A new patch for Hearthstone's Sunken City is coming, and everything else is good to say, the puka gilded feature, many people have been waiting since the game just opened. Among the players who are still in the tavern, there are not a few who have waited for five or six years. Supposedly, this is a "optimization" that is beneficial and harmless, why are there still people who oppose it?
First, what is the gold plating function?
Simply put, a golden legend is worth 3200 arcane dust; an ordinary legend is worth 1600 arcane dust. In the past, players who owned a normal orange could only spend an additional 3200 Arcane Dust if they wanted its golden version. After the synthesis of golden oranges, the original ordinary oranges are useless.
This is undoubtedly a huge waste, so many years ago players have been calling for the normal card gold plating function. That is, ordinary cards, after adding "difference", directly become the gold version. However, it can also be seen that this function may not be difficult in design; but after implementation, it is obviously not good for revenue.
So for so many years, although the designer has been saying "it's fast", it has never moved. And this time the patch suddenly announced that the gilded function is online, I am afraid it is not just for the sake of the player. Gu Ying personally feels that in the case that Watch 2 is not as good as the player expected; the so-called Warcraft mobile game "Warcraft Arc Light Battle" has almost no reputation, Hearthstone seems to be the only one who can get his hands on it...
Think about it is indeed more lamentable, Warcraft has fallen, interstellar has fallen, storms have fallen, Overwatch 2 is far from meeting the player's expectations, Hall Blizzard suddenly found that he could only get his hands on Hearthstone... Coupled with the troublesome Blizzard, it doesn't seem to be much better after being acquired by Microsoft... Forget it, don't say it, tired.
Second, the gilded function is online, and the interests of players are damaged?
The gilding function is of course beneficial to players on the whole, but it cannot be denied that there are indeed players who are dissatisfied with it. One of the most typical is that the player who has just fully synthesized the gold card has heard the news of gold plating just a few days after arriving. Inside and out, it is about synthesizing a golden legend and losing 1600 dust; synthesizing a golden epic, losing 1200 dust.
These players claimed to have suffered losses after the gilded feature went live, which is obviously not excessive. Even if there are players who oppose the gilding function because of this, it is not incomprehensible. Although you can use "early crafting early enjoyment, late crafting discount" to comfort the player, but the effect is limited.
In this way, everyone should also understand why game companies are so easy to dare not make related changes. Originally, the gilding function would make Blizzard earn less, thinking that it could earn some good reputation. But because some players' interests are damaged, the negative voice they make may be able to cover all the beneficiary players - after all, those who benefit will not say that Blizzard is good.
This paragraph may be a bit around, everyone has more experience... Later, it will be found that even if Blizzard traces all the synthesized golden cards forward, and returns all the arcane dust of these golden cards to the player, someone will be sour. I don't want to say that, but that's human nature.
In the end, although some people's interests are damaged (in fact, they are not damaged, after all, they are synthesized early and enjoyed early), but someone must stand up and praise Blizzard, right? This time the gilding function is really good. (Incidentally, with the Diamond Card, the gold card's special effects seem to be a bit watered?) ）