Khadgar Returns as a Heroes of the Storm Promotional Reward.. in China
I bet you got really excited there for a second!
Khadgar, the alternate Mage hero that was introduced just over a year ago through an iOS World Wildlife Fund promotion has returned! That is of course assuming you're playing on the right server but hey, at least it doesn't require owning an Apple device!
This is the second alternate Hero that has returned in a fresh promotion, the first being Tyrande back in January for Southeast Asia.
Obtaining Khadgar
This time around, Khadgar is only available to players in China via a promotion for another Blizzard title, Heroes of the Storm.
Khadgar will be given out for free to players in China that win 5 games in Heroes of the Storm with a friend. This promotion will last one month and will run from June 30 until July 31.
Original Availability
Khadgar was originally not available in China during the promotion in April 2016, so this is the first time the region will get to play as him. It was stated at that time he would show up after the promotion ended for players on that server at a time and method yet to be determined.
Khadgar's Return Worldwide?
We don't know if this promotion is going to be extended to any other regions right now, but it certainly would be nice! Back in our original post for Khadgar, we asked everyone if they thought Blizzard should release more Heroes on only one platform. In a totally surprising response, almost 85% of the 73,197 respondents said no.
Now we ask, should Khadgar make his return?
Even though i do not have Khadgar and i like to collect everything for hs, i do understand the concept of EXCLUSIVE. So either be that and should never have returned, or if he does than be availabe everywhere for everyone.
While blizzard giving everything to China servers? wtf? I know its ,,youngest,, server but cmoon...
I'd say it would be possible but it's HotS, not HS, and do you really want to play on Chinese servers, with Chinese text, with players that speak Chinese?
Maybe if you really like Khadgar I guess.
You won't be able to use it on normal servers, but if you do want to check out the new hero just for fun, then download the Chinese client, and play with a friend. http://heroes.blizzard.cn/download is what you want.
Have Blizzard ever heard about other countries?
I actually bought him for like €5,- but if I remember correctly the money when to charity (WWF) so I wouldn't mind. Although it ofcourse would make it less 'special' to have him.
Blizzard keep doing stuff to make people mad.. but why?
Thought I'd share what the players on Chinese forums thought:
"I have paid money for Khadgar when it came out. It was promised that it was unique opportunity to get it and now you are giving it for free to everyone.(angry face)"
"I uninstalled HotS after the cardback promotion, now have to reinstall it again for this event, great..(sarcastic smiley face)"
"Oh god please, it will take ages to win 5 games, especially with 4 other total noobs who just want the skin."
"HotS player here, please just stop. Another week of unplayable games because of surge in total noobs ruining the game."
"But I don't have any friends, what to do?"
Those are some of the most upvoted comments on the Chinese forums, I guess in a way the memes and general opinions aren't that much different from here.
I wish Arthas would come up as alternative Paladin hero one day..
No. Arthas will be hero of new class Dark knight. Maybe someday.
Yeah but available only through a unique special promotion if you log at midnight of a full moon in an altar of a jewish pre-christian temple in the gaza warzone using an apple device limited special edition made to help the Children's home foundation. Of course you'll have to first pass through an interview and a series of DNA tests to prove you originated from China and your current address is somewhere in 'Murica. Only 100 lucky people will get Arthas, so we will filter applicants based on proximity of address to Blizz HQ. Being under 29, female single supermodel who prefers the game developer type is considered a plus. In other news, fu Blizz...
To be honest, I don't care about the alternative heroes. I'm not spending months grinding the golden Hero portrait just to have it replaced by a cheap bought fancy golden hero!
Just my two cents
Alternate heroes are only gold if you already have the original gold, and even that is only a recent addition. Before the patch, alternate heroes lacked golden portraits even if the original was gold.
If Khadgar will be available as a Hero in Heroes of the Storm or as the alternative Mage hero in Hearthstone?
I'd prefer win 50 games with Mage to play another kind of game you don't like.
khadgar did cost 5euro though back in the day....so i think it shouldnt be given away for free now! anyway, that it was apple-only was really a bummer :( would have bought it otherwise
Guess we're all going to China now...
any idea to "going to China"? I'm an america server player
I just want a free alternate Mage hero. I have all the other free heroes.