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Does it enter you into a drawing for a chance to win or do you just get 420 plat if you know the puzzle? I hope this is a stupid question.
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You just need a Gameforge forums account and if you solve it you will be sent a PM with a code to redeem in-game I think if people try to abuse it by making a ton of accounts to get around the 1-guess-per-hour thing then they are likely to take it down so maybe don't do that
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Between giving away Hex currency in a abusable contest and the gift card thing, I think I should value my platinum way less than I currently do.
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Nov 9, 2014 00:53
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Looks like they've implemented a global 24 hour limit on how many prizes they are giving out so it's not like an infinite free money faucet, but yea if CZE can cut Gameforge out of payment processing later on down the line that would be a very good business decision imo - not sure how likely it is though as Hex runs on their servers...
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Nov 9, 2014 06:54
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Gave this a shot. First impressions aren't that brilliant; the UI seems like a complete mess, for instance. Why is the game constantly begging me to spam spacebar / click the skip button even when I don't have any interrupts in my hand? Seems like I have to spam the button a million times in my own turn alone, and more during the opponents. Even the earliest PC versions of MTG got this right so it's just baffling and keeps interrupting the flow of the game. Cards that summon other cards also don't seem to show you the summoned cards stats. "Summons two battle hoppers". Great. What are these? What's their attack / defense? (EDIT: Apparently you can get the stats on the summoned card by right-clicking the text description. Still, why can't they just show the 0/1 right there without any extra hassle?) The game also refuses to let me log in at times. Last time I had to try ~5 times before I got in - the other tries just put me back into the login screen with no error message or anything, and yes, the password was correct. Music or sound effects don't play at all until I visit the audio screen in option every time I start the game for some reason. Hope they fix this stuff before the proper release. Dropbear fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 13:20
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Dropbear posted:Gave this a shot. First impressions aren't that brilliant; the UI seems like a complete mess, for instance. Why is the game constantly begging me to spam spacebar / click the skip button even when I don't have any interrupts in my hand? Seems like I have to spam the button a million times in my own turn alone, and more during the opponents. Even the earliest PC versions of MTG got this right so it's just baffling and keeps interrupting the flow of the game. Cards that summon other cards also don't seem to show you the summoned cards stats. "Summons two battle hoppers". Great. What are these? What's their attack / defense? (EDIT: Apparently you can get the stats on the summoned card by right-clicking the text description. Still, why can't they just show the 0/1 right there without any extra hassle?) They can't make the game skip interrupt phases just because you don't have an option to do - that would let your opponent know for a fact that you don't have an option to do. If I don't know for a fact that you don't have a quick action, I might be hesitant to attack, and that can radically alter the outcome of a game. There can be cards that link to multiple different cards, like the Plant Garden that has a random chance to turn into one of three creatures, so if they tried to condense card linking down into one mouse-over then that would make cards like Plant Garden a complete mess. MrBims fucked around with this message at 14:12 on Nov 9, 2014 |
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Nov 9, 2014 14:05
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MrBims posted:They can't make the game skip interrupt phases just because you don't have an option to do - that would let your opponent know for a fact that you don't have an option to do. If I don't know for a fact that you don't have a quick action, I might be hesitant to attack, and that can radically alter the outcome of a game. Good points, didn't think of those. Still, they should really mention the "right click the description to see the summoned card" somewhere, completely missed that (might have just glazed over that, though). What clicks are required where seems a bit odd as well - sometimes you get rid of a closeup card by right clicking, sometimes that doesn't work and you need to click the OK button under the card, and sometimes you need to LEFT click instead. That's a nitpick that's easy to fix before release, though.
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Nov 9, 2014 14:47
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You don't have to right click. A left click will do.
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You can adjust where the game gives you priority by clicking the little gear on the left by the way. The general places you'll want priority on your opponent's turn are during combat and in the end phase, but the Prep step is usually pretty corner case. I'm pretty sure you can also force the game to give you priority at the next opportunity by holding Ctrl, but not positive.
