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Draenor Ability Perks Every Other Level, Hearthstone: Observer Mode And Next Content Release

The recent WoD beta build (that had a character wipe <editor’s tears rolling down the webpage>) changed the draenor ability perks to be gained every other level. Celestalon confirmed that the uninteresting ones were baked into the abilities.

In Hearthstone news, an observer mode is being worked on and the next content release will feature a new card set larger than 30 cards!

Curse of Naxxramas – The Military Quarter Opening Times

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Quote from: Blizzard
You’ve made it out of the Plague Quarter with your health intact – now prepare yourself for new cards, new bosses and more fun with Curse of Naxxramas: The Military Quarter!

The Military Quarter will open at the following times per region:

Americas: Tuesday, August 5th at 11:59 PM PDT
Europe: Tuesday, August 5th at 11:59 PM CEST
Korea/Taiwan: Wednesday , August 6th at 12:59 AM KST / Tuesday, August 5th 11:59 PM CST
China: Tuesday, August 5th at 11:59 PM CST

(Americas Region) The cards that players can acquire in The Military Quarter will be featured on the official Hearthstone blog here once The Military Quarter is live in the Americas region.

Good luck and have fun acquiring new cards for your Hearthstone collection!

Curse of Naxxramas – The Plague Quarter Opening Times

Quote from: Blizzard
You’ve braved the creepy crawly horrors of the Arachnid Quarter – now prepare yourself for new cards, new bosses and more fun with Curse of Naxxramas: The Plague Quarter!The Plague Quarter will open at the following times per region:

Americas: Tuesday, July 29th at 11:59 PM PDT
Europe: Tuesday, July 29th at 11:59 PM CEST
Asia: (Korea) Wednesday , July 30th at 12:59 AM KST / (Taiwan) Tuesday, July 29th 11:59 PM CST
China: Tuesday, July 29th at 11:59 PM CST

(Americas Region) The cards that players can acquire in The Plague Quarter will be featured on the official Hearthstone blog here once The Plague Quarter is live in the Americas region.

Good luck and have fun acquiring new cards for your Hearthstone collection!

Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas Released

The first content patch for Hearthstone has been released! Although on release it’s dealing with some server issues, after updating Hearthstone you’ll be able to play it under the tab “solo adventures”. Check out the release announcement, patch notes and trailer below!

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Curse of Naxxramas™ Now Live . . . Er, Undead!

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Mr. Bigglesworth, did you hear that? There appears to be a small commotion outside. . . .

 

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Meow?

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Intruders everywhere! Who left the door open?! A curse upon you, interlopers! Rouse my undead army!  Bring me my most imposing hat! Things are about to get interesting—now, where did I put my cards. . . .

 

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Meow?

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THANK YOU, MR. BIGGLESWORTH! Who’s a good kitty? Ahem, now prepare to face the minions of the great arch-lich Kel’thuzad . . . and witness powers beyond your imagining!

 

 


The first wing of Curse of Naxxramas™: A Hearthstone™ Adventure has opened! We know you’re just dying to test your deck against the malevolent undead who roam Azeroth’s most infamous floating necropolis and we have some great news to share. The Arachnid Quarter is now available for free to all Hearthstone players who step into the necropolis during the Curse of Naxxramas launch event, taking place now through early September (we’ll announce the exact end date as it gets closer).

For more information on the Arachnid Quarter’s skittering surprises, click here!

Access to additional wings may be purchased using in-game gold or real world currency. After the Arachnid Quarter, the next four wings can be purchased for 700 gold per wing or $6.99 per wing. Players can earn the in-game gold needed to unlock the next wing by completing various quests or emerging victorious from the Arena—or they can choose to unlock the next available Naxxramas wing using real money.

Curse of Naxxramas bundle packages are also available! With bundle packages, you can unlock any remaining wings you may have at a discounted real-money price.Purchasing Curse of Naxxramas wings in bundles ensures that you’ll be able to dive into the next challenges as soon as they unlock! Check out the bundle prices in the image below!

The undead horrors of Naxxramas await. . . . Enjoy the adventure!

