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).
I think this is just how they get Battlegrounds and Mercenaries focused players to consider picking up the pass. If you play everything, you can get insane value from it. Otherwise, you get some form of a baseline.
There's no reason to do any balance changes when you have no idea what the expansion will end up doing for the meta. Problems now might not be as problematic in a couple of weeks.
I can't say I've experienced the same issue. My assumption is that for some reason, videos think you're interacting with them on a page load. Could be based on finger placement on display. If anyone else is having the same problem, I'd love to hear about it.
Please reply with your browser and operating system (with version) to help narrow things down.
This is also the wrong forum for this kind of thread - Hearthstone General is for Hearthstone content, not site issues.
Oh yeah, the silicon problems have been mental over the past couple of years. Without a doubt though it is a perfect storm that has caused all the problems. It was even more fascinating when the car problems, yes actual cars, ended up having supply chain issues.
The biggest issue from everyone ends up being folks weren't thinking long-term with their production cycles (in fairness it does cost money to hold raw material). It'll be interesting to see if any companies start hoarding stuff once productions return to capacity to try and avoid future similar problems.
Wendover did a good video talking about a bunch of the shortages that popped up the past couple of years.
As far as mods go though, I feel that so much.
Its one of the reasons why I try to play games without mods at all, even if that does reduce the overall play time. Mods are awesome to extend the life of some games but if you're really into it and something ends up breaking in a patch, you're usually outta luck.
Oh yes, all those types of games are harsh on hardware. That's one of my favourite bits of Factorio because the team made their own engine because nothing else would compare. Their Friday Facts blog posts have been some of the most fun insights into their technical problems with a game in the genre. It has definitely made me see certain things in a different light when it comes to game dev issues (like how they optimized belts back in FF 176).
Oxygen Not Included has been on the "buy this" list for a while now. Maybe I should finally do it!
Yeah I'm pretty bummed out about not being able to list any GPUs. Silicon shortage has been such a pain to deal with. The worst part about it all though IMO is that Nvidia now knows they can get 2 grand for a consumer GPU so I don't expect them to tone the prices down in the future when silicon is no longer the problem.
Unless... AMD makes something competitive. Though, Intel is also now on the GPU train so maybe they can influence some of the Nvidia prices. That might take a while though since although they've been doing integrated GPUs forever, I don't think they're there yet with their dedicated offerings.
Maybe when Intel's new Arizona fab opens up in 2024 (if its even on time) that'll give them a better node to work on for their GPUs and they can get some kind of a leg up. I'm really interested in seeing how all the new non-Asia fabs are going to go though. TSMC's Arizona facility should be opening up the same year as Intel's new one (and Intel has an 8-fab mega fab coming in Europe). I don't think we'll see a jump in pricing, but I'm so curious about how the extra diversification across the globe will be for supply chains.
Definitely went off on a tangent there lol. But yeah, X-COM 2 - I even own the game (through a bundle probably) so there's really nothing stopping me from finally giving it a go at some point. Maybe something to play around the holidays... though if its really good I could see that being a negative lol
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!
Price is going to be the same!
I think this is just how they get Battlegrounds and Mercenaries focused players to consider picking up the pass. If you play everything, you can get insane value from it. Otherwise, you get some form of a baseline.
We're getting a 135 card expansion in a week :P
There's no reason to do any balance changes when you have no idea what the expansion will end up doing for the meta. Problems now might not be as problematic in a couple of weeks.
Agreed. They even have the board almost perfectly mirrored lol.
My guess is this will eventually be a feature, they just need to build the tech for it.
It must be in-game data
I can't say I've experienced the same issue. My assumption is that for some reason, videos think you're interacting with them on a page load. Could be based on finger placement on display. If anyone else is having the same problem, I'd love to hear about it.
Please reply with your browser and operating system (with version) to help narrow things down.
This is also the wrong forum for this kind of thread - Hearthstone General is for Hearthstone content, not site issues.
Oh yeah, the silicon problems have been mental over the past couple of years. Without a doubt though it is a perfect storm that has caused all the problems. It was even more fascinating when the car problems, yes actual cars, ended up having supply chain issues.
The biggest issue from everyone ends up being folks weren't thinking long-term with their production cycles (in fairness it does cost money to hold raw material). It'll be interesting to see if any companies start hoarding stuff once productions return to capacity to try and avoid future similar problems.
Wendover did a good video talking about a bunch of the shortages that popped up the past couple of years.
As far as mods go though, I feel that so much.
Its one of the reasons why I try to play games without mods at all, even if that does reduce the overall play time. Mods are awesome to extend the life of some games but if you're really into it and something ends up breaking in a patch, you're usually outta luck.
Oh yes, all those types of games are harsh on hardware. That's one of my favourite bits of Factorio because the team made their own engine because nothing else would compare. Their Friday Facts blog posts have been some of the most fun insights into their technical problems with a game in the genre. It has definitely made me see certain things in a different light when it comes to game dev issues (like how they optimized belts back in FF 176).
Oxygen Not Included has been on the "buy this" list for a while now. Maybe I should finally do it!
Yeah I'm pretty bummed out about not being able to list any GPUs. Silicon shortage has been such a pain to deal with. The worst part about it all though IMO is that Nvidia now knows they can get 2 grand for a consumer GPU so I don't expect them to tone the prices down in the future when silicon is no longer the problem.
Unless... AMD makes something competitive. Though, Intel is also now on the GPU train so maybe they can influence some of the Nvidia prices. That might take a while though since although they've been doing integrated GPUs forever, I don't think they're there yet with their dedicated offerings.
Maybe when Intel's new Arizona fab opens up in 2024 (if its even on time) that'll give them a better node to work on for their GPUs and they can get some kind of a leg up. I'm really interested in seeing how all the new non-Asia fabs are going to go though. TSMC's Arizona facility should be opening up the same year as Intel's new one (and Intel has an 8-fab mega fab coming in Europe). I don't think we'll see a jump in pricing, but I'm so curious about how the extra diversification across the globe will be for supply chains.
Definitely went off on a tangent there lol. But yeah, X-COM 2 - I even own the game (through a bundle probably) so there's really nothing stopping me from finally giving it a go at some point. Maybe something to play around the holidays... though if its really good I could see that being a negative lol