YourPrivateNightmare

So you just answered your own question

people either don't want to sit through a bunch of animations when they know they're done for and at the same time people want to celebrate their victory by doing it in a flashy way

Probably gonna go with good guys, mainly because they have much more fun cards than most of the evil classes so far.

they'll probably refund it once the bug is discovered

phew, crisis averted,

Does this mean that Chinese players can't buy adventures for gold anymore? Or is this just a direct purchase circumvention?

Maybe they just figured it would be worth to try again now that Hero Portraits are of much higher quality nowadays and people are more willing to actually spend money on those, especially since the huge paywall of a bundle is just too much for the average player

I am worried. Very worried, but also curious.

It would seem pretty strange that with all the customer friendly changes we got so far they'd suddenly introduce a pay2win/premium currency feature that isn't needed.

Runestones make sense because paying for each arena run in cash is a really awkward mechanic (although introducing a middleman currency technically carries some....scammy …

I'm assuming they will add old "free" heroes for a minor cost for those who really want them and I guess they'll try again to just seel cosmetics for cash instead of hiding them behind a huge useless bundle.

oh ok.

Yeah, it turns out they have been pretty consistent with their promises lately

Ran into this without knowing.

I actually had a laughing fit when I looked away for a bit only to come back to getting OTKd turn 1.

this is probably the first and only time where you can actually pull off an FTK by just playing a single card.

This is the meme supreme

I'm assuming Evolution stays the same (or else they would have refunded it)

Not to mention Evolution doesn't enable OTKs.

They give the refund on cards that were realistically used in OTKs (or just used at all)

Walnut Sprite and Phantom Militia are unaffected because there is no way to reduce them below (1) anyways …

they could, but I think it'd be pointless.

Also it might enable some other degenracy in Wild in the future and then they'd have to nerf it right back.

only on the non-golden version (aka the one you would have had to craft if you didn't get the free golden one back when it came out)

Wild packs are good for those who care. I hope they have distinct disclaimers so new players won't be confused.

Also, it will be weird to see the 3 heroes leave and be replaced with just one. However, this makes me hopeful that new portraits will be added more frequently and that we'll be getting more classic lore characters, …

probably someone forgot to whitelist him from the rest of the set.

Rip Holy Wrath Paladin in the new 5 day meta.

Tyrande was always free, it's just that the previous process was very inaccessible for a lot of people

I really like this direction.

extra cards from PvE is a great way to create a mid-expansion meta shake up (and far less volatile than bringing back Wild cards unchecked as has been demonstrated).

For those who fear about the pay2win aspect: This has now been announced and won't arrive until mid January. You can spend all your …

your word in Blizzard's ear.

But hey, at this point they might as well end up doing that eventually. NOw that there is a precedent for fundamentally changing the game's rules to achieve balance I don't see why they wouldn't.

Moreover, since they talked about [card]Mogu Fleshshaper[/card] and how it would be monitored in the next expansion, maybe …

RIP Sound the Bells cheese in Dalaran Heist, you will be missed.

Also, this is the first time Blizzard changed a mechanic to work against established rules for the sake of eliminating an OTK.

At first I was kind of apprehensive because I really don't like the idea of nuking future synergies just because of one …

can't you tell from her seductive scale and voluptous wings?

but seriously, she is, it's hard to tell with dragons, but the lore doesn't lie

why not? Bronze Dragon's are all about time reversal and stuff so technically you could argue that reversing you to a healthier state is the same as healing.

That's the idea wiith [card]Nozari[/card]. She reverts both players' health to the starting point.