Blue6erry

Well, I bet you don't do only 50G quests, do you? Also, do you play more than one hour a day? Those are the assumptions that this article makes. If you averaged closer to 55G-60G quests per day on the old system (like I did), you would have to redo all of the math for the new system as well

They advertised it as being the same, if not better, when the packs are not included. Also, no one wants to unlock a pack two months into an expac, that's when we are saving gold for the next expac. 

I disagree. This article says that you hit level 50 at the beginning of the fourth month, leaving you 3.5 weeks left of pure gold earning. Assuming the absolute minimums (like OP did), on the old system, you would get 6,000 gold per expac (I guess a little bit more with the 10 gold bonuses, but that isn't super relevant). …

Clash of Clans is this much as well. It is, after all, only $5 / month

OMG! I can't believe they are going to let you summon a copy of your hero, but with Stealth!?!? I didn't even know that was possible! OMG, Hearthstone is really upping their game now! I am surprised they didn't wait to put such a game-shattering mechanic into the game until the new year. Just imagine how much more hype whatever …

I expect them to do something about Sorcerer's Apprentice with the classic rework. I at least hope lol

I think this is fine. It's better than just randomly starting the stream out of no where lol