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Hotfix rolling out with some adjustments for BGs. Gonna highlight some of the quest/reward tweaks: https://t.co/KrPmkudkF1

Hotfix rolling out with some adjustments for BGs. Gonna highlight some of the quest/reward tweaks: https://t.co/KrPmkudkF1

  • Mitchell Loewen
    Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
    Hotfix rolling out with some adjustments for BGs. Gonna highlight some of the quest/reward tweaks: https://t.co/KrPmkudkF1

    • Mitchell Loewen
      Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
      These Quests are now harder: Dust for Prints, Exhumed the Bones, Sort It All Out, Follow the Money These Quests are now easier: Cry for Help

      • Mitchell Loewen
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        These Rewards are now harder: Stolen Gold, Ritual Dagger, Devils in the Details, The Smoking Gun, Mirror Shield, Secret Sinstone, Victim's Spectral, Yogg-tastic Tasties, Staff of Origination

        • Mitchell Loewen
          Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
          These Rewards are now easier: Snicker Snacks, Evil Twin, Ghastly Mask, Teal Tiger Sapphire, Red Hand, Wondrous Wisdomball

          • WickedGood
            Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
            @LoewenMitchell What does harder/easier mean in regard to rewards? Harder/easier to roll?

            • Mitchell Loewen
              Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
              @WickedGood Harder/easier refers to the dynamic scaling of the numbers in the Quest textbox. We made no appearance rate adjustments in this hotfix.

              • Mitchell Loewen
                Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                @WickedGood (So basically difficulty to complete not to find)

                • WickedGood
                  Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                  @LoewenMitchell OK, so the difficulty of the associated quests were adjusted. Thanks!

                  • Mitchell Loewen
                    Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                    @WickedGood Yup!

          • RidiculousHat
            Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
            @LoewenMitchell were witness protection and hidden body removed for animation reasons? if so, are we hoping for an eventual return with the next client-side patch with updated animations or are you still working through what the plan is

            • Jkirek_
              Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
              @RidiculousHat @LoewenMitchell If I had to make a guess, hidden body was an animation time issue, and witness protection was generally too hard to complete

              • Jkirek_
                Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                @RidiculousHat @LoewenMitchell Which would mean hidden body will return, but witness protection might not; it's not very fun to have a reward unachievable because you don't have and can't directly get any taunts

                • Mitchell Loewen
                  Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                  @Jkirek_ @RidiculousHat You have good instincts

                  • RidiculousHat
                    Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                    @LoewenMitchell @Jkirek_ interesting! i guess taunt is more conditional than a minion type

                    • Mitchell Loewen
                      Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                      @RidiculousHat @Jkirek_ Yeah it's tough and varies a lot based on minion type, so going to need time to figure out the best solution.

              • RidiculousHat
                Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                @Jkirek_ @LoewenMitchell they can tune down difficulty server side so if it was just challenge that would've been addressed with the other quests. i'd bet this is animation related too but mitchell will tell us if he's feelin nice today (he usually is)

                • Mitchell Loewen
                  Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
                  @RidiculousHat @Jkirek_ Yup I felt kind ☺️

            • Mitchell Loewen
              Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
              @RidiculousHat Hidden Body will be back once animations are a bit faster. Not ready to say what will happen with Witness Protection yet as the team is still deciding

          • NimyL
            Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
            @LoewenMitchell Is there a visual guide anywhere for these changes? Tough to remember them by name.

            • Mitchell Loewen
              Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
              @NimyL No, unfortunately. Since this is a hotfix we don't have graphics for it. But in general, you can think of it as the stronger rewards are now a bit harder to earn and the weaker rewards are now a bit easier to earn.

      • itsjust_kb
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        @LoewenMitchell You didn't have to make Cry for Help easier, I'm already really good at it. Same with Wail into the Darkness, Rend Garments, and Curse my Existence. ...Oh, this is a Hearthstone thing. Never mind.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
          @itsjust_kb @LoewenMitchell https://t.co/f3IsWVSdOA

      • SorrenEZ
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        @LoewenMitchell Will Ghastly Mask and Teal Tiger Sapphire be easier to achieve in Demon lobby when murlocs are banned?

        • Mitchell Loewen
          Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
          @SorrenEZ Currently, Ghastly Mask isn't directly affected by the minion pool (just whatever minion it offers). Teal Tiger Sapphire is easier in non-Demon lobbies. Murlocs don't directly affect either of them.

    • AaronCLerner
      Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
      @LoewenMitchell Great to see adjustments and tweaks being made quickly and proactively to quests! They're a lot of fun and seem like they'd be easier to balance and change than previous aspects of BGs.

      • Mitchell Loewen
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        @AaronCLerner Yay! We try our best to listen to feedback and respond as fast as we can. We plan to keep making adjustments to Quests as needed to keep them fun and fair.

        • MinderRoots
          Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
          @LoewenMitchell @AaronCLerner You did a great job collecting feedback on Twitter. Really made it more obvious how you all listen to our feedback!

          • Mitchell Loewen
            Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
            @MinderRoots @AaronCLerner 🥰🥰🥰

            • Mitchell Loewen
              Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
              @MinderRoots @AaronCLerner I also seek out other sources (reddit, YouTube, forums, podcasts, fansites, etc.), but Twitter has been great for fast feedback!

    • Ace103HS
      Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
      @LoewenMitchell I don't really have screenshots but I was playing with Victims Specter and my last minion to die was a golden imp (token from that 2/2taunt demon) and when I played it it gave me a triple reward. Seemed like a bug,if you can see replays the game just finished Rafaam Ace103#1126

      • Mitchell Loewen
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        @Ace103HS Thanks for letting us know. We've got it logged!

    • ryuzo_hsbg
      Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
      @LoewenMitchell Great job!! Is Denathrius' first quest now easier? Several Japanese players feel it has been adjusted.

      • Mitchell Loewen
        Posted 3 years, 3 months ago (Source)
        @ryuzo_hsbg Yes! Sorry I should have called that out. Denathrius' first Quest used to have a difficulty boost, but we removed it in the hotfix. His 1st Quest should be the same relative difficulty as everyone else's
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