Hearthpwn

I've really enjoyed the game and have bought 3-4 pre-orders including the most recent. I'm regretting it already. To own most of the cards I'm going to have to spend the equivalent of about 6 AAA games a year.

I'm playing the game now at times to grind to the next pack. I can'y justifying giving anymore to Blizzard without a radical shift in their position.

https://youtu.be/32_wjcBlfhc?t=30

The game is starting to loose it's shine as I realise the multiple psychological tricks they use to increase spending on their game.

https://youtu.be/7TKLqLvv5sc

It's time for me to vote with my wallet. I'll keep playing, but I suspect the game will rapidly loose it's shine as I can no longer experiment with lots of different and fun decks. But the greed and contempt shown by Blizzard has to be challenged. I hope lots of people will join me in saying no to funding a company that no longer has the best wishes of it's gamers and the longevity of the game at heart and is instead obviously guided by the desire to squeeze the teat as quick possible until the cow's dry.

I hope I'm not the only one who feels like this?

6 Cyberpunks or an incomplete set of Hearthstone cards?

I think Blizzard have finally overstepped the mark. They're spoiling a product which some of us have already paid for, sometimes multiple times over. 

Maybe some people like to just roll over and take it, or pretend that getting a reach-around from Edward scissor-hands justifies it, but for those who care, every opportunity should be given to communicate the dissatisfaction with Blizzard's most recent ploys.

#BlizzardGreed

I think their right. I almost exclusively play wild now. There's some stuff to still like about the game, but I think the design is now led by the finance guys. There's no reason why they couldn't do the new reward tracker (with lower rewards) along-side the 10g=3wins.

As an individual I have to put my foot down, I just hope enough people do the same.

They should be looking to sell more packs cheaper to more players, not looking to milk dry the ones who don't mind.

Hearthstone's getting too expensive now. I didn't mind putting in $60 a year (price of a AAA game), but I always felt there was nothing inaccessible for me by doing that.

 How much am I going to have to pay now? Battlegrounds pass is now a pay-to-help-win as you have extra options.

I also have to buy the Tavern Pass to allow me access to rewards on the new tracker. Unless you can purchase this with gold?

That's on top of the bundles to help me stay competitive on standard. 

Just feels there're too many things locked behind a paywall now, without the option of me grinding for them if I really wanted. 

If the Tavern pass is too extortionate, I'm going to skip the whole thing and just go F2P. Industries like this employ psychologists to assess how to squeeze the maximum profit from their customers. Battlepass, tavern pass and the equivelant purchase of x3 AAA games a year is just too much for me though.

Easy win. Thanks

You know where they punish people for the "sins" of your family? North, f-ing, Korea. 

The two cards I would nerf are:

Corridor Creeper

And;

Another nerf to Spreading Plague - it's the one card I feel bad when it's played against me. Especially with arcane tyrant.

What happens if you change the cost of a 1-cost spell through Emperor Thaurissan or Bright-Eyed Scout?

You're usually dead by the time it comes to turn 6 against a pirate warrior!

Quote from Slippy >>

I hate to say it, but i have to agree. This is the first expansion i did not invest any penny (normally i buy the 80$ bundle), but the last expansion i totally lost the will to play. 

 This is exactly what I think / did.

First time in YEARS that I didn't pre-order the 80 packs.

My bottom line is: If there's no chance I can get a substantial collection of cards without spending more money than what I'm comfortable with, I'm not buying at all.

Thankfully there are some outright broken decks in Wild right now, so I can still have fun without buying new packs.

I'm trying to stop playing the game these days. We have to stop playing, stop paying, stop watching events and streamers, and keep harassing them. Then maybe they'll consider doing something significant.

Unfortunately you are right.

Hearthstone has headed in the wrong direction. For me that was the last expansion I invested money in.
You have to think about it:

For 400 € you don't even have all the cards in one year.
WoW = 80 € premium version
Playtime = 320 € are 24 months
Overwatch = 40 € play for free no ingame Scamm

it's really a shame what hearthstone is doing here

Rip my friend
Good times since the beta

sad to see Hs go away

Quote from LordCheesus >>

It never ceases to amaze me. I honestly don't know what all the fuss is about. My only complaint about the new progressive system is the single pack rewards instead of gold once you get into the teen or event above level twenty in some spots...to me gold is always more valuable than 40 dust. 

Other than that though I dig the new system. I still feel so bad for poor rogue class as they still can't get no new hero skins (poor Veelera and Maieve, they so lonely). 

But of course I also have a day job so, budgeting isn't as nearly as big an issue for me as for the F2P's. 

 

 Sorry but I just have to break down some numbers before I go. 1 pack = 100dust on average (look it up if you want). So yes 100 g is a lot more than 40 dust (which you at least sort of seem to feel). The fuss is about 1-2K less gold, which counts for most players who didn't get the battle pass and who plays 1+ hours a day with slow decks. I don't think anybody complains that they wont grind every legend out for free, but 80€ is a lot for 1/3 of 1/3 of a game that expires in 16 months. Regarding the system: Once you reach level 25+ it starts to feel grindy and a lot of players feel dissatisfied without the little rewards every day. 

Quote from M0res >>

the other thing that ppl don’t get is that you play among equals, if everyone gets 150 legendaries for free, you will still be playing against the same decks as everyone will get the same rewards. 

the problem is not the less gold, the problem is that blizzard have made people believe that getting gold to buy a pack will make them stronger players without realising that the same wI’ll apply to everyone else. 

 Uhm I think people just want to be able to play more than one deck friend. (hopefully) nobody thinks that making a deck with as many legendary cards as possible will give them sky high winrates. What they do is find a cheap aggro deck to craft, so that they can klimb on latter and get better rewards. This is also a call for more diverse match-ups. 

#StopBlizzardGreed

Compared to World of Warcraft, where you pay 60EUR every two years and 15EUR monthly for server access, Hearthstone is the pinnacle of greed.

This game has way fewer employees working on it, less demand for servers, they clearly don't hire any play testers, and the game has access to the mobile market. Where is the money going when people buy packs?

In WoW you can join whenever you want, there is no huge downside to being "behind" other players. If you want to play a new class, you invest some time to get that character up to speed. All non-competitive gameplay in WoW is free of additional cost. You can even spend time farming in game currency to buy next month's subscription fee. 

In Hearthstone, joining the game at any point leaves you 4 expansions behind in Standard. If you don't want to spend so much money, you can only play budget aggro decks. If you want to play control or combo, you have to buy a lot of packs. This is the equivalent in WoW of having to pay another 60EUR to be able to play the other classes. Want to goof off with off-meta decks? Then you have to buy even more packs to get the "bad" legendaries, unless you're lucky enough to get those bad legendaries right away...

Hearthstone's monetization is both greedy and manipulative. It's gambling for children

It's really the intentional confuscation and misdirection tactics that are turning me away.  Without a clear, open and honest approach I don't trust Blizzard anymore and I don't give my money to people or companies I don't trust.

They are telling you that you are too stupid to deserve being treated with dignity and respect.  It's up to you to decide whether that is true.