I opened around 35-40 packs and have only gotten 2 legendaries so far. But I have gotten a surprising 11 epics, two of which were golden. My legendaries were Firemancer Flurgl and Barak Kodobane, both of which were on my wish list. I also got this wonderful pack:
There is a similar bug for Rinling's Rifle. I think it is due to something going wrong when implementing the core set, which prevents those cards from being discovered and also prevents us from queuing into games with golden core cards.
In my opinion it's strange that they decided to publish Leaderboards for Classic mode. Yes, it fits because other formats have it but...
This format won't change in the nearest future, the meta won't be evolving or something.
But I started playing in 2016, so I don't have that nostalgic feelings about this. Happy that others can experience it once again :)
My complaint is that it came out at the worst possible moment for others - to try it out. We have biggest Standard rotation ever, Arena got interesting too, because of introduction of the Core. Duels got a big update... There's so many modes to try when they feel fresh now.
Why couldn't they release it right after Blizzcon, when we had a dead silence period without many (any?) news ?
Everytime I play Ring Toss on standard I got only 3 options the new secret Oasis Ally, Rigged Faire Game and Netherwind Portal, the second time I only got the options left, already played several times and still the same thing after this patch, anyone have seen the same bug?
Quick answer to your question: take out all your golden core cards. If you're netdecking it defaults to goldens. Gotta take em all off, and remember to choose the correct card, as some core cards have multiple copies in the collection book.
Anybody else getting this message and not being able to play? I've tried on and off maybe 25 times over 4 hours and it just wont let me play. Never seen this before when an expansion lands.
I just reached level 29 on the track with the Tavern Pass activated. I have 1 weekly left which is the "Win 5 games of Battlegrounds, Brawl, Duels" at (2/5) done.
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What are everyone's level 20 random Legendary? My was Tamsin Roame.
I got to level 17 on day 1. I completed the 5 wins weekly quest (i have been neglecting it for weeks) and the 2 daily ones i had. Progression felt good with a lot of early rewards but that also happened during the last track. It felt really good early on but slowed down to a crawl around level 30. Things are different this time as the level up requirements are much lower for the early levels. It should feel a lot smoother and i hope it will feel good even after we get to the higher levels.
I still have mostly the same opinion as I did before. Looks pretty good.
Bananenparty
Super flavorful, but the effect is unclear. Does "cast it yourself" mean that you cast the spell instead of the opponent or that you cast a copy of the spell? It does also fall into the trap of the target being random and therefore the Secret in general as a whole being fairly unreliable.
Don't put it in The Boomsday Project though. This will result in a period of time where it is the only Rogue Secret available in Standard, that being the Raven/Dragon year, effectively rendering the card non-functional. You're much better off using a custom watermark instead.
Wailor
The idea is there, but the Secret seems very weak. It's pretty easy to play around by either just not dealing much damage to them, or just outright killing them.
Nirast
It is technically a strictly better Repentance, but as Repentance is both a fairly underwhelming Secret and this one is also a Legendary, I can easily get behind this. I feel like in practice, this will be very easy to play around and the recurring effect won't really matter. You play around this the same way you play around Repentance, which is by just playing your smallest minion first. And since they will now know that this is in play when it's cast again, they can play around it even easier.
Shatterstar1998
Both of these look pretty good.
Fedrion
I think I can rescind my statement of this being weak since it can potentially scale a lot of Spell Damage quickly. I know you can't change this because you already submitted it, but one problem I have with the card is the Classic watermark since both Legendary spells and spell schools did not exist yet. If it's intended to be an FitB card, then it should just use the FitB watermark.
I hope I will be able to confirm it myself tomorrow as well. My weeklies did not pair up well to make the attempt today, so I had to reroll 1 before completing the 'win 5 ranked' weekly quest.
Seems indeed like it was not done on purpose and it will most probably fixed soon. I would not mind to abuse it at least once though, before it goes away.
Thank you Alleria for continuing this wonderful rewards track discussion. I hope this is the start of a great tradition and keeps on going for many many expansions!
After opening 250 packs (which lucky me resulted in a full expansion collected), I quickly jumpstarted to level 30 with 2 weekly and 1 daily quest still left to collect.
