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This card would make Odd Paladin even worse to play against.

Why is nobody disappointed on the fact that there is only 135 cards in this expansion, and they went from giving us 70 card packs for $50 for the Witchwood expansion pre-order to now these insanely over-priced card packs which you don’t even know what you’re gonna get from them, why can’t they just make you pay a set price and you unlock all the cards and don’t have to worry about having to open 40 more packs because you only got 2 legendaries for your pre-order bundle.

You could add in Alexstraza for one of the two legendaries you're missing.

Honestly bro you don't really get jack shit for climbing and reaching legend or rank 5 and above other than some extra dust and a cardback. So, my advice to you is just experiment and play what is fun to you. I personally have never reached legend rank and I've been playing this game for years, all it really is is a grind and I value my time over a stupid number with a yellow background.

If you make the gold in casual 5 gold per 3 wins NO ONE will play it because more gold is earned in ranked, so then what problem do you fix, at that point you might as well remove casual entirely, because there are people out there who just want to play the game casually and still get rewarded fairly.  And on top of that, why are you complaining about casual gold grinding players getting the same amount of gold as ranked players, when at the end of the season you get 3-4 golden cards that can be disenchanted for a good amount of dust. But at the end of the season casual players don"t get anything but the gold they spent time grinding for.

This is a stupid idea to have casual players earn 5 gold per 3 wins it’s not worth it, and plus there’s already a daily gold limit at 100.

The women in that video were hot.

Oh, and the card is fucking crazy too!

but it is balanced by the fact that you can't play it at turn 1 which is what made Firefly so powerful

Where is the leak? This character is from an old Blizzard clip - Hearth and Home.

https://youtu.be/vPguoeYTvMI?t=234

They’re gonna milk this game as much as possible until Artifact and Gwent 1.0 comes out aren’t they? It was bad enough that they were charging $50 to preorder loot boxes, but now there’s a second preorder option, the Mega Bundle.

For those who don’t know, the regular preorder bundle is $50, and comes with 50 cardpacks, the Mecha-Jaraxxus cardback, and a free golden legendary card.

Now the Mega Bundle on the other hand is $80! What do you get for 80? You still get the cardback and golden legendary, but instead of 50 cardpacks you get 80, as well as an alternate Warlock hero portrait: Mecha-Jaraxxus.

That’s it. That’s all you get. For $30 more dollars you get a few more glorified loot boxes and a skin. $80 for a hero portrait, and it’s one that the majority of people will want too. This is beyond ridiculous. For two years they have been offering hero portraits for free where we had to do something to get them, like play WoW, or go to a Fireside Gathering, or beat Frozen Throne. They were all great. But now, they’ve locked a skin of a very popular character behind a $80 preorder paywall, that once the expansion launches you can’t get it anymore. They also said there are no plans to rerelease Mecha-Jaraxxus, so anyone who wanted to get that skin are out of luck.

I cannot fathom how ludicrous this is. $80 and all they’re offering is a skin, a skin that is highly popular. I know why they did it too, because they know people love Jaraxxus so they made him an expensive preorder bonus.

I beg you, do not buy this Mega Bundle. Vote with your wallet. Show ActiBlizz this is too far and horribly anti-consumer.

EDIT

So there's been a lot of the same comments in this thread just boggle my mind. There are people actually defending this awful bundle. So I'm gonna address every frequent comment that I've been seeing.

• It's a good deal! 80 packs for $80!

First of all, it's asinine to even preorder loot boxes to begin with, but on face value, $80 for 80 packs does sound good when usually the preorders are 50 packs for $50. However, all that became null and void when the Witchwood came out. Witchwood's preorder wasn't the usual 50 packs for $50, it was 70 packs! The moment they did that bundle, a bundle a lot of people loved might I add, it makes the other preorder bundles look like shit in comparison.

Not only that, but $80 for what is ultimately a preorder for loot boxes is absurd. You know what could be done with $80? You could get a shitload of Steam games, games that are not on sale, right now, and still have money left over. You could get two $40 Nintendo Switch games. Ultimately, $80 for 80 packs is pretty crazy. 100 packs or more would've been better, or maybe include some more Golden Legendaries. Speaking of...

• But you get a Golden Legendary in the Mega Bundle, which becomes any Legendary you want!

You also get one in the normal $50 preorder as well, making that part of the bundle ultimately irrelevant.

• The hero portrait is ugly anyway!

Okay, what does that have to do with it? That's pretty subjective.

• You're not entitled to the hero portrait anyway!

Ah yes, the classic "entitled" argument. The ultimate strawman of any shill when they can't think of any else to say. 

• Who cares? It's just cosmetic

Then why do Casinowatch loot boxes sell like hotcakes? Why did people make a big deal about Nemsy? Guess it's not "just cosmetic" or else people wouldn't give a shit about them. Cosmetics are fun, they let people look differently, and that's why people like them. But besides, that, is for the past two years we were getting this shit for free. When the $10 hero portraits weren't selling, Actiblizz gave them out for free instead as rewards, and people really liked that. Now we have a hero portrait that is locked behind a limited time $80 preorder paywall, so once the preorder is gone that hero portrait cannot be earned anymore. They know people really want Mecha-Jaraxxus since Jaraxxus is one of the most popular Hearthstone characters, and people want Warlock portraits, so they made him a preorder incentive. GET HIM BEFORE HE'S GONE FOREVER!

