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[quote=Nighthawk][quote=Searz] [quote=Nighthawk] i wouldn't know that feel but I feel sorry for you, you shouldn't be so harsh on yourself! :([/quote] I'll let your comments speak for themselves. [/quote] Same to you. :)[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=The_Nameless_Bard] mine's amandamonium...but I dun remember the numbers and I've never played xD[/quote][quote=OTGBionicArm] I just started playing the game in Open Beta. Feel free to add me if you want; OTGBionicArm. Any tips?[/quote] Well, it's clear as day that you two have no idea of how Blizzard's friend system works. You need to add people through their "battletag", a 4 number code with a # in front of it. Just like the one Psiguard posted: #1513 You can find it in your Hearthstone launcher, I don't think you can find it ingame. [spoiler=As for a few tips for playing the game:] Manage your resources properly. Cards are resources. You're not just paying mana for a minion, you're paying a card(s) for it too. That is why cards like Wisp and Moonfire are terrible. Cards with card draw are a different matter of course, they're 'free' in terms of the card cost so to speak and only cost you mana. Minions on the field are resources you've put into play. Try to keep a hold of those resources as well as you can, even if that means sacrificing things like health. Almost always focus on board advantage over damage to the enemy hero. I.e: try to kill of ALL enemy minions when you can do so effectively. Try to use your Hero Power as often as you can. If there's a good play you can make with it: DO IT. Using your hero power effectively and often is a good way to conserve cards. Always try to make use of as much mana as you can, without playing any cards that you know will be easily countered of course. Try to avoid having more than 3 minions on the field to avoid getting fucked by AOE spells and Mind Control Tech. Never buff a minion on a turn you're not attacking with it unless you absolutely have to. Always try to make favorable trades happen. You want to trade your 2/1 unit for his 3/2 unit, your 3/2 unit for his 4/3 unit and your 4/3 unit for his 5/4 unit and so on, because you're making him lose more stats than you do. For classes like Mages, Rogues and Druids you can also add one damage to the equation from your hero power. A 2/1 (likely cheap 1 cost unit) suddenly trades for a 4/3 unit (likely 3-4 cost). Sacrificing health, especially for favorable trades is not something you should be gun-shy of. Almost always focus on board advantage over damage to the enemy hero. I.e: try to kill of ALL enemy minions when you can do so effectively. In the case of the enemy having a favorable trade for your minion (when he can trade his 2/1 for your 3/2 for example) you should avoid making the trade As a general sequence of actions you should try to do this every turn: 1. Look at how much mana you have. 2. Look at what favorable plays/trades you can make and how much they cost. 3. Then think about how you can combo your remaining mana as efficiently as possible, to make use of all the mana you have(obviously without playing anything that is easily countered). Also try to make use of your hero power wherever you can in mid to lategame where you ususally have the mana to support using it. The ideal amount of mana left after every turn is 0. 4. When you're done planning all of the above put your thoughts/plan into play. [b]ALWAYS play cards with card draw first[/b], then make adjustments to the plan if you draw something useful. Then make the most important plays happen and then make the less important plays happen last, so that you minimize your chance of disaster in the case of errors in the calculations.[/spoiler] [s]I might try my hand at making a decent budget deck if requested[/s]. I've already made one extremely cheap for Hunter rushdown that I think will work decent, but I don't think beginners will have an easy time with a deck like that. I'll probably make a cheap Mage, Druid or Paladin deck because of the good soulbound(free) cards they have. Edit: eh, I feel like building some decks right now. I'll probably make one for each of the classes.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]I know, I just can't check from my kindle :P it's amandamonium#1930[/quote]

