Update 9:25 PM EST: Packs have begun to go out. It could take some time for them to go out to everyone.
Tri-Class Card Drop Rates Fixed - Affected Players Will Receive 33% of Packs Opened as Compensation
The bug with tri-class cards having a higher than intended drop-rate has been fixed!
- The hotfix for this issue went live at 2:30 PM PST.
- You will only receive compensation for packs opened prior to the hotfix.
- Compensation is equal to 33% of the number of packs you opened.
- Other regions will not see this bug as it will be fixed before Gadgetzan is activated on them.
- It has not yet been determined when exactly the compensation packs will be delivered. They're working "as quickly as possible".
Quote from CM_ZeriyahGreetings,After the launch of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan on the Americas server, we discovered a bug with Mean Streets of Gadgetzan card packs that unintentionally made the drop rate of tri-class cards higher than intended. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
A hotfix was rolled out to all players on the Americas server at 2:30PM PST, which corrects this issue. Players on the Americas server will now see tri-class cards appear at a drop rate that is consistent with other cards of their rarity.
Any player on the Americas server who opened Mean Streets of Gadgetzan packs before 2:30PM PST will receive additional Mean Streets of Gadgetzan packs as compensation. The affected players will receive 33% of the total amount of Gadgetzan packs opened before 2:30PM PST, rounded up, to a minimum of one, regardless if the player acquired packs through gold, Quests, or real money. Since cards are generated upon pack opening and not pack purchase, packs purchased before the hotfix but opened after the hotfix will not experience this bug and will not be a part of the compensation roll out.
For example, if a player opened their 50 pack pre-purchase bundle before 2:30PM PST, they will receive 17 additional packs. (33% of 50) If a player opened one pack of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan cards and completed a Quest that awards two packs before 2:30PM PST, they will receive one additional pack. (33% of 3) If a player opened 47 packs before 2:30PM PST, and 23 packs after 2:30PM PST, they will receive 16 additional packs. (33% of 47 affected packs)
This fix will also be added to the release of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan before packs are available to open in all other regions, so players will not be affected by this bug when Mean Streets of Gadgetzan goes live in their region.
We are currently working on when the compensation will be applied to affected players. We will provide additional updates as they become available.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we worked to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
Expansions should be released first in EU and Asia. We literally live 6-13 hours ahead of you. The working day in the US starts at 9am. Which is roughly 5pm in EU and almost midnight in Asia. They can then stagger the release throughout their working day for all regions and they all get it on the day you said the expansion is released! How hard is that?
So sweet that you think Blizzard cares about Non-American Players.
Here's how you should do it:
Release a BUGGY version on EU tomorrow for 3 hours. After that release fix. Who bought and opened till then gets +33%. Who waited, got nothing. But no... fu*k EU...
Same here...I got a golden Garrison Commander
you should anyway never spend money on packs
lol whaaaat I opened like 68 packs is this real?
Also I love how the Euro posters went from arrogant gloating to super salt in no time flat, even though if you do the math (and rest assured, Blizzard did the math) that people are simply going to end up with about the same amount of total card variety whether they opened 50 pure packs or 50 tainted packs and 17 pure packs (and used extra dust to craft cards). Europe did not get "screwed."
I don't get why is flame for the compensation as an EU player. It't wont be worse for us, I people get more packs on the NA server. Enjoy your free packs :)
However, I'm waiting for the expansion launch, c'mon Blizzard!
Was not expecting them to give people anything, but they did probably the only thing the current code allowed them to do.
I am getting extra 50 packs, #FeelsGoodMan
Does the hotfix need to be downloaded? Or is it applied behind the scenes?
No need to be downloaded. Has already been applied.
Thanks for the info.
why EU players should be salty lol? Ppl who didn't open packs on NA are those who fucked up.
They need 10% for compensation. Mayhem!
Now I wish I'd opened more packs... Oh well, I can't really complain about free stuff
as EU player f!ck you blizzard...
edit: thx for all upvotes :) ! At least I'm getting achivements on heartpwn. Thank You all <3
Ehhh... took a gamble they were not going to compensate and lost because I waited to open mine. Oh well! At least it's fixed :D
I want my 33% too! :D They did not annonced actual release date thought...