The argument ultimately is more about the fact the hero portrait is locked to the $80 preorder. I could make the argument all day that it's a waste to preorder loot boxes and how the Mega Bundle is not so Mega, but the fact of the matter is a hero portrait is locked behind a steep preorder paywall. Why is that a big deal? Because we've been getting them for free for the past two years, and if people buy this (Which most likely they will judging from the comments I'm seeing here and on Reddit) then ActiBlizz will start doing more of these "Mega Bundles." Hero portraits will become locked to preorders and we won't get them for free anymore, for these bundles will make so much money, and because people didn't stop and say "no."

EDIT 2

Here we go again...

• But you can buy both the Mega Bundle and regular preorder and get TWO Golden Legendaries!

...do you even understand how absurd your comment is? You’re spending $130 to  preorder loot boxes twice. What the fuck is wrong with you?

• OP stop bitching and get a job! Who can’t afford $80?

Money is not an issue I assure you. It’s not about who has the money to buy the bundle. It’s about a sense of worth. Myself and many others personally don’t find the Mega Bundle worth $80, especially since they’re locking a hero portrait to it when we used to get them for free.

• Well I’m gonna buy it anyway

And these were the comments I were looking for. The comments who support the toxicity of preorder culture without giving it a second thought, then bitch when they get terrible legendaries. These are the true Blizzshills, the ones who are loyal to the brand and will defend it tooth and nail. And the funny thing is they’re paying to be shills, trying to make their ludicrous investment worth it. I suggest you watch this video by the late Totalbiscuit on why preordering (even if it offers a slightly better deal) is always a terrible idea.

EDIT 3

Wow. This has been the most divisive thread I have ever made here. There’s a shitload of toxic comments (some by me I’ll admit) but a lot of positive ones as well. Thanks guys for all the replies.

Now a lot of people have been still calling me “entitled” or saying it’s a good deal, or don’t understand what the problem is. So I’m gonna post some tl;dr bullet points at the bottom. But first, I wanna address all those who call me entitled.

First of all, I have never preordered. Never. Not for video games, and definitely not for cardpacks. I have always been against preordering, even if you get more packs. Ultimately face value, you don’t get much from preordering. What do you get? 10 more packs? That may seem like a good deal, but let’s be honest it’s highly unlikely you won’t get anything good in those ten extra packs anyway, because again, you’re preordering loot boxes. Same thing with the Mega Bundle, it’s literally just the regular preorder but more expensive. “But you get a golden legendary!” Like I said, you get one in the regular preorder as well. $80 just for one golden legendary when the $50 bundle gives you the same thing is pretty cheap don’t you think? Like, they couldn’t give you three golden legendaries instead for paying $80?

But besides the fact the Mega Bundle is just an overglorified version of the regular bundle, the main issue ultimately is the fact a new hero portrait is locked to the limited time $80 bundle. Hero portraits for two years have been free rewards, and now suddenly one has gone back to being paid, and it’s a steep paywall no less for they know people want Mecha-Jaraxxus. People say it’s just cosmetic, but the thing is those cosmetics used to be free, and now we got one that isn’t and is most likely not gonna return. (And if it does, it’ll most likely be exclusive for China just like Khadgar.)

Look, I may not be able to change your mind about preordering (because it’s a terrible business practice and always has been.) But at the very least I wanna tell you the Mega Bundle isn’t worth it, mainly because we have a hero locked to it. What if we don’t get free heroes as much anymore as they start charging for heroes again in these big bundles? We got free heroes because we told Blizzard charging $10 for heroes was too much and we didn’t buy them, so now they’re trying to tie them in with expensive preorders instead, making them appear as a bonus when it’s just extortion. That’s why this is a big deal. That’s why we need to say no and not buy the Mega Bundle. We’re the only ones who can make Blizzard stop by voting with our wallets.

tl;dr

• A new hero portrait is locked to a limited time $80 preorder when we used to get heroes for free
• If people buy this bundle it would give ActiBlizz incentive to do more and tie more heroes to them.

I TOLD YOU SO!

“Hallow’s End also marks the arrival of a friendly new Paladin Hero who will be available for purchase as a part of a special deal!”

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Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

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Quote from RAGEdarky >>

Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

Quote from Irini >>

Quote from RAGEdarky >>

Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

Quote from Irini >>

Quote from RAGEdarky >>

Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

Quote from Irini >>

Quote from RAGEdarky >>

Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

Quote from Irini >>

Quote from RAGEdarky >>

Boring af, not worth spending time for just a card-back.They should have given at least one free pack for each lab instead.

Well, last time people complained about having their Quest Log clogged up for stuff they don't want to do. Blizzard listened to the feedback and this time we got the three packs for free upon login. And now you guys complain about having no rewards. I don't get it.

 whats not to get? we want to get something out of our time spent on this mode, but we dont want to almost literally be forced to play this mode by having our quests clogged up. so we want to reward in the game mode, not in our quests.
*edit* i am sorry i quoted so many times, that was a mistake.

