I'm inclined to agree, and various bugs affecting them certainly didn't help things. Even in terms of testing and putting everything together for the class it was quite a headache. Makes me all the more grateful for the smoother ones!
I'm at 1920 gold and exact level 100 on the track currently, I wonder if I can get back up to the expected 2k in time for the Mini-Set. Without highrolling some Arena or Duels.
No Skull of Gul'dan? That cannot be! I would have to see it and then probably still not believe it. ;)
I got Death Speaker Blackthorn from the packs, but still no N'Zoth, God of the Deep annoyingly. I suppose I'm going to wait at least until the Mini-Set to find out if it's worth giving in.
If Hunter was a little stronger overall, I'd consider Barak Kodobane a must-craft.
I know, no worries. :) Appreciate that. I was mainly elaborating for the sake of anyone who might stumble upon it wondering about the reason and differences for the end goal. It's definitely good to mention all accessible options out there!
Yes, in most cases (especially as expansion packs do have pity timers - these ones, we don't quite know). Although makes less difference for newer accounts that need cards from everywhere.
There is that advantage mentioned that for the patient folks out there, these Standard packs could count as packs from the upcoming expansion - if say, you already have all commons and rares from the past 4 sets. But it's a small headstart at best.
This one has really been mainly about its price, compared to all the past offers. In Hearthstone terms it almost felt like a bargain, which shows how rarely any truly attractive deals come about.
I'm not familiar with it personally (and more into written info for searching purposes), but I know several smaller creators did so as well. I'm sure they might have their appeal, it's always interesting to see how different people come up with different ideas.
In terms of longevity, one issue I find with video guides is that they can become outdated pretty quickly once we get several patches with various changes - it's much smoother to update articles. Although in this case I think it's mainly Plaguemaw the Rotting becoming a Quilboar plus N'Zoth, God of the Deep buff affecting Druid achievement. I suppose Refreshing Spring Water one became more difficult too.
That, and we are Standard focus primarily. ;) With Wild honorary mentions due to its wealth of options for everything. If we take several thousand people there is probably no two alike in terms of their entire collection, especially when it comes to Epics and Legendaries. So it definitely becomes a bit of "do it yourself" based on available options.
Funny thing, I also just got The Nameless One for the random legendary. Not opening the packs just yet, though.
And as for the portraits, we have actually had Sir Annoy-o available for gold very recently. Horseman Uther, on the other hand, is not nearly as old in comparison. Magni's turn has yet to come, so hopefully soon.
Just for true whales out there. It doesn't cost those in charge anything in particular to "print" and package digital cards that already exist, so even 0.01% of players buying equals profit.
It will seem rather silly and overpriced to the rest of us; I know I'd never value golden cards as highly. But also far from a die-hard collector of shinies. And hey, at least the initial non-golden offer remains nicely priced for Hearthstone standards.
For starters, I responded to the OP jokingly. One could be excused for overlooking the written context, but the ":P" face was there right after the first sentence to hint at the real intent. And if you wish to keep proper track, they actually pointed out how $5 just for one legendary (minus the 5 packs) wouldn't be too bad, hence the subject of the response in the first place.
Yes, pointed out the fact. The initial price was lower, then the changed price was higher. Simple, nothing to debate there. No matter how one might try to twist it, that's the actual account of what took place. Now getting into the what and why of it is the field of speculations and opinions. Just as what should or should not have been.
For whatever reason, you seem very up in arms about it being just an error (which is not something you can know either way without inside knowledge), spinning off from there in various defenses as if I was trying to take them down. Fair to assume it wasn't just some intern manually setting the price and leaving it up for several hours, or we would be seeing such accidents all the time. Maybe it was an alternative that was being considered at one point, baked into the shop as it was. Maybe it wasn't intended to go up at all, maybe after it did the higher ups decided 'nope, let's revert'. What are they going to say officially other than "mistake"? That's all speculation regardless.
