Reddit Q&A on September 1st, Quin's 2.3 Shenlong Monk
Patch 6.2.2 PTR - Build 20426, Dev Interviews, Patch 6.2.2 Development, Blue Tweets
No Free Packs on TGT Launch
Unlike the Goblins vs Gnomes launch event, we won't be getting any free card packs this time around Daxxarri confirmed earlier today on Twitter. We didn't believe that we'd be getting any free packs since there was no indication of this in the recent client patch, but it's worth pointing out.
Quote from DaxxarriAre we getting free TGT packs on launch like with GvG?
Nope. Not too late to pre-order for a discount on a bunch of TGT packs though--if you haven't already.
Fel Reaver Bug Fixed
A bug with Fel Reaver and Gnomish Experimenter which prevented you from seeing what cards they had drawn or discarded has been fixed.
Quote from Yong WooAre the changes to Fel Reaver & Experimenter (not showing the cards) intended?
Negative. We are looking into it.
So this is probably gonna be in the game for at least 8 more months?
I recommend you go try it now. :)
This Weekend in Hearthstone ESports
There's a couple of awesome events going on this weekend, let's take a look!
NA Fireside Gathering Championships
The first event this weekend takes place on Saturday, August 22. The North American Fireside Gathering Championships will be streamed live on the PlayHearthstone Twitch channel starting at 10 AM PDT. We're down to four finalist who won their local Fireside Gatherings and later won the online qualifiers.
The winner of the NA Fireside Gathering will receive a seed into the Hearthstone World Championship Americas Qualifier.
The event is being hosted by ESL and will be cast by TJ ‘Azumo’ Sanders, Dan "Frodan" Chou, and Robert "Whirthun" Wing. More details available in our guide for the event.
SCAN Hearthstone Invitational 2
Team Dignitas is hosting the second edition of the SCAN Hearthstone invitational to deal out $2,350 to 8 invited players and 8 qualified players including seasoned Hearthstone veterans as well as rising new stars. Follow their matches on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd of August on Ready Up TV's twitch channel.
Games will be starting at 9 AM EDT / 3 PM CEST, and will be cast by GreenSheep and modernleper. Learn more about the event and players over in our event guide!
I don't get all this free pack hate. I don't remember getting free packs of GvG when it launched, so dunno why everyone keeps complaining.
Also, F2P players have a lot of incentive to play. Recently I created two more accounts to get the Fireside Card Back. Once I got through the tutorials, I started playing the game and winning a lot of packs, gold and some dust, through missions or unique quests. I get what everyone is saying, that the game will be unsustainable for new players in the future, but right now I don't think it's a serious issue.
How can you say Hearthstone doesn't have its costs to maintain the servers? Do you think people work for free or the companies provide free servers? Think before you write something.
Of course HS have to do with other card game, and one with a lot of presence: Magic The Gathering. Although MtG doesn't have a strong digital platform to play the game as HS (MtG Online interface is a joke), it's still a competitor. Can you say a good cardgame that is successful and relies solely on being free, created by a known company?
HS doesen't get enough money to run their servers? Ha... haha HAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA Nice one!
Point in my statement where did I write that "HS doesen't get enough money to run their servers".
Obvious troll is obvious.
My favorite deck at present is actually deathlord hunter. It has no legendary cards, only a few epics. I do have a wallet warrior deck, and handlock. But that's really irrelevant.
TCGs of any kind require cards. HS gives you ways to earn those cards by playing the game. Is it as fast as buying them with money? No. But Blizz is a for-profit company. With employees and taxes and investors and overhead. So of course they want people to buy things.
The next time McDonald's comes out with a new sandwich, go ask them if you can have one for free and see what happens.
Finally, your argument that the cards have no associated cost because they're digital is flawed. For one thing, someone had to do the artwork, which costs money. The sounds associated with each card had to be recorded and mixed, and so the voice talent and sound tech had to be paid for their time. A large team of developers wrote the code for each card some of which have quite complicated effects, and so all the developers have to be paid. Then the devops folks had to work out how to effectively roll out the update, oversee the whole thing, and make sure it didn't burn everything down. I didn't even mention QA folks in the mix.
So, while it may be true that there isn't much cost to a single copy of a card (aside from the database space your collection uses), saying that it cost nothing for Blizz to just give away $5m worth of free booster packs is incorrect.
Greed.
Idky you all are surprised about the no free packs. Since they nerfed gold gains during beta it shouldn't be a surprise that this game was created to get blizzard money. To get cards for free you have to win. But to win you need to get cards.
Fixed that for you.
Just wait like 3-4 months and you'll see Hearthstone subscriptions, pay 20$ a month to play!
I kinda understand the downvotes, but see it this way: F2P player, have to get Naxx, BRM, new expansions coming along, do I have to buy everything as a new player or get stomped at rank 20 by the farmers that already have those cards? Let's be serious people, would it have hurt them to give a bunch of packs to everyone? This way they'll just lose players that refuse to pay to get the expansion cards.. I wonder when will they (if it'd even happen) discount Naxx for the new players? It's easy to say "just grind for 700g a week), but you're a new player, without a big collection of cards (thus needing packs), and if the expansions keep coming, how are you going to keep hoarding gold if you don't have cards/ocassions to save for the said expansions if something new shows up?
Shame, shame, shame...
One time blizzard was kind to give you something and now you demand from them like it is something that belongs to you. Shame on you.
Every time WoW reports a decrease in subs, Hearthstone players have free things taken away. I can't be the only person who's noticed this trend over the course of this game's history.
- WoD announced during Naxx launch, subs increased slightly and first Naxx wing was free.
- WoD records 3 mil sub increase during GvG release, free arena run and free packs.
- WoD records 3 mil sub drop during BRM launch, no free wing for BRM.
- WoD records 1.7 mil sub drop during launch on TGT, no free packs or arena runs.
Well, until Legion at best, don't expect any gimmies from Bli$$ard. As long as their baby keeps bleeding, they'll just take that lost revenue from everybody else that plays their games. Except Diablo. They're the lucky ones...for now.
Yes but it turns out, Hearthstone became the leading CCG, making 20 million a month. And I doubt using that card generator every 6 months and the server are really causing such a big deficit to say that they can't afford it.
No free packs? How fucking cheap can Blizzard get?
And no info if we can earn the power core cardback at those tournaments!
Insane how hateful players are that don't get something for free....I wish I could punch through my monitor in peoples faces, really.
calm down armchair general
"Spending 50 bucks is just as good as everyone getting 1 or 2 free packs!
For us."