Today's patch notes are a summary of updates that have gone out to the website over the past few days.

You can view our previous patch notes for March 12 here.

New Features

Backend

• We have upgraded the framework our site runs on, Django, to the latest 5.x release.
  • We have been running on a much older version of Django and it was no longer going to be receiving security fixes for much longer.
  • Additionally, there are some nice performance and developer improvements to the framework, so upgrading was a no-brainer.
  • This is by far the largest upgrade of our codebase that has ever taken place and has been in the works for a while.
• We have also upgraded our version of Python to the most recent stable version.
  • There have been some huge performance improvement to python over the past couple of years and now we are taking advantage of that.

Editor

• We have updated our editor to a new version for an improved experience on mobile.
  • Our custom plugins for bbcode will be making a return shortly.
• You can now access "templates" in the editor (rubber stamp icon).
  • This is where our "quote bbcode" is going to live going forward. It better showcases the usage of it.
  • More templates for common formats folks post about will be introduced as it makes sense.

Static Assets

• Work has been started on improving our JavaScript and CSS load times.

Articles

• We have a new look for our article pages which includes a sidebar.
• Article listings (View All News) have a new look.

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed an issue on several pages where pretty lists with selectable icons no longer had their icons.
• Fixed jobs that calculated our hot scores.
• Fixed an issue where people were unable to leave comments.

Hey, so you've probably seen the site is a bit goofy. I'm working on it!

Did it have any to begin with?

Certainly so! I really enjoyed the PVE nature of the game with the occasional PVP battle mixed in when we were getting close to a new unlock in the guild. But, man, I just lost touch with the game. It was fairly quick to get through the main part of the campaign, with a little resistance in the last few zones but it was to be expected. My problem began when I figured out how Heroic worked.

Heroic was awesome and I wish I had of started it sooner because it would be been an insanely "profitable" thing to bash through for those sweet upgrades, instead of relying on Arclight Surges. But then I 100% completed Elywnn Forest and the bastards gave me a limited-time shop deal that was just impossible to say no to.

And that's how they get you every single damn time. I haven't completed any other zones on Heroic purely because I know the deal will be too good to pass up and if I was having fun, I'll be more inclined to make the purchase. I don't mind buying stuff that is good value and paying for the games I play, but Warcraft Rumble just feels so bad with their monetization.

It's not as bad as some other games. Clash Royale has a pretty shit monetization system. Clash of Clans, which is one of my favourite mobile games of all time, makes it difficult to play for extended sessions without paying money; Of course I just started two other accounts to get around that lmao.

But yeah, the guild died because everyone else stopped playing and I have logged in once in the past two weeks. Heroic cheesed me a bit and I just wish there was more to do in the game. The PvP is kinda bland, though I think that's largely due to the small minion pool available. One unit being releases every few months doesn't feel fun enough. In fact, I don't really ever see a need to change strategies all that much which might be the problem.

I think there's very good designs in the game, but it needs something more. What do you think?

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway, including the new members who joined our community to participate - I hope to see you all around still!

Congratulations to Lemushki, sule, and anchorm4n for winning the giveaway! You have all been sent emails and private messages with instructions on how to claim your prizes. Here are their winning entries:

Lemushki -  Botface Comment

This one seems really powerfull as all minis are… Also Rotface was one of my favourite warrior cards ever. This one IS not going unnoticed by me.

I think this Will see play and maybe with the doctor?

If not… It at least Will be found

Sule - Toy Captain Tarim Comment

This is interesting: The first half of Tarim is obviously going to be used as a buff for a smaller friendly minion, and the second half as a debuff for an enemy minion. A neat little two-for-one for aggro pally; I think there's a ton of gas for that archetype so I'm fairly certain we'll be seeing this guy around. (sidenote: one of the great tragedies of Baku-era standard was that Odd Paladin was so good that the obviously busted 6-Cost Tarim was close to an afterthought).

Anchorm4n - Voting on Painter's Virtue

Since we can't preview the vote, instead, here's anchorm4n's comment!

[quote from="anchorm4n]

Weird stats on this one. Obviously a hand wide buff can't be too cheap, but why not skip the Lifesteal and give it Windfury instead? Or just reduce the cost a bit... I'm not sold on this one.

[/quote]

Good luck with your pack openings!

In this brawl you'll be given a hand full of cards that contain card names and you will need to match the card names to the minions that are on the board.

