Horde for life! We have our problems and some bad storytelling but I will always be there for my Orc, Troll, Tauren, Undead, and Blood Elf family. I still don't trust those crazy Goblins and I'm not even sure if the Huojin Pandaren truly consider themselves Horde. Pandas are lovable but a sneak attack waiting to happen - at the end of the day we destroyed their homeland.
Blizzard is going to hotfix in the quest tomorrow, December 1, so the event will officially be starting early. Everything still works right now though, you just don't get notifications of quest progression but it is working on the server-side.
I think $10 for a board is pretty good value and here's why!
$10 is the second lowest price point for cosmetics, with $5 being an even easier sell to people. $10 keeps the board a bit more unique since not everyone will buy it so it'll feel more special. But that's not the real reason I think it's good value. The real reason is because at $10, it ends up being a cosmetic that I can use for eternity. Hero Portraits in constructed are $10 (being forced to buy the card back or packs alongside kinda sucks) and I can only use that when I'm playing that class whereas the Battleground board will always be there for me no matter who I'm playing with. Of course, we've seen some much cheaper hero portraits so that's not the best comparison, but that's thanks to just crazy numbers of them being released now so the only way to realistically get someone to buy more of them is to reduce the cost and make bundles.
The only thing that sucks about it is you know there will eventually be a better board that speaks to you. Relatively speaking, this one is a bit plain and I fully expect to see boards focusing on the big tribe themes in Battlegrounds which will be so much cooler to equip which means I'm now in for a couple of purchased boards.
It will be interesting to see how they deal with equipping them once there are several that someone could own. I'd love to see pairing boards with heroes but I'd also love the ability to swap my board mid-game when I figure out my composition so it could match. The dream.
My assumption is they are still working out the price point that works for the the sweet spot of total purchases vs total revenue.
If they are getting buys now, and they are happy with the numbers, they might always be expensive. I fully expect fatigue to settle in though and we'll see a reduction in prices if this is indeed the case.
We are aware that some aspects of the “Honor” event went live with the Patch, instead of with the expansion as intended. The team is looking into the issue and exploring options about how to respond.
Hopefully they forget about it and just let people have fun with it.
I'm getting the same thing. I am assuming that these points aren't counting for anything yet because the quest line isn't live.
I just saw a screenshot of someone getting progression on the achievement side of honor. I doubt it'll contribute to the quest once it opens up, but that would be neat if we could build progression early
Which is super confusing because if there really are achievements... that means this will be the first round of achievements that are only completable during a specific time frame.
I don't have an issue with that because several online games have achievements that are "Legacy" or "Feats of Strength" which showcase someone's progress over many years (hell, we do that here on Out of Cards), but I'm curious if they're going to list them separately. It would be super annoying to display them as unearned achievements after the event is over. We'll find out in like 14 hours though so \o/
You need to just play games. No specific cards are required.
They're golden cards so its purely cosmetic gains.
I don't believe they are available in packs but I haven't seen confirmation either way. You won't be able to rush the quest regardless - that's a ton of games before opening packs.
Hey, popping in to say that the event runs until the next expansion launches. A winner of AV is declared when the mini-set launches, but you can keep working towards rewards.
So yes, it is indeed going to take 360 games but that's okay because you have 4 months to do them. So thats 2.5ish games of Hearthstone per day instead.
I'm not entirely certain if the legendary quest will go away for those that already started it after the 36 day event is over. Assuming the worst case scenario, then yes, you have 36 days to guarantee the opposing faction golden legendary card. I hope that isn't the case, but Blizzard has being stupidly vague about everything because its Blizzard.
I agree that 10 games a day is huge. Especially considering at how casual Hearthstone is, something like this just becomes so unobtainable in a month's timeframe. I feel like they've left out a key part of the event within their post or they laid out their numbers wrong because honestly, it makes no sense. I remember when we datamined the original rewards track XP numbers and it sent everything into a fury. Blizzard came out and said it wasn't the whole picture and that we'd see events during the expansion cycle that would give you more XP - which they then got rid of and made the whole track make more sense without needing those larger event XP gains. Perhaps there's some special quests that reward honor or there will be times where they increase the honor gains. Doubtful but I'll remain slightly optimistic they sucked at their messaging.
I think the concede factor is either time spent in game, turns, or health which makes it fairly forgiving. Don't quote me on that though!
There are no confirmed details right now but I'm assuming this is going to be like the rewards track content.
Previously, looking at quest rewards like the ones we've seen during Noble Garden, Golden cards that were rewarded via a quest were still craftable. This might lead one to believe you'd be able to craft all these cards yourself but with the way Blizzard has been dealing with Golden Cards lately via the Rewards Track, they will be flagged as uncraftable since they are a part of a special event.
I'd love to be wrong about that, and I think it's kinda bull that you can't choose to craft golden cards that are a part of free content since Blizzard gets more value out of you if you do that (open this up after a rewards track ends), but idk, I guess they don't like that idea since we haven't seen it yet. (Silas Darkmoon was the first golden rewards track card and remains uncraftable as a golden).
Third!
Also, this card exists.
LOK'TAR OGAR!
Horde for life! We have our problems and some bad storytelling but I will always be there for my Orc, Troll, Tauren, Undead, and Blood Elf family. I still don't trust those crazy Goblins and I'm not even sure if the Huojin Pandaren truly consider themselves Horde. Pandas are lovable but a sneak attack waiting to happen - at the end of the day we destroyed their homeland.