Check out the new Curse of Naxxramas page here!

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Hearthstone Patch Notes – 1.1.0.5997 – The Necropolis Beckons

Hearthstone Patch Notes – 1.1.0.5997 – The Necropolis Beckons

 

Curse of Naxxramas: A Hearthstone Adventure

  • Curse of Naxxramas offers a new single player campaign to play Hearthstone against challenging NPC adversaries. Curse of Naxxramas can be unlocked with gold or real money and can be accessed by players that have unlocked all 9 heroes.
  • Defeat 15 fearsome bosses to unlock a total of 30 new Hearthstone cards for your collection, including Legendary cards! Naxxramas cards can easily be searched for within My Collection using the search function.

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  • An all-new interactive Naxxramas-themed game board awaits you within the Adventure! Discover the surprises that lurk inside the slime pools, the quivering masses of spider eggs (spoilers: It’s spiders), and more!
  • Surmount 9 diabolical Class Challenges that test your skills with each of the unique classes of Hearthstone!
  • Defeating all of the bosses within a wing unlocks the extremely challenging Heroic Mode of that wing. Defeating all of the bosses of Naxxramas on Heroic mode unlocks a new card back for your collection.
  • Five unique wings await those brave enough to venture into Naxxramas. The first wing, The Arachnid Quarter, will immediately be available to play for free for a limited time. The remaining four wings are immediately available for players to unlock with real money or gold, and will become accessible over a period of time once unlocked.
    • The Arachnid Quarter – A web choked maze filled with many-legged minions.
    • The Plague Quarter – Necromancers brew deadly plagues while a fungal monstrosity lies in wait.
    • The Military Quarter – Tireless undead knights perfect their deadly arts within these chambers.
    • The Construct Quarter –Abominations stitched together from the Scourge’s victims stomp through these slime soaked halls.
    • Frostwyrm Lair – Chilly abode of Sapphiron and the arch-lich Kel’thuzad himself. (A curse upon my air conditioning bill!)

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General

  • Marking yourself as “Busy” within the Battle.net desktop app will suppress incoming chat messages and toasts for friend requests.
  • The Shop interface has been updated to include Curse of Naxxramas.
  • Cards available within each wing of Naxxramas will become available in the Arena when that wing becomes available to play.
  • The order in which Deathrattle abilities resolve has been updated to be more consistent.
  • Additional music tracks have been added.
  • Players that appear in “Players Near Me” now appear more prominently within the Friends List.
  • Overall organization of the Friends List has been improved.
  • Sounds and graphics that occur when Mass Disenchanting now take less time to complete.
  • Cards can now be searched for using the artist of the card art in the Collection Manager.
  • [iPad] Improvements were made to increase stability, especially for iPad 2 and iPad mini.
  • [iPad] Tooltips that appear when selecting an object by touch are now positioned in a more intuitive place.

 

Card Changes

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  • Eaglehorn Bow now reads “Whenever a friendly Secret is revealed, gain +1 Durability”.

 

Practice Mode

  • Practice Mode is now entered through the Solo Adventures button on the main menu.
  • The AI in Practice Mode is now better at Hearthstone.

 