My first goal will be to reach level 70 in order to obtain the 20% XP boost as quickly as possible. Afterwards, I should adjust my daily playtime to a much more comfortable level unlike last time.
"May you have a pleasant and steady climb of this new rewards track. Good luck to all of you!"
Going with the Spell Damage version of the secret.
I find it more flavorful to the FitB theme, along with the semi-frenzy aspect it adds the Fire tag and synergy, which is "like" it was introduced in the FitB expansion, I found it much more fitting.
I opened 70 packs with only gold. I got 3 legendaries: Mordresh Fire Eye (okay), Firemancer Flurgl (terrible for me, won't use at all) and Scabbs Cutterbutter (fine as well). I will probably craft Xyrella and Overlord Saurfang. I never count the amount of epics i get but it felt like a decent enough amount. It was fine, overall. Not great but not bad.
I am happy I came here to get this info from you guys before launching the game. I have learned to make a habbit of this before new expansions because of past issues. I just got home from work. I will hold off on opening my classic packs until the issue is resolved. Are Barren's packs working well? Oh, and to the people who took off of work today, I understand your excitement; but after the disasterous Diablo 3 launch you should've known better.
As I was experiencing extended downtime in any playmode, I went through all the flavour texts and noticed that there are quite a few (I might even say more than usually) lyric-inspired puns. Actually, there are so many of them that I suspect me overlooking quite a few.
Given that I still can't start a single game, I'll just post my findings and appreachiate any additions:
Pack Opening Thread -Barren Edition
I opened around 35-40 packs and have only gotten 2 legendaries so far. But I have gotten a surprising 11 epics, two of which were golden. My legendaries were Firemancer Flurgl and Barak Kodobane, both of which were on my wish list. I also got this wonderful pack:
Ring Toss Bug on Standard
oh I didnt noticed the bug with rinling's rifle, I think I have to wait a little to play my Spell C'thun Mage...
Ring Toss Bug on Standard
There is a similar bug for Rinling's Rifle. I think it is due to something going wrong when implementing the core set, which prevents those cards from being discovered and also prevents us from queuing into games with golden core cards.
Forged in the Barrens Matchmaking Issue: Games Failing to Start - Blizzard is Working on It
This is a simple hiccup compared to the D3 launch... hicc!
Hearthstone's Classic Web Leaderboards Are Now Live!
In my opinion it's strange that they decided to publish Leaderboards for Classic mode. Yes, it fits because other formats have it but...
This format won't change in the nearest future, the meta won't be evolving or something.
But I started playing in 2016, so I don't have that nostalgic feelings about this. Happy that others can experience it once again :)
My complaint is that it came out at the worst possible moment for others - to try it out. We have biggest Standard rotation ever, Arena got interesting too, because of introduction of the Core. Duels got a big update... There's so many modes to try when they feel fresh now.
Why couldn't they release it right after Blizzcon, when we had a dead silence period without many (any?) news ?
Forged in the Barrens Matchmaking Issue: Games Failing to Start - Blizzard is Working on It
Haaaahhaaa!!! You go with your bad self!!
Ring Toss Bug on Standard
Everytime I play Ring Toss on standard I got only 3 options the new secret Oasis Ally, Rigged Faire Game and Netherwind Portal, the second time I only got the options left, already played several times and still the same thing after this patch, anyone have seen the same bug?
Hearthstone's Classic Web Leaderboards Are Now Live!
He needs to get in GM, even if just for the title. He deserves it.
Pack Opening Thread -Barren Edition
Looks like lady luck just rang by as I opened my packs.
Got 10 legendaries in like 85 packs. Don't know how it happened, but this is the best opening day I ever had.
Practically missed all the targets on my wish list, but hey, can't complain with results like this.
"There Was an Error Starting Your Game..."
Its a confirmed bug. Here's the outofcards article.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2924-forged-in-the-barrens-matchmaking-issue-games-failing-to-start-blizzard-is-working-on-it
Quick answer to your question: take out all your golden core cards. If you're netdecking it defaults to goldens. Gotta take em all off, and remember to choose the correct card, as some core cards have multiple copies in the collection book.
Pack Opening Thread -Barren Edition
Around 80 packs opened and 3 Leg's. Game hates me.
"There Was an Error Starting Your Game..."
