Dawkinsfan69
Dumbfuck!
Which makes no fucking sense. As far as I can tell (Having not actually played yet) there's no connection between your Hearthstone collection and this, so if someone is a battlegrounds fan and doesn't give two shits about Hearthstone they have to buy 30 packs, which if you aren't earning gold is pricey ($40 for 30 packs at the standard rate) and the buffs only last until the next expansion. And then "Bonus stats" and "Choose from 3 heroes" sound like actual gameplay benefits, too. How much they actually matter I have no idea but that seems like some weird monetization. Why they didn't just repurpose their HotS assets into an auto battler I have no idea, since HotS is pretty dead and they could've had bouncing tits to try to sell it rather than static Hearthstone art.
Edit: Looks like "Bonus stats" is just telling you more about your gameplay stats, rather than bumping up your critters.
Yeah it's pretty shitty that they lock 3rd hero choice behind opening packs. The whole thing should be free tbh and if they monetize anything it should just be extra emotes or something cosmetic like that. What they probably actually should be doing is occasionally rewarding battlegrounds players with packs so they can convert auto-battler players into people who play the actual card game.
I actually think hearthstone works really well for this genre though, because you can see stats and shit very clearly it makes the game a lot easier to pick up than the dota/league battler. Plus it works really well on phone, it's actually pretty nice mindless fun if you have a 15 minute break or something.
I DO vote for more bouncing tits though!!