The Cupcake Card Back is now available in the in-game shop.
- This cardback can be purchased for $2.99/2.99€ or 500 Gold.
Sweeten up your card back collection with this tasty treat, available now through the in-game shop for a limited time! 🧁 pic.twitter.com/l9GE2mk0jh
— Hearthstone (@PlayHearthstone) September 1, 2020
As far as aesthetics go, this is not one of the more interesting card backs out there.
I feel like I have enough cool looking ones that were earned for free, I also don't see why people would spend money on these.
The alternate heroes are pretty cool, because they do interact with certain cards and have unique voice lines, but why do I want this?
Somebody sell me this pen!
Too many calories, I'll pass.
Best $2.99 I have ever spent.
It's a double edged sword, why should new players not be able to complete their collection and why should long term players have their achievements diminished by returning old rewards? I am in the latter group. Rather than bringing back old card backs and hero portraits that show a dedication to the game should you have them, create new and interesting ones that current and older players can achieve.
Are you the type of person who goes "well I don't ever use this and it's ugly but if someone else owns it I will be pissed" I could copy this comment on one of the recent threads but I can't be bothered as I'm on mobile.
You know you got this pack for free back in the day. Meanwhile I have to pay to get the card pack. I should be the one being annoyed and not you as I could not get the chance on achieving this by getting to rank 20 but instead have to use real currency. I would get the argument against these if it was that you would need to hit #1 legend or something and now players can get them by buying but the fact that you played this random card game on it's early era and did a task which most of the players can do (not everyone ofc if you just started playing the game literally the week the card back is on line and you arent good at card games)
I would also be pissed if my skin in a game I worked my ass off for months got released to new players for the luls but this is not the case.
Arguing over the aesthetics of the item will only end in frustration since beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Rather I would isolate the card back as an idea instead of a "tangible" product. The idea is that if I played the game months/years ago and earned a reward for my efforts, then that reward has value. We can debate what that value is but nonetheless it has value beyond monetary. So if this reward that was offered as a limited time thing returns at a later date, the intrinsic value for anyone who already owns it goes down. Since it is a cosmetic only item and doesn't influence the game, new players don't gain any benefit other than aesthetic purposes while older players lose that sense of value in it should they choose to use it.
So moves like this show a distinct lack of respect for players who have been with the game for years and earned all the rewards during their limited time windows, for the quick cash gain of newer players. I won't pretend to know economics nor do I have studies into what makes a business thrive. But I do have anecdotal evidence that as a long time player who has almost every card back and all heroes, allowing new players to simply spend a few bucks and get an instant reward that was supposed to be limited time thing doesn't show respect or show a shared value in the rewards that were offered. A simple, and still profitable solution is to keep those values intact and offer new rewards for players to either earn or pay for depending on how they choose to engage in the system.
Well what do you think about bringing heroes back that were bought with money? And I mean that you would need to pay money again to get them. I for one would love to get pre order bundle heroes back like Mecha Jaraxxus as a hero only bundle for like 20€. The heroes are the only reason I ever buy any bundles but I do not see 80€ worth it to buy a skin, yes you get packs with it but I have been playing since BRM so I can craft whatever I want when I want if I ever decide to disenchant my golden cards. Like was it Tryande or Khadgar which was the Apple only purchase type of thing or something like that so they brought them back to the game.
I get the sentimental value of old player stuff and I've been on this similar situation in a different game which I quit and the reason was that devs didnt care about old day 1 players but only about new players.
Maybe with Hearthstone I'm not on your boat is because I could not play the game when it came out. I had a windows phone and didnt own a laptop so I literally could not play the game so I missed a few months worth of card backs. Same was with Clash of Clans when I still played it. I had a windows phone so I couldnt even download the game when everyone else had it
The people who missed this first time around can finally get this sweet Card Back back back back back back back.
But why?
Moneh. Benjamins. Dough. Loot. Cash. Need I say more? 🤑