Hearthstone realm banner
Hearthstone realm avatar Hearthstone realm home

Hearthstone

141 Characters Joined
Create Thread
Hearthstone | Posted by | 6 years, 2 months ago
Battlegrounds

Reward Even Though I Lost + Gold Donut?

In a game just now I got a crown for coming in 5th and I'm curious if this is a new thing or just a situation I've never seen before?

Relevant variables: I and another player got knocked out on the same round. They placed 4th and me 5th. I lost to a dead player, them to a live one. However, the "ranking" screen had what looked like a little gold donut (it had sprinkles which is why I'm assuming it wasn't a halo) floating over my hero's head and I still was awarded a crown. 

Is this a thing? If you get knocked out and get 5th the same turn as someone else who gets 4th you still get the reward? Or does my losing to a dead player have anything to do with it?

10 Share

Join the conversation

Sign in to share your thoughts, vote on comments, and connect with the community.

Sign in Create account

Comments

Sort by:
Oldest Newest Top

  • In a game just now I got a crown for coming in 5th and I'm curious if this is a new thing or just a situation I've never seen before?

    Relevant variables: I and another player got knocked out on the same round. They placed 4th and me 5th. I lost to a dead player, them to a live one. However, the "ranking" screen had what looked like a little gold donut (it had sprinkles which is why I'm assuming it wasn't a halo) floating over my hero's head and I still was awarded a crown. 

    Is this a thing? If you get knocked out and get 5th the same turn as someone else who gets 4th you still get the reward? Or does my losing to a dead player have anything to do with it?

    • I had this exact same instance happen to me, only I was not rewarded with a crown. I also lost to a dead player.

      My theory was because the person who got knocked out at the same time as me, had 1 HP more than I did before the match started. But I'm not really sure. 

  • As far as I know, when two players get knocked out in the same round, they share the same place. But Hearthstone isn't capable of visualizing that. So you and the other player tied for 4th place, which counts as a win.

  • Thanks for the clarification! I had thought I read at some point that in a "tie" whoever had the higher tavern tier was given the better ranking (and then presumably there was a 3rd criterion if tier were tied as well) but perhaps not...

    • Quote From ArngrimUndying

      Thanks for the clarification! I had thought I read at some point that in a "tie" whoever had the higher tavern tier was given the better ranking (and then presumably there was a 3rd criterion if tier were tied as well) but perhaps not...

      I think the "tie" order is based on the health you have when dying with the most negative being last, naturally. If you end up equally negative, I don't know what happens.

      Staff

  • I'm here for the donuts. Just let me know when they're available, mmkay? 

  • Yeah I didn't note down my health & the other person who got knocked out the same round - it could be we were tied going into the fight or ended up with the same "final" health score. So definitely seems like whatever confluence of factors were in play, this is not something that likely happens "regularly."

  • It is based on your current Health. You can see the board on the left that your portraits swap quickly before getting the defeat screen. 

    Entire leaderboard order is based on current Health throughout the session.

    Staff