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I don't mind monthly subscriptions alone but it looks like Hearthstone is full of lootboxes as well (via card packs) that feels pretty gross to me and like I said before, I feel it creates perverse incentives. I'll pay (and I do) monthly for games, but not if you are mixing that with lootboxes/gems/etc.

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Hearthstone has two main game ‘modes’. The constructed Magic: The Gathering is card packs, the battlegrounds auto-chess team building auto-battler is subscription (although arguably that doesn’t affect much). The other incentives are cosmetic, and there are other game modes which are more niche. The problem with Hearthstone is that because it has a swath of modes, and all those modes price differently, it looks like you have this perverse overlap when in reality it’s pretty disparate.

Interesting, then my point might not apply to that aspect of Hearthstone. I'll admit I might be missing out on certain games since I use the IAP as a filter for games I will even try. I "judge a game by it's IAP" after being burned enough times (getting sucked into a game then realizing it has gross P2W/P2P/gambling/etc mechanics).

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