LOTI 179 : Year of the Raven

News

March’s changes start out with a bit of a speed bump. Ranked play rewards were incorrectly rewarding 5 stars per win, causing several players to have obtained Legend status in record time on the Asia servers. It was reported on Reddit and shortly after, Ranked play was locked as Blizzard investigated the issue.  They discovered the cause and implemented a hotfix, however still unsure if they will be able to reverse those affected. As a thank you for your patience, Blizzard rewarded 3 Kobolds and Catacombs packs today. You can get these through the Gifting function in the game. If you play on mobile, you have to go to your Battle.net account to redeem them (account.blizzard.com/gifts).

Blizzard confirmed that the rewards from the Quest event have been sent out two weeks ago. Did you get anything from the contest?

Year of the Raven (source)

They were going to have a Q&A; last Friday but postponed it until the issues with Ranked play were resolved.

Ben Brode updated us on all the upcoming changes and details about 2018 in Hearthstone.

Whispers of the Old Gods, One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan will rotate out when the first expansion goes live.

Ice Block, Coldlight Oracle, and Molten Giant are being added to the Hall of Fame set.

Molten Giant is going back to 20 mana!

You will receive free arcane dust for any cards you have that are moving to the Hall of Fame without needing to disenchant the cards.

Some Daily Quests are becoming easier to complete with reduced requirements.

Daily Quests that rewarded you with 40 gold will now reward 50 instead.

In-game Tournaments are coming to Hearthstone. Beta for tournaments to begin around the middle of the year.

Lunara is being added to the game as the first alternative Druid hero.  (win 10 games in standard or casual after the expansion to obtain)

Maiev will no longer be available to collect starting with the first new expansion of the year. If you already own her, she’s yours forever..

What do you think the images are hinting at for upcoming expansions?

Starcraft’s 20th Anniversary

To celebrate Starcraft’s 20th, Blizzard is giving out rewards on each of their games. In Hearthstone, there will be a special Tavern Brawl near the end of the month that will reward 3 Kobolds packs for participating.

Brood War – 20th Anniversary UI skin for Remastered

StarCraft II – 20th Anniversary UI skins, Portraits, and Decal.

Diablo III – Battlecruiser Pet

Overwatch – Widowmaker Skin featuring Sarah Kerrigan as the Ghost

World of Warcraft – Salute to StarCraft Feat of Strength if you /salute an in-game StarCraft pet.

Heroes of the Storm – 20th Anniversary StarCraft portraits

Arena Changes are coming

The cards from BlizzCon are finally coming to Arena for a limited time (leaving with the new expansion)

Cards are offered based on their relatively equal power level not just by rarity.

Legendary cards still offered in sets of 3

Picks 1, 10, 20 and 30 will still contain cards that are Rare or better.

Temporarily disabling the increased chance to see cards from the most recent expansion.

Wording on the cards were changed a little but retain the same effects from Blizzcon and the Priest card was decreased from 3 to 2 mana.

Dave Kosak, Game Designer tweeted that he was going camping and searching for the next expansion. Ben Brode responded, “Have fun! Bring the expansion back soon! We’re supposed to announce it this month!”

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