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They tweeted at 3pm to say 'It'll be at least a few more hours'.

Seriously, it's quite the fuckup. You say the 9th and people assume it'll be up after the early morning maintenance, as was the case for NA. Instead fuck all has happened, few updates, and no explanation. I can imagine people are pissed off because this is demonstrably not what Blizzard planned, and makes it very clear that the American region is their foremost priority, and everyone else in Europe and Asia has to wait.

I'm glad I'm F2P

I'm fuming! Took the day off work for this event! :DD

(seriously)

Goblins vs Gnomes will soon be unleashed upon Europe! Preparation for its arrival has already begun, and Hearthstone will be undergoing maintenance starting at 9:00 p.m. CET. We expect maintenance to complete within a few hours.

Please keep an eye on this thread for further updates as the launch commences, and we sincerely thank you all for your patience.

[Update: 2:29 PM PST] Goblins vs Gnomes has launched in Europe. We are currently investigating reports of stability issues.

[Update: 3:53 PM PST] We've addressed a number of stability issues and the game should be running much more smoothly now.

[Update: 4:43 PM PST] We are currently looking into why Arena is awarding classic packs.

[Update: 6:16 PM PST] We are continuing to look into the issue with arena.

[Update: 7:41 PM PST] The issue regarding Arena pack rewards is still under investigation, but we will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

48 fucking quid, ha!

Meanwhile I've opened maybe 16 F2P GVG packs and have over half the cards, with doubles of a fair few, already

TBH your total determination not to spend any money on the game at all (and strange glee at this state of affairs) looks pretty odd to me

POINT BEING that £48 for 60 packs of cards seems entirely reasonable for the play I'll get out of the game

I don't see how unstable portal can be nerfed. If they add 1 to the cost it will completely remove it's useability.

I don't see how unstable portal can be nerfed. If they add 1 to the cost it will completely remove it's useability.

Besides, it's a fun card, and while many times it won the game for me, it also brought me absolutely nothing of value most of times.

All of a sudden I want an Android tablet. Wifi hotspot on my phone + tablet = Hearthstone anywhere. .

Hearthly wrote:

All of a sudden I want an Android tablet. Wifi hotspot on my phone + tablet = Hearthstone anywhere. .

I may be missing something but did not think that Android tablets were locked out of products in the same way that Ipads are so could you not just skip the tablet part and play Hearthstone on your phone ?

zaphod79 wrote:

Hearthly wrote:

All of a sudden I want an Android tablet. Wifi hotspot on my phone + tablet = Hearthstone anywhere. .

The screen on a phone is far too small to play Hearthstone, TBH I find it a bit constricted on Mrs Hearthly's iPad Air, I definitely wouldn't want to go any smaller than that.

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 17:06 ]
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ElephantBanjoGnome wrote: They tweeted at 3pm to say 'It'll be at least a few more hours'. Seriously, it's quite the fuckup. You say the 9th and people assume it'll be up after the early morning maintenance, as was the case for NA. Instead fuck all has happened, few updates, and no explanation. I can imagine people are pissed off because this is demonstrably not what Blizzard planned, and makes it very clear that the American region is their foremost priority, and everyone else in Europe and Asia has to wait. I'm glad I'm F2P Meh, EXPANSION PACK FOR FREE-TO-PLAY ONLINE CARD GAME FEW HOURS LATE, COMMUNICATION DEEMED SUB-STANDARD. I think we should call for one of those days of anger things. I mean, it's not even like the game isn't there, just play with the old cards and decks for a bit longer! I was looking forward to buying my packs when I got home and playing with them, but I'm sure I can fill the terrible void with something else..... People can't even argue that they're not getting what they paid for, as the cards and game as paid for are all still there and playable.

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 18:08 ]
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You don't see me bitching, I'm just pointing out this is clearly quite unintended and subsequently badly handled. Rule 1 is keeping your angry fans mollified with pointless updates and vague ETAs.

Author:	CrazyFace [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 20:25 ]
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I'm fuming! Took the day off work for this event! (seriously)

Author:	Slightly Green [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 20:52 ]
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I have written a very stern letter, ALL IN CAPS (so they can see how angry i am). bah, this sucks a bit doesnt it

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 21:57 ]
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New update: Maintenance at 9pm. Originally said it will last an hour, now says 'A few hours'. So basically, not launching on the 9th at all. This is pretty bloody shoddy whichever way you look at it.

