What is your f2p ranking experience so far?
I managed to hit rank 9 about 4 days after starting with Gwent as a completely new player in the OB. I am curious as to how your ranking experience as f2p players was so far. I am certainly not an above average skilled player, but for me it was one of the best experiences, starting with a new CCG (And I've tried most of them: Hearthstone, ESL, Shadowverse etc.).
I see 3 reasons for that:
1. Gwent is still very new, so as a new player, I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage both in terms of experience and card collection. (Compared to Hearthstone, where a new player with a starter deck could run into me at rank 19, with a top tier deck worth ~10k dust, because I have not been playing for a few months ). This aspect is bound to change sooner or later; later if Gwent manages to attract new player even after some time has passed.
2. Gwent's f2p policy. My collection says, I have 185 unique cards, 28 legendaries (including leaders). The fact, that I got 8 legendaries from the start and was able to unlock every leader with the free starter decks is amazing and should be applauded. How many free legendaries did I get in Hearthstone again? Obviously I don't know, how the free content scales with higher levels and how consistent you are able to keep up with the "meta" over time...
3. Gwent's structure. The 2. point is even more important in a game where you only can have 4 legendaries in a deck. The fact that you HAVE four legendaries is more important than to have THE BEST legendaries. Plus, for the most, part the powerful ranked decks are defined by the bronze cards and a few key silvers. I found, that I could put all the important bronze cards in my ST spell deck for example, craft a few necessary silvers and just put in the golds I have and have almost just as much fun as with a top tier ST spell deck with all the best golds. (Compare that to the new quest mechanic in hearthstone). With this deck I was able to get a 10-3-1 w/l ratio on ladder, even with a game lost to disconnect issues.
How was your first week ranked experience? Do you have any advise for me in the future? I am interested.
I managed to hit rank 9 about 4 days after starting with Gwent as a completely new player in the OB. I am curious as to how your ranking experience as f2p players was so far. I am certainly not an above average skilled player, but for me it was one of the best experiences, starting with a new CCG (And I've tried most of them: Hearthstone, ESL, Shadowverse etc.).
I see 3 reasons for that:
1. Gwent is still very new, so as a new player, I don't feel like I'm at a disadvantage both in terms of experience and card collection. (Compared to Hearthstone, where a new player with a starter deck could run into me at rank 19, with a top tier deck worth ~10k dust, because I have not been playing for a few months ). This aspect is bound to change sooner or later; later if Gwent manages to attract new player even after some time has passed.
2. Gwent's f2p policy. My collection says, I have 185 unique cards, 28 legendaries (including leaders). The fact, that I got 8 legendaries from the start and was able to unlock every leader with the free starter decks is amazing and should be applauded. How many free legendaries did I get in Hearthstone again? Obviously I don't know, how the free content scales with higher levels and how consistent you are able to keep up with the "meta" over time...
3. Gwent's structure. The 2. point is even more important in a game where you only can have 4 legendaries in a deck. The fact that you HAVE four legendaries is more important than to have THE BEST legendaries. Plus, for the most, part the powerful ranked decks are defined by the bronze cards and a few key silvers. I found, that I could put all the important bronze cards in my ST spell deck for example, craft a few necessary silvers and just put in the golds I have and have almost just as much fun as with a top tier ST spell deck with all the best golds. (Compare that to the new quest mechanic in hearthstone). With this deck I was able to get a 10-3-1 w/l ratio on ladder, even with a game lost to disconnect issues.
How was your first week ranked experience? Do you have any advise for me in the future? I am interested.