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Fluxflashor

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Joined 10/19/2018 Achieve Points 2015 Posts 3142

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Nothing has materialized yet for any Shadowlands pre-order bonuses in Blizzard's other titles, but that doesn't mean it isn't going to happen. I'd find it very weird that a WoW collector's edition didn't come with bonuses for other titles. It is possible bonuses weren't allowed to be worked on by other teams so they didn't accidentally push out assets that would leak the expansion (we've seen similar things happen in the past which is why Hearthstone sometimes leaves descriptions on card backs "TBD").

    50/50 shot of there being a card back IMO. We saw one back in Warlords, they skipped Legion, and then we got one again for Battle for Azeroth. I'd love to see one considering how much cool Shadowlands art we've got so far.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    The game has only been available for 2 separate testing periods, each lasting about a week, since the announcement last year.  When the game returns, and in an open state next week, it will have been just over 2 months since anyone outside of Riot has been able to play.

    I understand the frustration, but this information was shared quite a bit with everyone on their side, and we've published it at least a handful of times. 

    Game is amazingly polished btw. I don't see how the lack of a Runeterra-specific support ticket showcases otherwise since their official FAQs stated how everything was going to work.

    I hope you download the game next week when access is open to all on the 24th and get a chance to give it a shot!

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Hey Shwarzinator,

    Your version of Microsoft Edge or browser on Android is likely out of date. Older browsers aren't fully supported on the site since we use some more recent web features. I don't think it is too much to assume people are updating their browsers since it is a lot more commonplace these days. It also gives us a huge benefit where some of our favourite spammer friends are using such outdated browsers, they can't even use the site, letting us be more spam-free.

    I agree that we need more uniqueness on the Hearthstone side, it is our largest fault by far. Things are cooking and 2020 is definitely going to be our year! 

    Thanks for the comments and feedback <3

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks, Ballsdeeper. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    The on-site collection manager is actually closing in on release. I was aiming to have it out for the expansion last month but there are some technical hurdles to still work through. Since everything came to a halt the last couple of weeks of December due to the holidays, and now I've been plagued for a week (ugh, I love the Winter but I despise the sickness that always comes with it), so there's still work to do to get it out there.

    The release may end up being divided into a V1 and V2, with the initial launch being the collection manager itself and then client-side calculated deck costs. That is what is currently being evaluated. 

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    The dedicated Hearthstone portal on the site is available if you don't want the mix.
    https://outof.cards/hearthstone/

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Yep!

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Nah, so it was actually Animated Berserker. Mountainfire Armor we had put up as Mountain Fire Armor, and stated "the name is definitely not accurate" LOL. While technically we weren't wrong about that...

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Yeah, it feels a bit weird to call it out, it's very self-congratulatory, but there is no way this is simply a coincidence

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Fluffy Kibler Dragon was such a good one.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    We're not actively or planning on developing any desktop tools for games. It's a very common question that comes up!

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    35 new cards! They've probably got some playtesting that shows these cards may still be problematic.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    The effect being changed is indeed a nerf so you'll be able to full dust refund.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Happy New Year! Some items in this changelog have been previously deployed and were added just to keep you in the loop.

    New Features

    • Added Discord integration
      • You can connect a Discord account to your Out of Cards account.
      • Currently, this is only used for giving our Premium members a special role on Discord.
      • We run checks every 10 minutes, so it may take a little bit of time before new premium members get their role.
    • New Ad Provider
      • We've changed ad providers, to NitroPay!
      • If you are in certain regions and are a non-premium user, you'll have some options.
        • European members will receive a GDPR prompt their first time visiting the site and any time they don't have the proper GDPR cookie set.
        • California members can click on a "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in the footer and on our privacy policy.
    • Game Portals!
      • These are customizable homepages for an individual game. If you don't want to see anything from a particular game, you can visit them and bookmark them instead.
      • There is a known issue with forum threads showing up from all forums. We're not quite ready with that part yet ;)
      • A game portal is now live for Hearthstone.
      • A game portal is now live for Legends of Runeterra.

    Changes

    • The premium offerings for 6-month, 12-month, and a temporarily available lifetime subscription have been added to account management.
      • You can pay for a longer-subscription at a discount to support the site.
      • These are only offered through PayPal, so if you'd like to support the site that way, it is now available.
      • None of these subscriptions are recurring. It is a one-time payment.
      • Due to the manual process involved here, please give us up to 12 hours to get your account hooked up with premium access <3
    • Ad placements are now manually defined, removing any chance of ads showing up in places we don't want them (comments I'm looking at you)
    • Improved performance of the Hearthstone card database.
    • Improved performance of comments.

    Bug Fixes

    • Fixed an issue that was preventing Patreon premium users from properly being flagged as such.
    • Fixed the third Hearthstone deck widget shown on the homepage
    • Fixed TinyMCE errors when some plugins were unable to be loaded.
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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    You can use the "display" filter to change it to card images! UI for this could definitely be improved.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks for disabling adblock and the kind comments <3

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Emptyness, thanks so much for your support! I feel like a broken record every time I say it, but I really do mean it.

    Everyone has been so awesome with the site and I can't wait to give everyone more fun stuff to play with.

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    CEO 2015 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    If we're talking purely from a monetary point of view, Patreon is better because it is a reliable source of income and more likely to give the site more money on a per user basis. Ads have so much variability, it isn't easy to say if it would be more beneficial for us for any particular user to have them subscribe or just use the site the way they normally do with ads enabled, though it certainly could be possible.

    If you can, I recommend sticking with Patreon!