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Good stuff.

All that said, I still re-roll any quest that looks annoying to me. If I don't have a current deck for it, I'll dump it. "Druid/Warrior 60g"? Gone before it can finish the animation.

Honestly, I don't like the 60g quests, as I feel the reward for them isn't there unless I play more than I really want to. I only keep those for classes I play pretty regularly or have a current Arena deck for.

Took too long to see the play in a recent Arena match. I was Druid with a 5/4 on the board. Opponent was Mage with an empty board. They drop Force Tank MAX and hand it back to me at ten mana. Rope was about halfway across the screen when I realized what I wanted was Force of Nature (6), 2/2 hit, 2/2 hit, 5/4 hit to clear the FTM, 2/2 to face and make a Volcanic Drake (3). What I got was Force of Nature, 2/2 hit, 5/4 hit, let two 2/2's fallow, end turn. So instead of me with a 6/4 to her empty board, I got my empty board to her 7/2 FML. I did get to listen to that slithery sound the Treants make though, that was nice.

I'm getting better with my Warlock. It's not full zoo, sort of a mix. Trying to win with dudes and using spells to board control.

Jackwraith - thanks for the help

I want to keep working on my Rogue. I like that class. I have some ideas.

I really think I need more cards. I'm going to probably buy one of the adventure packs to get them. Which should I buy first?

I asked Jackwraith that exact question last night as he was watching me get pwned by a Hunter control deck, and he suggested Naxxramas because it has a lot of staples that are still popular in the meta.

I plan on buying that one as well as starting Arena runs to get cards that way, too.

Stormy: Np. I was watching a number of you guys last night in between playing my Dragadin deck for a few games (went 6-1, beating 3 Face Hunters in a row (Fuck. Those. Guys.), and the one loss was a great game against a Control Warrior who got Alex and Grom plus Taskmaster in successive turns. I had my Alex down and got him to 10, but there it is.) Even watched Barnes a couple times. He was changing up the build on his Priest deck and kind of struggling with it. Happens.

Naxx is the way to go, IMO. With cards like Zombie Chow, Nerubian Egg, Unstable Ghoul, Mad Scientist, Shade of Naxxramas, Sludge Belcher, Loatheb, and even KT, you're playing with a lot of cards that are in regular rotation. Plus there's Dark Cultist for Priest, Voidcaller for Warlock, and Death's Bite for Warrior. That will give you a big leg up toward competitive decks. Plus, the bosses and class challenges are a lot of fun and they teach you to adapt at a somewhat slower pace, since the computer plays very nice on normal mode. If you feel like more of a challenge, you can always try the heroics, too.

stormseeker75 wrote: I really think I need more cards. I'm going to probably buy one of the adventure packs to get them. Which should I buy first?

Naxx is the one to get first. Has more impact cards, I think, and the good stuff is either awesome (e.g., Loatheb, Sludge Belcher) or hilarious (e.g., Kel'Thuzad, Stalagg & Feugen).

Unless you hate it, spending gold on Arena runs is the way to go. It lets you play with cards you don't have, it will clue you in quickly on the concept of value (when you look at the board on turn 5 and all your stuff is gone and they have three guys? They have figured out value,) and getting just barely good enough (3 wins on average) gets you the 50+ net gold to have made it a smarter play than just buying a pack of GvG. Those little nets add up into Classic packs eventually.

Okay, so I will buy Naxx in the next couple days. I've done a couple Arena runs. I got to 3 wins the last time so I'm doing better. I think the trick is that I'm not sure what type of deck to build so I just start grabbing shit. My last Warlock felt pretty awesome but it just didn't work great. Mage feels like a tough matchup for Warlock.

Boss came in while I was 2-2 in Arena--was going to kill the opponent, but had to concede, alas. 40 dust and the karmic pack:


Woot woot. Had to parlay that into a Classic pack:


Aw yeah. Get on my level you n00bs!

orange is legendary, blue is rare and purple is...?

Black Barney wrote: orange is legendary, blue is rare and purple is...?

Epic. Better than rare, but not Legendary. Still 2x to a deck.