Bug Fixes

  • Improved various tooltips.
  • Resolved various issues regarding audio, text, animation, and display.
  • Resolved various issues that could cause cards to get stuck on the battlefield.
  • Actions should now be accurately represented in the play history.
  • The red targeting cursor will now properly track where you mouse cursor is pointing for your opponent in Play and Arena Modes.
  • The turn timer in a Friendly Challenge now calculates time correctly.
  • All Soulbound Common cards can now be properly found when searching for “Common” in the Collection Manager.
  • Disenchanting will now properly update the amount of Arcane Dust you have.
  • The side of the board is no longer visible on the Arena screen in specific resolutions while in windowed mode.
  • The XP bar for max level heroes no longer appears empty.
  • You are now able to properly select a friend by clicking on their Play Mode medal.
  • An incorrect version of the Hero Power icon will no longer appear when switching between golden and non-golden heroes while the Choose Opponent menu is displayed.
  • The Friendly Challenge button will now properly appear next to friends who have recently logged in or have been added to your friends list.
  • The Shop window no longer incorrectly closes when clicking within the Shop UI.
  • The scroll bar will no longer jump to the top of the Friends list when moving the cursor over the Last Played area of the Friends list.
  • Clicking the End Turn button at the very start of your turn no longer prevents the End Turn button from flipping back.
  • Resolved an issue where conceding can cause the client to crash.
  • The resolution time of certain spells has been shortened.
  • Resolved an issue with Brawl where the last minion to enter the fray was always the victor of the ensuing battle.
  • Resolved various issues with the Sword of Justice.
  • Resolved an issue with Shield Slam where it was being unaffected by Spell Damage if the Hero had 0 Armor and now has Spell Damage sparklies.
  • A weapon that is equipped on your turn will no longer have the attack value appear on the sheathed weapon on some resolutions.
  • [iPad] Improved notifications to properly indicate when your account has been logged into from another device.
  • [iPad] It is now more obvious when a daily quest is successfully replaced.
  • [iPad] The Social button no longer stops working after locking the device.

 

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  • Improvements were made to stability.

HotS: Introducing Artifacts, Hearthstone Naxx Release

Yet another change coming to Heroes of the Storm! This time Artifacts will join the progression system!

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We recently revealed that the next Technical Alpha patch will bring a number of changes to the Heroes of the Storm out-of-game Leveling System, and today we’d like to introduce another upcoming addition we’re making to the game: Artifacts!

What Are Artifacts?

In addition to all of the upcoming changes recently outlined in our Progression System update blog, Artifacts are a new system we’re introducing. Once a player reaches Player Level 15, they will unlock an Artifact Slot. Within these slots you will be able to place a variety of powerful Artifacts in the form of Gems, Relics, and Trinkets that you can use to further enhance and customize your heroes. This new system will offer players a variety of new and compelling choices to add further depth to their heroes and how you play them, and it will also give you new things to spend your hard-earned Gold on that will further progress your Heroes in a meaningful way.

Unlocking Artifacts and Artifact Slots

Your first Artifact slot, the Gem Artifact Slot, unlocks at Player Level 15, and there are two additional Artifact Slots that you can unlock thereafter by paying Gold. These additional Artifact Slots are known as the Relic and Trinket Artifact Slots. They cost 2,000 Gold each to unlock, and can be purchased in any order.

You can choose up to three Artifacts to bring with you into a match, but you can only select one of each distinct type to fill the corresponding Gem, Relic, or Trinket slots. You can select which Artifacts you would like to use for an upcoming match at the Hero Selection screen, and your most recent Artifact choices will be displayed by default. This will allow you to either continue to use a favorite Artifact combination, or to customize your Artifact choices with a particular Hero or team composition in mind.

A variety of different Gems, Relics, and Trinkets will be available for purchase using Gold, and you will be able to equip, purchase, and upgrade Artifacts directly within the Hero Selection screen.

Upgrading Artifacts

Artifacts and their attributes will also grow stronger as you upgrade their individual Artifact Level, which maxes out at Artifact Level 10. Purchasing the first level of an Artifact will cost you 100 Gold, and each further upgrade will cost you an additional 100 gold. For example, upgrading an Artifact’s rank from Artifact Level 1 to Artifact Level 2 will cost you 200 Gold, and upgrading an Artifact’s rank from Artifact Level 2 to Artifact Level 3 will cost you 300 Gold, and so on up to Artifact Level 9, which will cost 1,000 Gold to upgrade to Artifact Level 10.

Please keep in mind that the development team is still hard at work polishing up the new UI, so it will be iterated on and improved as development continues.

Gems, Relics, and Trinkets, oh my!

Below is a list of some of the exciting new Artifacts you can look forward to in our next Technical Alpha patch!

Gem Slot

Bold Amethyst

  • Increases maximum health by 1.5% per rank, up to a maximum of 15% at Rank 10.

Brilliant Topaz

  • Increases ability damage by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.