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Nov 9, 2014 18:28
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Whew, I just made top eight in the hexprimal budget cup, and with a deck that also happens to follow the goon tournament restrictons, starter/trial cards only. gently caress your legendaries. I think I'll post videos of everything after both tournies are done. I need to do my writeup on my game with Padomyme later after some non-cardgame work.
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Nov 9, 2014 21:14
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Is mono-green lifegain the new hotness in draft? I played last night and "forced" Dwarf/Robot after p1p1 Master Theorycrafter, and it turns out I wasn't competing with anyone as Plans and good Dwarves were tabling (as were a number of other surprising cards). Went 3-0 without all that much trouble, against two mono-green decks in a row before running up against S/R evasive midrange.
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Nov 10, 2014 00:59
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As a rule of thumb, hex players are bad. Although mono-green can be an incredibly powerful deck if built correctly.
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Got in touch with planedriver once for my match, wasn't able to catch him on saturday or today. 
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Blazing Zero posted:Got in touch with planedriver once for my match, wasn't able to catch him on saturday or today. Sorry about that dude! Had a really busy weekend and didn't get a chance to turn on my pc at all. Hopefully we can get a match in next weekend 
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Sacrificial Toast posted:I'm pretty sure you can also force the game to give you priority at the next opportunity by holding Ctrl, but not positive. Wow, I'm going to have to try this. If I knew there was a way to force a stop I wouldn't actually even bother setting any other priority stops for my opponent's turn. I've gotten used to just spamming spacebar most of the time to try and save time when I don't need them, but it would be far better to just literally only use up time when I need it by not having the stops there at all.
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Nov 10, 2014 03:13
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Padomyme posted:MrBims vs Padomyme (Xobraix) Thanks for the report! I'll write it in. ...what is an alpha strike?
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Nov 10, 2014 03:21
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Afgad posted:Thanks for the report! I'll write it in. Attacking with everything with the intent/potential to win the game immediately. It's a Magic term.
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Nov 10, 2014 03:29
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Some Numbers posted:Attacking with everything with the intent/potential to win the game immediately. It's a Magic term. Correct, though I'd hardly consider it a Magic term.
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Mikujin posted:Correct, though I'd hardly consider it a Magic term. I'll defer to you; I first encountered it in Magic.
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It isn't a Magic term at all. It's been used in wargaming and simulations for ages, and is also the term used when an aircraft carrier launches its entire flight deck at once against a single target.
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That feel when you play against the deck you created in the finals of a tournament, and utterly trounce it because they're playing it wrong  . It was my original Hextechs open winning list without Judgement, and holy crap is it not equipped to deal with Chimes burn.MrBims posted:Whew, I just made top eight in the hexprimal budget cup, and with a deck that also happens to follow the goon tournament restrictons, starter/trial cards only. gently caress your legendaries. I think I'll post videos of everything after both tournies are done. I need to do my writeup on my game with Padomyme later after some non-cardgame work. Grats dude! You should take this as an sign to create a Shin'hare deck for real when Set 2 comes out.
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Just started this. Went with Orcs as suggested in the OP, beat the tutorial games and I now have 5000 gold  Where do I go from here? Buy stuff off the auction house? I have no idea what cards are good. IGN is "bulbaros" if the OP could add me to the list of goons.
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El_Molestadore posted:Just started this. Went with Orcs as suggested in the OP, beat the tutorial games and I now have 5000 gold Sent you some free commons, I always forget what's in the starter decks so if you have more than 4x of something you might be able to sell the extra's for gold. At this point you can play people in proving grounds, if you do random matches you get 100g per win. If you feel like putting some real money in, you might want to try a swiss draft at some point. Do some research first, maybe watch a stream of something doing a draft.
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katkillad2 posted:Sent you some free commons, I always forget what's in the starter decks so if you have more than 4x of something you might be able to sell the extra's for gold. Thanks for the cards What's the best place to look up cards and what they do?
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El_Molestadore posted:Thanks for the cards http://hex.tcgbrowser.com is what I use, you have to make sure you set the filters right like "PVP Only" and "Shards of Fate" for the set.
