…and Khadgar, BOTH.
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Of course they were hoping we forgot, but this is well known that Blizzard treats us like we are stupid.
(Deck slot meme anyone?)
(Diablo Immortal anyone?)
Don’t worry tho, days when they will regret not caring about their community will soon come if they keep going in this direction.
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Eh, screw Tyrande. I want more than her. It is a collectable card game that keeps all of the cards available, even if they rotate into Wild. For the same flat rate via dust. This is one of the few card games I’ve come across that does this. They need to do this for the Hero skins too. The card backs, I can understand. Since there are so many that you’d have to be a serious completionist to care that much about getting EVERY card back. With the alternate heros though, those add an audible flavor to the game, and give different attitudes to emotes that would otherwise get boring and repetitive.
Why not give us Tyrande? Or sell her? Rise of Shadows comes out, has a Khadgar Legendary. Why not offer Khadgar again for a few bucks, to help boost sales for Rise of Shadows?
If you have to pay for Hero skins that you missed out on, I feel it is annoying, but fair enough, if the price is reasonable. I’ve seen people go on and on about Tyrande.
Well, screw getting only Tyrande. If there is going to be old hero skins made available. Give us all of them, so we can customize the flavor of our emotes much more.
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The thing about Tyrande is they never actually “sold” her. She was only made available through Twitch Prime, which many countries didn’t have access to at the time, making her unaccessible. Every other hero skin has either been offered through payment or special event like Maiev, Lunara, or Nemsey. Tyrande remains the only outlier as many people never had a fair shot to get her. And it really sucks because Team 5 promised to give us another chance to get her, but that was two whole years ago now. Hopefully that promise will be fulfilled some day.
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I think, it has something to do with the (Jaina cover-up). And Blizz may release Tyrande again with a different outfit, that will be less revealing.
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That is certainly some kind of a concept.
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I certainly hope not. It’s bad enough they caved once already to one of the worst human rights violators out there to send a message of pro body shaming, anti women, and pro censorship just to line their pockets for one hero skin…to do it for another, especially for one they already drug their feet on for so long on making good on their word would be unconscionable…
…but entirely within the realm of possibility.
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Blizzard is no longer the company I grew up supporting and defending - over the last few years I have come to see the greed that has destroyed many quality gaming companies - Blizzard is well on this path at the moment.
It does not surprise me that despite multiple promises something as simple as making Tyrande available in the online shop has been neglected.
Blizzard is no longer a company of ‘gamers making great games’, its just a bunch of ‘rich pricks’ pulling the strings and screwing everyone over.
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I see myself a lot in that message.
People that see my messages now will probably think I am some kind of Blizzard hater or some troll because I can’t say anything good about Blizzard.
But the truth is just that they actually destroyed the love I have for the company they after day.
WoW/OW/HS/Diablo, every game I played felt decaying and less inspired day after day and when you talk to Blizzard is like putting yourself in the corner talking with a wall praying that it will reply.
I just can’t see their passion in the product anymore, I just feel the “let’s release this so we get more money”.
And before someone come at me with the blasting news “but they are a company they need to make money they are not charity xdxdxd” i am well aware of that but if you want money you should not treat your playerbase like they are stupid.
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Tyrande will be that thing lockboxed forever only to be unleashed in the ultimate stage of the game’s decay. That glass cased red emergency button.
Everyone will be able to play with Tyrande when no one will be willing to play Hearthstone.
The business cruelty in this makes me want to vomit, but hey, could we expect anything else?
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I decided to buy a good skateboard instead of new disgusting portrait.
I will have real adventure and lot of fun.
If somone is still considering, think what you can buy for $ 80.
Pierce your eyebrown or nose, buy cool headphons to listen music outside , spend cash for clothes but please, please do not support the bloodsuckers.
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Exactly! We’ve tried being polite about it for the better part of two years, and all’s we’ve gotten in return is a lot of sunshine, empty words, and radio silence.
Perhaps an outright boycott would get them to actually take things more seriously. Considering where they are right now financially based on their last quarterly report, and desperately they’re pushing the promotion for this release, they really don’t need to be losing any business…
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Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate that he replied, the problem is that what he said is just what we already knew and what we were told many times.
The fact that they keep avoiding setting a date for Tyrande means she can come back in 1 year or in 5, so the “we want to bring her back” is not that valuable when years pass with no news.
The community want NEWS, like being told why they are not releasing her yet, if there are problems or even trying to Set a release date.
Saying the same thing over and over without doing something to actually solve the problem or even try to communicate more will just makes Blizzard lose money.
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Exactly! All’s they’ve done is give innuendo, smoke and mirrors. Nothing of any real substance, and a whole lot of talk about how much they “care” about this issue. They gave a return window, made a promise and blew right past it without so much as word about why they did nothing about even the stuff they had 100% control over.
