I did a post after just a few weeks in Hearthstone back
at the beginning of the Beta over at Cold’s Gold Factory: Play HearthstoneOverview & First Thoughts and now that we are in Open Beta I wanted to
close out my thoughts. What have they been doing right, how I think the opening
will do, and other random musings?
I did a post for beginners back in October (Hearthstone:Philosophy for Beginners) that may be of some use as the advice is relevant
even if the cards or the ‘meta’ [means what is popular right now] have changed.
This post now will not be a preparation style post or anything for the new
players coming into Hearthstone.
Once Open Beta started I got my wife to run through “Day
One” activities on her Battle.net account getting a perspective from a
non-gamer. My views on the tutorial and mode layouts remain mostly unchanged.
The tutorial is adequate only lacking in areas such as targeting (hitting the
wrong thing with damage or a buff is common for beginners) and had enough ‘story’
elements to it to keep interest. Of course Ranked mode in proper has been added
to the game now and while there are no direct rewards for what rank you reach,
there is at least an incentive built into the system to continue playing and
the effectiveness of these little ‘carrots’ (ranking up) cannot be understated.
Continued after break..
