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re: artifact

I would say that the number of players adopting artifact right now doesn't seem very high. there's potential that there'll be a boom when valve hosts the million dollar tournament, or maybe not. We'll see. This might just be a cult game though that the people who play it love and the mainstream audience passes on.

Streamer attitude about it has been mostly positive though. Disguised Toast didn't really enjoy it and thinks it's just too complicated to enjoy, and Reynad has a pretty weird position on it, but lots of Hearthstone streamers like Kripp, Day9, and Savjz like it a lot. I doubt they'll stream it a TON long term because the viewership likely isn't there, but reception is pretty positive. I doubt any of you are familiar with them but adoption by Dota personalities has been pretty strong with people like Sunsfan, Wagamama, Singsing, Purge, and Slacks. Pretty much anybody open to card games from that community likes it.

re: the economy

Let me recap the way the game worked when the beta went online a week before release

Purchase the game: $20 USD
Purchase a pack: $2 for 12 cards
Purchase cards via economy: unknown at the time as economy wasn't up until launch, but you could buy and sell cards from other players
Play casual Constructed matchmaking: Free
Play expert Constructed matchmaking: $1 event ticket.
Play expert Phantom Draft matchmaking: $1 event ticket (this is like hearthstone arena, you create a deck for a run)
Play Call to Arms event: free (this is an event that gives you access to 6 premade decks that you can play, kinda like a Tavern Brawl)
Play Tournament Constructed: Free (there's a robust tournament mode creator to host tournaments with)

Expert Constructed / Phantom Draft details: 1 Ticket Entry (costs $1).
3 Wins: 1 Event Ticket
4 Wins: 1 Event Ticket, 1 Pack
5 Wins: 1 Event Ticket, 2 Packs
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