More invites will be going out in the next phase as well, starting November 14. We're all about to be unable to access the game, RIP!
Do note though if you have access now, you will ALWAYS have access. Riot has no plans to remove access between phases, they're just taking the game itself down to get it ready for the next stage. Also worth pointing out that any real-money purchases made for coins, will be refunded when they do an account progression reset back into the original amount of coins you purchased.
I guess I should also add, I think it would be cool if we could find a good way to allow you to customize the navigation more and allow multiple games to show up. That would be something far down the road though if we did it since it adds a lot of complexity to how the nav works.
The front page filter will work a bit differently than the navigation. The intention behind the navigation is to allow the relevant nav show up based on what "section" of the site you're on. If you're on the forums though, it'll show you whatever the last game nav you were on. If you were to "unset" the nav choice, all you'd be able to see is the forums.
I do want to make an addition to the nav where we'll add some popular links to the Select Game dropdown so you don't have to go through multiple page loads to get to something like the card database or deckbuilder.
For the articles though, we'll give you a list of topics/games you want to see on the homepage, and you can turn them on and off as you wish. We will, however, still have the rare article go through when a very important event is happening in a game that you're not "subscribed" to, such as when a new game launches or a new expansion launches. That's so we can give everyone a reminder about cool stuff happening. The ability to have articles filtered will probably be a logged-in only feature due to the extra overhead it will require (even though it isn't that much!).
Is it correct I can currently (on mobile) only switch to one or the other, but not switch back to see both again (except by changing the url manually?)
You can get back to the homepage by tapping on the Out of Cards logo at the top of the page. There you should have access to content from all games.
An account reset will reset wild cards and the cards crafted with them, so yeah, make use of them now to test the game fully! Find cards you really like early on so you can focus on getting those when the game actually comes out.
I've rolled out some initial support for "game switching".
The navigation (and header image) will now switch based on what section of the site you are on. You'll initially need to "select a game" on the navigation to populate it, but after that you'll see header content that you want, with the ability to still switch to other games.
I'm hoping to get an update out this weekend to get the Hearthstone and Runeterra section pages better than simply displaying news. I may also change the homepage up to use the "game switch preference" to decide whether or not it should load the Hearthstone-specific widgets.
Are there any errors in your browser's console (Option + Command + i, then select web inspector and reload the page) after trying to click on the leave comment button? Do the reply and quote buttons bring up an editor?
Yeah, Blizzard has nothing when it comes to community support. That was one of my favourite things as a many-years League of Legends player and someone who also dabbled in the content side of League. They were so active it was tough to keep up with at times!
We'll do our best to highlight the important stuff they're talking about online, though it may take some time to get everyone properly tracked :D
I'll add, our goal is to grow the site to be as large as possible so we can have a vibrant community. Supporting multiple games helps us achieve that and more importantly, there is definitely room for splash over. If we gain a lot of extra traffic because of Runeterra, the Hearthstone side of things will grow as well
The game is currently in a 5-day "Patch Preview". It will then go offline for a month and return with another short preview period before going down again until the start of 2020.
Hearthstone very rarely has actual news and its been that way for a very frustrating 6 years. If it wasn't for the Blitzchung drama recently, it would have been a couple of weeks of silence and us just continuing to push out interesting articles on different types of decks people can play to enjoy the game.
I'm also not sure what you're talking about as far as missing content goes. There were a couple of mediocre things missed a few weeks back due to a lot of stuff going on and me being out sick for a whole week, which is a speck of dust when you compare it to us actually covering everything else.
The end goal for this site was to never only cover one game though, and I thought we were quite clear when we gave it a generic name, moving away from Hearthstation, and talking about it multiple times in the news and on the forums. There are plans to allow people to only see stuff for one game if that is all they care about, Riot just caught us offguard with the game announcement and we've had to react quickly to it.
Anyone relying on creating a top-tier website that is only going to talk about Hearthstone, I don't trust Blizzard enough to put anyone's livelihood on that, as further proven by the recent Blitzchung controversy. I love Blizzard, always will, and I think they've done a very good job for Hearthstone this whole year with so many extra content updates and communication, but that doesn't fix the overall track record for the game and the game continues to decline in players which makes it even scarier to invest in it long-term.
That's not to say we're not still playing and loving the game and that we're going to stop creating content for it, because that is still our primary drive, Runeterra is just new and there's a LOT to talk about. We've probably got another 2 weeks of silence from Hearthstone and then things will really pick-up when BlizzCon hits. A new expansion announcement and then a card reveal period shortly after with the release in December makes for a super interesting month+.
I will say though, the community here is infinitely better than what HearthPwn currently has, even if we have slightly less activity. I've seen real discussions take place here where you really can't say the same about HearthPwn. Not entirely sure what you mean by decks either, we have a much higher % of quality deck guides being written on the site compared to the amount of duplicate, empty stuff HP has. You're more than welcome to your own opinion on that though and I wish you the best in your internet travels! Feel free to come back anytime and engage with us in discussion on Hearthstone.
Yup, deckbuilder is already in the works and with that comes the deck database!
Moving this to the site feedback forum since thats where it really belongs =)
Pft, Sona is the one true bae. Should be criminal for not including her yet!
Figuring out how the card crafting system works and feels is such a good experience to have IMO, so time well spent!
I hope you find some cards you like with them all being available so you can make some good crafts when the game launches.
More invites will be going out in the next phase as well, starting November 14. We're all about to be unable to access the game, RIP!
