Hearthstone's Chadd "Celestalon" Nervig tweeted over the weekend a great update for those that are diving deep into the rewards track.
Although this won't be hitting when patch 20.0 brings us Forged in the Barrens as it wasn't ready for prime time, the next major patch after the expansion launch will bring in the achievements that will bring along rewards that he believes are "preeetty sweet". What we know so far is that it appears to be a cumulative count on the rewards track and not based on your highest level, so this will be something even the more casual audience can grind towards over multiple passes.
We don't know what "sweet" means, but we do question if this is going to be the new cosmetic Dean was talking about last week in his 9th community Q&A. Dean did mention that the rewards track was primarily a cosmetic-focused value on the paid end as to not cut into their other revenue streams, so it would make sense to introduce a new cosmetic through the system.
What rewards track level have you gotten to so far through the inaugural pass that arrived with Madness at the Darkmoon Faire? Does achievements that count your total levels motivate you to go even harder on the grind? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Quote From Celestalon Hey! Super excited about everything coming soon! I was wondering, we're getting a new tavern pass soon, lvls will be back to 1 and the reset will happen every time, so will we be able to eventually track the total XP/lvls reached through all expansion cycles?
Yes, we're going to add an achievement that tracks your total reward track levels ever earned!
This didn't quite make it in for 20.0, but we're aiming for the next major patch after that.
(It's worth the wait though, the rewards are preeetty sweet. 😉)
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Will they remove the xp reward from previous expensions? Is it clarified? I just thought it would be possible the finnish them after the new expansion hits.
Last expansion achivements will lose xp rewards and just net achivement points when the new expansion releases.
I do not have a link but I remember this was confirmed.
Edit: Found it here! https://twitter.com/IksarHS/status/1362226474988707840
Yeah, I think there should be some reminder for those who are not aware of this, since we got only two weeks to finish the achievements to get those XP.
They are quite a grind for a more casual player. The non-casuals are probably already well aware of this?
I played some Tonk Hunter for fun, but I'm not going to craft legendaries or play endless games in hopes the RNG goes my way.
Well, since it wasn´t oficially announced apart from that one tweet afaik, many people could miss that information, just like barnabsx above. I wouldn´t know myself, if my friend in-game told me about it, so it might be a good idea to let more people know, or at least remind them, if they planned to do the achievements later.