(In the video below Dekkster gives his response to the original iteration of Hearthstone's revamped rewards system, which has since been made more player friendly, but remains a fraught topic for fans.) The Reddit threads kept coming and each promotional message from a Hearthstone social media account was immediately met by a slew of furious responses. What didn't happen was any sort of cooling off. We covered the initial anger here and broke down the numbers proving that the new reward system was less rewarding here. Another created a "new" card called "Blizzard's Scheme." Its text reads : "Rip Off 1 Loyal Customer." Many of the developers were also on the receiving end of unpleasant attacks via social media.Ī key part of the problem was that players felt that they'd been intentionally deceived. One boycotter said that they'd be donating the money they intended to spend on this new expansion to Wikipedia's pledge drive. The Reddit threads kept coming and each promotional message from a Hearthstone social media account was met by a slew of furious responses.Ī new expansion is usually a time of jubilation, but every platform on which the game is regularly discussed was overrun with accusations of corporate greed. In fact, they promised that most players would, in fact, be earning more gold than ever before. Was Blizzard obfuscating the exact amount of gold we'd be able to earn under the new model? Was Hearthstone, a notoriously expensive game, about to become less friendly to the free-to-play base than ever before? Not so, said the developers. All of that sounded promising, but the community was understandably wary. The most dedicated could purchase a $20 Battle Pass, sweetening the pot with more bonuses along the way. By completing achievements on the rewards track, Hearthstone regulars would access bonus card packs, cosmetics, and in-game gold. The new structure, explained the company, would resemble something similar to the experience grind players might find in 'live' games like Call of Duty or League of Legends. During the last expansion cycle, Blizzard repeatedly teased a root-and-branch revamp of Hearthstone's outdated progression system. Most of us who follow the game didn't expect to experience another brouhaha like the Blitzchung blow-up, but the chaos of the past month is starting to run it close.
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