I don't understand the complaint of not getting any compensation for this. We've known Tyrande would be returning for a long time now; your 'compensation' is having been able to use Tyrande for the years before other players could.
I got Tyrande during the Twitch Prime promotion, and have happily used her quite a lot since then. Now other players are finally able to use her, which is great. Nothing about this scenario means anything bad for me; I don't lose anything, all that happens is other people gain. There's no reason for me to gain anything. I already got the gain years ago.
Stubborn Gastropod having Taunt and an additional Health makes an enormous difference. I compared it to Pit Snake because it's as pitifully easy to remove as Pit Snake was.
Any incidental AoE or 1/1 can remove it from the board - compared to Gastropod, which could stand up against Rogue, Druid and Mage Hero Powers at least once, forcing more of an investment, I just don't see it ever being a tech choice.
I find it funny that every single post upset by the lack of compensation for the people who already owned Tyrande is getting downvoted into oblivion. Here, on Reddit, everywhere. You have to add a 'I'm glad you guys are getting her too' disclaimer to any post that touches this subject or else you're just gonna get spammed with red arrows. I think this shows how small of a minority the Tyrande owners actually are, in which case it really boggles my mind, why not offer a compensation in the first place? When I heard that Tyrande will be free with the arrival of a new $10 hero, I honestly thought Sylvanas will be given for those that don't apply, but hey apparently not.
On one hand I really am glad more people will be able to switch out of Anduin, as I don't give two hoots about exclusivity. But on the other hand, I do feel like I earned her: by being a long-time customer, paying attention to Hearthstone-related news, and spending a full two hours learning and troubleshooting the process of getting her since I was not part of the eligible countries either. Others got Tyrande by buying an overpriced code off eBay and whatever too. It's really, really not that far-fetched to want this effort to be acknowledged, and I'm sure more people would be able to sympathize with this situation if they didn't see any criticism of it as selfishness and entitlement, which in most cases it certainly is not.
Then again at the end of the day we're still all arguing about .jpg's, so what do I know.
You and others chose to go to such effort to get Tyrande - in actuality, the effort required to get Tyrande was almost none. Have Twitch Prime, connect your account, done; no money, less effort than pretty much any other free Hero Skin. I think only Maiev and Lunara could be argued to be easier.
They're not acknowledging the effort because the process should've been effortless. They acknowledged that not everybody could get it with this process, and promised to bring her back again in a way that meant those people could. Lo and behold, here she is.
I just want to throw out there that Blizzard has explicitly said, many times, that Tyrande would be available again. That's why Tyrande returning was such a big announcement, because they were finally making good on their promise.
She has never been a Twitch exclusive; at best she was a timed exclusive for Twitch, and there was no reason to believe otherwise.
I mean, if you Invoke without a weapon it's just +3 Attack anyway, so it's still just a 1/2 weapon if you don't attack the turn you play it.
The graphic may show you with a 4/2 weapon, but it's really just an extra +1 Attack on what you would've had anyway, twice. Which is nice and all, but not a 4/2 weapon.
We don't have an official name, since this card was revealed in a Japanese blog post.
Our tradition is to give cards "Fluffy" names until their true names are known, or we have a very close approximation. Since none of us speak Japanese, and translations have varied quite a bit, we're waiting on an official confirmation.
Can't destroy something when it's in the graveyard, so no. They'd have to reword it to be something like "Remove a minion and all copies of it from the game" or similar.
The Curator's real strength lies in getting an extra body on the board early, meaning you're unlikely to lose health in the early rounds. The Amalgam does then scale well, but I'm pretty sure that The Curator isn't actually one of the best heroes - strong, yes, but not in any broken way.
Without Evolve, Mogu Fleshshaper isn't really that big of a deal imo. Shaman does far more broken things right now.
You need to double tap (or double click) on the 1 pack option, not the 'Buy' option.
I don't understand the complaint of not getting any compensation for this. We've known Tyrande would be returning for a long time now; your 'compensation' is having been able to use Tyrande for the years before other players could.
I got Tyrande during the Twitch Prime promotion, and have happily used her quite a lot since then. Now other players are finally able to use her, which is great. Nothing about this scenario means anything bad for me; I don't lose anything, all that happens is other people gain. There's no reason for me to gain anything. I already got the gain years ago.
Stubborn Gastropod having Taunt and an additional Health makes an enormous difference. I compared it to Pit Snake because it's as pitifully easy to remove as Pit Snake was.
Any incidental AoE or 1/1 can remove it from the board - compared to Gastropod, which could stand up against Rogue, Druid and Mage Hero Powers at least once, forcing more of an investment, I just don't see it ever being a tech choice.
You and others chose to go to such effort to get Tyrande - in actuality, the effort required to get Tyrande was almost none. Have Twitch Prime, connect your account, done; no money, less effort than pretty much any other free Hero Skin. I think only Maiev and Lunara could be argued to be easier.
They're not acknowledging the effort because the process should've been effortless. They acknowledged that not everybody could get it with this process, and promised to bring her back again in a way that meant those people could. Lo and behold, here she is.
I just want to throw out there that Blizzard has explicitly said, many times, that Tyrande would be available again. That's why Tyrande returning was such a big announcement, because they were finally making good on their promise.
She has never been a Twitch exclusive; at best she was a timed exclusive for Twitch, and there was no reason to believe otherwise.
I mean, if you Invoke without a weapon it's just +3 Attack anyway, so it's still just a 1/2 weapon if you don't attack the turn you play it.
The graphic may show you with a 4/2 weapon, but it's really just an extra +1 Attack on what you would've had anyway, twice. Which is nice and all, but not a 4/2 weapon.
I mean, just because you can use other cards to gain Attack doesn't make this not a 1/2 weapon if you don't attack the turn you play it.
All Warrior weapons don't automatically get +4 Attack just because Heroic Strike exists.
They don't say that they're there for a limited time, so I think until told otherwise we can assume they'll remain there forever.
Yep, just updated that now!
I mean, that isn't Patches levels of broken. You still have to actually draw these cards.
Egg on my face for the amount of Pirates they've managed to shove into this expansion though. I really expected Ancharrr to flop.
Nah, audio just has Twinspell, it's all part of the theme =P
Should be fixed now, was missing like, two words.
Five minutes left!
You are absolutely correct that Raging Worgen is a terrible comparison, because I meant Rabid Worgen >.< That's an oops on my part.
We don't have an official name, since this card was revealed in a Japanese blog post.
Our tradition is to give cards "Fluffy" names until their true names are known, or we have a very close approximation. Since none of us speak Japanese, and translations have varied quite a bit, we're waiting on an official confirmation.
Can't destroy something when it's in the graveyard, so no. They'd have to reword it to be something like "Remove a minion and all copies of it from the game" or similar.
The Curator's real strength lies in getting an extra body on the board early, meaning you're unlikely to lose health in the early rounds. The Amalgam does then scale well, but I'm pretty sure that The Curator isn't actually one of the best heroes - strong, yes, but not in any broken way.
I feel like I should mention that none of these are the official flavour texts - I just like including silly jokes and references with our content.
We have the official flavour texts on every card's card page, I believe, if you're interested in them.
Hunter's are represented by Brann, and are a good class. Only the good classes will be getting an Explorer, as far as I remember.
The EVIL classes are Rogue, Priest, Warrior, Warlock and Shaman.
Kiss From A Rose - Seal
I must admit, I did not realise it was a song in that particular movie. Somehow that makes it all the better, though.