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Fluxflashor

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Appreciate the support!

    You're right though, there was a problem with video ads and it looks like it happened shortly before BlizzCon =( Thank you for reporting this!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Something about how we don't release patch notes enough. Yup, that's what this line should be. Anyway, onto it!


    New Features

    Hearthstone

    • Navigation Revamp!
      • Cards now has a mega menu instead of the original list.
        • This element now is clearly defined into 3 different areas - the current year, special, and more.
        • This should improve the cleanliness of the interface!
      • Arena has been removed in favor of Modes.
        • Hearthstone is evolving and so are we!
        • Easier access to Arena, Battlegrounds, Duels, and upcoming Mercenaries content.
        • Portals are still in the works for these modes, so things are a bit blank for now.
      • Expansions
        • Added link to Core 2021
        • Year of the Phoenix remains until we get closer to Year of the Gryphon.
    • Deckbuilder Changes (Some of these have been out for a few days)
      • Support for Year of the Gryphon
        • You can now select a game format called "Year of the Gryphon" which enables the new Core set.
        • A banner displays on the deckbuilder to make it clearer that you need to set that game format to make new decks.
      • Added set icons to cards in your deck.
      • Added card background images to cards in your deck.
        • We are aware that images are missing for some Core Set cards.
        • We get our images from Blizzard and they are not always available right away.
    • Card BBCode Updates
      • You can now specify a "set" attribute within card and cardimg bbcodes.
      • Setting the value of set to "core 2021" will ensure you are linking to or embedding the correct card.
      • Example: [card set="core 2021"]Battlefiend[/card]

    Runeterrra

    • Deckbuilder
      • Added Landmarks to calculations so you can see a more accurate breakdown of your deck.
      • You can now sort cards in the list by their type (Champion, Follower, Spell, Landmark)

    Bug Fixes

    General

    • Premium users on mobile will no longer see a large space near the top of the site under the "promotional slots".

    Hearthstone

    • Decks now have correct dust cost calculations for Core 2021 cards.
    • Deckbuilder now has correct dust cost calculations for Core 2021 cards.

    Known Issues

    Hearthstone

    • Collections are not automatically filled with Core 2021 cards.
      • You can manually make this adjustment now or wait until they are added to the game and it syncs via the HSDT plugin.
    • Fixed an issue where Demon Hunter Initiate still displayed in deckbuilder when selecting Year of the Gryphon.

    Mythgard

    • Deckbuilder link does not work.
    • Decks link does not work.
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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Yeah, Twin Slice has been a massive pain in the ass all year and I'm glad to see it shelved. It sucks because its a really sweet idea and the thematics were incredible, but there is such a fine line between god and unplayable with that card it feels like.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    I should have caught this when editing. I removed the mention of it to prevent any confusion.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Nav update is live.

    • You'll now find Core 2021's set guide is under Forged in the Barrens in Expansions.
    • Year of the Phoenix is still going to kick around for a bit under Expansions. Once we move on to Gryphon, Core 2021 will move to be under that category.
    • Cards dropdown moved to a mega menu to make it easier to use on desktop - it gets a bit longer on mobile now but it is categorized at least!
    • Arena menu is now the Modes menu. It's fairly empty right now but we'll add to it! Dedicated portals for BGs, Duels, and Mercs are coming.
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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago
    Quote From FrostyFeet

    Up to Flux if he wants to add new buttons for the text editor for either/both.

    Yeah, this is a fun problem to figure out a good solution for. The editor is already packed full of nonsense!

    We are likely to put in place a logic change so that the bbcode will prefer the core set over others so we ensure we have the correct card icons showing up. that will make it much easier for people to easily use bbcode with simple card names; That's a start.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Rewards aren't up yet - we'll have those once the reveal season fully kicks off!

    You can at least start tracking your progress here =)

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Nav is getting a large refresh today - stay tuned!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Yeah... let me fix that real quick. Huge oversight to not exclude that :sweat_smile:

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Most of the cards are going to stay. They'll change stuff every year but it won't be as crazy as this year.

    The cards that are only in the core set cannot be obtained in packs or crafted - but you can craft golden copies. If any of these cards rotate, they'll likely get dumped into the Classic set.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    It is so great that they actually made speedstone a thing. People have been asking for it for a long time so this is PERFECT.

    Now we just need people to rock it on ladder and to show demand for a real mode!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago

    Basically, they're making some of the new DH cards evergreen so they won't rotate when the year is over, and yes, everyone will get those for free.

    However.

    When you get the cards for free, you still don't own them. For players that haven't crafted them or found them in AOO packs, they won't be able to disenchant any copies and it should look like how Basic cards look today. If you do own them, you'll be able to disenchant them and then keep playing with them through the rental copies.

    But, if they decide to remove those cards from the core set at a later date, you won't have them anymore if you disenchanted them since you were using the rental copies so I'll never advise anyone to disenchant their cards.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago
    Quote From dapperdog

    Probably going to be revealed in the next few hours. 200 over cards revealed in a day? because why not.

    Luckily we're already familiar with most of them. The big news will be the cards that receive changes and the new ones - mostly the new ones.

    Can't wait to see what they've been cooking!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    The YouTube videos always go up later than the cards. We're not going to wait for the video to come out so we can post them :P

    If you go back and look at previous reveal posts, you'll see the videos since they get added in later (99% of the time by FrostyFeet). You're too quick to look at reveals!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    According to the phases, it's sometime in the first phase. My best guess is it'll launch a month or two into the Barrens expac, so May or June.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    Yeah, I'm not thrilled with how they're going about the whole mercenaries thing.

    There are 10 special mercenaries that are going to be highlighted hardcore. 5 Horde and 5 Alliance.

    These characters are all going to get their own "Book of Heroes" style adventure in the "Book of Mercenaries".

    Then all of them are in the Mercenaries mode, which has more than just those 10 mercenaries.

    I heard you liked mercenaries so I put mercenaries in your mercenaries so you could learn more about mercenaries.

    I wish they would have been more creative with the mode name.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    The simulator is just for fun. We value goldens like crazy and there are multipliers when you get multiple goldens to make packs go real crazy.

    Don't read into it too much :D Just know that each pack opening uses the same rates of appearance as the real deal, we just don't take into account collections or pity timers because to do so would be against the point!

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    There isn't much we can do about it, unfortunately. Putting it on the homepage doesn't work out and space on our navigation is at a premium. Sticking it under cards is really the best we can do.

    A lot of people open a ton of packs each expansion though, so it definitely gets hit! People just don't save the bad packs :D

    We might have to do some more site achievements for it. It might also be neat to link the packs on the relevant collectible card pages now that I think about it. Would be a nice spot for some extra promo.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    100% would have been nicer to have them earlier!

    I don't know about a universal wild pack though. I'd much rather be able to make an educated decision on what packs I want to buy. If I wanted to make a mech-style deck, for example, I'd go for Goblins vs Gnomes or Boomsday Project packs before anything else.

    I think it would be cool to have a wild pack available though in addition to everything else. It would be a great way to fill in spots, which is also why we probably won't see it, lol.

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    CEO 2025 3142 Posts Joined 10/19/2018
    Posted 3 years, 10 months ago

    Really hoping we get Alterac Valley. The snow theme there might be primarily present to make people think we're getting Alterac Valley though, Blizzard could be aiming for a sneak attack there. Though, Darkmoon Faire was also pretty obvious the second we all saw last year's teaser.

    Echoes of Alterac anyone?

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