Another update!
Blizzard is going to hotfix in the quest tomorrow, December 1, so the event will officially be starting early. Everything still works right now though, you just don't get notifications of quest progression but it is working on the server-side.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/3975-fractured-in-alterac-valleys-legendary-questline-is-starting-early-in-a-hotfix-unlock-new-golden-cards-early
I think $10 for a board is pretty good value and here's why!
$10 is the second lowest price point for cosmetics, with $5 being an even easier sell to people. $10 keeps the board a bit more unique since not everyone will buy it so it'll feel more special. But that's not the real reason I think it's good value. The real reason is because at $10, it ends up being a cosmetic that I can use for eternity. Hero Portraits in constructed are $10 (being forced to buy the card back or packs alongside kinda sucks) and I can only use that when I'm playing that class whereas the Battleground board will always be there for me no matter who I'm playing with. Of course, we've seen some much cheaper hero portraits so that's not the best comparison, but that's thanks to just crazy numbers of them being released now so the only way to realistically get someone to buy more of them is to reduce the cost and make bundles.
The only thing that sucks about it is you know there will eventually be a better board that speaks to you. Relatively speaking, this one is a bit plain and I fully expect to see boards focusing on the big tribe themes in Battlegrounds which will be so much cooler to equip which means I'm now in for a couple of purchased boards.
It will be interesting to see how they deal with equipping them once there are several that someone could own. I'd love to see pairing boards with heroes but I'd also love the ability to swap my board mid-game when I figure out my composition so it could match. The dream.
Mercs prices are shit full stop
My assumption is they are still working out the price point that works for the the sweet spot of total purchases vs total revenue.
If they are getting buys now, and they are happy with the numbers, they might always be expensive. I fully expect fatigue to settle in though and we'll see a reduction in prices if this is indeed the case.
Hopefully they forget about it and just let people have fun with it.
I don't believe its a bug that the 7200 is a hero skin. Just a catch-up mechanism for folks to get them.
That's really cool to know that you got a golden card already. We're going to need to frontpage that because that's some huge news!
I don't think I've ever seen someone use an emoji in titles before lol. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? The floodgates are open lol
Popsicooler is sick though. Such a good golden animation!
I just saw a screenshot of someone getting progression on the achievement side of honor. I doubt it'll contribute to the quest once it opens up, but that would be neat if we could build progression early
That was some serious luck. I swear this stuff isn't rigged in staff favor, lol. HOT DAMN!
HK is Honorable Kill. It is progression towards the Alterac Valley event. The "Private" part tells you what honorable rank your opponent is.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/3961-hearthstones-upcoming-alterac-valley-faction-war-legendary-questline-requires-over-300-games-to-get-golden-card-rewards
Though the questline isn't live yet, so its funny that's popping up.
They are working on something for him (Source). I'm going to assume that'll be some kind of freebie if not straight to shop.
Which is super confusing because if there really are achievements... that means this will be the first round of achievements that are only completable during a specific time frame.
I don't have an issue with that because several online games have achievements that are "Legacy" or "Feats of Strength" which showcase someone's progress over many years (hell, we do that here on Out of Cards), but I'm curious if they're going to list them separately. It would be super annoying to display them as unearned achievements after the event is over. We'll find out in like 14 hours though so \o/
I never saw a reddit thread prior to Liv's post, but grats!
Update from the bluetracker:
Liv has confirmed on reddit that the legendary questline will be available throughout the entire expansion. (Source)
So yes, it is indeed going to take 360 games but that's okay because you have 4 months to do them. So thats 2.5ish games of Hearthstone per day instead.
I'm not entirely certain if the legendary quest will go away for those that already started it after the 36 day event is over. Assuming the worst case scenario, then yes, you have 36 days to guarantee the opposing faction golden legendary card. I hope that isn't the case, but Blizzard has being stupidly vague about everything because its Blizzard.
I agree that 10 games a day is huge. Especially considering at how casual Hearthstone is, something like this just becomes so unobtainable in a month's timeframe. I feel like they've left out a key part of the event within their post or they laid out their numbers wrong because honestly, it makes no sense. I remember when we datamined the original rewards track XP numbers and it sent everything into a fury. Blizzard came out and said it wasn't the whole picture and that we'd see events during the expansion cycle that would give you more XP - which they then got rid of and made the whole track make more sense without needing those larger event XP gains. Perhaps there's some special quests that reward honor or there will be times where they increase the honor gains. Doubtful but I'll remain slightly optimistic they sucked at their messaging.
I think the concede factor is either time spent in game, turns, or health which makes it fairly forgiving. Don't quote me on that though!
There are no confirmed details right now but I'm assuming this is going to be like the rewards track content.
Previously, looking at quest rewards like the ones we've seen during Noble Garden, Golden cards that were rewarded via a quest were still craftable. This might lead one to believe you'd be able to craft all these cards yourself but with the way Blizzard has been dealing with Golden Cards lately via the Rewards Track, they will be flagged as uncraftable since they are a part of a special event.
I'd love to be wrong about that, and I think it's kinda bull that you can't choose to craft golden cards that are a part of free content since Blizzard gets more value out of you if you do that (open this up after a rewards track ends), but idk, I guess they don't like that idea since we haven't seen it yet. (Silas Darkmoon was the first golden rewards track card and remains uncraftable as a golden).
It hit reddit hard and other news sites. Being the source of information can be big traffic!