Hearthpwn

I was always a fighter against games that require loot boxed (EA LUL). I played Blizzard‘s children‘s cardgame quiet a lot. Was about that time when you payed 50$ and were able to get what you want with this for 3 months. Naxx was cool, even GvG was decent but afterwards it went more and more horrible. I stopped playing this game since 6 months now (even if I would I couldn‘t get back to this game as I already passed 2 and almost 3 expansions) and am doing quiet good. The only thing I‘m checking back from time to time here on this website is when I am curious about the next expansion. But if you would ask me whether or not I would ever get back to hearthstone, my answer would be no. Streamers are doing a lot childish,  hell even expansion releases are getting childish, lootboxes getting more and more interest for blizzard and whatever more

Well, as Ron Swanson said, capitalism is God's way of determining who is smart, and who is poor :P 

Rough jokes aside though, I think ActiBlizz doesn't FORCE anyone to buy those packs. If you feel elitist and having moral high ground, but are tempted to buy the pack because you want a new hero portrait, then you have issues. 

I'll be buying the mega bundle for sure. Probably would buy both, but I'm going on vacation and might be a bit tighter on the budget than usual. 80 packs for 80 bucks is ultra value. 

Well, people comparing 20 packs vs the posibility of getting the golden crappiest class legendary and some say it´s even...

Blizzard knows very well who are the players of this game.

And R.I.P. new players BTW. I cant imagine how a new person would start playing this game right now in this context of regular expansions and decks more dust consuming than ever.

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I was always a fighter against games that require loot boxed (EA LUL). I played Blizzard‘s children‘s cardgame quiet a lot. Was about that time when you payed 50$ and were able to get what you want with this for 3 months. Naxx was cool, even GvG was decent but afterwards it went more and more horrible. I stopped playing this game since 6 months now (even if I would I couldn‘t get back to this game as I already passed 2 and almost 3 expansions) and am doing quiet good. The only thing I‘m checking back from time to time here on this website is when I am curious about the next expansion. But if you would ask me whether or not I would ever get back to hearthstone, my answer would be no. Streamers are doing a lot childish,  hell even expansion releases are getting childish, lootboxes getting more and more interest for blizzard and whatever more

 Couldn't agree more, but it is my personal opinion, fun theme expansions are good, but I want some classic Warcraft too, brutal! DRAMATIC! LEGENDARY! I want to reach legend and then only play for fun from time to time, because I like collecting cards, I am f2pish and also like playing meme decks like RenoPriestwith Chameleos, stupid 30% WR OTK decks, bringing something interesting to the game meta.

Sure the game is pricey. They used to give you the Hero skin for free, by winning ten games (as a quest). But for me a part of the gameplay will always be collecting the cards, cardbacks and new hero skins. So I will definitly pre order again. Altough I hope they will have some cool new quests to collect more card packs for free.

Imagine if they created a Mecha Shudderwock as a cosmetic hero for shamans. Damn, those suckers at Blizzard sure missed a huge opportunity.

OMEGALUL expansion coming!

Don’t know what you’re on about. If Blizzard wants to give a free hero portrait along with 80 card packs and a GOLDEN legendary, then whats the big deal? It is great value if you ask me. The devs may be baiting people to buy it in a pretty scummy way, but the decision is still up to the player. Just get a bunch of dudes to boycott the expansion and see how Blizzard reacts.

Yeah, this is Capitalism. Which so many claim to love. Skins etc, have no bearing on your ability to play the game. They are just shiny things on the internet with no real world value. If people want to buy more packs at 1$ a pack that is their option. What if the game was just f2p as it is with no option to buy anything? Would you be bitching if no bundles were offered as well? Probably....

If this game was truly F2P EVERYTHING would be buyable with gold. All skins, all cardbacks and all packs (even Wild).

So, to make long story short - it's NOT worth.

Would have preferd the witchwood offer 70 packs for 50$.  Random skins/backs are not intresting. When a skin pleases me i might buy it as i did with magni.

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If this game was truly F2P EVERYTHING would be buyable with gold. All skins, all cardbacks and all packs (even Wild).

 This is the first legitimate criticism I've seen in this thread - not so much for the skins or cardbacks, as I think those are not important, but certainly for the Wild packs. I appreciate the argument Blizzard has made about trying to avoid confusing players about which packs are legal in standard within the app, but that seems like a solvable problem that would let players use their gold to bolster their wild collection.

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If this game was truly F2P EVERYTHING would be buyable with gold. All skins, all cardbacks and all packs (even Wild).

 I assume you don't know what F2P means. Let me help you understand. F2P means "Free to play", which means you don't need to pay anything to play this game. You don't need to insert a coin in order to play it. Yes, if you want additional features, you might have to pay for them but you can still play the game without those features.

You're welcome!

This is by far the worst money grab in the history of hearthstone and to top it all off people are not only buying this crap but also defending this "shit on your face" offer. Childish comments like "if you dont like it dont buy it" and "its only cosmetic" really indicate the immature mental state of players. 

if i dont like it dont buy it. Are you kidding me? This is a digital game which is extremely competitive. If you dont have the right cards you might as well call quits cus you'll never be able to play in ranked mode. So i would very much like to buy it but never like this when giving into offers like this ruins the game for many others and reaffirm this bullshit marketing strategy.

aAd for the people saying that warlock hero is cosmetic, that is true but its beside the point. Instead of offering you more card packs for 80 dollars they are giving you only a cosmetic items which for a large majority here (to my astonishment) is totally fine. So for 30 more dollars you get 30 more packs and NOTHING. 

You are the reason, the gaming industry is in shit condition right now. Pre-ordering without even thinking. 

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 Did you miss the part where I mentioned it was a cosmetic skin that people actually really want? It's for Warlock, and it's Jaraxxus as a cyborg. They knew Jaraxxus was a popular character, hence why they locked him behind a preorder paywall instead of letting us unlock him a different way, which is odd since we got Arthas as a free unlock.

  Did you miss the part where it's a cosmetic skin? This is where game companies put their pay walls. It wouldn't make any sense to put something no one wanted behind a pay wall. lol

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This is by far the worst money grab in the history of hearthstone and to top it all off people are not only buying this crap but also defending this "shit on your face" offer. Childish comments like "if you dont like it dont buy it" and "its only cosmetic" really indicate the immature mental state of players. 

if i dont like it dont buy it. Are you kidding me? This is a digital game which is extremely competitive. If you dont have the right cards you might as well call quits cus you'll never be able to play in ranked mode. So i would very much like to buy it but never like this when giving into offers like this ruins the game for many others and reaffirm this bullshit marketing strategy.

aAd for the people saying that warlock hero is cosmetic, that is true but its beside the point. Instead of offering you more card packs for 80 dollars they are giving you only a cosmetic items which for a large majority here (to my astonishment) is totally fine. So for 30 more dollars you get 30 more packs and NOTHING. 

You are the reason, the gaming industry is in shit condition right now. Pre-ordering without even thinking. 

 Nice strawman argument you have going there.

You rail on this COSMETIC ONLY option, and then try to tie it into actual competitive gameplay. Doesn't work that way. Sorry.

It isn't besides the point. It's the ENTIRE point.

The real problem is only the hero portrait - blizzard made the first step on a very slippery slope with that one - we really dont want them to become like some other companies *cough* every FREE game with microtransactions ever made *cough*. 

I honestly don't care much about the bundles.  The mega doesn't strike me as worth it.

Nope, I'm just here for one reason.  Next time Dr. Scaphandre does the "I quit, so neener neener" thing, I'm going to refer him back to all this care he has about a game that he supposedly doesn't care about.