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[Milennia]

I'm a huge sucker but I love warrior too much to not have garrosh as my face, I'm in

 

[dave is ok]

$9.99 for all 9 heroes?

Im in!

$9.99 for one hero... maybe?

It's not really clear.

 

[daemissary]

Seems like a mistake to have them automatically golden if you already have 500 wins with the class. I'd rather have more goals to strive towards.

 

[Officerrob]

Blizzard put an article up as well.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19508175/heroes-emerge-new-hearthstone-heroes-are-coming-6-4-2015

New heroes are $9.99. They come with a special card back.

Yeesh, that's pricey.

 

[Haly]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Fersis]

$9.99 for one hero... maybe?

It's not really clear.

Just asked it to their CM, will post if she/he replies.

 

[Officerrob]

Just asked it to their CM, will post if she/he replies.

You are going to be disappointed

 

[Minsc]

Blizzard put an article up as well.

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/19508175/heroes-emerge-new-hearthstone-heroes-are-coming-6-4-2015

New heroes are $9.99. They come with a special card back.

Looks like more than just a card back:

Aside from the vibrant new Hero portrait artwork, these new Heroes also come with unique Hero power animations. Magni’s version of the Warrior’s “Armor Up!” Hero Power is sure to reinforce the fact that his majesty is not to be trifled with!

NewHeroes_Magni_HS_Emote_353x321.png

New Heroes also come with unique emotes and voices that convey their individual personalities, a play area featuring a custom visual theme, and nifty “entering the game” animations so you can greet (or intimidate) your next opponent in style.

A new board I guess (I suppose that would be added to the random pool, or forced upon both players when someone uses that hero? Not sure... and if so, what if both players have a different premium hero?) And do the current Heroes have entering game animations? I don't think so, I wonder what that means.

Edit: Actually board interaction could be a neat feature for an expansion. Maybe they could do something like creep/etc, where creatures or spells can change the board terrain / set it on fire / poison it / etc, and it can be a persistent effect that lasts until negated by another creature or spell.

 

[ViviOggi]

of course that's the price for one hero lmao

Seems like a mistake to have them automatically golden if you already have 500 wins with the class. I'd rather have more goals to strive towards.

you want to pay 10 bucks for another grind meter? don't give them ideas pls

 

[Fersis]

You are going to be disappointed

=/

Gonna wait for the Rogue and Shaman skins to see if theyre worth it then.

 

[Kenaras]

I don't mind cash-only additions, as long as they're purely cosmetic. $9.99 is absurd though, so these won't be for me. So far the Solo Adventures have been the only part of Hearthstone that felt worth the cash price.

 

[Nirolak]

I wonder if they'll do sales on these.

Doing sales on the expansions and cards doesn't really make sense since they want to establish a static value (and avoid people waiting for sales to buy cards), but vanity items feel more flexible.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Browsing Zeriyah's Twitter.

They're $10 each, of course.
Can only be bought with real money.
Won't be a bundle price for all heroes.

 

[Fersis]

Browsing Zeriyah's Twitter.

They're $10 each, of course.
Can only be bought with real money.
Won't be a bundle price for all heroes.

Thread title is OP. Please nerf!

 

[Stanng243]

I got my first spectator quest. Anyone out there who will let me add them to my friends list? It would be appreciated.

 

[Majine]

This is not my proudest moment but if the Priest skin is Tyrande...

Goddamnit.

 

[Dahbomb]

Browsing Zeriyah's Twitter.

They're $10 each, of course.
Can only be bought with real money.
Won't be a bundle price for all heroes.

Damn did they not make enough money off of BRM or something?

These prices are god damn outrageous. Definitely tailored towards the whale population of Hearthstone.

 

[Lumine]

Oh wow, of all the features this game could use... they've decided on different portraits and you can only get them for $10 each? And releasing them 1 at a time?

Meh, count me out this time.

They're really gonna milk this for all its worth before giving us anything substantial are they?

Spoiler

Where are our goddamn deck slots Blizzard!

 

[Officerrob]

Damn, they won't even do a bundle discount?

 

[Ocho]

They're really gonna milk this for all its worth before giving us anything substantial are they?

They released a new adventure a month or two ago. Your comment is ridiculous.

 

[Magnus]

lol the thread title change. Perfect

 

[Officerrob]

Oh wow, of all the features this game could use... they've decided on different portraits and you can only get them for $10 each? And releasing them 1 at a time?

Meh, count me out this time.

They're really gonna milk this for all its worth before giving us anything substantial are they?

Spoiler

Where are our goddamn deck slots Blizzard!

I'm sure they are working on it and will sell them to you one slot at a time for $10...

 

[dave is ok]

10 dollars each is ridiculous. They'd probably make more money at 6.99 or something.

 

[Lumine]

They released a new adventure a month or two ago. Your comment is ridiculous.

