Hearthstone

I started to get curious about this game so went and turned on the opt-in, and somehow got into the US beta (rather than EU). So I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm going to be giving it a try.

Edit: So... I opened the game, went into the first tutorial thing against Hogger, then when I clicked Play for the next one the game froze. Now every time I open the game I get a "timed out" message and it closes.

Sagara wrote:The amount of removal in every deck has turned me off Blessings as a whole. That makes a single removal able to nuke two cards, and seeing how weak our card advantage is, we can't really afford it.

BoW instantly replaces itself, so there's no reason not to use it.

Implied BoK and BoM :-p

Andurin wrote:PMed the key Enjoy ^^

Thanks a ton, she put it in and it worked.

So what do you do when your opponent AFKs? Is there any kind of timeout? I've been waiting a few minutes here.

There's a timeout on turns, after a minute it autopasses, so you should easily finish him off in few minutes worth.

We need more reminders about the "Concede" button. If you're going to AFK, might as well drop the game - same result, less trouble.

Aaaaaand I forgot to make my deck in the deck builder :p So this is kinda what I can remember from the top of my head that my deck looks like.

By no means a well tuned, professional created deck as far as tcg standards go. But I enjoy playing it ^^ Basicly the goal is to have the opponent waste as much removal as possible on the monsters but keep on playing them (when sensible ofcourse). Some disadvantages: Arcane explosion, Holy nova and Hellfire... They kinda destory most of the monster you`ll have on the field ^^

Worldie wrote:There's a timeout on turns, after a minute it autopasses, so you should easily finish him off in few minutes worth.

There was no timer, and I'd waited about five minutes before I posted. When I finally tried to concede it did nothing. Seems the server had crashed, but you'd think it'd tell you you'd disconnected rather than just sit there forever.

Couldn't get back into a game after that, so all I've done so far is defeated the Priest and Paladin practice and played one-and-a-half matchup games. I have no idea what I'm doing with my (currently still Mage) deck, just mainly stacked up on Mage spells and +Spell damage cards with a few ordinary minions to deal damage and soak hits.

Got that same trouble yesterday in my Hunter vs their Warlock matchup. Game froze during my turn and I started grumbling about auto-loss due to disconnect.

Same situation - no info about being disconnected. Just had to exit the program, wait for my connection timeout and relog.

KysenMurrin wrote:

Worldie wrote:There's a timeout on turns, after a minute it autopasses, so you should easily finish him off in few minutes worth.

There was no timer, and I'd waited about five minutes before I posted. When I finally tried to concede it did nothing. Seems the server had crashed, but you'd think it'd tell you you'd disconnected rather than just sit there forever.

Couldn't get back into a game after that, so all I've done so far is defeated the Priest and Paladin practice and played one-and-a-half matchup games. I have no idea what I'm doing with my (currently still Mage) deck, just mainly stacked up on Mage spells and +Spell damage cards with a few ordinary minions to deal damage and soak hits.

that's a known bug. happens here and there. and the game did not crash. YOU timed out. if you wait a looong time, you'll eventually get a fast forward of how your opponent killed you. I sat it out once as I had to go grocery shopping anyway and didn't want to play any more. After I was back, eventually the fast forward started.
The game just crashed/disconnected but just on your side. Your opponent won't have to wait very long. After your first turn times out, on your next turn the burning-down-time-out thing started immediatly as your turn starts until you actually do something. so after your first time-out turn, your following turn lasts 10 seconds or so. but you've definitely lost that game, just close client and restart HS.
That's around for a while, suppose they'll fix it eventually, but it's still beta after all. happens.

Did the opt in about a week ago... no key yet, but if someone happens across an extra, I'd appreciate it!

Check your PM Skye My girlfriend had a spare one (and we are out now, dont go poking me for more :p ).

Andurin wrote:Check your PM Skye My girlfriend had a spare one (and we are out now, dont go poking me for more :p ).

I'll be sure to pass along the favor if one comes through my inbox. Thanks again.

Kai wrote:that's a known bug. happens here and there. and the game did not crash. YOU timed out. if you wait a looong time, you'll eventually get a fast forward of how your opponent killed you. I sat it out once as I had to go grocery shopping anyway and didn't want to play any more. After I was back, eventually the fast forward started.
The game just crashed/disconnected but just on your side. Your opponent won't have to wait very long. After your first turn times out, on your next turn the burning-down-time-out thing started immediatly as your turn starts until you actually do something. so after your first time-out turn, your following turn lasts 10 seconds or so. but you've definitely lost that game, just close client and restart HS.
That's around for a while, suppose they'll fix it eventually, but it's still beta after all. happens.

Alright, I guess that's what happened. All I know is after I exited game and restarted the matchmaking service was down and wouldn't let me do another.

Sagara wrote:Implied BoK and BoM :-p

They can also pay for themselves if you use them as removal enablers.

For example, let's say you have a 3/3 elf and I have a 3/5 Tazdingo. You play BoK on the elf, bringing it to 7/7 and slam into my troll, killing it. Next turn, I kill your elf with a removal spell (for example, Shadow Word: Death). Both of us spent 2 cards, so we're even. And that's the worst case scenario - if I don't have a removal spell available, your elf can continue to kill my creatures or smash my face, bringing you further ahead.

It's the same way I use my lightspawns, to destroy dangerous minions when I don't have a removal spell myself. Matter not if i wasted 2 cards to remove that Deathwing off your board!

Honestly, BoK/BoM are nice, but I feel they lack enough reliability when comparing options.

Equality, Hammer of Wrath, Avenging Wrath, Consec, Ironbeak Owl... All those things feel much more capable in sheer desctruction and/or flexibility.

Sigh. My game still bugged and unable to start matches.

Edit: I finally got past the loading screen again and it gave me credit for 1/3 games played. So it must have connected the other player and not me.

Is there any particular reason why, every time I'm at the end of a match and a player could finish me off by just hitting me once with a minion that's out, they always go out of their way to play every other card and attack open to them before killing me?

Some people just like to show off, but there are quests to kill so many minions or play so many spells.

Remember there's a Concede button in the Menu. After all, nothing bad about "Well Played" -> "Concede" if the other guy's an ass...

I do that when I realize I can't win that game, not important what the enemy does. No point in wasting more time

Depends. Sometimes I just Well Played -> End Turn if I feel the match was good. Kind of a "reward" for earning my respect.

Yeah, there are time when I keep going thinking that if the opponent gets an unlucky draw I might maybe turn it around (for some reason my Fireballs and healer cards never show up until the very end of the game, if they appear at all), but when it's a clear case of one-hit I don't know why I don't just concede.

Anyway, I'm starting to get the hang of the game, though my deck is of course not very good. I've only had 3 packs, so still pretty much just Basic mage deck I'm using. Trying to find a balance between +spell damage cards, and cards to protect those cards.