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I thought for the longest time that you could get the golden cards from Naxx after clearing the Heroic wings. One Google search later and I'm finding out that players won't earn them this way because it's too difficult for some people... isn't that the point? I get a card back and feel good points when I worked hard for something that I thought was there the whole time. Is this really the level of catering done for new players, that people who clear an entire Adventure on Heroic shouldn't get what they fought for because some people are incapable of accomplishing this? I read that players could earn an all gold set of cards from Naxx for clearing Heroic, but they changed it so you'd have to craft them instead.

I'm really disappointed with Blizzard for stripping away such an opportunity, all because some people will never beat Naxx on Heroic. I didn't clear this shit for feel good points and a card back I'll never use.

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Well, if they were to be earned this way, there would be an indicator ingame, wouldn't it? I mean, all rewards are always listed next to the bosses.

Bad for you, but mind to tell me, where you read that you could earn the golden Naxx cards in Heroics, because I never heard of such a thing.

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You were able to earn a full set of Golden Naxx cards from clearing Heroic Naxx just over three years ago. I thought that system was still in place. I didn't know they changed it for people with LESSER SKILL. Earning those cards shouldn't be a cakewalk. It's Heroic. Difficulty. For a reason. Mind you, this change was made before you could even dust cards from Adventures.

 There was never a full set of Golden Naxx cards-reward from clearing Heroic Naxx. Dunno where you got the info, but the reward always been a card back. Golden cards from adventures need to be crafted, that's the only way to get them.

You guys would probably still all call me a liar and ignore this, or something, but whatever. Source.

Hearthstone expansion pack Curse of Naxxramas allows players to earn a new set of golden cards. On Wednesday, Blizzard explained how they can be acquired.

Originally the golden versions of Naxxramas cards were earned through Heroic mode, a harder difficulty level. Heroic mode is unlocked for a wing after beating all of the bosses in it. The initial idea is that players would have to beat Heroic versions of bosses to earn the right to craft them with arcane dust.

However, community manager Neriyah said on Hearthstone's forums that there was a "lot of negative feedback" to this plan from internal testers. Heroic Mode bosses are too difficult for some players, preventing them from ever being able to get these cards. Blizzard felt that this was too frustrating and "didn't feel like a good reward for beating a Heroic Mode boss in Naxxramas."

The golden cards are still only available through crafting. However, players won't have to beat bosses on Heroic mode first. Instead, they just have to acquire the non-golden versions of the cards through Normal mode. This gives them the ability to then craft the golden cards once they have enough arcane dust.

Some players were hoping that the gold cards would simply drop from Heroic bosses. That would make acquiring them much quicker - or at least give players a way to earn them that doesn't burn through their supply of dust. However, Neriyah says that this was never an option through Curse of Naxxramas' development.

It doesn't really bug me if Naxxramas' golden cards are just a long arcane dust grind. They're just cosmetic items, after all. These cards give players a long-term goal to shoot for once they've unlocked everything else meaningful.

The original batch of golden cards take a significant time investment as well. Each of the golden hero cards requires you to win 500 games in Ranked Play mode with a specific class. I'd argue that that's a much more frustrating goal to strive for than collecting mountains of arcane dust.

Curse of Naxxramas lets players earn 30 new cards, both neutral and class-based. The neutral cards, some of which are Legendary, will be earned through competing wings and defeating bosses. Class cards can be unlocked by completing challenges.

Blizzard announced the pricing structure for Curse of Naxxramas earlier this week. Players can unlock individual wings by spending gold or real-world cash. Several wings can also be purchased in bulk for a discount. The full list of prices can be found here.

Naxxramas, the first single-player expansion for the game, will launch later this month. Blizzard will roll out the expansion's five wings on a weekly basis. The company hasn't announced release dates yet, though.

Here are the patch notes when Naxx was introduced. Naxxramas heroic mode always provided you with the card back. Nothing more.

https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Patch_1.1.0.6024

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Btw. even your citation doesn't Support your Claim.

Originally the golden versions of Naxxramas cards were earned through Heroic mode, a harder difficulty level. Heroic mode is unlocked for a wing after beating all of the bosses in it. The initial idea is that players would have to beat Heroic versions of bosses to earn the right to craft them with arcane dust.

You did not get golden Cards, you did earn the right to craft them

Haha this guy :)

Why in the world would you EVER think you could earn golden cards for completing Naxx on Heroic? What gave you that idea?

Naxx has been out for three years and you STILL thought you could get golden cards?

How many opponents have you faced that had all the Naxx cards in golden?

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That should settle it...you can just post your apology here anytime

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