So, the "published" legendary rate in Mercenaries packs is "1 in 20". Well, that has decidedly not been my experience. Ever since the pirates pack, I've strived to maintain a full mercenary collection with each new batch release. I lucked out and got Valeera within 8 packs, but since then, it took me 63 packs to get Balinda, 60 packs to get Long'xin and am currently 32 packs deep with neither Deathwing nor Drek'thar.. nowhere near "1 in 20".
I'm certain a new pack is going to be announced with the upcoming expansion, but I'm currently debating on what to do. Given that there's no pity timer to speak of, I understand it likely makes no difference whether I continue opening packs before the expansion or just wait until after (to get whatever new mercs they add), but it just -feels- wrong; that if I wait, then those 32 packs I already opened this batch feel "wasted".. like it's resetting some sort of counter if I don't pull Deathwing or Drek before the patch. So my head is telling me to just wait for the patch before opening any more packs, but my heart is screaming "suuuuuuuuunk coooooooooost!".
I have seen alot of inconsistencies with the odds mentionned and the reality if it. Thats y i only open packs with the new batch and i only Buy the 10$ deal of a Random Legendary with x packs (forgot the amount since it hasnt been back yet). Thats how i got my collection (also only missing deathwing and Drek)
Ah yeah.. on principle, they're not getting a single cent from me until the coins issue is addressed (though I did buy that one-per-account $5 deal that gives you a guaranteed legendary.. that's how I got Edwin).
so given that no new mercs were announced today (except Murky, who doesn't count because he's a track freebie), I went ahead and opened more packs, getting Deathwing on the 38th.
Now, do I keep opening packs to try to get Drek, or do we think they'll surprise announce more mercs next week?
dont open packs, they are a terrible deal, if you have a great collection and maxed mercs, you should realize that most packs contain "nothing" now. they eventually gonna have to do someting for that.
so given that no new mercs were announced today (except Murky, who doesn't count because he's a track freebie), I went ahead and opened more packs, getting Deathwing on the 38th.
Now, do I keep opening packs to try to get Drek, or do we think they'll surprise announce more mercs next week?
I don't know about new merc but where do you see a freebie? I see another 1700 coins to collect.
You may have noticed that the Mercenaries game mode added only one new Mercenary in Patch 23.0: the slippery murloc, Murky—available for free on the Rewards Track. That’s because Mercenaries will be shifting its release cadence in the Year of the Hydra.
Mercenaries will continue to have updates like events, balance changes, bug fixes, and general improvements in every patch, but the team will be shifting its major content beats to the X.4 patches. That means that the next bunch (and we do mean bunch) of new Mercenaries, Bounties, and Tasks will come in a few months. This shift will allow Mercenaries to have its own big moment like the other major modes do, and will allow the team to focus more efforts on the types of improvements that the community has been asking for.
Throughout this year, the team has plans for a way to spend excess coins, an expansive new end-game system to challenge your whole collection, and a series of improvements to the Task system, as well as more events and the continuation of regular updates to Bounties, Zones, Mercenaries. The first of those Task system updates, and a slew of Mercenary balance changes, are going live right away with Patch 23.0, and that’s just the beginning!"
currently, I'm frozen out of Mercenaries because of a bug, so I'm about to post a warning about it
great... well done blizzard. I cant even fathom the fact that they can make this gamemode even more buggy. there was already numerous game breaking bugs but somehow they can still make it worse.
so I got Drek on the 24th pack after getting Deathwing..
now, this may be -super- coincidental, but I got both Deathwing and Drek from packs when I was fewer than 15 coins each from being able to craft them. An itch in the back of my mind says that if you would otherwise get coins from a pack that would put you over the top, the pack may give you the merc instead, but I doubt that, since it wouldn't make sense from a design perspective, and I -think- I remember long ago a pack gave me Uther coins that put me over the top for crafting
The last few mercs I have gotten by doing heroic bounties that offer rewards for them.
You get a minimum of 15 coins for the legendary for that bounty rewards on heroic. Drek'Thar was the one that I did last (and the last mercenary that I needed for a full collection).
I simply ran heroic Dragonbone Golem over and over again, which I could consistently do with my Holy team. I somehow already had 200 coins for Drek'Thar before starting, meaning at worst I had to complete the bounty 20 times to have the coins to craft him.
Yeah, it's grindy, but everything about this game mode is grindy.
well, bear in mind that I'm not buying packs (not with money, nor gold.. I haven't spent gold on packs since Balinda); these are packs I've gotten just from pvp and tasks. Since it seems we're not going to get new mercs (not counting Murky, who is a freebie) until 23.4, which is months away, I figured I may as well open packs until I got Deathwing and Drek -unless- I got enough coins to craft them first.
I wasn't actively farming.. just doing my daily tasks (before the task change yesterday) and if it wasn't too much of a bother to complete the tasks and run Dragonbone or Undead Ony at the same time, I'd do those for the Drek/Deathwing coins. It just so happened that right when I was about to have just enough coins for both Deathwing and Drek, they popped out of a pack. I got 5-6 (wasn't actively counting) portraits along the way, too. So now I get to sit on any packs I get (I've already banked 5 more today since getting Drek) until 23.4.
I do like the new task change, where when you finish a task with a mercenary, it automatically rolls into the next task for the same character. No need to wait for mysterious stranger, or random campfire for the next task. Makes it a lot easier to level up, especially during a bounty!
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So, the "published" legendary rate in Mercenaries packs is "1 in 20". Well, that has decidedly not been my experience.
