It also seems to have a moon with a horn on it, which could be a unicorn? Maybe there's something relating to the different years of hearthstone (dragon, phoenix and unicorn)
Sounds plausible indeed. I would still consider it a bug though, but rather a very silly and somewhat explainable one. They could easily "fix" it by simply adding a single bonus +1 level per rewards track for that cumulative level count. I see no other real solution because I assume most people will simply not understand the calculation otherwise (like I did before).
Yes, it is bugged and being looked into by Team 5. Aside from unable to claim any hero portrait, the calculation is also a bit off. It currently says I am at cumulative level 466, but it should be 468 instead (350 + 118 = 468). I guess they have not tested this new feature properly, but that is the quality of what we have seen for quite a lot of recent patches now.
I wonder if you/we are missing 2 levels because we start at level 1 with 0XP, so level 1 doesn't contribute. In that case, I'd blame the silly choice to start at level 1 instead of level 0, rather than a bug.
Yes, it is bugged and being looked into by Team 5. Aside from unable to claim any hero portrait, the calculation is also a bit off. It currently says I am at cumulative level 466, but it should be 468 instead (350 + 118 = 468). I guess they have not tested this new feature properly, but that is the "quality" of what we have seen for quite a lot of recent patches now unfortunately (notice the the growing list of bugfixes).
The fact that everybody can do this and seemingly can do this NOW looks significant. Pretty sure it has to do something with the Core set, Mankrik and/or Battlegrounds. I'd be very surprised if none of those parts was related to BG. That might also be the part that is difficult on mobile. Blood Gem APM stuff?
Book of Mercs might also be a part, but only Rokara's story.
I thought flavor text might give us a hint. Haven't tested any of those yet, but these are looking suspicious in my opinion:
Prospector's Caravan - Prospectors came from all around in the Golden Legendary Rush of '49.
Pack Kodo - He looks simple, but there's a lot to unpack.
Runed Orb - The most dangerous Winter Veil ornament.
Rimetongue - Warriors are red, Frost spells are blue, If you're being hit by a weapon, Rimetongue's got you.
Cariel Roame - Cariel had pledged her honor to the Alliance, but when someone matching her long-lost sister's description was sighted at the Crossroads, Cariel did the unthinkable: she abandoned her post and set out across the Barrens.
Veteran Warmedic - In times of war, warmedics bring their own medics.
Serena Bloodfeather - She’s really into networking! After all, she’s introduced countless low-level Horde players to the Spirit Healer.
Xyrella - On the Night of Falling Stars, Xyrella had a vision of a shattered naaru. "Go to the Barrens," the being said. "Seek the shards of my broken body. Restore me, and I will restore your daughter."
Bru'kan - Bru'kan, his body weathered and weary, felt his time nearing its end. Teaching brave champions like Rokara gives him hope for a greater future.
Warsong Envoy - "What do you mean we didn’t give the flag to the Druid?"
Toad of the Wilds - "Someday we'll find it. The Oasis Connection. The peons, the caravans, and me."
Venomous Scorpid - Despite what Guff says, he is NOT a "nice little guy."
1. Caravans adjacent to a golden legendary rush minion? 2. Panda back your Pack Kodo to get all discover options out of it? 3. Playing Runed Orb with a Winter Veil card back? 6. Healing your Veteran Warmedic with another card? 8. Does anyone know who Xyrella's daughter is? Is she in the game? 10. Do we need to Silas an Envoy to a Druid?
And all the others could be a combination of the card and the card(s) mentioned in the flavor text. I know it's a long shot, but not unimaginable if you ask me. So who wants to help trying out all of this?
The patch was released on May, 4th = Star Wars Day. There are stars in the dragon picture. Is there any card that has a Star Wars reference in the flavor text?
As mentioned below, triggers likely detected server side to negate data mining the client.
If that's the case that does rule out some things though - like board interactions (though a) mobile issues and b) I'm sure people are checking/checked just in case).
Again if that's true, then would typically be things related to gameplay (the category which the achievement is in anyway).
Maybe something related to Mankrik and Quillboars. Mankrik good because everyone gets him anyway and he's iconically Barrens.