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Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Dec 09, 2014 22:12 ]
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CrazyFace wrote: I'm fuming! Took the day off work for this event! (seriously) Never plan anything around a Blizzard launch date or time. Even when they actually release when they say they will, there's a good chance whatever it is won't work properly for a bit.

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:01 ]
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It's finally up. Bought 10 packs on top of my starter 3. Got a host of stuff and quite a few dupes, no legendaries but a few epics.

Author:	CrazyFace [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:48 ]
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I fear the 7 packs I have just opened have merely whetted my appetite. (got 3 Epics) This is exactly what the game needed imo. Good times ahead!

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:09 ]
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In my 3 'free' card packs I did not get any legendary cards but did get the warlock onethat gains 2/2 for damage so that will be good to use There also seems to be an issue right now with arena wins giving out old packs rather than new ones http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/for ... t%3Dnav1#1 Quote: Goblins vs Gnomes will soon be unleashed upon Europe! Preparation for its arrival has already begun, and Hearthstone will be undergoing maintenance starting at 9:00 p.m. CET. We expect maintenance to complete within a few hours. Please keep an eye on this thread for further updates as the launch commences, and we sincerely thank you all for your patience. [Update: 2:29 PM PST] Goblins vs Gnomes has launched in Europe. We are currently investigating reports of stability issues. [Update: 3:53 PM PST] We've addressed a number of stability issues and the game should be running much more smoothly now. [Update: 4:43 PM PST] We are currently looking into why Arena is awarding classic packs. [Update: 6:16 PM PST] We are continuing to look into the issue with arena. [Update: 7:41 PM PST] The issue regarding Arena pack rewards is still under investigation, but we will provide further updates as soon as they are available.

Author:	Trooper [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:17 ]
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Author:	Trooper [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:17 ]
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and I just got a GvG pack from an arena run I started before GvG was released.

Author:	CrazyFace [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 17:12 ]
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This is soooo much fun. Bought 60 packs which was a bit silly as ended up with loads of dupes. Only got 2 decidedly average legendary cards, but the cards I did get are wreaking havoc on opponents! Put together a mech heavy Druid deck. Unstable Portal for Mage is massively OP, Only played it 4 times and got 2 ledge cards. Needs nerfing asap.

Author:	Trooper [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 19:50 ]
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I suppose that's the best I could do with that deck... ah well... The extra cards you can't see in that deck list were a Blizzard, a 2 Flamestrikes and a Ysera Attachment: Screen Shot 2014-12-10 at 18.45.50.jpg Attachment: Screen Shot 2014-12-10 at 18.46.31.jpg

Author:	Hearthly [ Wed Dec 10, 2014 21:32 ]
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Nice result there Trooper I ended up with 26 packs to open (2300 gold plus three extra packs for some reason or another). The end result is I'm utterly bemused and confused and have no idea what's going on now so I'll wait until it all settles down a bit, unlike when Naxx came out I just don't have the time to learn my way around a load of new cards and decks (that's the WoW effect....), so I'll be totally reliant on net-decking. Gonna take a break from the daily quest as well, as I have no effective decks at the moment and it'll take too long to do.

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 13:16 ]
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5/0 Arena to 5/3, because, as always, I hit the fucking bullshit wall of unstoppable opponents. 5 easy wins to 3 impossible-to-win defeats.

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 14:53 ]
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I just played a game against a Hunter. A pretty easy game. Afterwards, he wanted to add me as a friend - no doubt to congratulate me on a well fought game. I like friends, so I added him. Attachment: angrychild.jpg I find this kind of thing very amusing. Why do people get so angry? Griefing him at his loss was just too easy.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 20:54 ]
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My first new Legendary Attachment: Screenshot 2014-12-11 19.53.21.png edit And a second Attachment: Screenshot 2014-12-11 21.53.50.png

Author:	Hearthly [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:44 ]
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Well the bill is in for last night, £110 lighter and a modest hangover, although I did bin the session off at about half nine and get a taxi home (£30), at that point it'd been nine hours drinking and I'd had enough. How people of my age manage sessions that finish off in clubs at 3am I have no idea. (Well I do know actually, they basically wave goodbye to functioning for the entire next day.) Rather stupidly I was running about £50 up on the fruit machines for the entire session, up until the last pub where in my pissed state I made an absolute royal fuck-up of a skill feature that knocked the machine back and it ended up costing me my entire profit to get it to come back. POINT BEING that £48 for 60 packs of cards seems entirely reasonable for the play I'll get out of the game, in fact, on balance, I'd rather have my £110 back, erase this hangover, and have another 140 packs of cards!