[quote=Searz]So I made some super ghetto decks for you new players. These are obviously far from optimal because of the hard card restraints, but they should be far better than any of the basic decks you start out with. The only cards you don't get for free that I include in these decks are the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=251/loot-hoarder]Loot Hoarders[/url] and the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=778/harvest-golem]Harvest Golems[/url]. Those are probably the two best neutral common cards in the game. They can be run in every single deck and are extremely common in top-tier play right now. Craft them. Craft them right now. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7MiS7MsY7MVd7Mdq7Mmh7Mcn7Mmf7MmU7zbv7MaP7zah7zd47MzV7zuc8q]Druid[/url]: mulligan (replace) all cards that cost more than 3 at the start of the game, unless you get an Innervate. Then you should keep 4 cost minions around (like Senjin Shieldmasta and Chillwind Yeti). Savage Roar gives your hero 2 attack too. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mf67Mzq7Mnv7Mzt7MRm7MRL7zho7Mmr7Mdq7zrn7Mmf7MmU7MaP7zah7zbP7MrI8M]Paladin[/url]: remember to only buff units on the turn you can attack with them. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7zkv7zsL7Mnv7Mzt7MsY7MVG7ziz7Mqd7Mdz7Mdq7zqA7Mmf7MmU7Mzh7MaP7MoH8R]Mage[/url]: you can use your hero power on your Gurubashi Berserker to buff him. Try to keep your Kobold Geomancer for when you're casting a spell that deals damage. He increases damage dealt by the spell by 1 and that can have some pretty big effects when using for example Arcane Explosion. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7MsY7MVd7Mdz7Mdq7Mrf7Mmf7Mj57MmU7MaA7MaP7MAo7MAa8V]Priest[/url]: this is probably the worst of the decks, but feel free to try it. Make sure to use your hero power on your minions a lot when applicable.[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD][url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMnk7zsX7Md67zrR7MqK7Mau7Mmh7Maq7MMe7Mcl7Mzl7zos7MRt7MzV7Miv7Muc7zGo8q]This[/url] is the deck I'm currently using the most. Anyone some tips to improve?[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=GrandmasterD] [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMnk7zsX7Md67zrR7MqK7Mau7Mmh7Maq7MMe7Mcl7Mzl7zos7MRt7MzV7Miv7Muc7zGo8q]This[/url] is the deck I'm currently using the most. Anyone some tips to improve?[/quote] Sure thing. I got to rank 4 with Druid so I should have a pretty decent idea of what to play. I'll be assuming that you have most rares and commons and a few epics seeing as you got 4 legendaries in the deck. [spoiler=What to play and what not to]You're not running important cards like Loot Hoarder and Harvest Golem. Remedy that. Alextraza and Deathwing are highly situational in a Druid deck. You probably want to skip them. (partly because of BGH (Big Game Hunter)) The Druid buff cards are also situational and have less impact on the game. You probably wanna skip them too. You have zero synergy with Acolyte of Pain. Skip it. Faerie Dragon is good, but not a high priority in a Druid deck. There are better cards. Chillwind Yeti is great for early board control. Yes, early. They're possible turn 1 plays sometimes even. They're dubbed "value town" by many players. The Yetis are far less volatile than Twilight Drakes, so you should definitely run them over the drakes. Ancient of Lore is just better than Nourish. Run two of those instead(if you have them, otherwise Nourish is fine). Wrath is just an amazing removal spell. It can function like a Shiv when you want it and like a semi-Frostbolt when you want that. It also makes good use of the spell power on the Azure Drakes. Claw is great for early removal. Running one doesn't clog up your hand too much and can come in very handy. It's not necessary though. Running two Wild Growths can clog up your hand and delay other important draws. No more than one should be ran, imo. For the very same reason should you avoid running more than 1 of cards like BGH and Faceless Manipulator. BGH is the Ragnaros killer. And in lower ranks he also functions as removal for things like Deathwing, Alextraza, Giants and such. One Starfall and one to two Argent Commanders are good sources of removal. Starfall is being ran because it's versatile, not because it's efficient (because it's not efficient). Good legendaries: Bloodmage Thalnos, Nat Pagle, Tinkmaster Overspark(heavy removal for things like Ysera), Cairne Bloodhoof, Cenarius[/spoiler] [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfE7MmP7Md67znV7Mzt7MqK7zs07Mdq7Mmh7Maq7Mmf7zos7zzj7MzV7zuc7Mra7zGo8q]Here's a modified version of your deck that I think you might have the cards for[/url]. Add any of the legendaries mentioned in the two remaining slots or just something else you think might fit if you don't have any. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfE7zmP7zd67znV7zbH7zl7Mzt7ziS7MqK7Mdq7Mmh7Maq7Mmf7zuT7zaP7zzj7MzV7zsD7zuc7Mra7zGo8q]Here's what I'm currently running[/url]. Only missing Cairne and a Faceless Manipulator for it to be perfect ;3[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]Ahh sorry didn't know there was an extension to the battletag OTGBionicArm#1526[/quote]

[quote=GrandmasterD][quote=Searz] [quote=GrandmasterD] [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMnk7zsX7Md67zrR7MqK7Mau7Mmh7Maq7MMe7Mcl7Mzl7zos7MRt7MzV7Miv7Muc7zGo8q]This[/url] is the deck I'm currently using the most. Anyone some tips to improve?[/quote] Sure thing. I got to rank 4 with Druid so I should have a pretty decent idea of what to play. I'll be assuming that you have most rares and commons and a few epics seeing as you got 4 legendaries in the deck. [spoiler=What to play and what not to]You're not running important cards like Loot Hoarder and Harvest Golem. Remedy that. Alextraza and Deathwing are highly situational in a Druid deck. You probably want to skip them. (partly because of BGH (Big Game Hunter)) The Druid buff cards are also situational and have less impact on the game. You probably wanna skip them too. You have zero synergy with Acolyte of Pain. Skip it. Faerie Dragon is good, but not a high priority in a Druid deck. There are better cards. Chillwind Yeti is great for early board control. Yes, early. They're possible turn 1 plays sometimes even. They're dubbed "value town" by many players. The Yetis are far less volatile than Twilight Drakes, so you should definitely run them over the drakes. Ancient of Lore is just better than Nourish. Run two of those instead(if you have them, otherwise Nourish is fine). Wrath is just an amazing removal spell. It can function like a Shiv when you want it and like a semi-Frostbolt when you want that. It also makes good use of the spell power on the Azure Drakes. Claw is great for early removal. Running one doesn't clog up your hand too much and can come in very handy. It's not necessary though. Running two Wild Growths can clog up your hand and delay other important draws. No more than one should be ran, imo. For the very same reason should you avoid running more than 1 of cards like BGH and Faceless Manipulator. BGH is the Ragnaros killer. And in lower ranks he also functions as removal for things like Deathwing, Alextraza, Giants and such. One Starfall and one to two Argent Commanders are good sources of removal. Starfall is being ran because it's versatile, not because it's efficient (because it's not efficient). Good legendaries: Bloodmage Thalnos, Nat Pagle, Tinkmaster Overspark(heavy removal for things like Ysera), Cairne Bloodhoof, Cenarius[/spoiler] [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfE7MmP7Md67znV7Mzt7MqK7zs07Mdq7Mmh7Maq7Mmf7zos7zzj7MzV7zuc7Mra7zGo8q]Here's a modified version of your deck that I think you might have the cards for[/url]. Add any of the legendaries mentioned in the two remaining slots or just something else you think might fit if you don't have any. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfE7zmP7zd67znV7zbH7zl7Mzt7ziS7MqK7Mdq7Mmh7Maq7Mmf7zuT7zaP7zzj7MzV7zsD7zuc7Mra7zGo8q]Here's what I'm currently running[/url]. Only missing Cairne and a Faceless Manipulator for it to be perfect ;3 [/quote] The general M.O. I adopted is keep myself safe though high health minions such as Twilight Drake and buff them up further with the spells which also grants them Taunt. Once late-game (9/10 mana) is reached I generally win due to the Legendaries. Deathwing currently acts as a last resort card. Acolyte works alright with the spells; which buff him up and grant Taunt. I guess I could disenchant some for other cards but not sure.[/quote]

[quote=Mooninites]Started playing yesterday, have no idea wat I;m doing. Been playing a lot of Druid and Priest[/quote]

[quote=OTGBionicArm]I've been playing Shaman, and I quite like it a lot.[/quote]