• You have more spells in your hand than there are minions, so don't expect this to be easy.
• If you make a mistake, the board resets!

Just an odd observation on my part, but while checking what stuff I’m missing in each set, I noticed that the four new Rumble minions they added to the Core set are also craftable as Legacy cards.

I’m not sure why that is, as it breaks with how other new cards in Core have been in the past.  But the interesting part of this is that if you craft the Legacy versions, they are usable in Twist right now.

Worth it?!  Probably not.  But I said fuck it and did it anyway!  [Hearthstone Card (Gnomelina, S.A.F.E. Pilot) Not Found] isn’t bad as a board clear, and the inclusion of Night Elf Huntress in Odd Paladin this morning helped me clear taunts for lethal.

So they are situational at best, but in the right situation they can be nice!  I really like Huntress because one of her three hits can go face.  So you could clear two minions to help control the board and also deal 3 face damage with one card.

These notes include some updates that have gone out over the past few days.

New Features

Realms

• Joining a realm will now notify you, if you are active on the website, when a new article is published.
  • This is entirely new tech we're testing out.
  • Apologies if you don't get notified.
  • We'll add settings down the line to allow this to be an opt-out feature.

Bug Fixes

Realms

• Fixed an issue where the news listing wouldn't work on the Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch realms.
• Sidebars no longer display the guide headings if there are no guides to display.
• Creating threads now properly displays which realm it's being created in.
• We have removed several redundant realms in favor of more generalized topics.
  • Examples include Zelda, Mario, and Kirby who have had their games condensed into their own realms.
  • For now, we're happy with this and will evaluate again in the future when traffic picks up.

Hearthstone

• Multiclass cards now always correctly import.
  • We've had a long-standing issue in one of our importers that sometimes would ruin classification of multiclass cards. This is no longer the case!
• Saved card packs now display signature cards correctly.
  • Demon, that was an INSANE card pack you opened.

Marvel Snap

• Fixed the realm view so you can now join and talk in the realm.

Legends of Runeterra

• Fixed the realm view so you can now join and talk in the realm.

Mythgard

• Fixed the realm view so you can now join and talk in the realm.

Yu-Gi-Oh

• Fixed the realm view so you can now join and talk in the realm.

Magic the Gathering

• Fixed the realm view so you can now join and talk in the realm.
• All urls are now accessible again after we moved from magic-arena to mtg.

https://twitter.com/ConcernedApe/status/1767242935018684805/photo/1

"Cutting down a fruit tree now yields the appropriate fruit sapling. If the tree is mature (i.e. the fruit quality is > basic), it will yield a sapling with the same quality as its fruit. The higher the quality, the faster the sapling will mature when replanted."

What an awesome addition to the game! There have been a few times I've wanted to move my trees but it just ends up being a money sink instead so I live with it. Live with it no more!

Steps:

- open site

- click on Community tab

- scroll down and click any page number

What happens:

- the main page reloads, with the "News" section active

Expected:

- the main page doesn't fully reload and the Community tab stays selected.

Might also fix the issue where the tab that you were last on is not memorized and reloaded upon going back to the main page from anywhere (News is always the active one currently).

I'm on mobile :)

Happy birthday, Mario! No, wait, that's not it... Happy random day that happens to look like your name, Mario!

Since Japanese company Nintendo decided to make this random holiday for an Italian plumber that lived in America, I'd figure I'd ask our community if they're planning on popping up any games with the moustachioed man. I'm going to visit his brother and help exorcise a nifty hotel (plauing Luigi's Mansion 3). What about you all?

Expect a similar thread for Star Wars games on May the 4th.

A new Rare Death Knight Spell, Threads of Despair, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Epic Death Knight Spell, Silk Stitching, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Common Death Knight Minion, Shambling Zombietank, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Common Death Knight Minion, Rambunctious Stuffy, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Epic Death Knight Minion, Rainbow Seamstress, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Legendary Death Knight Minion, Dr. Stitchensew, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Common Death Knight Minion, Darkthorn Quilter, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

New Features

Advertisements 

• All mobile users will no longer see the video advertisement.
  • As stated in our March 8 update notes, there are careful considerations to make about removing this. We'll see!

Realms

• We now cache user subscription data!
  • Slightly lower page load times, woo!
• The join realm button now has visual feedback when you have already joined a realm.
• All is now an option under the tags dropdown.
  
