Mine is also the cupcake. I played a lot of quest warrior a while ago and was always wanting to have joined the game a month earlyer to have a Ragnaros cardback that goes with all the fireballs I was trowing with Sulfuras...
maybe they will add old cardbacks as part of pre order deals in the future? I mean I really hope they don't do that, but in today's world that's the sort of thing we've come to expect.
As much I would like to obtain card backs I haven't myself, it would be desapointing because then everyone would have everything and there would be no reason to grind and antagonize...everyone would jaust buy what they lacked..
It basically show that you've supported the game for very long. What else would make a difference between somebody who started yesterday, and somebody who most likely spent money on the game to get all the expansions, or grinded very hard to get cards that he can now only use in wild. Heck, I think they should even be dated on top of their nice design! After all, quite often, it's not obvious when you somebody got it. I agree with OP, every single one is a battle scar. That being said, yes every players should be able to aquire them, but if so, they should show that they have been aquired recently (once again, dated, or slight difference)
I've been thinking a lot about how T5 said a while back that old card backs will be available to obtain again sometime in the future. Brode (RIP) talks about it here.
This is a terrible idea. Card backs are battle scars.
We have been through so much in this game...we have been chased down by Starving Buzzards and hounds. Buried by the Undertaker and puked on by Sludge Belcher. Diagnosed with a death sentence by Dr. Boom and never found out who Mysterious Challenger really was. Piled on by one too many Grim Patron and robbed one too many times by Reno Jackson. Mech Mage! Freeze Mage! OTK Mage! Oh my! Opening 4 Aya Blackpaws on Mean Streets launch....oh no...
..and then the Jades coming marching in.
We've played through it all, spent all the money, rage quit, BM'd, waited for nerfs that never came and never stopped grinding. You're oldest card back shows what you've endured, shows how long each of us has stood by Hearthstone.....dont take that from us, Blizz.
PERFECT IN EVERY WAY !!!! As someone that's played almost EVERYDAY since closed beta (Nov. 2013) I agree 1000% !!!!!
I will say that I've stated on official posts, several times, that I wish Team 5 would find a way to have your deck have mixed card backs!!!! With over 75+ card backs now, I'd love to have them randomly mix into a deck. Then, the next time you play a certain deck, backs could be mixed again, so the same card, wouldn't have the same back.
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I can understand some holiday flavored cards being available and would be fine with any non-monthly card back be rotated back somehow, but I agree with OP on this one. Having every month's reward starting with Pandaria is absolutely a badge of honor that shows the relative addiction age of an account. At the very least the 2014 series could remain in lock down as a nod to us lifers. :D
How often do players change their cardbacks ? I’ve always wondered this.
I change my card backs ALL THE TIME !!!! Depends on the deck type/feel, Hero, Time of year, Mood at the time, etc........
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I can understand some holiday flavored cards being available and would be fine with any non-monthly card back be rotated back somehow, but I agree with OP on this one. Having every month's reward starting with Pandaria is absolutely a badge of honor that shows the relative addiction age of an account. At the very least the 2014 series could remain in lock down as a nod to us lifers. :D
How often do players change their cardbacks ? I’ve always wondered this.
I change my card backs ALL THE TIME !!!! Depends on the deck type/feel, Hero, Time of year, Mood at the time, etc........
Same here, most of time I use last season's... but from time to time I choose one that fits the deck's spirit... I love to have options
For most of the card backs it just means you have been playing the game longer. Why should someone be penalized for not encountering the game sooner? For me, I want that dang Christmas cardback so I can rock that during Nov and Dec each year.
Because for many of us, the fun of hearthstone lies in collecting stuff. In my case, I never play ranked, I just like to collect gold, dust, play arena and make a huge collection. I don't even disenchant my Nat Pagle or my golden Millhouse Manastorm because I love having them. same thing with card backs, I started playing around the old gods expansions. But I don't care If I missed the first days, people who played this game since them deserve to have their unique card backs!
I think a couple of seasonal ones should be allowed to be obtained again. However, most of the other ones should stay with players who have already earned them.
If you snooze, you lose. I missed The Eyes of C'thun and Church of Yogg-Saron cardbacks, and as much as I want to get them, they wouldn't feel as special to me if I got them at some point in the future. In my opinion, cardbacks are like timestamps or mementos; something that reminds you of where you've been and what you've accomplished since then.
I basicly have all the seasons card back, but the only one I really want to use is the legend card back once I get it - it shows that you are not just some casual or arena player (I'm mostly an arena player)
Coming from a WoW player that still has many TCG mounts on my account, and yet eventually saw the placement of such rare mounts put up on the BMAH, as well as other previously retired or mostly retired items, I would expect this to happen in HS.
Be happy that the only effort you had to put in to get most of your card backs was to win a very small handful of games. With WoW I put in months of grinding, hundreds of thousands of gold per mount, and sometimes communicating with players that you had to carefully communicate with to avoid the bad players who might otherwise try to scam you out of all of your in-game currency.
