Honestly, if the xp can be earned quick enough without the pass then I think it's mainly a buy for those that want the cosmetics. I may skip it the first time, or at least wait a month to see how my progression is going before I even consider buying the pass.
I think what it's really going to come down to is how fast each level can be obtained. Sure we can get an additional 150 gold for each level after 50, but are those levels going to take dramatically longer each level? If it's not too bad and you can earn a level a day, even after 50, I'd say this is at least on par if not better than the old system.
I don't think we know that yet, but a good question to ask really. I'm still just trying to find out, do we get gold with each level 1-50 as well? It says "Gold, gold, and more gold" in the article, but I don't see anything to say how much per level other than the 150/lvl after lvl 50.
EDIT: But to answer the first half your question, it sounds like we get to choose the hero we want, yes. Which is smart since they probably know some people only play certain classes. No use awarding a Shaman portrait to someone who only plays Mage and Warlock.
My take aways from this article: It’s a great time to play Hearthstone if you enjoy playing as Paladin or Hunter!
Maybe I’m just getting bad matchups or bad draws when I tried the Highlander list in this article (or similar), but I’ve had better luck with my Pre-SA Highlander Hunter lately than the current variation.
Congrats on the Legend. I hit it the first time back in September and was playing at launch. Got mine with Even Shaman, but Odd Mage is also a favorite of mine! Been running a list slightly different from this, but might give yours a try.
Been having success with Odd Hunter and minions that either have beneficial deathrattles, or battlecries to summon other minions. A few spells for burst.
REMINDER: In addition to the information above you will likely want to have an ACTIVE Arena run going when Hallow's End begins. Seeing as they are warning players about the arrival of the event in Arena, this means we'll see all active runs forced to end, and you'll get rewards AND a free Arena ticket. So sometime between now and then, start and Arena run, get to 2 losses and STOP!
The same should also be true for the end of the Seasonal event as well.
They are still chugging along on their Marvel licensed title. No idea what the project is; haven’t had any game updates in a while. But occasionally see announcements of staff they’ve added. So I assume either the Marvel game or some other title are still being worked on
A little weird how it couldn't still be in November... But I guess because it took them some time to decide what to do that they don't want to rush into a convention now that they've announced. So everyone has time to get their presentations together, as well as giving cosplay contestants time to prepare their entries.
Well congrats! I've made it a few times, although I have no idea why. My deck building is horrible and they all suck. I guess that's what happens when I try to play more for fun than for Legend. :)
I hadn't thought about the Doppelgangster tokens being different... but I guess they would be if they have different IDs because of their different artwork. But yeah, I'm guessing this also works with say Annoy-o-Tron and the Annoy-o-tron tokens off of Giggling Inventor. Or if as a Priest you Mind Control the Ragnaros token off of Jan'alai and also play your natural HoF version of Ragnaros, you could later technically resurrect two Rags off of a single Diamond Spellstone.
It's definitely a very strange interaction, but I don't really see it as something that is going to come up regularly, nor as something exploitable so I doubt it'd ever be changed. The mechanics of this game intrigue and confuse me at times! :)
I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I was playing a Midrange Treant Druid just now against a type of Resurrect Priest in Wild and experienced a very strange interaction between Treants that had been summoned and died on their side of the board and their spellstone. They were using the Radiant Elemental and Veilweaver to generate a ton of value similar to a Lyra deck might try to do. Anyway, they had also played a few thief Priest cards to generate things like Soul of the Forest, and I also played Poison Seeds at one point.
Later, when the opponent played a 3 minion rez Diamond Spellstone I was expecting Radiant, Veilweaver, and a Treant as those are the only three minions that had died on my opponent's side. Instead he got a Veilweaver and 2x Treants!
I was like, "WTF?!" My Opponent was also like "WTF?!" and went bottom right to end the match instantly. But in the few moments I had prior to his concede I realized the two Treants have different watermarks! One was a Classic set Treant and the other was Naxxramas set Treant! So despite the same artwork and same name, the game counted them as different minions in regards to the spellstone's mechanic.
Again, is this specific interaction common knowledge? Does it sound like a potential bug? Not that I really care as it's just one additional way a Resurrection Priest's game plan can get screwed up, but I am generally interested to hear if others have had similar experiences, or just your thoughts on the interaction.
Closest to a 12-0 that I've gotten was 12-0 AFTER losing my first two games... so 0-2 turned into 12-2. Does that count?! Please?!?! LOL
Definitely did. Wow I completely missed that. Good eye.
Honestly, if the xp can be earned quick enough without the pass then I think it's mainly a buy for those that want the cosmetics. I may skip it the first time, or at least wait a month to see how my progression is going before I even consider buying the pass.