I mean...I guess it sort of helps you adapt to different situations, since you get to choose and all but...nobody is gonna run this card. Which deck has room for a 5 mana 4/2 that gives you a card and has a random deathrattle?

could see good use in the elemental book deck that runs giant, or maybe big spell mage

Like I don't understand how people find this fun, can anyone name a unique brawl Blizzard has done in the past year?

Like I want a NEW GAMEMODE for christsakes not the same rehashed mode used 60 times; but this time with a different name and they got someone to paint mini-rag in 10minutes.  

This is a tricky thing because starting any TCG/CCG a few years late is going to take time to catch up and fill the gap. I think that there should be a comprehensive new players guide. 

I think there should be a "New Player Mode," that you can no longer access once all your heroes are level 10; at least this will allow them to get their feet wet. 

Upon creating a new account, you are thrown to the sharks with the obligatory "win X amount of games" for the skins. 

I was fortunate and able to buy all the adventures with gold which gave me something to play with in Wild. 

My new player experience was made doubly awful because I joined the official forum and it is a toxic cesspool. 

"Git gud noob."

"R20 Scrub."

"F2P? You must be job-less,home-less, and leeching off public wifi." 

Some went even as far as to say that I was a drain on society. 

I think that we, as a comminity, should educate our new players and assist them in completing quests, spectating their games, and maybe even writing a "What I Wish I knew When I Was New." 

While not an F2P player by any means (I've spent at LEAST $800 on the game, even though I now regret it) I honestly wish the game was more F2P friendly, and it isn't very much so from what I hear.  Here's what I would do to improve it, not that any of this will happen.  This is meant to be a constructive thread, not a salt one.  I am by no means complaining, just stating the improvements I myself would make to the game.

1. Freebies
 I remember WotOG, when I started playing the game.  I'd already amassed at least 20 packs within the first day.  It was awesome - I even got to make my first half-decent deck, a budget Zoolock!  Now, I'd be surprised if you could UPGRADE a deck.  With around 6 packs or so every time an expansion launches, if not less, things are not looking great.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but WotOG gave 8-10 for just logging in, and maybe an extra 4 or so from quests?  Yeah.

All in all, even with the free legendaries, it just feels like it's too little, even for me.  If I went an expansion without buying anything with $$$, I'd probably be nigh incapable of playing more than one or two decks.  Now, while you can be a hardcore player and get through things EASILY as F2P, remember not everyone wants to or can spend that much time on the game.  For me, it's just a fun way to play 5-10 matches whenever I'm bored.  You shouldn't have to play a game 24/7 to be able to play it properly.

In conclusion to this point, I feel like players should get more bonuses.  For the start of an expansion, I'd like to see players, for the sake of F2P players (since us P2W players get by fine), get at least 8 packs an expansion as a base, and a legendary from a set pool of good ones.  No, not you, Emeriss.

2. Economy
Oh boy, is the economy rough.  It's basically "drop some dough or get lost," for a few simple reasons.  One thing I -hate- about games is how much of an advantage P2W players can have, hence the term Pay to Win.  It's nice when we at least have more ways to play or more things to do, but having a strict advantage like, say, certain cards necessary to get past rank 23, are almost inaccessible unless you pay up.  I have some simple solutions.

Make Legendaries cost 1200 dust instead.  1600 is four legendaries - get four bad ones and you only get one good one, IN ADDITION TO HAVING TO LOSE THOSE ONES, my ass.  Three is still a lot, but more bearable.  I'd say 800, but I'd get flamed for that.  Now, in addition to this, getting more gold would be nice - or getting more packs in general.  Getting 1-2 a day doesn't really cut it, since, at the least, that's 1 legendary a month.  If you're lucky, maybe you'll get 2 or 3, but with the amount of bad ones.... Yeesh.

Oh, also, make it so you can preorder with gold.  That'd do a favor for everyone, since, you know, not everyone wants to drop $50 to even $80 every 4 months just for a game - the SAME game, mind you.

3. Sales
Please, just do sales from time to time.  That's literally all this is.  Do sales.

4. Adventures
Bring back adventures.  They're actually pretty useful for F2P, since overall you have to pay less, money or gold.  Also, make the cards craftable even while they're in standard, maybe just add extra rewards to the adventure, like Dust or Hero Skins or even packs.  Or, increase the cost for crafting Standard adventure cards to incentivize buying it, or something.  They're also

F-U-N

So yeah, just make adventures again.  Not that any of this will be done, of course.  This is a fan site, after all.

5. Card Power
All I even have to say is, don't make the best decks the most expensive.  Make them all about equal, regardless of cost.  Hell, maybe even make them all cost relatively similar amounts.

6. Consensus
Basically I'm just worried for the state of the game being F2P-unfriendly.  I want the game to be the best it can be, but sadly I'm not sure it WILL be.  Part of the problem is it not being super F2P-friendly, if at all.  Just let everyone have fun in some way, regardless of how much they spend.

Thanks, and before you guys flame me....

no u