Same here, I would normally "watch" the first four hours and close the stream right afterwards because the packs were received almost instantly. Today however, no packs to be seen yet after 5+ hours now. Strange.
I reached level 88 and just completed all of the new Murder at Castle Nathria achievements.
The last achievement I needed to do was the bugged One of the Classic Blunders and requires a bit of special setup as a workaround. Currently, there is no simple way to trigger this achievement in constructed, because nobody is playing Warrior and thus you will not encounter any Suspicious Pirates. However, you can give this pirate to the opponent using Theotar, the Mad Duke and pray that it gets played eventually. My Demon Hunter opponent indeed played the given Suspicious Pirate and even equipped the secretly chosen weapon in the same turn. There was no way I would pick the chosen weapon, lol. Such a joyous feeling to finally complete this bugged achievement using a bit of ingenuity.
What to play next? The mini-set is a long way away still. The C'Thun special event is a nice little distraction though.
Nice, though technically your version is now capable of triggering the achievement progression 20 times per match after having added the 2 Youthful Brewmasters. You might want to add/update that information too 😅
To complete An Imp-ressive Feat quicker, I would suggest to run 2 Youthful Brewmasters in the regular aggro build. You do not need to run all of those defensive cards plus having to set them up. This version is also capable of getting that same 12 procs on the achievement whilst maintaining a high winrate. Just trade more often instead of going face all the time.
Adding Zola the Gorgon would increase the total to 16 procs per game, but that is just overkill and not very likely to happen.
I have completed the Primordial Soup achievement very swiftly in Wild using an even smaller Naga package plus all of the cheapest transform/evolve spells. Since the combo is quite cheap to pull off, usually by turn 4 or 5 you can create a very wide board of beefy minions and scam your way to winning a few games along the way.
In that same sense/logic, but reversed… achievement hunters like myself should probably do the grindy Hunter and Warlock achievements now before the nerf hammer strikes and win a few more games while it lasts 😉
Hello? Hello? Hello! We are now 10 days into the new Murder at Castle Nathria expansion and I wonder how we are progressing so far. I suppose it is my turn once again to create this wonderful thread for sharing our latest experiences on the rewards track. @Alleria, thanks for keeping this little tradition of ours alive with the previous RT thread. I hope you all have had a prosperous start so far!
Since I had collected the highest rewarding XP quests before the current track started, I had a rocket start on day 1. As always, I bought the tavern pass and I opened 250+ packs after which I am still missing Ara'lon at this moment. This is pretty annoying since he is one of the better legendaries and very useful to complete the "Wait, They're Not Plants?" achievement. I hope to find him soon in the upcoming free packs, because I do not want to spend the arcane dust.
Anyways, I am currently sitting at level 69 😄 and I have completed 85% of the new expansion XP achievements. I will hit level 70 later today and finally get my hands on that sweet 20% XP boost again.
How about you? What is your current RT level? How did the expansion launch treat you? Share as much as you like ^_^
EDIT: The standard pack at level 70 was one of my best packs ever; 1 epic + 2 legendaries including the missing Ara'lon, w00t!
Same here, probably activated too soon because these usually appear in chains. Hopefully this does not bug out and stops the chain from resuming/continuing.
EDIT: I just read somewhere else this is a single legendary quest which will last 7 days. One SINGLE free pack this time, I guess inflation has also found it's way into Hearthstone.
I though I remembered when you said you have a ridiculous amount of gold sitting, enough to get you packs to complete the next set. I don't really understand the needs to buy the bundle anymore. Although, I don't have anything to do with how you spent your money. I'm just simply confused as to why?
Simple, I like the warrior hero portrait and I do not like to change things up during the year, which probably means I will buy the preorder mega bundle for the third expansion as well. However, I do notice that the window between purchase and expansion launch date is getting smaller and smaller. This time around I bought the preorder just 48 hours before launch. In the long past, I would buy the preorder bundle almost immediately when announced.
If I still play Hearthstone next year, I should really make better use of my ingame currency because my stockpile of arcane dust also keeps growing. I really understand your thought process (or curiosity), because I am struggling more and more to justify this purchase. I already succeeded to stop buying both preorders, so that was a nice improvement compared to last year.
This time, I bought the preorder mega bundle and the new tavern pass, opened 260 packs in total (of which 25 were standard packs) and I am still missing 2 legendaries (Ara'lon and Pelagos). There are still 5 free standard packs and 1 single legendary in front of me on the rewards track, so completing this expansion will probably take care of itself I think. Otherwise I could craft the last remaining legendary (if I am impatient) or wait for the upcoming seasons reward packs.
