I used to (rarely) help with reports; then I got locked out one time and I'm too embarrassed to bring it up so I don't do reports anymore XD
Despite being a writer, and general enthusiast for Hearthstone and Runeterra, I don't write any of the content you read on the site because I don't have the confidence or the advanced knowledge required to hold an expert opinion/position on these games.
Players have been asking, BEGGING for more stuff to buy for years.
Blizzard finally got their shit together and started giving us deals, which is great, and bringing back older content so everyone can enjoy it. If this was necessary to play Hearthstone I'd consider that greed.
If we want to talk greed we could bring up extra legendaries in every set with the move to 2 class legendary cards per set. We could even argue if the legendary card amounts stayed the same that moving neutrals to class-based still increased the amount you need to spend to remain competitive because they are less flexible, but even then I'd counter with the later tech that gave us rarity protection on legendaries and then all cards.
Hearthstone, to me, feels much cheaper to enjoy now. Yes, there are more cosmetics and yeah, I'm buying them all it feels like which in turn is probably having me spend more money during each expansion, but now I'm getting more than just a ton of useless arcane dust in older systems.
Don't get me wrong, Blizzard and Hearthstone have a plethora of problems, but I really don't feel that greed is one of them.
Update: I was wrong, apologies. Golden packs are so rare, with no expectation to get enough of them to hit any pity timers, that we made them completely independent rolls, every time.
Yeah, it's been rough playin Battlegrounds recently. I can't not go for Quilboar but everyone else is doing the same thing so it just becomes super luck-based. The combos have been a ton of fun to play with though and I'm looking forward to feeling them out once the changes drop.
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This is my fault, I deserve all the blame. We need to update the images in the database for the Quilboar cards. I wrongly assumed our script that dumps changed card ids on patches would have included them since they got new tags. RIP
Just in case you needed to report an issue with your own comment? Keeps the UI consistent and we don't have to run some client-side js or extra caching layers to make sure you don't see it. I'd much rather go for simplicity, but it certainly helps that it could be a useful tool to get in touch with us =)
Probably not going to do much else with the actual card database filtering to do anything specific to battlegrounds other than is what there already, but I do want to do some more targeted Battlegrounds content so we can showcase what is available and direct players to builds and such.
Battlegrounds stuff just keeps getting pushed back. I'm only one person unfortunately and I have so many other things to do. I was way too optimistic in thinking we'd able to get a bunch of dedicated stuff up shortly after the mode had launched. RIP
That NEOM deal was canned when it was announced due to internal backlash against the execs. Please stop bringing it up, you just sound like a broken record.
But really, look at the PEOPLE at Riot Games. The people are the reason we're able to celebrate like this. Yeah, there could be some financial incentive for the company and it does look great in the public's eye, but doesn't that also just advertise it's a great group of people?
Sure, they have their management issues with scandals happening as of late, but Riot has some really fantastic people working there and they shouldn't be shit on because you got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Regardless of what management may hold with their beliefs, Rioters have spoken up and agreed to celebrate pride.
The mysteries are all live. Celestalon has solved them to confirm it works.
Quote From @Celestalon
Could you confirm that the cardback is obtainable right now? As in we don't have to wait for future patches or updates to finish any part of the achievements to get and use the card back?
They might but secrets in World of Warcraft can go unsolved for a long time - the last one was like 11 months! I'd rather them not give any hints and instead wait for people to figure it out. It will be MUCH more rewarding when it happens.
I haven't found anything yet when reviewing the decompiled client. I haven't gotten 100% through it yet, but I suspect Blizzard may have this all trigger on the server-side to prevent datamining completely.
Truth be told, I was hoping to spoil the crap out of this. No such luck today!
We will fix dis.
Players have been asking, BEGGING for more stuff to buy for years.
Blizzard finally got their shit together and started giving us deals, which is great, and bringing back older content so everyone can enjoy it. If this was necessary to play Hearthstone I'd consider that greed.
