We've got great news for those that are still playing Hearthstone Mercenaries - your extra coins aren't useless anymore! Well, sort of. From the dawn of the new game mode, players began to quickly accumulate excess coins that were not able to be spent on anything due to the character-specific nature of them and how easy it was to max out your characters.
Spend Your Excess Coins With Renown
- The new system is called the Renown System.
- You take your excess coins for a maxed Mercenary and convert them into Renown.
- The campfire will have new "Trade Offers" daily for you to exchange Renown for coins for Mercs you haven't maxed.
No information has been shared yet regarding conversion rates for Coins to Renown to Coins, but nothing being said about it makes us believe it won't be 1:1.
Additions and Changes Coming to Mercenary Tasks
In addition to the Renown system, we can expect some new changes for tasks!
- All task chains are now available at all times.
- Your currently active party changes which task chains are being worked on.
- New task chains are being added, which aren't tied to any current task chains.
You can read more about the upcoming Mercenary changes in Patch 24.6 down below.
Blizzard Announcement
Quote From Blizzard Starting in Patch 24.6, we’ll be updating our Tasks system. Tasks have been an important part of Mercenaries since the mode first launched. We like that Tasks are a way for players to get free Coins, Packs, and more to help grow their collection and strengthen their Mercs as they play. We’ve improved the Task system a couple times since launch, making it much easier for players to get new Tasks and keep the Task chain rolling. Starting in Patch 24.6, we’re opening them up even more: all Task Chains will available at all times!
Task progress will be determined by the Mercs actively in your Party at that time. That means you can choose exactly which Task chains you want to work on, and when, and progress up to six Tasks chains at once!
In Patch 24.6, we’re also introducing a new Renown system that will let players exchange excess coins for coins of Mercs they own, but haven’t yet Maxed. Your excess coins can be converted to Renown at any time, then exchanged at the Campfire. With Tasks now being available at all times, the Campfire daily reset will instead feature offers to exchange Renown for coins for Mercs they haven’t Maxed. The daily reset will also include some miscellaneous general Mercs Tasks, not tied to any current Task Chain, mixed in with those Renown exchange offerings.
Keep an eye out for the 24.6 Patch Notes, coming soon, for more information about Renown and the new Task updates!
Comments
It may have took a year, but the excess coin solution is finally here. I also think that they solved it pretty elegently in the context of the Mercs mode, which is all about grinding. Being restricted to 2 random mercs with a limited quantity of coins each day allows you to speed up your progression, without skipping it alltogether with all of excess coins players have by now.
The new task chain indepenent tasks also look great. It gives you something to do each day, even after you completed all of the task chains. Also being asked to run some unusual comps and specific old bounties makes them so much more interesting that the usual Toki task.