honesrly im sick and tired of EVERY SINGLE TURN taking the max limit and in almost most cases getting completely skipped turns because the game just stops to a halt for a good 15-20 seconds every. single. turn. sorry blizzard your cheesy "helpful tips to help fix these problems of instability" are complete crap. running the game in admin mode effects NOTHING nor does running it compatible in win7 mode.... get real blizzard, you run around and perform "maintenance" at the most random times.... sometimes teusday, wensday, thursday, doesnt matter just when they feel like it. Every other game by then and any gamer that plays blizzard games KNOWS TEUSDAY IS MAINTENANCE DAY.
i know im not the only one who is completely and utterly disgusted and getting more PISSED OFF every game i play. sitting stuck on my card draw animation for my ENTIRE turn to find out... whatta ya know, my turn got skipped completely, and now im missing x health, x minions and the opponent is probably sitting there pissed off at me wondering WTF i am doing.
please excuse my CAPS, but FIX THIS NOW. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOTFIX ISSUES, YOUVE DONE IT FOR EVERY OTHER GAME IN YOUR ARESENAL AND YOU NEVER SEEM TO REALIZE THAT HEARTHSTONE, IS FASTLY BECOMING A POPULAR ESPORT, OTHER ONE BEING STARCRAFT2. you would think this would be a top issue to keep your servers stable and able to handle all your oh so many issues you have on a weekly basis with your servers.
IDEA! try using TEUSDAY AS A MAINTENANCE DAY TO RESET AND MAINTAIN BUGS/HOTFIXES/ETC FOR YOUR SERVERS, again, like EVERY OTHER GAME YOUVE RELEASED.
im sorry for caps guys but this issue is just making me so outraged. Ive watched big cash tournaments where the classic stupid bugs of hearthstone has screwed up players turns/minion drops/ targeting/etc. IN A CASH TOURNAMENT. that should be your first realization that these things need to be fixed, albeit a hotfix or a patch, AKA TEUSDAY MAINTENANCE. why do i feel like im the only person that actually gives a $hit that the hearthstone department of blizzard tends to just go willy-nilly with this crap.
to be honest, i dont even want a response from a blue because it's just going to be some stupid quip that makes no sense and most entirely likely completely unsatisfying to the unth degree as a legitimate answer to these problems.
please, i need to hear comments on this issue because i know im not the only one that is actually losing my temper "over a game". it turns into more than just a game when its a complete waste of my time that ill never get back, in most cases a lost match, and even a downranking (which has happened several times now ive gone from rank 6 to currently rank 11, because of this issue alone. and no im not saying ive lost 5 ranks all because of this, its the fact that it interferes IMMENSLY with gameplay, mechanics, THE TURN TIMER, and even playing cards) example: i choose to wrath and as im TRYING to select one of the 2 options for wrath, game freezes, as usual for x-seconds, and now ive chosen the wrong option in turn wasting my turn, my mana, my removal or draw, just several things that this is effecting, and in almost EVERY game.
blizzard, we demand you fix this, and not give us some corny "solution" to help with the problem, JUST FIX THE DAMN PROBLEM. as i said before, running in admin mode and in win7 compatible mode, DOES NOTHING TO HELP THIS OR EVEN EFFECT THE GAME IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, i would know because im a network administrator and software programmer, this is just disgusting.... and a shame that they are literally showing no respect for their consumer base.
You may want to do some diagnostics on your network connection, that sounds like packet loss to me... Not saying it's guaranteed to be, but what you're experiencing seems to be the exception rather than the rule. The only time I've experienced similar issues is when my internet connection was degrading and dropping packets.
I'm sorry, but I haven't been having this problem either as with everyone else. So yeah sounds like on your end, as for what is happening, yeah see if your dropping packets.
Yeah, run PingPlotter or some such tool whilst playing HS, pretty sure you'll find some packet loss at some point on the route between you and Blizzard's servers.
FWIW changing compatibility mode fixed the freezing and minimize issues for me on Win8. Not sure why it didn't work for you, but it is a legit workaround in some, maybe even most cases.
This.
I have the same problems as you have. Switching compatibility worked for me, but I can see how it is infuriating to people who don't know the workaround. To be honest, this workaround should not evenhave to be done. It's really Blizzard's lack of testing before implementing a patch that's truly upsetting. Besides that, Blizzard should have reverted the patch the second the creators got word that an entire operating system is getting screwed. Before I learned about the workaround, I lost at LEAST three games due to minimizing the Hearthstone Client to check youtube while waiting and skipped at LEAST two turns thinking for a long time and having the game freeze up ten seconds before my turn was over.
I've had the same thing happen to me during multiple rounds. It's very frustrating to attempt the first move of the turn only to have the whole thing freeze up, then unfreeze seconds before the timer expires.
