually every expansion. (But who knows with what hero.) Whether you want to craft a whole power-deck around Malygos weeks before the next expansion is another question. I've decided no to that question. I crafted Malygos recently and don't regret doing so; with an eye to that Druid deck, but I won't finish crafting the MalyDruid deck before the next expansion, 'cause I'm having too much fun with other decks, especially that Thief Rogue one! It's the best of both worlds, power and fun.
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Believe it or don't, make a really fun deck, steal priest or thief rogue or casino mage (probably the best) and go play against the Innkeeper A.I. on expert level. See if you can win a game all 9 heroes without a single loss. Funk gone.
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Get a second account, in one of the other regions (click on America and choose Europe, say). Disenchant there if you must. But I still wouldn't disenchant rare and common cards very quickly, you don't get much for 'em and they're good for quests.
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Interactivity is usually "judged on one card" - if the only question (for the win) is whether that card (Shudder, Keleseth) shows up on time, it ain't interactive. That's the paradigmatic example of "not interactive."
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Don't go for ranked play. It's dull. Concentrate on creating a pretty good Casino Mage or Steal Priest deck, and don't disenchant too much stuff. Fool around with stronger decks but don't craft for them, or at least not much - the further you get in ranked the more stale the meta gets. Strong cards fall out of the meta soon enough as new cards are released, but Yogg and other fun cards are forever.
I finally got exactly where I wanted with great strong cards and decks last month and... was bored to tears.