Hello!
Chris and Derrick are on the show this week
Topic: OMG BETA
Reasons to be happy this week: ONLY BETA
What class did you play besides Mage?
Josh: Rogue, Priest — Rogue removal was very handy, Priest heals + card draw vs Chris was great
Derrick: Using Mage, I unlocked Priest, then using Priest I unlocked Warlock (a little tough, he likes board wipes)
Chris: Warlock
Have you spent money yet?
How reimbursement works for beta purchases
Josh: I’m buying the $50 pack and...
Hello!
- Chris and Derrick are on the show this week
- Topic: OMG BETA
- Reasons to be happy this week: ONLY BETA
What class did you play besides Mage?
- Josh: Rogue, Priest — Rogue removal was very handy, Priest heals + card draw vs Chris was great
- Derrick: Using Mage, I unlocked Priest, then using Priest I unlocked Warlock (a little tough, he likes board wipes)
- Chris: Warlock
Have you spent money yet?
- How reimbursement works for beta purchases
- Josh: I’m buying the $50 pack and will open all of them on a livestream soon!
- Derrick: None spent yet
- Chris: Nope, and not sure that I will. Seems like I enjoy the game as is, so I wouldn’t mind spending the time to try for the super rare drops.
Biggest Surprise?
- Josh: Voiceovers and the full infrastructure built to add an awesome campaign mode in the future
- Sheep > Raptors
- Warhammer 40k?
- Derrick: Each hero deck “levels up” as you play it, so you’re gaining XP, and at various thresholds you unlock new cards. It always tells you (tooltip) what card is coming next.
- Chris: How smooth everything was. This feels very launch-ready, based on my limited playtime. I can’t wait for them to polish it even more!
Best card you’ve actually used in-game so far
- Josh: Assassinate. It’s not always efficient, but the starter decks are limited environments, due to the small card pools, and being able to remove the one big bomb their deck has is super valuable.
- Derrick: Northshire Cleric. And Fireball is just amazing for Mages. I also enjoyed Nightblade, which has a nice Battlecry effect that gets around Taunt minions.
- Chris: War Golem. BOOM! Makes the entire board rock when it attacks.
Describe a cool trick you saw/played
- Josh: Northshire Cleric x2 + Taunt minions every turn + Power Word: Shield + Priest heal hero ability = 3 cards per turn
- Derrick: This game is all about combat. Profitable attacking into minions, and using a taunt dude that can [barely] survive an exchange, to maximize its attack on their turn!
- Chris: Saving up my minions, and attacking all at once. Josh–I mean, your opponent–will never see it coming!
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