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10 Oct

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Back in August, we gave you an update on our increased actions against bots this year. As promised, we’ve kept up that fight, and we wanted to give you a quick update on how it’s going.

In August and September, we banned 66,945 more bot accounts. That number is just the accounts banned for bot activity, not including other actions like inappropriate names or in-game language violations. We continue to evolve our methods and act against these types of unauthorized bots, and will continue taking regular ac...

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09 Oct

Everyone in the Tavern's talking: BlizzCon® is right around the corner! As a reminder, we’re inviting everyone to celebrate the return of BlizzCon this year, livestreaming all of the content from the Anaheim arena for free! And now we’re rolling out a new set of digital goodies and in-game items called the BlizzCon Collection (formerly packaged as part of the “Virtual Ticket”) for those who can’t attend in person. There are two bundle options that are a must-have for fans of Hearthstone®, World of Warcraft®, Diablo® IV, Overwatch® 2, and Warcraft RumbleTM.

Epic Pack ($29.99 USD)

Enjoy these items from multiple games in addition to receiving a 10% discount off one item in the Blizzard Gear Store (restrictions apply):

  • Hearthstone: the BlizzCon 2023 card back, 5 Standard packs, and 5 Golden...
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05 Oct

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Originally posted by Megadarth

I hope I'm understood and understand your reply correctly. Are you refering to this specific case here with Millhouse?

SpecificallyI 'm asking because I've dusted Genn and Baku when they were Hall of Famed back in 2019 for example, before legendary duplication protection has been implemented.

When I open Witchwood Packs now and don't own every Legendary, do I have a chance to pull Genn or Baku before I have every other Legendary of that set or did the fact that I owned Genn and Baku at some point in the past stop me from pulling them now before I own all other Legs?

I'm assuming it's the former because I think I got a legendary I dusted some time ago once again as a "freebie" with a bundle.

Genn and Baku would be before that, so indeed the system would not know you had them.

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Originally posted by Megadarth

"ever" as in "ever since you've opened the first pack 8 years ago" or "ever since legendary duplicate protection was implemented"?

Ever since duplicate protection was implemented, back in... Early 2020, I think? Long before these cards were released.


04 Oct

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Originally posted by Cxrlos0138

Can I please get a chance to reroll the extra copies of manastorm atleast?

I'm sorry, Reroll is for things that can't be disenchanted.

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Originally posted by Cxrlos0138

I did have those 3 before, and i did disenchant them because i was a returning player after 4 years and needed the dust.

Ah, then this is working as intended. Duplicate Protection is based on what you have ever gotten, not what you currently have. (Imagine how unfortunate it would be if you got a card, disenchanted it because you didn't want it, and then got it again.)

Once you have gotten all of them (which it seems you have), it's pure random. So you can get those again, but it's not guaranteed.

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Have you disenchanted any Signatures from FoL? If you had them before and disenchanted them, getting them back again would be pure random, so quite hard. If not, please DM me your btag so we can investigate.


03 Oct

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Patch 27.4.3 is a server-side hotfix patch rolling out today with the following updates and bug fixes.

Hearthstone Update

  • The Jailer has been temporarily banned from Standard and Wild

Dev Comment: We’re putting The Jailer in jail for his crimes against the meta. When we made our last set of changes, Druid was still developing as a class following the Mini-Set. After our changes were locked in, Tony Druid appeared as a top archetype in Standard. We know that we want to adjust something in that deck in our next balance window, and we also know we don’t want this deck to warp the meta in the meantime, so we’re temporarily banning The Jailer until our next scheduled balance patch.

The Jailer will be released on bail (unbanned) in our next scheduled balance patch. At that time, we’ll make other adjustments to address Tony Druid and anything else that needs tweaking.

Battlegrounds Updates
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28 Sep

Patch 27.4.2 is a data-only balance patch, launching today, with the updates across modes.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: We have a lot of card changes in this patch, and a lot to share about why these changes are being made. 

For the Standard-focused changes, we’re addressing both power outliers and play experience outliers in this patch. When we buffed Warrior in our last balance patch, we did so knowing that they’d get more powerful tools in the Mini-Set, but we wanted to make sure that the deck hit, so we erred on the side of over-buffing it, knowing that we’d have the option to make a small correction back down if we needed. Now that the Mini-Set has landed, Warrior is looking like one of the most standout classes, so we’re making those adjustments. Hunter also has one of the strongest decks in the format, and we’d expect it to get even stronger after the other changes we’re making in this p...