I know this is a huge call but I call it now: this is going to be more broken than Hush the ability to choose new targets for enemy's spot removal, the ability to make every unblocked unit potentially leathal and the ability to protect units in combat from getting wiped out by a combat trick is so much power in a 2 mana burst speed spell that this card HAS TO BE broken.
So I guess Ionia is getting back to the playfield...
I second this. Play this in a token deck (e.g. Irelia and Azir) and you have two mana protection for your key units. Hell, you can even push a ton of damage by swapping Azir with a Sand/Soldier. Even Lee Sin decks could benefit from this card.
It is way too much versatility for 2 mana, so I am also fairly confident that if Ionia decks becomes a thing then this'll be nerfed to 3 mana at some point.
I got an idea. Is this ok? Not sure about the Nature tag.
EDIT: I plan on giving the Murlocs Rush and remove the nature tag. Comparable spells (Swarm of Locusts and Murloc-related Shaman spells) typically don't have a type.
Good God, can the devs just nuke Paladin to the ground? Raze every single one of its freaking tools. It's been dominant for FAR too long. BURN IT TO THE GROUND
Life has got me busy right now, but I've found some time to think about a new design. Here's what I'd like to do:
I've contacted Shadows to inquire of "Spend all your Mana" is a DQ because we're not allowed to use effects that trigger on the turn the card is played. I argue that it is a flexible cost and no "real" effect. We'll see. I'll definitely go with a meditation-flavored card since that's a good reason to make the effect trigger one turn later. Too sad we don't have a Monk class in HS (yet?). What do you think?
Yes, it has happened to my account also. Normally my prices on mobile are in Turkish Liras but now I'm seeing them as EUR. I'm playing in Europe region.. I hope this is a temporary bug..
By the way, I'm playing on Android. I don't know if this happens in iOS ..
Normally, you choose the title of the article in order for it to be short and representative of the content it showcases.
It does contain nerf suggestions, it does contain cards we'd personally like to see changed - even though you'd like Paladin to be hit, there's no way Team 5 will nerf 4 of the cards Uther currently plays.
In other words, the article showcases a list of possible way to change (and possibly improve) the meta: it is fair to assume that, even though we nailed quite a few predictions in the past, we don't have neither the means nor the abilities to be perfect.
In the end, this kind of article is aimed at creating a form of discussion between the community members: do you see something you agree with us? Great, we're on the same page! Do you see something you're totally against? Tell us why!
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
It also seems to have a moon with a horn on it, which could be a unicorn? Maybe there's something relating to the different years of hearthstone (dragon, phoenix and unicorn)
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
The easier on desktop bit makes me think one of them will involve the barrens board, any secret interactions with it people can think of?
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
There's 4 steps in the mystery and 4 dragon aspects in the new core cards that everyone received. Somehow related?
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Sounds plausible indeed. I would still consider it a bug though, but rather a very silly and somewhat explainable one. They could easily "fix" it by simply adding a single bonus +1 level per rewards track for that cumulative level count. I see no other real solution because I assume most people will simply not understand the calculation otherwise (like I did before).
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
I wonder if you/we are missing 2 levels because we start at level 1 with 0XP, so level 1 doesn't contribute. In that case, I'd blame the silly choice to start at level 1 instead of level 0, rather than a bug.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
I just went over all of them. Don't remember anything Star Wars related.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Yes, it is bugged and being looked into by Team 5. Aside from unable to claim any hero portrait, the calculation is also a bit off. It currently says I am at cumulative level 466, but it should be 468 instead (350 + 118 = 468). I guess they have not tested this new feature properly, but that is the "quality" of what we have seen for quite a lot of recent patches now unfortunately (notice the the growing list of bugfixes).
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
The fact that everybody can do this and seemingly can do this NOW looks significant. Pretty sure it has to do something with the Core set, Mankrik and/or Battlegrounds. I'd be very surprised if none of those parts was related to BG. That might also be the part that is difficult on mobile. Blood Gem APM stuff?
