#003 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Rabbit Trails”
Intro: Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn. We’re glad you could join us for our third episode.
This week we are talking about…
Updates:
What did you do this week?
Trump’s Arena Spreadsheets – http://www.liquidhearth.com/guides/arena-tier-list
News
1. Male Only Tournament in Finland?
http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/02/hearthstone-tournament/
– they removed the restriction: http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/03/iesf-removes-male-only-restriction-from-its-e-sports-tournaments/
“If their goal was admirable, their methods were entirely the wrong way to go about promoting women in e-sports. And even that excuse falls flat when you take into account that many of the games in the IeSF World Championship had no women’s competition at all.”
2. Naxxramas pricing revealed!
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/14601010/curse-of-naxxramas%E2%84%A2-wing-entry-details-and-heroic-mode-7-8-2014
All 5 wings (after 1st month) – $24.99
Already have 1st, the rest for – $19.99
Already have 1st & 2nd, the rest for $14.99
Already have first three, the rest for $9.99
Individual wings are $6.99 or 700 in-game gold each wing
3. As each wing is released, cards show up in the Arena http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/13665269
“As each wing is released, the cards available in each wing will also show up in your Arena picks, even if you have not earned them for your personal collection yet.”
4. Should you save up gold to buy the wings or just pay cash?
Overall most agree that you should spend the cash for Naxx and use your gold for packs instead. Here is one thread with numbers behind it. http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13347465220?page=7
2800 gold is 28 packs. At about $1.33 a pack, that’s a little over 37 bucks.
15 packs = $19.99 – 2 packs for $2.99 – 1 pack for 100 gold.
1 pack is approx. $1.50.; 40 is approx. $1.25 per packm
Compare the numbers below. The lower gold to $ value, the better the deal it is
1 pack: 1g : $0.015
40 packs: 1g : $0.0125
1 naxx: 1g : $0.01
2-5 naxx: 1g : $0.0714
Conclusion: Buying any bundle of Naxx wings (with $$) will give you almost double TO double the value of your dollar than if you bought the packs (with $$) because gold is significantly cheaper (by the dollar amount) if you buy Naxx wings over packs. If you’re considering spending money on packs, but saving your gold for Naxx, do it the other way around and you will get a LOT more cards for your money overall.
And while we are talking about spending money on the game, did you see this video where a guy spent $750 on packs?!? He ended up with one of everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1vZyj4ajtY
5. Breakdown of Naxx Facts
a. The costs above
b. When you unlock a wing, it’s unlocked forever
c. When a wing is opened (not unlocked) cards will show in Arena
d. During the introduction month (1 month after it comes out) the first wing is free. After that initial month, it will cost to buy that wing. But if you get it during the first month it’s fre...