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27 Sep


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22 Sep

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27.4.1 is a hotfix server patch rolling out today with the following updates:

Hearthstone Updates

  • The Unimaginable Horrors (new Hero Power) and Twist Reality (shuffle cards played back into deck) Anomalies have been removed from the Anomaly pool. They may be reworked and returned to the pool in a future update.

Battlegrounds Updates
The following Anomalies will appear less frequently:

  • Anti-Gravity Stadium
  • Might of Khaz’goroth
  • Fortitude of Khaz’goroth
  • Blood of Sargeras
  • Little League
  • Wisdom of Ulduar
  • Finicky Hourglass (at higher ranks only)

The following Anomalies will appear more frequently:

  • False Idols
  • Transient Treasures (at lower ranks only)
  • Bring in the Buddies (at lower ranks only)
  • Finicky Hourglass (at lower ranks only)

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20 Sep


19 Sep

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Patch 27.4 is now live and Yogg-Saron is unleashed from his prison in the new 38-card Fall of Ulduar Mini-Set! Follow this page for updates on issues we’re tracking with this patch.

The following are some of the known issues we’re tracking this patch:

  • [Added 9/19] We’ve received reports of antivirus software flagging “audioplugin_fluxer.dll” as malware. This is a false positive that has been submitted to the antivirus vendors for clearance. The file can be safely restored without risk and we are working to clear the flags as quickly as possible.

  • [Added 9/19] The team is investigating an issue with Battlegrounds games unexpectedly hanging. Maiev has (ironically) gone dormant and is temporarily unavailable as a Hero until a fix is found.

  • [Resolved 9/22] Some Hearthstone anomalies have unintuitive interactions with Start of Game cards such as Prince Renathal. A fix is coming in a future hotfix patch....

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Originally posted by tacocatz92

Post it , want to see what is all about

If it was the first tweet, it was something along the lines of "We're trying something new, we hope it's fun, if it's not then we'll fix it." There was some exasperation sprinkled in there as well.

Then I chatted with Casie a bit about Hearthstone being 10 years old, acknowledged some people's concerns about friendly matches, said Anomalies aren't in Duels, tweeted the tweet that this whole thread was about, and I can't remember much after that.

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Originally posted by MrVilliams

People read & share your Tweets as if you're running for president of the universe. I'm hoping you don't stop being human on social media because a bunch of negative Andy's screenshot you on the regular

Oh no I actually lost that election. ;)

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Originally posted by ColdSnapSP

That isn't the point being made.

The point made was that Cora overhyped Warrior for this calendar year, however on an organic level, it flopped twice and took several buffs to their cards (upwards of half each of their meta decks) as well as nerfs to other decks for it to happen.

This is followed by a claim that constructed anomalies are not intended to significantly change the direction of the game, yet on release there are numerous situations where the direction of the game would be irrefutably changed for better or worse.

When on two occasions, a representative of the game, makes statements that end up being contrary to the message, it makes us concerned at the legitimacy of their future comments.

OK, this is getting out of hand now. I said Warrior had a lot to look forward to this year. I was excited about upcoming cards, and I tweeted about that excitement. It's a meme now, but it wasn't me being deceptive. I had just played games with Odyn that day, and he was a cool card.

This tweet was me trying to reassure people who were unhappy. Clearly, it did more harm than good, and I deleted it when people became vocal. This was also tweeted after I initially acknowledged the concerns and said we have actions that we can take to fix things if people don't like the system.

I understand being upset. I understand wanting to find someone to blame. But I never intended to mislead anybody, and if people don't like the system, then we'll fix it. It's really that simple.


18 Sep

Patch 27.4 brings the Fall of Ulduar Mini-Set; Yogg-Saron has escaped and is spreading his Anomalies across Hearthstone!

Ulduar Has Fallen

The titans left their charges to watch over the imprisoned Yogg-Saron, but no prison lasts forever. The Old God has escaped to once again wreak havoc on Azeroth! Will you fight back, or will you succumb to the madness within?!

There’s a new Titan in town. Cast spells to fuel the Old God’s power, bring madness to the Tavern with Chaotic Tendrils, and unleash Yogg-Saron on your opponents with this Mini-Set of 38 all-new cards. Get them in TITANS packs, or as a complete 72-card* Mini-Set. Get the normal version in-game for $14.99 or 2000 Gold, or get the all-Golden version for $69.99 or 10,000 Gold. The all-Golden version also comes with a bonus Diamond copy of the Yogg-Saron, Unleashed Le...

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15 Sep