Nexus Sapphire

  • Grants a shield equal to 1% of the Hero’s maximum health per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10. (Shields recharge after a player hasn’t taken damage for approximately 8 seconds).

Primal Ruby

  • Increases basic attack damage by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.

Royal Diamond

  • Reduces cooldowns for abilities by 1% per Rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.

Skyfire Emerald

  • Increases speed of basic attacks by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.

Relic Slot

Alexstraza’s Scale

  • Increases health regeneration by 0.1% of your maximum health per second per rank, up to a maximum of 1% of your maximum health per second at Rank 10.

Nathrezim Blood Orb

  • Basic attack damage dealt restores health by 1% per rank, up to a maximum of 10% at Rank 10.

The Coin

  • Increases mana regeneration by +.1 mana per second per rank, up to a maximum of +1 mana per second at Rank 10.

Worldstone Shard

  • Increases damage vs. minions and structures by 1.5% per rank, up to a maximum of 15% at Rank 10.

Trinket Slot

Goblin Jumper Cables

  • Decreases death timer by 2% per rank, up to a maximum of 20% at Rank 10.

Khaydarin Amulet

  • Increases maximum mana by 4% per rank, up to a maximum of 40% at Rank 10.

Riding Crop

  • Increases Mount Speed by 2% per rank, up to a maximum of +20% at Rank 10.

Wirt’s Leg

  • Increases base movement speed by 0.5% per rank up to a maximum of 5% at Rank 10.

Shiny Rewards Come to Those Who Continue to Participate in the Technical Alpha

In order to reward players for their continued participation in the Technical Alpha, and to help encourage players to test Artifacts and the new progression system, during the next patch we will also be granting Gold to players Level 5 and above based off of their player level.

So keep leveling, and start planning out what Artifacts you want to take out for a test-drive first!

Developer Insights Live: Coming Soon!

Also make sure to join us at Twitch.tv/BlizzHeroes on Tuesday, July 22 at 11:00 a.m. PDT to learn more about a brand new Hero, new Battleground, and a look at the updated Progression System. After this portion of the show, the following members of the Heroes development team will be answering a variety of questions submitted on Twitter/Facebook:

  • Dustin Browder, Game Director
  • Matt Cooper, Game Designer
  • Josh “Rokcet” Rester-Zodrow, Heroes Community Manager

We’d love to hear your questions related to Heroes of the Storm, so be sure to tweet your inquiries to @BlizzHeroes using #HeroesQA right away, and check out our recent Developer Insights Live blog for more info!

Did we mention there will also be a shoutcasted match after the show featuring a new Hero and Battleground?  Make sure to tune in!

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It also seems that Naxxramas for Hearthstone will be going live for all regions at the same time!

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Just wanted to clarify that this maintenance is not for the Curse of Naxxramas Adventure. We will be turning on Curse of Naxxramas for all regions at the same time some time after this maintenance is complete, but please do not expect Naxxramas to be available immediately following this maintenance.

Hearthstone Curse of Naxxramas out next week!

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Curse of Naxxramas™ Creeps Out on July 22!

Are you prepared to face the horrors lurking within the dread necropolis Naxxramas? Curse of Naxxramas: A Hearthstone Adventure is just about ready to open its gates to the world. There’s a whole host of undead monsters inhabiting the halls of Naxxramas, ready and waiting to defend their lair against Hearthstone’s heroes. If you . . . somehow . . . manage to defeat them, you’ll be rewarded with ghastly new cards for your Hearthstone collection!

Curse of Naxxramas goes live globally for Windows®, Mac®, and iPad® on Tuesday, July 22, starting with the Arachnid Quarter, the first of five creepy wings that will be released weekly after the gates are opened. The Arachnid Quarter will be free to play during the Curse of Naxxramas launch event, which will last roughly a month. Those brave enough to step foot into the Arachnid Quarter during the launch event will unlock it permanently for free. Check out our recent blog for further details on how to access the Arachnid Quarter and the subsequent wings of Naxxramas.

Polish up your decks, card-slingers—we’ll see you inside the necropolis soon!