  • Previously, users could get stuck on selected tags, now you can reset your state without revisiting the realm page.

Bug Fixes

Realms

• Fixed an issue where some pages on realms had Create Thread buttons that would not work.

Hearthstone

• Deck widget on realm page now correctly displays 8 decks as one would expect. Bye bye empty space.
• Deck widget no longer clarifies that it is Hearthstone deck content.
  • This is an artifact from when we had decks on our homepage years ago. It was a waste of space, now its gone.

New Features

Advertisements

• Mobile users that are logged-in will no longer see the video advertisement.
  • I realize this makes Premium accounts slightly less interesting to have, but the video ad on mobile is just such a poor experience. Everyone is now incentivized to login to no longer see it! The unit makes us a large portion of our monthly revenue though, and over half our traffic is mobile, so we need to be careful about this.

Navigation

• Our navigation has been overhauled to, hopefully, be less awful.
  • Navigation has been a massive problem on the site since our launch.
  • This overhaul changes it so game navigation only appears within the concept of a realm.
• Mobile and Tablet users should always be able to easily access News and Realms.
• The new tech that powers our nav also allows us to more quickly update it since it isn't hardcoded.
• Let us know if you have any issues or have thoughts on the experience. 

Realms

• Introducing Headers and Avatars!
  • Each realm can now have a custom header image and avatar - and the header images aren't hard coded!
  • We no longer have to wait for Flux to deploy the site to change the Hearthstone header image for a new set or event!
• Introducing the Join button
  • You can now "subscribe" to a realm by Joining it. 
  • This will matter more down the line, for now, get ready by joining realms you care about!
• Create Thread button should be easier to access.
  • We've moved the button so it can be accessed in a common location on all devices.
• Characters?
  • By being a member of our site, you're a character in the Out of Games universe.

Hearthstone

• The card pack opener now supports signature cards.
  • We've added in last year's expansions!
• The card pack opener can now have "fun" packs.
  • No longer are we limited to packs that exist in Hearthstone proper.
  • Our first pack, the 10 Years of Hearthstone pack, is now available to be opened.
  • Fun packs have higher than usual appearance rates.
    • Down the line we'll update the leaderboard to have a fun and a normal leaderboard. Fun packs are about to overtake it.

Bug Fixes

Navigation

• Removed the extra News and Realm links on the profile bar when they already exist in the nav.

Realms

• Create Thread button now appears on mobile.
  • Sorry about that oversight!

Notifications

• Fixed an issue where we had debug javascript on the notifications listing.
  • Nothing to see here!

Hearthstone

• Discuss this Card links will now correctly appear across the site. [March 3]
• Tavern Crawl now works with realm threads.

Known Issues

Homepage

• Clicking on the pagination on the homepage community section reloads the page and forces you to see news content.
  • This is a mobile issue, due to the way our "tabbed content" works. Currently working on a solution.

Hearthstone

• The Hearthstone realm navigation is not 1:1 with our previous navigation.
  • Currently working on still adding stuff to the navigation. Your patience is appreciated!

Coming Soon

• Custom Feeds featuring your realms!
  • Click the Join button on any realm on the site to prepare for this update.
• Voting on realm threads.
• Hearthstone Puzzles
  • We have a couple of things we need to fix before we bring this back - if you saw it you know what we mean :)
• Poll threads in realms.
  • A bit further down the pipeline but they're coming!

A new Common Hunter Minion, Toyrannosaurus, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Rare Hunter Spell, Patchwork Pals, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

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Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Epic Hunter Minion, Mystery Egg, has been revealed!

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Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Whizbang's Workshop!

Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Common Hunter Spell, Fetch!, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Whizbang's Workshop!

Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Common Hunter Weapon, Remote Control, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Whizbang's Workshop!

Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.

A new Epic Hunter Spell, R.C. Rampage, has been revealed!

Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!

Learn more about Whizbang's Workshop

Head on over to our dedicated guide for Whizbang's Workshop!

Get Cheaper Card Packs

This section contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Out of Games earns on qualifying purchases.

If you want to save money when buying Hearthstone packs, you should check out Amazon Coins! It's an easy way to save up to 25% off Hearthstone packs so you can get into the new expansion without worrying about your wallet too much. We've got a detailed guide on how to Get Started with Amazon Coins, but if you've already dealt with them in the past, you can buy some more by clicking right here.