FYI, the new Sir Finley mercenary is bugged. He does not appear at the campfire, cannot be encountered via the mysterious stranger and task 2 is bugged if you did get his first task at launch. Apparently, Team5 has disabled him now.
How did you accumulate 105K gold? Were you not spending much or any gold in the past?
I consider myself a whale (even though I am cutting down expenses each year) and I have 'finished' the rewards tracks reasonably consistent since inception and I still have only 40K gold saved up at this moment. I am just wondering if I missed out on a 'hidden' strategy to earn more gold that I do not know about (yet), lol.
Thanks! Though I do not think it is really all that impressive actually. It is pretty similar to reaching Legend. I just spend way too much of my finite time on Hearthstone which is my one and only real hobby. I consider roaming frequently on OoC also part of it 😆
Aesan already mentioned this strategy in his article above by the way and he even referred to RidiculousHat's tweet about this. Did you just accidentally reveal not having read the entire article? 😂
I am in the camp of not logging into Hearthstone until the new expansion is live. I just hope I will not experience withdrawal symptoms until that time. Since I reached level 400 about 3 weeks ago, there is no XP for me to collect until the next rewards track starts anyways.
Happy pack openings after about another 42 hours, everyone!!
My money is on Prince Renathal. Purely basing it on his portrait which seems to have some shared full scenery artwork with the hero portrait of Sire Denathrius.
I have not been following the Murder at Castle Nathria clues or the WoW lore, so I am probably totally wrong here though.
I'm You, But Strongerseems to be the single most RNG dependant achievement of this expansion which is a good thing. I am so very glad that Team5 toned down the RNG factor by quite a few notches. The discover ability of this achievement makes it even easier too.
Yeah, I noticed that coins update too and I have been exterminating N'Zoth acolytes left, right and center since the patch went live. So far I have collected 3000+ C'Thun and 2800+ Sir Finley coins and still those pesky N'Zoth acolytes keep respawning! Gotta kill every single last one of them!
I do not have any advice on the Pirates dominance question though because I do not play PvP, sorry. Perhaps Old Guardian knows?
EDIT: There is really no end to these damn N'Zoth acolytes, so I will abandon this mission (for now). I have collected more than enough coins anyways, lol.
Same here, I would normally "watch" the first four hours and close the stream right afterwards because the packs were received almost instantly. Today however, no packs to be seen yet after 5+ hours now. Strange.
I reached level 88 and just completed all of the new Murder at Castle Nathria achievements.
The last achievement I needed to do was the bugged One of the Classic Blunders and requires a bit of special setup as a workaround. Currently, there is no simple way to trigger this achievement in constructed, because nobody is playing Warrior and thus you will not encounter any Suspicious Pirates. However, you can give this pirate to the opponent using Theotar, the Mad Duke and pray that it gets played eventually. My Demon Hunter opponent indeed played the given Suspicious Pirate and even equipped the secretly chosen weapon in the same turn. There was no way I would pick the chosen weapon, lol. Such a joyous feeling to finally complete this bugged achievement using a bit of ingenuity.
What to play next? The mini-set is a long way away still. The C'Thun special event is a nice little distraction though.
No problem, I am always glad to help out fellow achievement hunters.
Nice, though technically your version is now capable of triggering the achievement progression 20 times per match after having added the 2 Youthful Brewmasters. You might want to add/update that information too 😅
To complete An Imp-ressive Feat quicker, I would suggest to run 2 Youthful Brewmasters in the regular aggro build. You do not need to run all of those defensive cards plus having to set them up. This version is also capable of getting that same 12 procs on the achievement whilst maintaining a high winrate. Just trade more often instead of going face all the time.
Adding Zola the Gorgon would increase the total to 16 procs per game, but that is just overkill and not very likely to happen.
I have completed the Primordial Soup achievement very swiftly in Wild using an even smaller Naga package plus all of the cheapest transform/evolve spells. Since the combo is quite cheap to pull off, usually by turn 4 or 5 you can create a very wide board of beefy minions and scam your way to winning a few games along the way.
In that same sense/logic, but reversed… achievement hunters like myself should probably do the grindy Hunter and Warlock achievements now before the nerf hammer strikes and win a few more games while it lasts 😉
Hello? Hello? Hello! We are now 10 days into the new Murder at Castle Nathria expansion and I wonder how we are progressing so far. I suppose it is my turn once again to create this wonderful thread for sharing our latest experiences on the rewards track. @Alleria, thanks for keeping this little tradition of ours alive with the previous RT thread. I hope you all have had a prosperous start so far!
