Reddit Q&A on September 1st, Quin's 2.3 Shenlong Monk
Patch 6.2.2 PTR - Build 20426, Dev Interviews, Patch 6.2.2 Development, Blue Tweets
No Free Packs on TGT Launch
Unlike the Goblins vs Gnomes launch event, we won't be getting any free card packs this time around Daxxarri confirmed earlier today on Twitter. We didn't believe that we'd be getting any free packs since there was no indication of this in the recent client patch, but it's worth pointing out.
Quote from DaxxarriAre we getting free TGT packs on launch like with GvG?
Nope. Not too late to pre-order for a discount on a bunch of TGT packs though--if you haven't already.
Fel Reaver Bug Fixed
A bug with Fel Reaver and Gnomish Experimenter which prevented you from seeing what cards they had drawn or discarded has been fixed.
Quote from Yong WooAre the changes to Fel Reaver & Experimenter (not showing the cards) intended?
Negative. We are looking into it.
So this is probably gonna be in the game for at least 8 more months?
I recommend you go try it now. :)
This Weekend in Hearthstone ESports
There's a couple of awesome events going on this weekend, let's take a look!
NA Fireside Gathering Championships
The first event this weekend takes place on Saturday, August 22. The North American Fireside Gathering Championships will be streamed live on the PlayHearthstone Twitch channel starting at 10 AM PDT. We're down to four finalist who won their local Fireside Gatherings and later won the online qualifiers.
The winner of the NA Fireside Gathering will receive a seed into the Hearthstone World Championship Americas Qualifier.
The event is being hosted by ESL and will be cast by TJ ‘Azumo’ Sanders, Dan "Frodan" Chou, and Robert "Whirthun" Wing. More details available in our guide for the event.
SCAN Hearthstone Invitational 2
Team Dignitas is hosting the second edition of the SCAN Hearthstone invitational to deal out $2,350 to 8 invited players and 8 qualified players including seasoned Hearthstone veterans as well as rising new stars. Follow their matches on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of August on Ready Up TV's twitch channel.
Games will be starting at 9 AM EDT / 3 PM CEST, and will be cast by GreenSheep and modernleper. Learn more about the event and players over in our event guide!
Yung Woo with that quick serve wit.
im sure if we buy another $600 phone we can get a free pack tho.
there are cheaper solutions than paying $600
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Showing the discard is one of the biggest downsides... First I thought it might be intended.
Greedy? They are running a business.
Exactly. Would you expect to get free stuff from Wal-mart or Target when they open a new store? It's nice to get free cards sure but don't expect it every time. That being said, I can't wait to start collecting this new set of cards. :)
When a new Starbucks opened next door to me, on the very first day you could get a free drink (any size) and pastry.
BAM! Besides, Wal-Mart sucks. And doesn't compare to an online card game.
Actually it is quite common to have giveaways on store openings.
Could be anything from dufflebags to balloons and hotdogs.
But isn't the free sample of Hearthstone already that it is F2P?? Also does your Starbucks give away free drinks every time they release a new blend?? And then we got the Brawl where you could test out some of those new flavors, wasn't that enough?
Opening a new store, or even releasing a brand new game aren't the same as updating the product don't get where people draw that connection...
.... you want free card packs, just do some quests and spend the gold ....
Starbucks will tend to give out samples of new products, yes.
And spending currency doesn't make them free, does it? If I spend frequent flier miles on a trip someplace, it wasn't free. I still had to accumulate all of those points. If I spend gold, I still had to spend something. Just because it didn't come out of my wallet doesn't mean it didn't get spent.
I bought 28 boosters with gold. Guess how many I spent cash on. This set is terrible, and Blizzard's greed in this game is just getting worse and worse. I guarantee there will come a time that they will release a set at this rate where you will HAVE to spend cash on it before you can even use gold. At their current pace, that's going to happen. If it does, all the "you don't need free packs" people like yourself...it's all on you. The game can't even keep people actually playing it as it is. It'll take a hit larger than WoD has when they come around that corner.
It wouldn't kill Blizzard to give 1-3 packs for free lol
1-3 packs, who needs that ? you farm for 2-3 days or do some arenas and u get it.... 3 packs wont make any differance....
it makes a lot of difference on the very first day. it's a celebration. but blizzard is extremely greedy. fuck them.
Bummer about getting no free pack; although obviously it's kind of included in the 50 pack preorder.
Reading the comments... I think pepole are overreacting a bit... Daxxarri probabbly used the wrong words, maybe he is indeed a jackass, but Blizzard is still giving a bunch of free stuff, like the ranked rewards and the Tavern Brawl packs. But yeah, not saying you're wrong to riot, but you don't need to compare Blizzard to other companies (If you played Mass Effect/ Dragon Age, you know what I'm talking about), like you are doing. If they release more paid stuff and no free stuff, then you can riot as much as you want, but not for 3 packs, please.
You can compare blizzard to other companies( if you played lol you know what i'm talking about). I'm not saying every card must be available without packs. But they can lower the price and increase the gold gain and after that they can sell visual upgrades like golden animations. I would like to buy golden version of my favorite card. when it comes to visual upgrades they can do whatever they want, they can even add holograms on cards i dont care.
Yes, I commented about this before: They added new quests, but they are terrible. Getting one of those is quite disapoiting, and only give 50 gold reward. 3 Daily quests is the way to do it, imo. One for 40, one for 50 and one for 60, everyday, and once per week, instead of the 60 gold mission, we get "Total Dominance", for 100. This is how I think this game would become great for F2P players, and it's not even a problem, with this, they could release more expansions, since the players would have a lot of gold, they could afford them. In the older times, one per day was ok, since there was only one set, but now there are 3 sets, and F2P players must buy the adventures too.
More gold or riot!
3 packs wouldn't help as much as the new reward system for rank will help anyways and it's free stuff from blizz - yes they are going for max profit (duh) but it doesn't mean they don't leave ways for free to play, they just leave no way for new+dumb+no_time_to_play free to play, so if you have no time to play the game or you are bad, yes you can't collect everything without paying - so what?
It's not about profit, it's about client satisfaction. I know many pepole who wouldn't buy any GvG packs if there were no 3 packs for free when it released. It's a "Feels Good" type of stuff, but I do agree that the new ranked rewards are great news.