"ridiculous"? So you opted to overreact on my overreaction? Lovely. Besides, I bought Naxx and BRM and find them both very pricey for the amount of content you get from them. At least it's actual content though.
I was actually referring, however, that they still haven't decided to add any actual new features

Spoiler

or even deck slots

since the game's release.

I'm sure they are working on it and will sell them to you one slot at a time for $10...

Haha yeah I wouldn't be surprised at this point.

 

[daemissary]

Yeesh, I thought it was gonna be 9.99 for the bundle...that much per hero is rough. I haven't spent a dime on the game and I would totally buy the heroes at a reasonable price just to show my appreciation for 100s of hours of fun but $90 for all of them is unreasonable.

 

[theMrCravens]

10 dollars each is ridiculous. They'd probably make more money at 6.99 or something.

You'd think that, but they'd make a killing if it was 20$ also.
Future of gaming.

 

[Officerrob]

The day Magni is released, ladder will be 100% Magni Patron Warriors

 

[dave is ok]

You'd think that, but they'd make a killing if it was 20$ also.
Future of gaming.

Future of gaming = whale traps.

 

[Pooya]

too many freeze mages lately, so annoying I just added a Wailing Soul to my deck.

 

[Gully State]

I wish they'd do some overhaul on the clients first before they started to monetize with cosmetics. It's embarrassing how barebones the client is right now.

 

[Milennia]

I'll buy the one for my favorite hero that I play the shit out of, other than that going beyond that is ridiculous for me.

 

[Minsc]

I wish they'd do some overhaul on the clients first before they started to monetize with cosmetics. It's embarrassing how barebones the client is right now.

Maybe they need money to pay for new content / client overhauls... probably not. Likely they just simply don't care, and have no competition to force their hand.

 

[Pooya]

we're getting closer to a new class right?!!

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I guess I can smash new faces, whatever. I don't spend money on skins...

 

[Danj]

Today's pack:

Meh.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

I guess we're getting closer to a new class right?!!

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I guess I can smash new faces, whatever. I don't spend money on skins...

SMOrc me no care about new shiny dwarf me hit dwarf in the face SMOrc

 

[clav]

we're getting closer to a new class right?!!

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I guess I can smash new faces, whatever. I don't spend money on skins...

If you ever play CS: GO, you'll see there's a huge market for them.

 

[Fersis]

Maybe they need money to pay for new content / client overhauls... probably not. Likely they just simply don't care, and have no competition to force their hand.

Im 100% sure they care, just that it's a Blizzard team so it takes them a bunch of time to go through 1000 iterations before deciding on something.
Based Blizzard.

Hearthstone is an amazing game and they know it so my guess here is that they dont want to rush anything.

 

[Majine]

I take it they will release the new hero skins in a sequence, and not all simultaneously.

 

[dave is ok]

If you ever play CS: GO, you'll see there's a huge market for them.

Those skins are fueling a gambling market. There is less of a market for non-tradable non-betting fodder skins.

 

[Haly]

Those skins are fueling a gambling market. There is less of a market for non-tradable non-betting fodder skins.

Yeah. Skins in CS are semi-liquid assets. These hero portraits are just status symbols.

 

[Super Nothing]

I wish they'd do some overhaul on the clients first before they started to monetize with cosmetics. It's embarrassing how barebones the client is right now.

But they can't sell you client updates for $10.

 

[johnsmith]

$10?


Hahaha, no.

 

[clav]

Those skins are fueling a gambling market. There is less of a market for non-tradable non-betting fodder skins.

Yeah. Skins in CS are semi-liquid assets. These hero portraits are just status symbols.

I always thought skins in CS: GO were status symbols as you see people filming themselves unlocking crates.

 

[Pooya]

just thinking about it, for a new class they have to make more cards than they introduce in an adventure, and they have to give it all for free. I'm not sure if we ever get one now.

 

[Hektor]

10$ per Skin?

 

[Mr Cola]

I was super excited for a moment, i misread the reddit thread on this and thought he had a new hero power, clicked the gif and got really excited when the hammer came down.

Now im just sad

 

[Phreaker]

I'll buy the one for my favorite hero that I play the shit out of, other than that going beyond that is ridiculous for me.

That's my feeling as well. I want them all, but not for $100.00. I'll get Priest, maybe Mage and/or Druid. I guess I have to see them first.

 

[Ashodin]

Give me Lady Liadrin blizzard! I'll pay!

 

[Opiate]

This is not my proudest moment but if the Priest skin is Tyrande...

Goddamnit.

I suspect that the alternate will be from the opposite faction of the standard, whatever that is for each class.

Priest is already alliance, so I expect a Horde alternate.

 

[Haly]

I suspect that the alternate will be from the opposite faction of the standard, whatever that is for each class.

Priest is already alliance, so I expect a Horde alternate.

The only notable Horde priest is already a card!