Hearthstoneis bringing back the Heroic Tavern Brawl with a new twist that many players are not happy about. The highly-competitive Tavern Brawl is returning toHearthstonefor a limited time, but many believe the rewards are not worth the high risk of the game mode.
TheTavern Brawl is a special game mode inHearthstonewith a rotating weekly schedule full of wacky, unique rules. For winning their first match in a given week,Hearthstoneplayers can earn a free card pack.
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The Heroic Tavern Brawl, also called the Heroic Brawliseum, is a special Tavern Brawl that usually comes once an expansion. This Tavern Brawl gives players the chance to win up to 50 packs, 1100 Gold and Dust, and three Golden Legendary cards. However, these rewards don’t come cheap–buying into the contest costs 1000 gold or $10. To get the most rewards, players must win 12 matches before losing 3 times. But this time,Hearthstoneis offering a new skin for the Death Knight classfor players who get at least three wins.
While this may seem like an easy task, the Heroic Brawliseum is an extremely competitive mode. Because of the potential rewards, many highly-skilledHearthstoneplayers enter the contest with their best decks. Though players can buy into the Brawliseum with in-game currency, even winning one or two matches can be challenging without excellent strategies, making the new Ghoul Queen Scarlet skin extremely hard to get.
ManyHearthstoneplayers already had issues with the Heroic Brawliseum. With the current reward structure, players must win at least five matches to break even on their 1000 Gold investment. UnlikeHearthstone’sRewards Track,the Heroic Tavern Brawl rewards structure isn’t shown in game, so players cannot easily weigh the risks and rewards of the competitive game mode.
The exclusive skin will likely drive more novice players to attempt the Heroic Tavern Brawl without realizing how hard it is to win, depriving them of their hard-earned gold right beforeHearthstonereleases its mini-set forMarch of the Lich King. Many hopeHearthstonechanges its mind and rewards the new skin to all players who buy into the Heroic Tavern Brawl, even if they lose all their matches as an incentive to try it out, or at least give players a free entry into the event. At the very least,Hearthstoneis giving players a free pack during the week of the Heroic Brawliseum, so those who don’t participate won’t lose out on the normal Tavern Brawl pack.
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