New player seeking advice.

Hi everyone. I am a new player just looking to get a better feel for the game itself and the community of players. I have scanned the forums so I have a basic understanding of the community as a whole.

So here goes, I started with an Eladwen deck. I know, I know. If I had known then that so many people had expressed frustration with it I would have made a different choice. I do not however wish to reset my account.

So, I am just getting to the point where I can think about investing earned gold and crystals in new cards or even a theme deck. So my questions are these, what are your opinions of the various theme decks/ which direction should I go if I want to abandon Eladwen? Also, should I just wait until the full set is released with the update before investing.

I am leaning toward waiting because the tactics of the game will be altered by the added cards. So what do you think?

im pretty sure when you reset your account it just resets your cards not your gold or shadow crystals.

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Originally Posted by Doublea

im pretty sure when you reset your account it just resets your cards not your gold or shadow crystals.

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I thought it said it reset those.... In any case the question then becomes; what are the virtues of the different starting heroes?

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Originally Posted by Kingedhorn

I thought it said it reset those.... In any case the question then becomes; what are the virtues of the different starting heroes?

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I recommed sticking with whatever you have till the update, hopefully this weekend. Analyze the impact on you and if you want to, reset then, or still stick with it. That also goes for gold and SC's. Unless you want to buy 1-2 cards or something.

Hi Kingedhorn,

Good that you did your research before making a decision! I didn't realise that they hadn't yet released all 200 cards and bought 15 booster packs :confused:
Was a bit of a surprise ending up with 9 Bad Santa's!!

My starter pack when I joined was a hunter and I couldn't even beat the first AI deck (admittedly I only tried 4 times before caving and going ahead to buy more cards!!)

Anyway, I ended up with a Shadow Mage deck for a while and until I joined the forum couldn't understand why I was quit on 4 out of 5 games - so back to the drawing board I created a Zalador deck which I actually enjoy playing and really only get quit on now by Frostmire decks when they don't get the starting hand they want.

To prevent this post getting any longer I am going to summarise - I would recommend waiting for the next update for the extra cards (you could just buy one of the other starter decks in the meantime if you really wanted to switch) - on the other hand, I don't regret prematurely buying the boosters I did as its been fun creating decks to try at the games current stage, just means I'll have to invest a bit more when the new ones come out :D

I also started with an eladwen deck but when i saw that everyone uses this deck i thought it would b boring and looked for another deck i would like and i like the elementalist deck, only problem is i cant use research :/

I know this is a self-serving topic so this will be the one and only time I bump it. Any other opinions on my original topics?


Oh and Bump!

I don't see much reason to invest early rather than wait for v1.24 to unfold. It'll drastically change the horizon so your investment may become moot. I'd wait before making major purchasing decisions.

Ha! I made the same mistake! That's 20 bucks I'll never get back :(

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Originally Posted by Crichton

Hi Kingedhorn,

Good that you did your research before making a decision! I didn't realise that they hadn't yet released all 200 cards and bought 15 booster packs :confused:
Was a bit of a surprise ending up with 9 Bad Santa's!!

My starter pack when I joined was a hunter and I couldn't even beat the first AI deck (admittedly I only tried 4 times before caving and going ahead to buy more cards!!)

Anyway, I ended up with a Shadow Mage deck for a while and until I joined the forum couldn't understand why I was quit on 4 out of 5 games - so back to the drawing board I created a Zalador deck which I actually enjoy playing and really only get quit on now by Frostmire decks when they don't get the starting hand they want.

To prevent this post getting any longer I am going to summarise - I would recommend waiting for the next update for the extra cards (you could just buy one of the other starter decks in the meantime if you really wanted to switch) - on the other hand, I don't regret prematurely buying the boosters I did as its been fun creating decks to try at the games current stage, just means I'll have to invest a bit more when the new ones come out :D

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Originally Posted by Kingedhorn

I know this is a self-serving topic so this will be the one and only time I bump it. Any other opinions on my original topics?

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Personally, I would maybe invest in a new basic deck now and then get boosters when all 200 cards are there. I would avoid hunter decks right now though maybe try out a Warrior deck it all depends how much you really want to try something else out before the update is released :p

sorry, so i can reset my account? it means that i reset all the cards and that's it?

Yep your cards are reset along with any you purchased but your gold and SC earned are unaffected. just click on the support button on the Home screen of this site and follow the prompts.

Actually, your gold will be destroyed when you reset. When you reset, you'll start anew so you'll get the starting 500G but any gold you had previously, whether more or less, will be gone.

Odd. When I first signed up I played one AI match then reset just to see how it worked and I kept the 20g I had won... haven't tried it again but maybe it was a glitch. Anyway, I want to thank everyone who has lent an opinion to this post. I have decided to just sit on the base deck until the update. I'll just build a steady supply of Gold and SC through AI and PvP so I can stock up later. And Yes I know I can buy gold/sc's but I have a hang up about spending real money to acquire in game money. I like that I can still achieve the same things in this game as those who spend $20, $50, whatever for SC's without having to do it myself. It just takes me longer.


It just occurred to me, when the update drops, will the starter decks be uodated to include the new cards? If so isn't that a bit unfair to existing players who have to spend gold/sc's on cards which new players get automatically?

The next update will change the card pool for card packs so you'll potentially get the new cards in the card packs as well. As for unfairness, I'm not going to comment on that since it's been discussed before and I'm too lazy to get into that again.

Fair enough.. I'm not trying to pick an argument or whatever. I'll drop it. Would you by any chance be able to point me to a specific thread that discussed the topic. Again, I'm not disagreeing with you I would just like to see other opinions on the matter?

Thanks

I'm kinda indifferent on the topic actually. The issue's been brought up a few times so I'm just bored by it. I'll try to dig up this one good thread but I have to try and find it. I'll edit this post once I find it.

EDIT: There was a particular thread I was thinking of but I couldn't find it. The opening post talked about how the person puchased like 12 boosters and this was another thread besides hundesbau's. Anyways, here's two others.
http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....lete-Card-List
http://www.shadowera.com/showthread....boosterpack-!-!

appreciate it AnAdolt.. If you have the time great...
If you can't find it, no big deal.

Here's another one regarding complaints about boosters. Still can't find the one I'm thinking of though. Well, I give up, I can't find it.

The human warrior deck is a very good starting point imho. Even the basic deck can get you somewhere, and you can use multiple tricks. When you have enough gold to buy cards, there are many cheap commons or uncommons to pick up, and the upcoming weapons should make it even more fun.

Priests can be very fun but need to buy much more cards for the deck to be viable, and it's a defensive-only playstyle.

Elementalists and Wulven also require many cards and they are more powerful than most classes. Generally better in defense, you can play the elem aggressively.

Avoid hunters until the next update unles you really like to suffer.

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Originally Posted by AnAdolt

Here's another one regarding complaints about boosters. Still can't find the one I'm thinking of though. Well, I give up, I can't find it.

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I read it and totally get it. I got in when the game was incomplete and I knew that the whole set wasn't out. It's like when MtG would add a new set... Just cause others got newer cards doesn't make it unfair. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Doublea

im pretty sure when you reset your account it just resets your cards not your gold or shadow crystals.

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It will reset cards AND gold, but not crystals and level.

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