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Practicing for the next Hextechs Open with Chimes Burn, the previously discussed cool near-troopless deck. http://www.twitch.tv/lightreaper
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katkillad2 posted:http://hex.tcgbrowser.com is what I use, you have to make sure you set the filters right like "PVP Only" and "Shards of Fate" for the set. Cheers! I just went into a game with someone and completely ran him over with bloodthirsty orcs  What's a good champion for a newbie orc deck? I had Tetzot but the game was over before I could use him.
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Nov 10, 2014 21:18
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Poca Use the elemental on the turn you play Gorefeast for another 4+5 damage.
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Tamba posted:Poca Sounds good. I checked out the prices for platinum in case I want to drop some money on this. 800 platinum is 49 Norwegian kroner while 1600 platinum is 99. Same with the bigger packages, the less you buy the cheaper it is 
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If you try to make a ton of small purchases they flag your account and make you verify some stuff, it's some kind of anti-money laundering thing
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El_Molestadore posted:I checked out the prices for platinum in case I want to drop some money on this. 800 platinum is 49 Norwegian kroner while 1600 platinum is 99. Same with the bigger packages, the less you buy the cheaper it is Yeah, it's like that for US dollars too (though very marginally, the difference is 1 cent per increment). Pretty strange price scheme, but on the other hand there are ways to get discounts. For example, you can actually get gift cards that work through GameForge and can get those gift cards at less than face value. I don't remember the details because I havn't bought plat in forever, but I'm sure someone else around here can point you in the right direction.
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What are our thought on whether or not the Living Totem AA is going to hold a $45+ price tag for an extended period of time?
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Really looking forward to the PvE, but in the meantime at least it looks to be pretty cheap to do the tournaments. How long do those queues fill up? I'm fine with jumping in, but if it's going to take a couple of hours for it to take off I don't really have the time to devote to that. Tinkering with the AI in the proving grounds, I see now how the Orc deck is a better starter. I just liked the look of the human one. Oh, and it's "Polkageist" if anyone wants to drop me a line.
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El Spamo posted:Really looking forward to the PvE, but in the meantime at least it looks to be pretty cheap to do the tournaments. How long do those queues fill up? I'm fine with jumping in, but if it's going to take a couple of hours for it to take off I don't really have the time to devote to that. I don't keep track of things precisely, but it probably takes up to 10 minutes to fire off a 5322 draft. And I'd guess about forever for a constructed anything.
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I don't know why I bothered doing this.    Uzume + 7x Ritualist of the Spring Litter is pretty funny though.
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If any newbies need commons/uncommons let me know, I have many extra of most of them. "Surprise" in-game.
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Istvun posted:I don't keep track of things precisely, but it probably takes up to 10 minutes to fire off a 5322 draft. And I'd guess about forever for a constructed anything. Yeah, this sounds about right, I never have a problem getting my weekly draft in. Unfortunately, I have two daily constructed and seven normal constructed tickets I was comped for various things and I can never seem to use them. 
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Well that was terrible. I didn't save my draft deck while I was building it (had no idea I had to) so I had to play with my full stack of cards I drafted. With no way to fix things again, the whole thing was utterly pointless. I bailed out of the draft and I'm out the $7 or whatever for the cards. I sent in a support ticket, that's a really bad design and with no tutorial it's going to burn MANY new players. Even just a pop-up that says "You didn't save your deck, using your current deck" and running a validity check would be better than this. Only if the chosen deck is invalid could I see it defaulting in that way. Plus, no way to edit your deck during downtime in between matches? Terrible!! Blergh. I'm not spending any more money on this. I'm waiting for PvE.
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Here is Stovetop posted:What are our thought on whether or not the Living Totem AA is going to hold a $45+ price tag for an extended period of time? I bought 4 for 5k each and sold 2 for 6.3k each, with the current prices it looks like it dropped in value a bit. It's a tricky question though that I think depends on the future popularity of the game. Too lazy to do the math, but I think there are less than 900 sets of the collector AA's. That's not a lot if Hex takes off, it's not a lot even at the current user base, and it's an amazing card. It's currently the best AA in my opinion as far as value is concerned. I plan on keeping a set regardless if the game goes bust or not, I think it's worth the gamble. katkillad2 fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Nov 11, 2014 |
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