I said rarer in context of the already done discussion about the rarity levels we know about, which have only common, uncommon and rare. And since there will be 1 rare per card pack and no retirement, that will keep the costs for building the deck you want much lower. If there are “rarer” cards, they will be…

I’m not “just” thinking of Hearthstone, I’m thinking of all the somewhat popular games online. My mind is not in the gutter, I’ve been playing MTG games for ages, but I never bothered with MTGO since it is literally just Magic Workstation except you have to pay a bunch of money. No thanks. And the now in beta MTG:A…

I found the tired old ad hominem that tries to brush off a person’s arguments with an assumption/lie. It’s called being passionate about a game and correcting bullshit.

Valve has publicly stated that they don’t want the same kind of economy happening in this game as happens in CSGO or real life magic.
Will there maybe be some COSMETIC versions of cars that are rarer, like foils? Maybe, though they have no said as much. But that is irrelevant because that has no bearing on your ability…

Are we on the left seriously lowering ourselves to pizza-gate level conspiracy bullshit? Jesus f*cking christ. The “ok hand” is not a god damn white power symbol, it has not been co-opted by them. It’s a neutral hand sign that almost every person on the internet uses to signify that something is “really nice”. Nobody…

Well firstly they aren’t just commenting on that, they are continuing to push their “Valve just doesn’t care” narrative calling it “True to Valve form” like it’s a negative thing, which only furthers Kotaku’s reputation as tabloid journalism that tries to push its view as the only correct one.

But anyways, on that…

What’s it like using that age old ad hominem?

If you already have a card game that you enjoy then yeah no reason to fill your life with another one. But the $20 cost for Artifact includes two 54 card base decks and 10 12-card packs, which are normally $2 each. So you’re essentially just buying 10 packs to get access to the game. Then from there you’ll be able to…

Yup. Not to mention it’s against Blizzard ToS to sell your account and very easy to get scammed doing so.

That chat is one on one with another player though, it’s not some global free-for-all twitch chat. If you don’t like the other person, you just mute them. Maybe there will be a report option, but regardless this is literally a non-issue. Most players are going to be playing a game like this because they enjoy it, it’s…

It’s not a global chat, it’s not Twitch. It’s chat between you and the other player... If you don’t like the other player’s attitude stop reading it or mute them (assuming they implement that option, they did CSGO and Dota).

As for the market, now you’re just pulling shit out of your ass. You clearly didn’t read their…

Yes, the value of most cards will go very low, they even stated they expect all commons to end up at the cheapest price of $0.03. But here’s the thing, you’re not fully running through the logic you laid out here. If people stop buying packs because it’s better to buy the items, guess what happens to the items? They…

Thank you for assuming my ethnicity and sexual orientation, you are clearly the progressive one in this situation. /s

I’ve faced countless abuse throughout my life to the point of severe life crippling depression and anxiety, panic attacks and all. And through that I’ve had to learn to start caring less about what…

No, you will actually be able to trade the cards, just like pretty much every other item in your Steam inventory (the cards will be in your inventory, it’s a requirement for how the Steam market works). But regardless, you also “trade” your cards for money on the market and then trade that currency for different…

... Hearthstone has you paying the price of a god damn fully fledged AAA game every few months for a new expansion of cards and you have no way of simply getting the cards you want for much cheaper from other users. With Artifact you will be able to, you won’t have to play card lottery, wasting potentially $100+ just…

I don’t know what rock everyone in this article is living under, the vast majority of online games have open chat... You know what you do if you don’t want to see it? You close the chat box or block/mute the user. Oh, what a crazy concept, right? Screw the people who will have friendly discourse and would be able to…

Open chat is not a dumb idea. The game mechanics are fun and add more strategy instead of RNGStone. And you can actually TRADE YOUR DAMN CARDS or sell them, unlike every other online card game right now.

When you can get more of what out of other card games?

That $20 price includes 10 packs and over 240 base set cards... You’re not really paying for the game, you’re paying for 10 card packs to start off. It’s completely logical for them to do, since there is not going to be a way to earn cards for free in the game.

The difference is that Valve stated that cards won’t every not be obtainable from packs anymore, and you are ensured 1 rare (highest rarity) per pack. So no, it won’t be like CSGO.