In Episode 122, Kenny, Botticus, Appa, and Andrew talk about the extensive news announced this week. News covers Ranked Play Updates, Upcoming Balance Changes, A Grand Prize Pack Giveaway, a new card back, Blizzards “Openeing Moves” Week Series, and Blizzard’s “Off-Meta” Deck Spotlight #2. No real tournaments to cover except the drama with a player in the Hearthstone Sydney Stop qualifier. Decksplanations this week is about how to determine what to play after the nerfs.
News
* Ranked Play Updates (VOD)
* Card backs will be earned 5 wins each month
* All ranks have 5 stars
* When a new season starts you will reset back exactly 4 ranks from your highest ranking for the month (including stars) (Brode’s Tweet)
* Ranked rewards go by your highest rank during the season
* Rank inflation?
* No changes to win streak mechanic
* Ranked floors are still in place
* Brode’s response on why so long
* Upcoming Balance Changes
* Bonemare now costs 8 mana, up from 7
* Corridor Creeper now has 2 attack, down from 5
* Patches the Pirate no longer has charge, and his voice will be changing
* Raza the Chained’s effect now sets your Hero Power to 1 mana, up from 0
* A 183 Thousand Hearthstone Pack Giveaway
* Grand Prize – one winner
* 3000 card packs – 1k for each set released during Year of the Mammoth
* The Lich King’s Helm – his actual helm from the youtube series here
* Hearthstone Apparel Gift Pack – t-shirt, cap, and pin set
* Mammoth Card Bundle – 1k players will receive 10 card packs from each expansion released during Year of the Mammoth
* Mammoth Pack – 50k players will be receiving 3 card packs from each expansion released during Year of the Mammoth
* Mammoth Card Bundle avail on the shop. (one purchase per account, avail in 10.2 patch)
* Limited to 14 entries per account
* tarting 17:00-GMT/9:00-PST of Feb 1st until 17:00-GMT/9:00-PST Feb 14th
* Khadgar is Available in China HOTS Promo, Again…
* Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth is available for pre-order
* Deluxe version gets you an awesome Hearthstone cardback
* Blizzard “Opening Moves” Week Series
* Blizzard “Off-Meta”...