I haven't tried any of the programs to see if the issue is with my wifi, though it is possible b/c I have a terrible wireless router.
honesrly im sick and tired of EVERY SINGLE TURN taking the max limit and in almost most cases getting completely skipped turns because the game just stops to a halt for a good 15-20 seconds every. single. turn. sorry blizzard your cheesy "helpful tips to help fix these problems of instability" are complete crap. running the game in admin mode effects NOTHING nor does running it compatible in win7 mode.... get real blizzard, you run around and perform "maintenance" at the most random times.... sometimes teusday, wensday, thursday, doesnt matter just when they feel like it. Every other game by then and any gamer that plays blizzard games KNOWS TEUSDAY IS MAINTENANCE DAY.
i know im not the only one who is completely and utterly disgusted and getting more PISSED OFF every game i play. sitting stuck on my card draw animation for my ENTIRE turn to find out... whatta ya know, my turn got skipped completely, and now im missing x health, x minions and the opponent is probably sitting there pissed off at me wondering WTF i am doing.
please excuse my CAPS, but FIX THIS NOW. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOTFIX ISSUES, YOUVE DONE IT FOR EVERY OTHER GAME IN YOUR ARESENAL AND YOU NEVER SEEM TO REALIZE THAT HEARTHSTONE, IS FASTLY BECOMING A POPULAR ESPORT, OTHER ONE BEING STARCRAFT2. you would think this would be a top issue to keep your servers stable and able to handle all your oh so many issues you have on a weekly basis with your servers.
IDEA! try using TEUSDAY AS A MAINTENANCE DAY TO RESET AND MAINTAIN BUGS/HOTFIXES/ETC FOR YOUR SERVERS, again, like EVERY OTHER GAME YOUVE RELEASED.
im sorry for caps guys but this issue is just making me so outraged. Ive watched big cash tournaments where the classic stupid bugs of hearthstone has screwed up players turns/minion drops/ targeting/etc. IN A CASH TOURNAMENT. that should be your first realization that these things need to be fixed, albeit a hotfix or a patch, AKA TEUSDAY MAINTENANCE. why do i feel like im the only person that actually gives a $hit that the hearthstone department of blizzard tends to just go willy-nilly with this crap.
to be honest, i dont even want a response from a blue because it's just going to be some stupid quip that makes no sense and most entirely likely completely unsatisfying to the unth degree as a legitimate answer to these problems.
please, i need to hear comments on this issue because i know im not the only one that is actually losing my temper "over a game". it turns into more than just a game when its a complete waste of my time that ill never get back, in most cases a lost match, and even a downranking (which has happened several times now ive gone from rank 6 to currently rank 11, because of this issue alone. and no im not saying ive lost 5 ranks all because of this, its the fact that it interferes IMMENSLY with gameplay, mechanics, THE TURN TIMER, and even playing cards) example: i choose to wrath and as im TRYING to select one of the 2 options for wrath, game freezes, as usual for x-seconds, and now ive chosen the wrong option in turn wasting my turn, my mana, my removal or draw, just several things that this is effecting, and in almost EVERY game.
blizzard, we demand you fix this, and not give us some corny "solution" to help with the problem, JUST FIX THE DAMN PROBLEM. as i said before, running in admin mode and in win7 compatible mode, DOES NOTHING TO HELP THIS OR EVEN EFFECT THE GAME IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM, i would know because im a network administrator and software programmer, this is just disgusting.... and a shame that they are literally showing no respect for their consumer base.
lol @ telling them when to perform maintence.
also this issue you're talkin bout does not occur to me.
You may want to do some diagnostics on your network connection, that sounds like packet loss to me... Not saying it's guaranteed to be, but what you're experiencing seems to be the exception rather than the rule. The only time I've experienced similar issues is when my internet connection was degrading and dropping packets.
It's been fine here... Sounds like it's your end.
I'm sorry, but I haven't been having this problem either as with everyone else. So yeah sounds like on your end, as for what is happening, yeah see if your dropping packets.
Yeah, run PingPlotter or some such tool whilst playing HS, pretty sure you'll find some packet loss at some point on the route between you and Blizzard's servers.
This.
I have the same problems as you have. Switching compatibility worked for me, but I can see how it is infuriating to people who don't know the workaround. To be honest, this workaround should not even have to be done. It's really Blizzard's lack of testing before implementing a patch that's truly upsetting. Besides that, Blizzard should have reverted the patch the second the creators got word that an entire operating system is getting screwed. Before I learned about the workaround, I lost at LEAST three games due to minimizing the Hearthstone Client to check youtube while waiting and skipped at LEAST two turns thinking for a long time and having the game freeze up ten seconds before my turn was over.
This started happening to me after the Windows 8 patch, but I'm not exactly sure why.
I've had the same thing happen to me during multiple rounds. It's very frustrating to attempt the first move of the turn only to have the whole thing freeze up, then unfreeze seconds before the timer expires.
I haven't tried any of the programs to see if the issue is with my wifi, though it is possible b/c I have a terrible wireless router.
That sounds like a personal problem. No really, the windows 7 compatibility mode worked fine for me. Its just you.
Don't Complain, Use Your Brain!
I play on 2 PCs - one is Windows 7 and one is Windows 8 and I get issues on both - only since the patch; needs fixing