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A big clarification that 3+ wins with Duels rewards experience the first time. I went on a 10-win run with Warlock and got huge bonuses for my first 3-10th wins. 8,200 experience all together (starts at 850 experience for 3-wins …

So just general impressions of the Rewards Track so far is that it's very, very well done. If it releases five days before the next expansion each time it'll give you a huge boost in packs and gold right before …

I think it could see play in a mediocre Druid deck. Survival of the Fittest for 10 mana. Next turn fill your board with 8/8 taunts. That's not a great play because it'd be better to have SotF hit medium …

Will three wins in Ranked still be rewarded by 10 gold? I've been playing 80% Duels the last few weeks, and it bothers me that I don't get that 3-win bump from that game mode. I understand not having it …

I'm pretty sure that because it's just cosmetics it's only cash. Similar to you, I'll never pay for it. I'm comfortable with that. A lot of other people like cosmetics and this feels like the first time they're being serious …

Not a dig against OoC's excellent articles, but I'm correct that there's a TON we don't know about the progression and achievement systems right?

DH already had 3 epics revealed. I think it's 2,3,5,5.

Can't wait for the clips of people failing to play around Counterspell.

Warrior has been one of my best clases so I'm surprised at the buff. Very happy with the Rogue buffs and Shaman nerf. Can't wait for full release and some more HP and starting treasure variety. Really looking forward to …

Great change on Invocation. Would have preferred a softer nerf of 8 on Astromancer, but I think it's still good enough to see play so not a huge deal.

This game, as a game, has a ton going for it. I really like the mana system and the minion positioning/combat system. But I was progressing through the beginner missions, going from AI to competitive play, and on four attempts …

I started playing this last night after your coverage went live. Too early for me to make a judgment as a whole, but those are some pretty fantastic giveaways.

1) In regards to the stats: many variants of those decks are running well above 60% on HSReplay. The aggregate variants across all ranks is what drops them below 60%. I don't have premium HSReplay so admittedly my analysis is …

Context - We're three weeks into the Scholomance Acadamey Expansion. [card]Kael'thas Sunstrider[/card], who was broken before Day 1, has been fixed, but no other nerfs for Standard have been introduced ([card]Mindrender Illucia[/card] was mostly for Wild).

HSReplay has the …

I would think that because Shadow Visions is discovering its second copy from a fixed pool, that's different than discussing itself from a randomly generated pool.

I followed the comments on the other thread, and I'm trying to wrap my head around it. I play nearly every day, rarely miss a daily, but don't play much more than dailies unless I'm going for R5 or Legend. …

[card]Gibberling[/card] Druid is absolutely busted, and while credit goes to Lightning Bloom and Voracious Reader, I also think Gibberling might just be too nuts. It's very much a "60% of the time of the time, it works every time" kind …

I have 7 tour guides and a golden Voracious Reader so here's hoping you're right.

Let's hear about those packs!

I paid for the 55-pack preorder and had a great run. 7 legendaries in 83 packs plus the 2-goldens for logging in. I'm most excited about getting Omu, Mozaki, Gandling, and Polkelt.

This …

I think Hearthstone is better than ever, Team 5 is doing a great job, and I don't typically think about Blizzard, let alone complain about them. However, I think news like this is important, and has broader implications for the …