Book of Mercs might also be a part, but only Rokara's story.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
I thought flavor text might give us a hint. Haven't tested any of those yet, but these are looking suspicious in my opinion:
1. Caravans adjacent to a golden legendary rush minion? 2. Panda back your Pack Kodo to get all discover options out of it? 3. Playing Runed Orb with a Winter Veil card back? 6. Healing your Veteran Warmedic with another card? 8. Does anyone know who Xyrella's daughter is? Is she in the game? 10. Do we need to Silas an Envoy to a Druid?
And all the others could be a combination of the card and the card(s) mentioned in the flavor text. I know it's a long shot, but not unimaginable if you ask me. So who wants to help trying out all of this?
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
The patch was released on May, 4th = Star Wars Day. There are stars in the dragon picture. Is there any card that has a Star Wars reference in the flavor text?
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
As mentioned below, triggers likely detected server side to negate data mining the client.
If that's the case that does rule out some things though - like board interactions (though a) mobile issues and b) I'm sure people are checking/checked just in case).
Again if that's true, then would typically be things related to gameplay (the category which the achievement is in anyway).
Maybe something related to Mankrik and Quillboars. Mankrik good because everyone gets him anyway and he's iconically Barrens.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
It is also found under Neutral - so it shouldn't involve class cards maybe?
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
I wonder if anything will be a specific throwback to actual WoW Crossroads days.
A long time ago, but I seem to remember barrens chat being notorious.
Maybe one of the steps involves adding a friend and telling them a Chuck Norris joke.
But in all seriousness - this will definitely be good to watch unfold :)
New Ionia Spell - Syncopation
I second this. Play this in a token deck (e.g. Irelia and Azir) and you have two mana protection for your key units. Hell, you can even push a ton of damage by swapping Azir with a Sand/Soldier. Even Lee Sin decks could benefit from this card.
It is way too much versatility for 2 mana, so I am also fairly confident that if Ionia decks becomes a thing then this'll be nerfed to 3 mana at some point.
Quest Trading - Play A Friend!
Battletag: Szafirmag#2937
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Hard things to do in mobile are APM decks, or playing BG's due to ram restrictions. Just a thought though to be considered.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Jepp,couldn't claim anything even though I'm closer to 400 than 200.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Anyone else having trouble claiming the tier 2 portrat as a reward for a total of 200 levels..?
Rune Scape - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I got an idea. Is this ok? Not sure about the Nature tag.
EDIT: I plan on giving the Murlocs Rush and remove the nature tag. Comparable spells (Swarm of Locusts and Murloc-related Shaman spells) typically don't have a type.
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
Good God, can the devs just nuke Paladin to the ground? Raze every single one of its freaking tools. It's been dominant for FAR too long. BURN IT TO THE GROUND
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
So is this puzzle live? Can we already start solving it to earn the cardback?
Rune Scape - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Life has got me busy right now, but I've found some time to think about a new design. Here's what I'd like to do:
I've contacted Shadows to inquire of "Spend all your Mana" is a DQ because we're not allowed to use effects that trigger on the turn the card is played. I argue that it is a flexible cost and no "real" effect. We'll see. I'll definitely go with a meditation-flavored card since that's a good reason to make the effect trigger one turn later. Too sad we don't have a Monk class in HS (yet?). What do you think?
I'll add more feedback soonish.
Did the Patch Break the Shop? [Mobile]
Same, playing on android.
Did the Patch Break the Shop? [Mobile]
Yes, it has happened to my account also. Normally my prices on mobile are in Turkish Liras but now I'm seeing them as EUR. I'm playing in Europe region.. I hope this is a temporary bug..
By the way, I'm playing on Android. I don't know if this happens in iOS ..
Cards We Would Like to See Nerfed in the Upcoming Hearthstone Balance Patch
Normally, you choose the title of the article in order for it to be short and representative of the content it showcases.
It does contain nerf suggestions, it does contain cards we'd personally like to see changed - even though you'd like Paladin to be hit, there's no way Team 5 will nerf 4 of the cards Uther currently plays.
In other words, the article showcases a list of possible way to change (and possibly improve) the meta: it is fair to assume that, even though we nailed quite a few predictions in the past, we don't have neither the means nor the abilities to be perfect.
In the end, this kind of article is aimed at creating a form of discussion between the community members: do you see something you agree with us? Great, we're on the same page! Do you see something you're totally against? Tell us why!