So I just completed the classic set

By completed I mean still missing 4 epics (I know I said not to open classic packs but I opened one just cause opening packs is fun).

And I got 100 gold, I didn't screenshot it, I know I am not the first to point that out.. but I wonder.. what the developer who implemented the reward thought to himself back in 2013.. I play since 2014 it took me 6 years to finally have a copy of every single classic card and I am not even a F2P player,

There could be a collector card back or maybe a hero portrait to have for getting the full classic set but nope, 100 gold.

To be fair, when that achievement was added (i.e. beta I believe) the only things you could get were gold, dust and classic packs, none of which are very important when you have everything. I am not sure if the Legend card back was around before release, and certainly alternative hero portraits weren't. At least they gave you the resource you could put towards Arena.

Sure they could have updated it later on, but something is better than nothing, which would be a legitimate reward for someone who already has everything.

We might at least get a little more when real achievements are added later this year

I mean if they wanted to they could've changed it.. and give people a retroactive reward..

it feels bad for a long time player.. to only get.. 100 gold for completing a full set..

I wouldn't call myself having everything I am missing half of every set except the classic set which I was missing around 20 cards before the rule change, if not for that rule change I would still miss 20 cards for sure seeing how the classic set is 200+ cards large and  they fill it with garbage cards instead of leaving it as is.

I used 'everything' in the viewpoint of whoever implemented the reward when the Basic and Classic (or 'Expert set' as it was back then) sets were everything. I would not even assume someone with a full Classic set has any other set complete.

Regardless, I'm not sure handing out significant rewards for finishing a set is even in good taste since it puts a major pay wall in front of most players. Granted the Classic set is a special case in this regard as simply playing the game for a long time will eventually get you there, especially with the recent extension of the no-duplicate rule.

That is not to say I would be against them handing out a card back for it: maybe a version of the Classic card back with the gold a little more shiny. Card backs are so minor that people wouldn't care that it rewarded those who already have large collections, but a hero would be a bit too much.

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I used 'everything' in the viewpoint of whoever implemented the reward when the Basic and Classic (or 'Expert set' as it was back then) sets were everything. I would not even assume someone with a full Classic set has any other set complete.

Regardless, I'm not sure handing out significant rewards for finishing a set is even in good taste since it puts a major pay wall in front of most players. Granted the Classic set is a special case in this regard as simply playing the game for a long time will eventually get you there, especially with the recent extension of the no-duplicate rule.

That is not to say I would be against them handing out a card back for it: maybe a version of the Classic card back with the gold a little more shiny. Card backs are so minor that people wouldn't care that it rewarded those who already have large collections, but a hero would be a bit too much.

Card back would be more reasonable than 100 gold at least, a hero wouldn't be too weird tbh.. I mean it's not really a pay wall but more like something you can earn if you play for a long while.. since they refuse to change the classic pack reward in tavern brawls to 100 gold (there it's a better reward..) you will eventually complete the classic set (now with the rule change about 2 years sooner than I did, I believe.) so it's something to aim for.. while not being overly so much.. in the end of the day it's a gif with voicelines and just a cosmetic.. it's not much more of a paywall than any preorder hero..

I could see a really iconic HS or WOW character that is very known for HS players..

Time is money, and nowhere is that more true than with the Classic set...

Seriously though, the problem with hero portraits is people actually care about them, despite them just being gifs with voicelines. You can bet there will be some fairly new players with far from complete Classic collections that see it, really like it, and then spend money to expedite the growth of their classic collection primarily to obtain the hero.

Arguably that is not a bad thing: certainly Blizzard would love them to, and with the non-duplicate rule in place it isn't even that inefficient anymore. But I do think it is ethically dubious to present an enticing reward that you know will encourage a small number of people into spending a significant amount of money, when a throwaway one like a card back would be plenty to appease everyone. 

Besides, the golden and 1000 win hero portraits are already there as the rewards for veteran players.

I never played WOW but I know there are a lot of veteran achievements there that take way more time than completing the classic collection.

I don't see a downside to encourage collecting cards, I play the game mainly for that, there were some actual rewards for collecting certain tribes (pirates and murlocs) back before WoG

ANyway I think we will see once they announce the achievement/reward system overhaul.