Ever since the pirates pack, I've strived to maintain a full mercenary collection with each new batch release. I lucked out and got Valeera within 8 packs, but since then, it took me 63 packs to get Balinda, 60 packs to get Long'xin and am currently 32 packs deep with neither Deathwing nor Drek'thar.. nowhere near "1 in 20".
I'm certain a new pack is going to be announced with the upcoming expansion, but I'm currently debating on what to do. Given that there's no pity timer to speak of, I understand it likely makes no difference whether I continue opening packs before the expansion or just wait until after (to get whatever new mercs they add), but it just -feels- wrong; that if I wait, then those 32 packs I already opened this batch feel "wasted".. like it's resetting some sort of counter if I don't pull Deathwing or Drek before the patch. So my head is telling me to just wait for the patch before opening any more packs, but my heart is screaming "suuuuuuuuunk coooooooooost!".
Thoughts?
I have seen alot of inconsistencies with the odds mentionned and the reality if it. Thats y i only open packs with the new batch and i only Buy the 10$ deal of a Random Legendary with x packs (forgot the amount since it hasnt been back yet). Thats how i got my collection (also only missing deathwing and Drek)
Ah yeah.. on principle, they're not getting a single cent from me until the coins issue is addressed (though I did buy that one-per-account $5 deal that gives you a guaranteed legendary.. that's how I got Edwin).
so given that no new mercs were announced today (except Murky, who doesn't count because he's a track freebie), I went ahead and opened more packs, getting Deathwing on the 38th.
Now, do I keep opening packs to try to get Drek, or do we think they'll surprise announce more mercs next week?
dont open packs, they are a terrible deal, if you have a great collection and maxed mercs, you should realize that most packs contain "nothing" now. they eventually gonna have to do someting for that.
I don't know about new merc but where do you see a freebie? I see another 1700 coins to collect.
"
The Future of Hearthstone Mercenaries
You may have noticed that the Mercenaries game mode added only one new Mercenary in Patch 23.0: the slippery murloc, Murky—available for free on the Rewards Track. That’s because Mercenaries will be shifting its release cadence in the Year of the Hydra.
Mercenaries will continue to have updates like events, balance changes, bug fixes, and general improvements in every patch, but the team will be shifting its major content beats to the X.4 patches. That means that the next bunch (and we do mean bunch) of new Mercenaries, Bounties, and Tasks will come in a few months. This shift will allow Mercenaries to have its own big moment like the other major modes do, and will allow the team to focus more efforts on the types of improvements that the community has been asking for.
Throughout this year, the team has plans for a way to spend excess coins, an expansive new end-game system to challenge your whole collection, and a series of improvements to the Task system, as well as more events and the continuation of regular updates to Bounties, Zones, Mercenaries. The first of those Task system updates, and a slew of Mercenary balance changes, are going live right away with Patch 23.0, and that’s just the beginning!"
source: https://www.hearthpwn.com/news/9144-welcome-to-the-year-of-the-hydra-the-new-rotation
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so it sounds like no new mercs until 23.4, at which point they'll release a ton at once.
Because I'm impatient and got bit by the gambling bug, I opened more packs.. so 9 deep with no Drek..
currently, I'm frozen out of Mercenaries because of a bug, so I'm about to post a warning about it
great... well done blizzard. I cant even fathom the fact that they can make this gamemode even more buggy. there was already numerous game breaking bugs but somehow they can still make it worse.
so I got Drek on the 24th pack after getting Deathwing..
now, this may be -super- coincidental, but I got both Deathwing and Drek from packs when I was fewer than 15 coins each from being able to craft them. An itch in the back of my mind says that if you would otherwise get coins from a pack that would put you over the top, the pack may give you the merc instead, but I doubt that, since it wouldn't make sense from a design perspective, and I -think- I remember long ago a pack gave me Uther coins that put me over the top for crafting
The last few mercs I have gotten by doing heroic bounties that offer rewards for them.
You get a minimum of 15 coins for the legendary for that bounty rewards on heroic. Drek'Thar was the one that I did last (and the last mercenary that I needed for a full collection).
I simply ran heroic Dragonbone Golem over and over again, which I could consistently do with my Holy team. I somehow already had 200 coins for Drek'Thar before starting, meaning at worst I had to complete the bounty 20 times to have the coins to craft him.
Yeah, it's grindy, but everything about this game mode is grindy.
well, bear in mind that I'm not buying packs (not with money, nor gold.. I haven't spent gold on packs since Balinda); these are packs I've gotten just from pvp and tasks. Since it seems we're not going to get new mercs (not counting Murky, who is a freebie) until 23.4, which is months away, I figured I may as well open packs until I got Deathwing and Drek -unless- I got enough coins to craft them first.
I wasn't actively farming.. just doing my daily tasks (before the task change yesterday) and if it wasn't too much of a bother to complete the tasks and run Dragonbone or Undead Ony at the same time, I'd do those for the Drek/Deathwing coins. It just so happened that right when I was about to have just enough coins for both Deathwing and Drek, they popped out of a pack. I got 5-6 (wasn't actively counting) portraits along the way, too. So now I get to sit on any packs I get (I've already banked 5 more today since getting Drek) until 23.4.
I do like the new task change, where when you finish a task with a mercenary, it automatically rolls into the next task for the same character. No need to wait for mysterious stranger, or random campfire for the next task. Makes it a lot easier to level up, especially during a bounty!