It’s all stalling and delays at this point, and it seems like they either want us all to go away or something. Because at this point it really seems like they were serious about this, they would have done something to show their good faith on this. Instead, just more of the same.
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I know I’m probably going to get down voted for this in this thread, but I still really enjoy Hearthstone. I’ve been playing since 2015. Lately, the game has been really stale because the meta has been the same for quite a while; however, with the rotation everything is starting fresh again and I’m really excited.
It’s really a shame that Blizzard is not being more transparent about Tyrande and there are people who are really offended by this. With that said, it is a cosmetic item that does not impact game play.
The only reason I’m saying this is because I’m reading comments about how Blizzard is a terrible company and people should stop supporting them. I disagree. If you want to stop supporting, then that’s fine. I really enjoy Overwatch, Hearthstone and Diablo 3. Blizzard still makes quality games and their games have very long lifespans.
I’m just saying, lets put things into perspective.
Even last year I have spent around 300 USD in Hearthstone, and I hoped they can finally act like the company I supported over the years. They did not, many HS Team member left the company, and if no other time, the last Blizzcon tells a lot where Blizzard go…
So this year (2019) I spent nothing in Heathstone, and probably not my 300 bucks will change the world. No Tyrande, no money. If Blizzard thinks I am a third rank customer, because I live in EU, I vote with my wallet.
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There were times in the past where I’d buy packs here or there or during “special deals,” but like others, since the beginning of last year I’ve decided that my money will not go into the game until Tyrande returns, and I would recommend it as the strongest choice for any consumer in the same boat. Is it still fun? Yes. Are Blizzard games still enjoyable? They’ve never NOT been, I still jump in Diablo I every now and again because it’s still got some kind of appeal. They know what they’re doing, and they have been really good at it for a long time. That’s really why we’re all here, in the hopes that Blizz ISN’T the bad company we complain it is. You won’t find me on the message boards of others games, because I know my opinion doesn’t matter there; here we see the interactions, we hang onto Blizzards words and genuinely hope they hear ours. So while Tyrande is only cosmetic (unlike the fact that paladin’s are becoming the real priests and priests are dragon-wielding necromancers - but that’s a different side of beef), I will use my voice as a consumer (on the forums, and in cash) to support my stance.
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Well I did quit (and disenchanted all my HS cards) but the main reason why people are angry here are mostly because a promise long while ago.
Ok, I have to ask the question. If you have quit the game and no longer support Blizzard etc…Why are you still posting on the forums? Not hating, just genuinely curious why you would keep engaging when your only input is negative and you aren’t engaged with the game and community anymore?
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No one is going to downvote you since the downvote no longer exist, and also because if you like the game then you are free to have your opinion. I personally went from loving Blizzard to hate like all the games I played.
Why I still go around Blizzard forum? To give my feedback, a feedback from a passionate gamer that slowly started to hate the games he loved.
It is NOT just Tyrande.
If you think that I don’t love this company just for a cosmetic you are delusional and not really informed.
Blizzard is NOT TRASPARENT in any games.
On WoW ton of feedback were given to them in alpha/beta of BFA but they ignored them.
Diablo is literally dead with 0 news or support, and yet they put all they effort in releasing a phone version that passionate Diablo fan care less then 0.
Overwatch is not in bad state, I just don’t like the type of hero they are releasing and I hate their so called “balance changes”, when they just buff or nerf something to nonsense level to change the meta.
That is your opinion man, I have spent a lot of words explaining why in my opinion they do not deserve my support, if you disagree you are free too.
I am still playing HS just cause my gf plays it, but not dropping money on it, stopped wow sub.
If you enjoy Diablo 3 feel free to play it, I find it boring and abandoned.
If you enjoy WoW, play it, I just don’t feel immersed in Wow anymore, everything they do in the game just seem an excuse to stretch out the most sub times they can with useless tedious things.
And the list goes on, so feel free to support Blizzard if you feel like it, no one here want to force you into the “hate side”, I will gladly come back supporting them if I see good changes in their direction but for now it does not seem like is going to happen anytime soon.
Blizzard used to make quality games, and their games have long lifespans cause of “old Blizzard” good name that give them a huge dedicated playerbase (myself included).
Again, you have your opinion, I have another one, coming in here saying that you disagree with us won’t make me change my mind.
Ty for sharing your thought anyway, have a good night.
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Someone posted this elsewhere. Nearly ten years ago (when this was done). Sums up what all the teams seem to be hard at work doing in the time since:
https://kotaku.com/bobby-kotick-warm-and-fuzzy-defends-notorious-no-fun-5474949