If we want to talk greed we could bring up extra legendaries in every set with the move to 2 class legendary cards per set. We could even argue if the legendary card amounts stayed the same that moving neutrals to class-based still increased the amount you need to spend to remain competitive because they are less flexible, but even then I'd counter with the later tech that gave us rarity protection on legendaries and then all cards.
Hearthstone, to me, feels much cheaper to enjoy now. Yes, there are more cosmetics and yeah, I'm buying them all it feels like which in turn is probably having me spend more money during each expansion, but now I'm getting more than just a ton of useless arcane dust in older systems.
Don't get me wrong, Blizzard and Hearthstone have a plethora of problems, but I really don't feel that greed is one of them.
Golden packs don't follow pity timer rules so there won't be any real gaming the system with them.
Celestalon confirmed this last year and I can't see a reason why this would have changed.
I don't really see the greed TBH. Every game has cosmetics and since they aren't essential they are going to command a high price tag.
If Blizzard made it very easy/cheap to acquire golden cards, or even the Diamond cards that we have now, it would make them feel less special overall.
I do very little on Out of Cards though I do check on the site daily.
FYI patch is still not live yet. Kinda assumed it would be at this point so disregard wording that its live :D
Yeah, it's been rough playin Battlegrounds recently. I can't not go for Quilboar but everyone else is doing the same thing so it just becomes super luck-based. The combos have been a ton of fun to play with though and I'm looking forward to feeling them out once the changes drop.
That's great to hear! Thanks for letting us know =D
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We're going to be moving to a better payments platform soon (tm) which will let us better verify payments so this isn't an issue anymore.
This is my fault, I deserve all the blame. We need to update the images in the database for the Quilboar cards. I wrongly assumed our script that dumps changed card ids on patches would have included them since they got new tags. RIP
I've added an "Other" category to reports for anything that isn't listed. Sinti had brought this up yesterday and now its in =)
Just in case you needed to report an issue with your own comment? Keeps the UI consistent and we don't have to run some client-side js or extra caching layers to make sure you don't see it. I'd much rather go for simplicity, but it certainly helps that it could be a useful tool to get in touch with us =)
Probably not going to do much else with the actual card database filtering to do anything specific to battlegrounds other than is what there already, but I do want to do some more targeted Battlegrounds content so we can showcase what is available and direct players to builds and such.
Battlegrounds stuff just keeps getting pushed back. I'm only one person unfortunately and I have so many other things to do. I was way too optimistic in thinking we'd able to get a bunch of dedicated stuff up shortly after the mode had launched. RIP
That NEOM deal was canned when it was announced due to internal backlash against the execs. Please stop bringing it up, you just sound like a broken record.
But really, look at the PEOPLE at Riot Games. The people are the reason we're able to celebrate like this. Yeah, there could be some financial incentive for the company and it does look great in the public's eye, but doesn't that also just advertise it's a great group of people?
Sure, they have their management issues with scandals happening as of late, but Riot has some really fantastic people working there and they shouldn't be shit on because you got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Regardless of what management may hold with their beliefs, Rioters have spoken up and agreed to celebrate pride.
The mysteries are all live. Celestalon has solved them to confirm it works.
They might but secrets in World of Warcraft can go unsolved for a long time - the last one was like 11 months! I'd rather them not give any hints and instead wait for people to figure it out. It will be MUCH more rewarding when it happens.
Yeah its not completely interactable =(
Drums can't be accessed on mobile. That means it won't be used for any of the mysteries.
I haven't found anything yet when reviewing the decompiled client. I haven't gotten 100% through it yet, but I suspect Blizzard may have this all trigger on the server-side to prevent datamining completely.
Truth be told, I was hoping to spoil the crap out of this. No such luck today!
That's right! Thanks for the reminder, I'm going to add a note to the post.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2611-winner-of-the-hearthstone-china-card-back-competition-the-winners-card-back-is-being-added-to-the-game