Anybody else getting this message and not being able to play? I've tried on and off maybe 25 times over 4 hours and it just wont let me play. Never seen this before when an expansion lands.
Pack Opening Thread -Barren Edition
I opened:
My 4 legendaries were Guff Runetotem, Overlord Saurfang, Kargal Battlescar & Kazakus, Golem Shaper.
Forged in the Barrens Matchmaking Issue: Games Failing to Start - Blizzard is Working on It
No... I will not abandon the golden cards. No one can match against me, no one can stop me now!
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
I just reached level 29 on the track with the Tavern Pass activated. I have 1 weekly left which is the "Win 5 games of Battlegrounds, Brawl, Duels" at (2/5) done.
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What are everyone's level 20 random Legendary? My was Tamsin Roame.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
I got to level 17 on day 1. I completed the 5 wins weekly quest (i have been neglecting it for weeks) and the 2 daily ones i had. Progression felt good with a lot of early rewards but that also happened during the last track. It felt really good early on but slowed down to a crawl around level 30. Things are different this time as the level up requirements are much lower for the early levels. It should feel a lot smoother and i hope it will feel good even after we get to the higher levels.
Even More Top Secret - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Feedback round 3.
Super flavorful, but the effect is unclear. Does "cast it yourself" mean that you cast the spell instead of the opponent or that you cast a copy of the spell? It does also fall into the trap of the target being random and therefore the Secret in general as a whole being fairly unreliable.
Don't put it in The Boomsday Project though. This will result in a period of time where it is the only Rogue Secret available in Standard, that being the Raven/Dragon year, effectively rendering the card non-functional. You're much better off using a custom watermark instead.
Howto: Win-5-Ranked Weekly Quest twice
I hope I will be able to confirm it myself tomorrow as well. My weeklies did not pair up well to make the attempt today, so I had to reroll 1 before completing the 'win 5 ranked' weekly quest.
Seems indeed like it was not done on purpose and it will most probably fixed soon. I would not mind to abuse it at least once though, before it goes away.
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Thank you Alleria for continuing this wonderful rewards track discussion. I hope this is the start of a great tradition and keeps on going for many many expansions!
After opening 250 packs (which lucky me resulted in a full expansion collected), I quickly jumpstarted to level 30 with 2 weekly and 1 daily quest still left to collect.
My first goal will be to reach level 70 in order to obtain the 20% XP boost as quickly as possible. Afterwards, I should adjust my daily playtime to a much more comfortable level unlike last time.
"May you have a pleasant and steady climb of this new rewards track. Good luck to all of you!"
Even More Top Secret - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Thanks all of you guys for the feedback.
Going with the Spell Damage version of the secret.
I find it more flavorful to the FitB theme, along with the semi-frenzy aspect it adds the Fire tag and synergy, which is "like" it was introduced in the FitB expansion, I found it much more fitting.
Gonna try to do a feedback in a couple of hours.
Forged in the Barrens Launch Survival Guide - Everything You Need to Know & Day 1 Decks to Try
It's working now, I guess just bugs getting worked out.
Pack Opening Thread -Barren Edition
I opened 70 packs with only gold. I got 3 legendaries: Mordresh Fire Eye (okay), Firemancer Flurgl (terrible for me, won't use at all) and Scabbs Cutterbutter (fine as well). I will probably craft Xyrella and Overlord Saurfang. I never count the amount of epics i get but it felt like a decent enough amount. It was fine, overall. Not great but not bad.
Forged in the Barrens Matchmaking Issue: Games Failing to Start - Blizzard is Working on It
I am happy I came here to get this info from you guys before launching the game. I have learned to make a habbit of this before new expansions because of past issues. I just got home from work. I will hold off on opening my classic packs until the issue is resolved. Are Barren's packs working well? Oh, and to the people who took off of work today, I understand your excitement; but after the disasterous Diablo 3 launch you should've known better.
The Songs of the Barrens
As I was experiencing extended downtime in any playmode, I went through all the flavour texts and noticed that there are quite a few (I might even say more than usually) lyric-inspired puns. Actually, there are so many of them that I suspect me overlooking quite a few.
Given that I still can't start a single game, I'll just post my findings and appreachiate any additions:
Kripp's Mill Warlock - Barrens Day 1 Deck
Kripp literally netdecked this