Author:	Grim... [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 15:07 ]
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Why did you leave him hanging?

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 19:35 ]
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AND THEN THIS HAPPENED. Attachment: gvgpacks1.JPG Attachment: gvgpacks2.JPG

Author:	Curiosity [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 19:50 ]
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Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Dec 11, 2014 20:33 ]
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ElephantBanjoGnome wrote: 48 fucking quid, ha! Meanwhile I've opened maybe 16 F2P GVG packs and have over half the cards, with doubles of a fair few, already I don't think £48 is that much money. It's the works Christmas do tomorrow and that'll probably set me back over £100 by the time I've paid for a taxi home, so £48 to get a decent head of steam into the new card expansion for Hearthstone seems reasonable value, takes my total spend on the game to well over £100 but then again I have been playing it for ten months. Add in playing WoW again and I've been able indefinitely postpone spending £1500+ on a new PC or doing something really daft like lobbing out a grand on an XBoxOne/PS4 and a massive new telly just to play GTAV. It's down to what you choose to spend your spare cash on at the end of the day, and what you're comfortable with, and for me my spend on Hearthstone is well inside my comfort and decent value zone. TBH your total determination not to spend any money on the game at all (and strange glee at this state of affairs) looks pretty odd to me

Author:	CrazyFace [ Fri Dec 12, 2014 19:46 ]
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£48 is absolute peanuts if its something you put lots of time into. Like Hearthly said people think nothing of going out at a weekend and pissing £100+ up the wall. Poeple spend that and more weekly on fags. Having said that well pissed off to only get 2 ledge cards in my 60 packs. My mate got a golden ledge in his 3 free packs ffs.

Author:	Trooper [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:33 ]
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Hmmm... What should I keep... choices, choices...

Author:	Hearthly [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 12:49 ]
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I'd go for Duplicate there.

Author:	Curiosity [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 13:30 ]
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I was bored this morning, so I bought 15 packs. Got one legendary, but not sure how good it is. It's the ogre one that summons a new creature any time your opponent casts a spell. Liking the look of Hobgoblin for a Zoo deck. Gives +2/+2 to all 1 attack creatures you summon. Also the Iron Sensei or whatever it is called; like that. Adds 2/2 to a random mech at turn end. Some good Warrior cards too.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 14:53 ]
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Had an interesting game earlier against a warlock when the mech that drops a random character when it dies decided to drop Loremaster Cho :-) Difficult to play around for a while but in the end i killed him using one of their soulfires so i could get some of my secret cards down

Author:	ElephantBanjoGnome [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 15:44 ]
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Hearthly wrote: POINT BEING that £48 for 60 packs of cards seems entirely reasonable for the play I'll get out of the game Well, I'm not knocking your lifestyle by any means, but I don't live the same way you do. My work xmas lunch cost me £33 and I didn't hang around blarting cash into alcohol or fruit machines. I don't particularly drink, never smoke, don't buy consoles, and generally don't piss £60 up the wall on this or that without serious thought. It's all a question of what you enjoy really. I'm currently giving serious thought to spending £160 on an entirely stupid robot vacuum cleaner that cleans for me and returns to its charging dock when its getting low on battery. £160 on a single mech and it doesn't even have divine shield!