I think what it's really going to come down to is how fast each level can be obtained. Sure we can get an additional 150 gold for each level after 50, but are those levels going to take dramatically longer each level? If it's not too bad and you can earn a level a day, even after 50, I'd say this is at least on par if not better than the old system.
I don't think we know that yet, but a good question to ask really. I'm still just trying to find out, do we get gold with each level 1-50 as well? It says "Gold, gold, and more gold" in the article, but I don't see anything to say how much per level other than the 150/lvl after lvl 50.
EDIT: But to answer the first half your question, it sounds like we get to choose the hero we want, yes. Which is smart since they probably know some people only play certain classes. No use awarding a Shaman portrait to someone who only plays Mage and Warlock.
The waiting screen is already getting me HYPED!!! I turn away for a moment and new shit is there!
Like a pink N’Zoth... WTF?!?!
And now it’s a boring countdown... disappointed!
My take aways from this article: It’s a great time to play Hearthstone if you enjoy playing as Paladin or Hunter!
Maybe I’m just getting bad matchups or bad draws when I tried the Highlander list in this article (or similar), but I’ve had better luck with my Pre-SA Highlander Hunter lately than the current variation.
Congrats on the Legend. I hit it the first time back in September and was playing at launch. Got mine with Even Shaman, but Odd Mage is also a favorite of mine! Been running a list slightly different from this, but might give yours a try.
C’thun’s Darkmoon Faire!
Been having success with Odd Hunter and minions that either have beneficial deathrattles, or battlecries to summon other minions. A few spells for burst.
Well of course, but I can dream! :)
A Pandaria themed expansion would be great! And would be a great time to introduce something new... Like, I don't know... the Monk class?!?!
REMINDER: In addition to the information above you will likely want to have an ACTIVE Arena run going when Hallow's End begins. Seeing as they are warning players about the arrival of the event in Arena, this means we'll see all active runs forced to end, and you'll get rewards AND a free Arena ticket. So sometime between now and then, start and Arena run, get to 2 losses and STOP!
The same should also be true for the end of the Seasonal event as well.
They are still chugging along on their Marvel licensed title. No idea what the project is; haven’t had any game updates in a while. But occasionally see announcements of staff they’ve added. So I assume either the Marvel game or some other title are still being worked on
Came for my free run. Left because I’m not paying 1000 gold for this mode.
A little weird how it couldn't still be in November... But I guess because it took them some time to decide what to do that they don't want to rush into a convention now that they've announced. So everyone has time to get their presentations together, as well as giving cosplay contestants time to prepare their entries.
Well congrats! I've made it a few times, although I have no idea why. My deck building is horrible and they all suck. I guess that's what happens when I try to play more for fun than for Legend. :)
Rhys21 must be Roffle in disguise! Everyone knows Roffle is in fact the greatest dinomancer!
I hadn't thought about the Doppelgangster tokens being different... but I guess they would be if they have different IDs because of their different artwork. But yeah, I'm guessing this also works with say Annoy-o-Tron and the Annoy-o-tron tokens off of Giggling Inventor. Or if as a Priest you Mind Control the Ragnaros token off of Jan'alai and also play your natural HoF version of Ragnaros, you could later technically resurrect two Rags off of a single Diamond Spellstone.
It's definitely a very strange interaction, but I don't really see it as something that is going to come up regularly, nor as something exploitable so I doubt it'd ever be changed. The mechanics of this game intrigue and confuse me at times! :)
I don't know if this is common knowledge or not, but I was playing a Midrange Treant Druid just now against a type of Resurrect Priest in Wild and experienced a very strange interaction between Treants that had been summoned and died on their side of the board and their spellstone. They were using the Radiant Elemental and Veilweaver to generate a ton of value similar to a Lyra deck might try to do. Anyway, they had also played a few thief Priest cards to generate things like Soul of the Forest, and I also played Poison Seeds at one point.
Later, when the opponent played a 3 minion rez Diamond Spellstone I was expecting Radiant, Veilweaver, and a Treant as those are the only three minions that had died on my opponent's side. Instead he got a Veilweaver and 2x Treants!
I was like, "WTF?!" My Opponent was also like "WTF?!" and went bottom right to end the match instantly. But in the few moments I had prior to his concede I realized the two Treants have different watermarks! One was a Classic set Treant and the other was Naxxramas set Treant! So despite the same artwork and same name, the game counted them as different minions in regards to the spellstone's mechanic.
Again, is this specific interaction common knowledge? Does it sound like a potential bug? Not that I really care as it's just one additional way a Resurrection Priest's game plan can get screwed up, but I am generally interested to hear if others have had similar experiences, or just your thoughts on the interaction.