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!
No free packs for f2p leaches, thanks Blizzard. :)
Boring watching these tourneys with people playing the same half dozen decks. Good players, but man what a snooze fest! This expansion can't get released fast enough.
Who want free packs of those new garbage new cards anyway???
Keep your shitty cards for yourself blizzard
Heh =)
Yeah, but 3 packs are 3 packs more that may encourage f2p players to stay f2p....and that is nothing Blizzard really wants. Blizzard actually hates f2p players...they just needed them for the initial hype of the game. With the increased rate of expansions and several of those cards being mandatory(so increasing power of cards) they make sure that it will be hard to be f2p and competetive at the same time. In a year or so they will start giving away all old cards except legendaries for free(and make a big hype about it)...by that time those cards will be obsolete tho.
Neither Dr. Boom nor Piloted Shredder have been in the game at release. For them you gonna have to wait a year or 2 longer...
No free packs is just meh, especially for new players.
On no, someone might actually have to spend time or money to earn something! How awful.
Because in a game where welfare collecting lowlifes can play for free, they expect even more handouts.
Very bad move from blizzard not to give us 3 packs to start this expansion, it is like a drop in the ocean for them and a very nice gesture for us. Freebies always help you feel closer to the game and the though that Blizzard is "generous" motivates you to spend money to a game you love..
So... with all this bravado and built up hype with TGT, Blizz's servers are ready for Monday and will not crash as soon as half the player-base logs in at once, right?
RIGHT?
Did such unfortunate thing could ever happen to Blizzard before?
Yes. When Warlords of Draenor first launched, almost every player out of their 10-million (as of then) playerbase logged on every server AT ONCE, thus resulting in servers falling and continuous lag for 1-2 weeks.
So yeah, such a thing has already happened to them.
They don't crash. They just don't let you login. Happened to me a couple of times before. You then get the message "All tables are full",,,
No, you are getting 50 packs at the price of 40, which is very different from getting 10 packs for free.
If you would buy 40 packs anyway then those extra 10 are nearly as free.
I don't like these kind of statements.
It would have been nice to give some free packs to new players.
Not that this would have fixed the huge difference between old and new players, but you know.
The 'discount' still means you're paying like 50 dollar for just 50 packs... Thats the same amount you usually pay for A-title games for console/pc like GTA 5 and Skyrim?
Those 50 packs only give you like 5 out of the 27 epic cards, and 2 of the 20 legendaries... So buying all cards for TgT with money would cost you at least 5 to 10 times those 50 dollars... How is a single Hearthstone expansion worth that many times a game like Skyrim...?
Don't get me wrong, they're doing a great job at making new cards. But the real-money-price of packs is just waaaay of the chart. And now they even feel like giving out 3 free packs will lose them too much money...? That just screams money grabbers to me...
No free packs?
? There are tournaments everyday basically... You are really well informed here.