Do note though if you have access now, you will ALWAYS have access. Riot has no plans to remove access between phases, they're just taking the game itself down to get it ready for the next stage. Also worth pointing out that any real-money purchases made for coins, will be refunded when they do an account progression reset back into the original amount of coins you purchased.
No correlation at all. It was put in the footer as a comment towards Blizzard and I decided to remove it to regain the space.
I guess I should also add, I think it would be cool if we could find a good way to allow you to customize the navigation more and allow multiple games to show up. That would be something far down the road though if we did it since it adds a lot of complexity to how the nav works.
The front page filter will work a bit differently than the navigation. The intention behind the navigation is to allow the relevant nav show up based on what "section" of the site you're on. If you're on the forums though, it'll show you whatever the last game nav you were on. If you were to "unset" the nav choice, all you'd be able to see is the forums.
I do want to make an addition to the nav where we'll add some popular links to the Select Game dropdown so you don't have to go through multiple page loads to get to something like the card database or deckbuilder.
For the articles though, we'll give you a list of topics/games you want to see on the homepage, and you can turn them on and off as you wish. We will, however, still have the rare article go through when a very important event is happening in a game that you're not "subscribed" to, such as when a new game launches or a new expansion launches. That's so we can give everyone a reminder about cool stuff happening. The ability to have articles filtered will probably be a logged-in only feature due to the extra overhead it will require (even though it isn't that much!).
You can get back to the homepage by tapping on the Out of Cards logo at the top of the page. There you should have access to content from all games.
Unless I misunderstood your question.
An account reset will reset wild cards and the cards crafted with them, so yeah, make use of them now to test the game fully! Find cards you really like early on so you can focus on getting those when the game actually comes out.
I've rolled out some initial support for "game switching".
The navigation (and header image) will now switch based on what section of the site you are on. You'll initially need to "select a game" on the navigation to populate it, but after that you'll see header content that you want, with the ability to still switch to other games.
I'm hoping to get an update out this weekend to get the Hearthstone and Runeterra section pages better than simply displaying news. I may also change the homepage up to use the "game switch preference" to decide whether or not it should load the Hearthstone-specific widgets.
Are there any errors in your browser's console (Option + Command + i, then select web inspector and reload the page) after trying to click on the leave comment button? Do the reply and quote buttons bring up an editor?
Attempting to respond on my MBP with Safari 13.
Do you by chance have JavaScript blocked or some cookies disabled in Safari?
You can obtain random cards through quests and The Vault!
Sorry to hear that!
Is there a chance you're using a browser that hasn't been updated in a while? What model of phone and type of browser are you using?
Yeah, Blizzard has nothing when it comes to community support. That was one of my favourite things as a many-years League of Legends player and someone who also dabbled in the content side of League. They were so active it was tough to keep up with at times!
We'll do our best to highlight the important stuff they're talking about online, though it may take some time to get everyone properly tracked :D
I don't say this often, but, you're a fool.
You received a response from Frosty on your question about LoR.
I'll add, our goal is to grow the site to be as large as possible so we can have a vibrant community. Supporting multiple games helps us achieve that and more importantly, there is definitely room for splash over. If we gain a lot of extra traffic because of Runeterra, the Hearthstone side of things will grow as well
The game is currently in a 5-day "Patch Preview". It will then go offline for a month and return with another short preview period before going down again until the start of 2020.
Hearthstone very rarely has actual news and its been that way for a very frustrating 6 years. If it wasn't for the Blitzchung drama recently, it would have been a couple of weeks of silence and us just continuing to push out interesting articles on different types of decks people can play to enjoy the game.
I'm also not sure what you're talking about as far as missing content goes. There were a couple of mediocre things missed a few weeks back due to a lot of stuff going on and me being out sick for a whole week, which is a speck of dust when you compare it to us actually covering everything else.
The end goal for this site was to never only cover one game though, and I thought we were quite clear when we gave it a generic name, moving away from Hearthstation, and talking about it multiple times in the news and on the forums. There are plans to allow people to only see stuff for one game if that is all they care about, Riot just caught us offguard with the game announcement and we've had to react quickly to it.
Anyone relying on creating a top-tier website that is only going to talk about Hearthstone, I don't trust Blizzard enough to put anyone's livelihood on that, as further proven by the recent Blitzchung controversy. I love Blizzard, always will, and I think they've done a very good job for Hearthstone this whole year with so many extra content updates and communication, but that doesn't fix the overall track record for the game and the game continues to decline in players which makes it even scarier to invest in it long-term.
That's not to say we're not still playing and loving the game and that we're going to stop creating content for it, because that is still our primary drive, Runeterra is just new and there's a LOT to talk about. We've probably got another 2 weeks of silence from Hearthstone and then things will really pick-up when BlizzCon hits. A new expansion announcement and then a card reveal period shortly after with the release in December makes for a super interesting month+.
I will say though, the community here is infinitely better than what HearthPwn currently has, even if we have slightly less activity. I've seen real discussions take place here where you really can't say the same about HearthPwn. Not entirely sure what you mean by decks either, we have a much higher % of quality deck guides being written on the site compared to the amount of duplicate, empty stuff HP has. You're more than welcome to your own opinion on that though and I wish you the best in your internet travels! Feel free to come back anytime and engage with us in discussion on Hearthstone.
Please give this a read!
https://outof.cards/forums/out-of-cards/site-updates/1795-a-note-on-supporting-multiple-games-on-out-of-cards