Quote Originally Posted by CB! View Post
I started up a new account with an aether deck just to see how 'hard' it was going to be, and after 11 matches, my score is 174, and currently gold is at 320
ok, now let's try a REAL beginner:

i tried going vs the top-50 with my current deck (multi-color, essentially high-throughput oty rampage. wins against level 3 about 85% of the time, barring pillar suckage, only one upgraded card)

(i'd have done this run with PVP but it's much, MUCH slower - the average game takes 15 minutes or so, i haven't kept accurate statistics. also theoretically computer should be stupid-ish and easier to beat than a real person.)

results:
game 1: loss (-15g) - earthquakes played at game start, pretty much guaranteed loss
game 2: perfect win (+60g)
game 3: loss (-15g) - natural pillar suck
game 4: loss (-15g) - opponent yanked out 7 aether pillars on first turn and a phase dragon on second
game 5: loss (-15g) - earthquakes played at game start, instant loss
game 6: loss (-15g) - 3 turns into the game opponent had 3 immortals and a phase dragon.

so i am at -15 gold after 6 games.
what's more, the average game took 4 minutes 20 seconds (this run took me 26 minutes to complete, timing each game individually)

now assuming i won half and lost half of those 6 games, with no perfect wins, i would be at about +45 gold. in 25 minutes. so a little under 2 gold per minute income.
at this rate, to earn 1,500 to upgrade ONE card, i need to play for 12.5 hours *non-stop*. in a week of playing, with no sleep and no bathroom breaks, i can upgrade just under half of a 30-card deck (although admittedly your win ratio will probably start to rise at some point)

and this of course ignores the fact that you have to actually BUY your initial deck (not a particularly cheap enterprise in itself), experiment, and so forth.


so yes, if you know the perfect strategy you can build up an uber deck quickly.
if you don't, you're hosed.