But you know, it also doesn't really matter what it was in earnest. It just was, what matters is how it was handled. Call it change, call it correction. The company had the option to keep it as is while adding the missing gold option, and enjoy good press and possible higher amount of purchases. Take that lesson and input and apply it to further deals for older cosmetics. Keep it fair between those who bought first and bought later. They decided against it, perhaps believing $10 still gets them more money and it's what they want to stick to going forward for now. It also sets that precedent where they can always adjust prices of something later on, which is potentially problematic. I can consider it poor handling and faulty thinking due to a number of reasons as listed, just as you can consider it as natural and justified as it gets. That's the only truth.
Aye, seeing a lot of 'legendary reports' and far fewer those of poor results here (though we just got one above) or on Reddit/Twitter. And of course with just 5 packs we wouldn't know about pity timers for certain one way or another.
I'll probably buy as well before it goes away, in terms of pricing per pack it might arguably be the best deal in Hearthstone's history thus far.
I don't recall using any heavy words such as that, merely pointing out the fact. There were people who got it for $7 and more who would've bought it for that price, but not for $10. So discounts do matter, and Hearthstone is pretty bad at offering them even for dated cosmetics. The steep pricing of most deals is its own separate subject, and it also depends on your location (certain regions get really hurt by extremely unfavorable Euro/Dollar conversions).
What I would love to know is whether these Standard packs adhere to the pity timer mechanics as all packs technically should. But the whole deal with Phoenix packs causes a lot of doubt.
No, no, don't give them ideas to get more greedy when they happen to come up with something that isn't terribly overpriced once in a while. :P I don't suppose this would happen here or people might riot, but they went back and increased the cost of old Alleria's hero skin after the initial offer had lower cash price.
You pretty much nailed it. I also feel that overload mechanic becomes more and more outdated as time goes. Other classes get stronger cards at the same mana cost or lower, without having to pay the tax.
I'm inclined to agree, and various bugs affecting them certainly didn't help things. Even in terms of testing and putting everything together for the class it was quite a headache. Makes me all the more grateful for the smoother ones!
At long last. Can't say no to the dwarven King.
I'm at 1920 gold and exact level 100 on the track currently, I wonder if I can get back up to the expected 2k in time for the Mini-Set. Without highrolling some Arena or Duels.
No Skull of Gul'dan? That cannot be! I would have to see it and then probably still not believe it. ;)
I got Death Speaker Blackthorn from the packs, but still no N'Zoth, God of the Deep annoyingly. I suppose I'm going to wait at least until the Mini-Set to find out if it's worth giving in.
If Hunter was a little stronger overall, I'd consider Barak Kodobane a must-craft.
I know, no worries. :) Appreciate that. I was mainly elaborating for the sake of anyone who might stumble upon it wondering about the reason and differences for the end goal. It's definitely good to mention all accessible options out there!
Yes, in most cases (especially as expansion packs do have pity timers - these ones, we don't quite know). Although makes less difference for newer accounts that need cards from everywhere.
There is that advantage mentioned that for the patient folks out there, these Standard packs could count as packs from the upcoming expansion - if say, you already have all commons and rares from the past 4 sets. But it's a small headstart at best.
This one has really been mainly about its price, compared to all the past offers. In Hearthstone terms it almost felt like a bargain, which shows how rarely any truly attractive deals come about.
I'm not familiar with it personally (and more into written info for searching purposes), but I know several smaller creators did so as well. I'm sure they might have their appeal, it's always interesting to see how different people come up with different ideas.
In terms of longevity, one issue I find with video guides is that they can become outdated pretty quickly once we get several patches with various changes - it's much smoother to update articles. Although in this case I think it's mainly Plaguemaw the Rotting becoming a Quilboar plus N'Zoth, God of the Deep buff affecting Druid achievement. I suppose Refreshing Spring Water one became more difficult too.
That, and we are Standard focus primarily. ;) With Wild honorary mentions due to its wealth of options for everything. If we take several thousand people there is probably no two alike in terms of their entire collection, especially when it comes to Epics and Legendaries. So it definitely becomes a bit of "do it yourself" based on available options.
Funny thing, I also just got The Nameless One for the random legendary. Not opening the packs just yet, though.
