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With the new heroes I started using the packs.
I was baffled when I got coins for Drek'thar and Vanndar instead of the hero portraits.
What is going on?
I might not understand the drop chances for merc packs, but this is hardcore BS.
I just got 2 sets of coins of missing mercs instead of the portraits.
Yes, this seems to be a new, undocumented change this patch, unless its a bug.
I don't think there is anything fishy. In most packs 4 out of 5 slots have coins while the 5th has a random mercenary. But if you own the mercenary then you get a random portrait instead. And if you own all the portraits then you get coins for it. So in the attached screenshot the merc/portrait slot was probably Rathorian or something you already own all portraits anyway
Prior to today, I can't recall getting coins out of a pack for a merc I didn't own regardless of slot.
I recall. It is normal. You can get coins for the merc before getting the mercenary.
Exactly
I got tons of coins for Mercs I did not have from Day 1. I did not buy any of the Pre Orders and had to craft a lot of the Legendaries. Sadly this is "normal". Still not cool.
It has always been like that. I crafted Rexxar with 500 coins because I couldn't find it. Otherwise, for you, what is the use of the craft button that you put on the screenshot?
Yeah its like drop odds of normal packs. You wont get a portrait/skin until you have the hero, before that its coins or bust.
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I know you can get coins from unowned mercs from bounties, tasks pvp chests, etc, but I honestly can't recall ever getting coins for unowned mercs -from packs- before today.. and I've opened damn near 200 packs. Maybe my memory's bad.
I just opened Vandarr from a pack, arent we supposed to get him from a quest chain? Did I screw up by opening early? :(
yeah...
I don't get the purpose of this reply
Yes. You don't remember it. Packs work in this way: You have a drop % rate of the new mercenaries/portrait based on rarity. Which is similar to normal packs in HS. Therefore it should be on average 20 in order to find the new legendaries. Meanwhile, you can find its coins inside the packs. So, if you were in me, when I crafted Rexxar, I crafted it because I opened the last of the 2 mercenaries that I missed and I needed only Rexxar, for this reason, I knew that I needed other, on average 20 packs in order to find it, so I crafted it.
I recall once getting coins of an unowned merc, but in the same pack I also got that portrait of the unowned merc.
Prior to this update I either got the portrait or nothing, thus the question.
I also opened about 200 packs.
I guess I was just lucky until now if what the other guys are writing is true.
One of the main issues raised in the post (https://www.hearthpwn.com/news/9042-22-6-patch-notes-expansion-pre-order-mercenaries) by @ArcyroX when he said:
This is for sure very true because there are 4 new legendary mercenaries - Leeroy=3.
Therefore, average pack to find all = 20 x 3= 60 packs.
60 packs are on average what you should open to find all the new mercenaries.
Mercenaries is dead for me. They buried the grave.
effectivlye 2 legendaries.. Vanndar can be obtained through event quest.. though it seems someone was unlucky enough to get him from a pack
Yes sorry, you still anyway need 40 packs. If you are very unlucky, 80. If you are very lucky 20.
where are you getting "40 packs" from? There's no pity timer for mercs packs. It took me 63 packs to get Balinda and 60 packs to get Long'xin.