The casual mode that you would once previously select when choosing between Standard and Wild is no more! Don't worry though, because nothing has actually changed which some other sites may lead you to believe - you aren't fighting classic decks with wild cards - it's just a simplification of the UI!
If you want to play an unranked game (casual), you will now change your mode as you previously would for Standard and Wild and select Casual instead. Here's how it works:
- Click the play button.
- Click on the mode selector.
- Select Casual.
- Choose a deck to play from your whole collection.
After completing these steps and hitting the play button, you will be queued into a casual format for the format your deck was built for. Choose a wild deck to play with? You'll encounter other wild players!
Nothing has changed, it's just a simplification of the interface!
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how the heck do I play a ranked/ladder match?
Click on the game mode.
Conceding right away doesn't trigger ''Play a Game' we are back to get your health to 15 health, back to the headache.
I queued for casual. I immediately conceded, and it didn't count to my quest progress as a game played. Did they stealth nerf it?
Conceding right away doesn't trigger ''Play a Game''
You have to get a few turns in before you concede. I believe it has been this way for a while.
Its likely set back to when before darkmoon was launched, but I can't confirm this.
Ive played through to turn 6, conceded because my situation was hopeless, had like 20+ health, but did not count towards quest progression.
From what I've seen, you either hit turn 10, or have your health below a specific point, likely 15 and below (its likely lower) before it starts counting.
Edit: just thought I should point out that before this patch you can absolutely just concede immediately in casuals and have that count towards your quest progression.
I can confirm this because it makes me angry that I cannot play casual anymore because of this change.
So they simply stealth nerf it which i loved.
Offtopic a little bit, but am I the only one who haven't received golden core neutral cards as rewards for completion "Gread Victory"?
Even though the game showed them at the "Reward" screen, I didn't receive them into my collection. Inb4, I've 14k+ total wins.
I'm noticing the same problem, and I tried all the modes (classic, wild and standard) looking for golden baron and nothing.
I'm not sure, but I think we need to wait until Core actually rotates to see them. So far no cards from Core can be used, right?
You're totally right. I've just checked: no core cards show up in the collection, even in "Crafting" mode.
Hope we'll get those golden neutrals eventually.
I'm sure we will, will be nice
I just wanted to thank Flux for clearing up a lot of my uncertainty. That OTHER website's post is incredibly confusing.
And if you want to play wild with only standard cards?
You can convert a deck from Standard to Wild. I believe you mouseover the deck name and a little thing pops open
Tried to play with a Zoolock deck in Classic with only Classic cards and it says I cant play it cos it is only for wild.
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It should work, right?
The funny thing is that you cannot convert your deck into "Classic", the only options available in the deckbuilder are "Wild" and "Standard". The only way to create a classic deck is to go "Play → Classic → My Collection". Once you do this, you're stuck into classic mode, and even if you go directly to your collection, you'll be able to create only classic decks. This is definitely a bug.
At the hero selection of Create Deck, there is a button on top right to change format, similar to the one in Play. You don't need to choose format before going into My Collection. This crucial button is not easy to see, I would agree.
Nailed it.
There's another bug still: when I was in wild mode building the deck, it allowed me to insert a deck code and finish the deck. But while in classic mode, when I pasted the deck code nothing happened. Just a blank. had to search the cards I wanted.