And as for the portraits, we have actually had Sir Annoy-o available for gold very recently. Horseman Uther, on the other hand, is not nearly as old in comparison. Magni's turn has yet to come, so hopefully soon.
Just for true whales out there. It doesn't cost those in charge anything in particular to "print" and package digital cards that already exist, so even 0.01% of players buying equals profit.
It will seem rather silly and overpriced to the rest of us; I know I'd never value golden cards as highly. But also far from a die-hard collector of shinies. And hey, at least the initial non-golden offer remains nicely priced for Hearthstone standards.
I had the same issue, refreshing the pages finally fixed it and allowed me to claim.
Hah, I did dust Hysterias too. Then recrafted them again because it was still way too powerful of a clear. Probably still will be. And mmm, dust.
It didn't really read as salty, so I'm not sure why they would've deleted it. Everyone will have their own takes on these.
For starters, I responded to the OP jokingly. One could be excused for overlooking the written context, but the ":P" face was there right after the first sentence to hint at the real intent. And if you wish to keep proper track, they actually pointed out how $5 just for one legendary (minus the 5 packs) wouldn't be too bad, hence the subject of the response in the first place.
Yes, pointed out the fact. The initial price was lower, then the changed price was higher. Simple, nothing to debate there. No matter how one might try to twist it, that's the actual account of what took place. Now getting into the what and why of it is the field of speculations and opinions. Just as what should or should not have been.
For whatever reason, you seem very up in arms about it being just an error (which is not something you can know either way without inside knowledge), spinning off from there in various defenses as if I was trying to take them down. Fair to assume it wasn't just some intern manually setting the price and leaving it up for several hours, or we would be seeing such accidents all the time. Maybe it was an alternative that was being considered at one point, baked into the shop as it was. Maybe it wasn't intended to go up at all, maybe after it did the higher ups decided 'nope, let's revert'. What are they going to say officially other than "mistake"? That's all speculation regardless.
But you know, it also doesn't really matter what it was in earnest. It just was, what matters is how it was handled. Call it change, call it correction. The company had the option to keep it as is while adding the missing gold option, and enjoy good press and possible higher amount of purchases. Take that lesson and input and apply it to further deals for older cosmetics. Keep it fair between those who bought first and bought later. They decided against it, perhaps believing $10 still gets them more money and it's what they want to stick to going forward for now. It also sets that precedent where they can always adjust prices of something later on, which is potentially problematic. I can consider it poor handling and faulty thinking due to a number of reasons as listed, just as you can consider it as natural and justified as it gets. That's the only truth.
Aye, seeing a lot of 'legendary reports' and far fewer those of poor results here (though we just got one above) or on Reddit/Twitter. And of course with just 5 packs we wouldn't know about pity timers for certain one way or another.
I'll probably buy as well before it goes away, in terms of pricing per pack it might arguably be the best deal in Hearthstone's history thus far.
I don't recall using any heavy words such as that, merely pointing out the fact. There were people who got it for $7 and more who would've bought it for that price, but not for $10. So discounts do matter, and Hearthstone is pretty bad at offering them even for dated cosmetics. The steep pricing of most deals is its own separate subject, and it also depends on your location (certain regions get really hurt by extremely unfavorable Euro/Dollar conversions).
What I would love to know is whether these Standard packs adhere to the pity timer mechanics as all packs technically should. But the whole deal with Phoenix packs causes a lot of doubt.
No, no, don't give them ideas to get more greedy when they happen to come up with something that isn't terribly overpriced once in a while. :P I don't suppose this would happen here or people might riot, but they went back and increased the cost of old Alleria's hero skin after the initial offer had lower cash price.
I just hope for something that isn't reliant on evolving. ;)
You pretty much nailed it. I also feel that overload mechanic becomes more and more outdated as time goes. Other classes get stronger cards at the same mana cost or lower, without having to pay the tax.
Uh-oh. My gold reserves are nowhere near ready for King Magni to arrive, likely within a week or two of when the Mini-Set should be due.
Um, nope. Gotta pass. The lighting effects in the artwork, on the other hand, quite pretty.