[2023] Don't open Caverns of Time packs if you already own cards

Originally posted by Mihrasen

I got copies of cards I owned but have disenchanted, like Worgen Greaser, before getting cards I have never owned. Is this intended behavior with the duplicate protection? If it is I guess I'm just crafting the cards I want instead of bothering with packs.

Originally posted by danielsundfeld

I've the regular Han'Cho from Gadgetzan and opened a signature from Cavern pack. But I was missing the new legendaries. I thought I could only open a signature from a card that I already owned if I have all legendaries. Is the signature protection different or is it a bug?

Originally posted by qordytpq

Are we not supposed to be offered a re-roll if we get signature of a card we already own? Because I wasn’t offered the option to re-roll Patches. Is that because I opened CoT patches but I own MSoG patches? Also, if we should have been given the option to re-roll, would it be a random MSoG legendary or random CoT legendary?

EDIT: Sorry, I didn’t think about it, but could this happen if I previously dusted and re-crafted Patches? I still feel like we should be given the option to re-roll, but maybe this explains it? I’m not sure, but i probably dusted him(?) when he got nerfed before.

Originally posted by Capn_Forkbeard

I opened a wild bundle today (2 legendaries + 25 packs), rightfully assuming that I'd at least open all of the rares + commons from Caverns of Time, seeing as I own all of the rares/commons from the applicable sets (Legacy -> Gadgetzan). Not only did I not get anywhere close to completing the new Caverns rares/commons, the majority of the cards opened were cards I already had 2 of in the old sets. Not previously disenchanted, not currently unowned - these were cards I already had complete sets of in my collection.

For example, I had 2x Jade Spirit from Gadgetzan, I opened 2x Jade Spirit with the CoT set logo, meaning I have 4x Jade Spirit in my collection without the 'disenchant your duplicates' option in the collection manager. I don't know if this info helps in your quest to resolve the duplicates issue, but it really doesn't seem like intended duplicate protection behaviour. Definitely a downer, I hope there's compensation for the early adopters here.