For most of the card backs it just means you have been playing the game longer. Why should someone be penalized for not encountering the game sooner? For me, I want that dang Christmas cardback so I can rock that during Nov and Dec each year.
Nah..... Ya gotta do the Pumkin/Halloween back in Oct. The 'Pie' card back in Nov. and the X-Mas back in Dec. :p
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Mine is also the cupcake. I played a lot of quest warrior a while ago and was always wanting to have joined the game a month earlyer to have a Ragnaros cardback that goes with all the fireballs I was trowing with Sulfuras...
maybe they will add old cardbacks as part of pre order deals in the future? I mean I really hope they don't do that, but in today's world that's the sort of thing we've come to expect.
As much I would like to obtain card backs I haven't myself, it would be desapointing because then everyone would have everything and there would be no reason to grind and antagonize...everyone would jaust buy what they lacked..
It basically show that you've supported the game for very long. What else would make a difference between somebody who started yesterday, and somebody who most likely spent money on the game to get all the expansions, or grinded very hard to get cards that he can now only use in wild. Heck, I think they should even be dated on top of their nice design! After all, quite often, it's not obvious when you somebody got it. I agree with OP, every single one is a battle scar. That being said, yes every players should be able to aquire them, but if so, they should show that they have been aquired recently (once again, dated, or slight difference)
This is hard to decide.
Although I kinda take card backs as an achievement too, but on the other hand it is just a cosmetic, which should be available to wider player base.
BTW: Anybody with Pandaria card back here?
Here o/ It's the one I use all the time.
I wasn't planning on going for a run today. But those cops came out of nowhere.
Yeah but that's a very small number of card backs.
Hold on... are you sure you are not kicking in open doors here?
Making old collectible item card backs available makes very little sense. Why bother to collect them then?
I would worry about this when the issue comes up. I have waaay more card backs than I have interrest in anyway.
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Same dude. That's one of my favourites.
I'm a collector player. I've never disenchanted any card since the release of GVG (when I disenchanted some Legs to craft Boom).
I love that I've had all season card backs since the first!
Here's Pandaria
PERFECT IN EVERY WAY !!!!
As someone that's played almost EVERYDAY since closed beta (Nov. 2013) I agree 1000% !!!!!
I will say that I've stated on official posts, several times, that I wish Team 5 would find a way to have your deck have mixed card backs!!!! With over 75+ card backs now, I'd love to have them randomly mix into a deck. Then, the next time you play a certain deck, backs could be mixed again, so the same card, wouldn't have the same back.
"The world outside is so big, but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name..."
I THINK FOR MYSELF, THEREFORE.... I'M AN ATHEIST !!!
I change my card backs ALL THE TIME !!!!
Depends on the deck type/feel, Hero, Time of year, Mood at the time, etc........
"The world outside is so big, but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name..."
I THINK FOR MYSELF, THEREFORE.... I'M AN ATHEIST !!!
Same here, most of time I use last season's... but from time to time I choose one that fits the deck's spirit... I love to have options
and on the same boat, please give the legend cardback a simple distinction of how many times the player reached legend...
Because for many of us, the fun of hearthstone lies in collecting stuff. In my case, I never play ranked, I just like to collect gold, dust, play arena and make a huge collection. I don't even disenchant my Nat Pagle or my golden Millhouse Manastorm because I love having them. same thing with card backs, I started playing around the old gods expansions. But I don't care If I missed the first days, people who played this game since them deserve to have their unique card backs!
I think a couple of seasonal ones should be allowed to be obtained again. However, most of the other ones should stay with players who have already earned them.
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If you snooze, you lose. I missed The Eyes of C'thun and Church of Yogg-Saron cardbacks, and as much as I want to get them, they wouldn't feel as special to me if I got them at some point in the future. In my opinion, cardbacks are like timestamps or mementos; something that reminds you of where you've been and what you've accomplished since then.
I basicly have all the seasons card back, but the only one I really want to use is the legend card back once I get it - it shows that you are not just some casual or arena player (I'm mostly an arena player)
I'd get used to the idea happening tbh.
Coming from a WoW player that still has many TCG mounts on my account, and yet eventually saw the placement of such rare mounts put up on the BMAH, as well as other previously retired or mostly retired items, I would expect this to happen in HS.
Be happy that the only effort you had to put in to get most of your card backs was to win a very small handful of games. With WoW I put in months of grinding, hundreds of thousands of gold per mount, and sometimes communicating with players that you had to carefully communicate with to avoid the bad players who might otherwise try to scam you out of all of your in-game currency.
Nah..... Ya gotta do the Pumkin/Halloween back in Oct.
The 'Pie' card back in Nov.
and the X-Mas back in Dec.
:p
"The world outside is so big, but it's safe in my domain
Because to you I'm just a number and a clever screen name..."
I THINK FOR MYSELF, THEREFORE.... I'M AN ATHEIST !!!