Since I had collected the highest rewarding XP quests before the current track started, I had a rocket start on day 1. As always, I bought the tavern pass and I opened 250+ packs after which I am still missing Ara'lon at this moment. This is pretty annoying since he is one of the better legendaries and very useful to complete the "Wait, They're Not Plants?" achievement. I hope to find him soon in the upcoming free packs, because I do not want to spend the arcane dust.
Anyways, I am currently sitting at level 69 😄 and I have completed 85% of the new expansion XP achievements. I will hit level 70 later today and finally get my hands on that sweet 20% XP boost again.
How about you? What is your current RT level? How did the expansion launch treat you? Share as much as you like ^_^
EDIT: The standard pack at level 70 was one of my best packs ever; 1 epic + 2 legendaries including the missing Ara'lon, w00t!
I think running 4x Dire Frenzy is "a bit too much" lol 😂
Should probably have been 2x Revive Pet instead, to get even more Stonebound Gargons in play.
Anyways, thanks for this deck. I completed the achievement in a swift breeze.
Same here, probably activated too soon because these usually appear in chains. Hopefully this does not bug out and stops the chain from resuming/continuing.
EDIT: I just read somewhere else this is a single legendary quest which will last 7 days. One SINGLE free pack this time, I guess inflation has also found it's way into Hearthstone.
Simple, I like the warrior hero portrait and I do not like to change things up during the year, which probably means I will buy the preorder mega bundle for the third expansion as well. However, I do notice that the window between purchase and expansion launch date is getting smaller and smaller. This time around I bought the preorder just 48 hours before launch. In the long past, I would buy the preorder bundle almost immediately when announced.
If I still play Hearthstone next year, I should really make better use of my ingame currency because my stockpile of arcane dust also keeps growing. I really understand your thought process (or curiosity), because I am struggling more and more to justify this purchase. I already succeeded to stop buying both preorders, so that was a nice improvement compared to last year.
This time, I bought the preorder mega bundle and the new tavern pass, opened 260 packs in total (of which 25 were standard packs) and I am still missing 2 legendaries (Ara'lon and Pelagos). There are still 5 free standard packs and 1 single legendary in front of me on the rewards track, so completing this expansion will probably take care of itself I think. Otherwise I could craft the last remaining legendary (if I am impatient) or wait for the upcoming seasons reward packs.
FYI, the new Sir Finley mercenary is bugged. He does not appear at the campfire, cannot be encountered via the mysterious stranger and task 2 is bugged if you did get his first task at launch. Apparently, Team5 has disabled him now.
How did you accumulate 105K gold? Were you not spending much or any gold in the past?
I consider myself a whale (even though I am cutting down expenses each year) and I have 'finished' the rewards tracks reasonably consistent since inception and I still have only 40K gold saved up at this moment. I am just wondering if I missed out on a 'hidden' strategy to earn more gold that I do not know about (yet), lol.
Thanks! Though I do not think it is really all that impressive actually. It is pretty similar to reaching Legend. I just spend way too much of my finite time on Hearthstone which is my one and only real hobby. I consider roaming frequently on OoC also part of it 😆
Aesan already mentioned this strategy in his article above by the way and he even referred to RidiculousHat's tweet about this. Did you just accidentally reveal not having read the entire article? 😂
Good read, Aesan!
I am in the camp of not logging into Hearthstone until the new expansion is live. I just hope I will not experience withdrawal symptoms until that time. Since I reached level 400 about 3 weeks ago, there is no XP for me to collect until the next rewards track starts anyways.
Happy pack openings after about another 42 hours, everyone!!
My money is on Prince Renathal. Purely basing it on his portrait which seems to have some shared full scenery artwork with the hero portrait of Sire Denathrius.
I have not been following the Murder at Castle Nathria clues or the WoW lore, so I am probably totally wrong here though.
I'm You, But Stronger seems to be the single most RNG dependant achievement of this expansion which is a good thing. I am so very glad that Team5 toned down the RNG factor by quite a few notches. The discover ability of this achievement makes it even easier too.
Yeah, I noticed that coins update too and I have been exterminating N'Zoth acolytes left, right and center since the patch went live. So far I have collected 3000+ C'Thun and 2800+ Sir Finley coins and still those pesky N'Zoth acolytes keep respawning! Gotta kill every single last one of them!
I do not have any advice on the Pirates dominance question though because I do not play PvP, sorry. Perhaps Old Guardian knows?
EDIT: There is really no end to these damn N'Zoth acolytes, so I will abandon this mission (for now). I have collected more than enough coins anyways, lol.
After installing patch 24.0, the Acolyte of N'Zoth bounty will reward coins for the new C'Thun and Sir Finley mercenaries.
Better start farming this (heroic) Darkshore bounty now with my Fire comp in preparation for the upcoming special event, I think.