Author:	Hearthly [ Sat Dec 13, 2014 16:22 ]
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Had 200 gold for 2 packs. GOLDEN LEGENDARY! Except it's a Gazlowe, and I got the normal version of him out of my 60 packs the other day. Oh well. Also pictured, a seriously awesome pack I got out of the 60! (Golden common, rare, epic, and two legendaries!) Attachment: poffo.JPG Attachment: packo.JPG

Author:	Hearthly [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:22 ]
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Currently having a ball with Trump's GvG aggro mage, it's a bit erratic IMO but the hilarity potential is off the scale. There are two Jeeves in there so the idea is - (I assume, I haven't actually watched Trump play the deck) - that you can dump cards with reckless abandon, and hopefully get Jeeves hidden behind some taunts and just keep drawing cards with him. Had a game against a warrior and I really did feel his pain, as I kept him constantly frozen with Ice Lance/Frostbolt/Snow Chugger to lock down his weapon, and kept clearing the board with my minions and playing as many cards as possible, and every turn Jeeves just did his 'Let me get that for you....' and dropped three cards into my hand at the end of my turn. Finished the game with only three cards left in my deck and it wasn't much past Turn 10 This is why I'm happy to have bought the card packs, it gives me the freedom to look at a list of the decks some of the top players have been coming up with and picking the ones that look like they might be fun to play with. Attachment: magegvg.JPG

Author:	Hearthly [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 12:23 ]
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Oh yes, Unstable Portal is quite clearly massively OP and has got to be first in line for the nerf bat IMO.

Author:	RuySan [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 13:12 ]
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I don't see how unstable portal can be nerfed. If they add 1 to the cost it will completely remove it's useability. Besides, it's a fun card, and while many times it won the game for me, it also brought me absolutely nothing of value most of times.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 14:10 ]
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RuySan wrote: I don't see how unstable portal can be nerfed. If they add 1 to the cost it will completely remove it's useability. If they add one to it then its still a bonus as you spend 3 now to get a minion with 3 less next turn (so a turn 3 play can let you drop a 7 point card on turn 4) , and unlike other cards this really does seem random - i've had a few legendary cards out of it but also some junk. Oh and the other bonus is that it will give you class specific cards which can work in interesting ways with a mage (so Prophet Velen gives you double points for your standard mage power)

Author:	Hearthly [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 14:41 ]
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RuySan wrote: I don't see how unstable portal can be nerfed. If they add 1 to the cost it will completely remove it's useability. Besides, it's a fun card, and while many times it won the game for me, it also brought me absolutely nothing of value most of times. Oh don't get me wrong it's a very fun card, but I also think it's OP. Loads of minions in the game cost 3 or less mana, so quite often you can play Unstable Portal for two mana and immediately play a three or less mana minion on the same turn. I appreciate you could get a Wisp or something down at that sort of level, but it seems to me there's a pretty good chance you'll get a solid 3 drop or get to play a good 4-5-6 drop far earlier than would ever otherwise be the case (excepting a druid and he'd had to burn Innervates and/or Wild Growths to get that effect). Also remember that it synergises very well with other mage cards (which is what Trump has done in that deck), such as Sorcerer's Apprentice and Mana Wyrm (which also synergise with each other). Maybe I'm on an insanely good RNG run with my Portals, but for me at least it's working out ridiculously well, even if the card is a duffer it doesn't really cost you much in the way of mana, tempo, cards, or board. (A bit like Webspinner, even if it doesn't pay off the downside is negligible.) And when it pays off very well it's obscene, I've had it deliver a 0 mana (!!!) King Mukla and a 3 mana The Beast, which are basically a 'win game' button. I'm calling this card now for getting nerfed in the forseeable....

Author:	Hearthly [ Mon Dec 15, 2014 14:50 ]
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Aaaaand here's the result of the two Portals in my last game, delivering a three mana 7/6 and a six mana Alex. Seriously, on an Arena draft I'd take 30 Unstable Portals if they were offered. Attachment: op01.JPG Attachment: op02.JPG Attachment: op03.JPG Attachment: op04.JPG Attachment: op05.JPG

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Dec 16, 2014 9:23 ]
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Live for android in some territories now : https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... earthstone

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:18 ]
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All of a sudden I want an Android tablet. Wifi hotspot on my phone + tablet = Hearthstone anywhere. This is appealing. Isn't a good Android tablet like half the cost of an iPad? To the Android thread-o-tron, I think.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:27 ]
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Hearthly wrote: All of a sudden I want an Android tablet. Wifi hotspot on my phone + tablet = Hearthstone anywhere. . I may be missing something but did not think that Android tablets were locked out of products in the same way that Ipads are so could you not just skip the tablet part and play Hearthstone on your phone ?