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Naxxramas Still on Track for July
The team is still on track for a release this month, so we should see Naxxramas within the next 20 days. In other news, Ben likes all 7 flavors of Gummy Bears.
Quote from Ben BrodeStill on track for July though! :)
Deathrattle Resolve Bug Fixed for Naxxramas
Once Curse of Naxxramas hits, Deathrattle will be receiving an update that will fix an old bug which caused Deathrattles to not correctly resolve in the order that cards were played.
Quote from Ben BrodeHow will the new priest card work in conjunction with a Harvest Golem and a board wipe?
Better than it does now. First played, first triggered.
Are you saying that deathrattle mechanics are going to change in the naxxramas release?
Yes, the order in which they trigger
Sort of a classic example then, if Cairne Bloodhoof (played first) kills a Sylvanas Windrunner, will Sylvanas steal Baine?
Yes, in that case, Sylvanas will steal Baine. If Sylanas was played first, Baine won't be stolen.
Naxxramas Blues
The latest and greatest Naxxramas news courtesy of the official forums and Twitter.
Quote from BlizzardWill the new Naxxramus board be available in Ranked and Arena once Naxxramus comes out?
The Naxxramas board will only be playable while playing the actual Curse of Naxxramas adventure. - Aratil (Source)After you unlock a wing, will we be able to play Naxxx adventure mode without being connected to the server/internet?
An internet connection will be required to play Curse of Naxxramas. - Aratil (Source)Is the heroic mode only for self-made decks, or is it also for class challenges?
There are no Heroic Class Challenges. - Ben Brode (Source)Will defeating bosses in Naxxramas on Normal or Heroic give you experience for your hero?
Yes! - Ben Brode (Source)
On par with the current AI, slightly more?
Same as current AI - Ben Brode (Source)Sexism in Hearthstone - Misdirection says "...HE attacks another..." Do you have something against women? Minions are both genders!
No - and this is something we have been trying to do better at. Jaraxxus no longer says "he" in the next patch, for example. - Ben Brode (Source)Will the naxxramus cards be disenchantable and will the dust amounts be different, also will the cards be reobtanable if de'd?
Naxxramas cards are soulbound and cannot be disenchanted. - Zeriyah (Source)
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Let it be July 15th.
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Posted Jul 11, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Pretty sure!
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Wow that's actually one of the most crucial bug fixes, will make the game so much better.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Feels like this is going to increase the skill cap of the game while at the same time making things more logical - all in all, a good fix.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)So, if I'm reading this right, suppose I have a Dark Cultist and a Harvest Golem in hand and I play both on a clear board in the same turn, if I play the latter before the former and they both die to AoE (say, Flamestrike) I will end up with a 2/4, but if I reverse the order I will have
nothinga 2/1 after the AoE? Hmmm.I foresee more rope-burning turns in Naxx.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Ah yes I forgot the 2/1. I believe the other scenario you described won't happen because in the case of AoE death happens simultaneously, and before all deathrattles trigger. I could be wrong though.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)This is a nice change. It at least clarifies in which order stuff triggers. On the other hand, I don't know how hard it will be to keep track of which minion was played first, but it seems like it will be a pain.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Sylvanas change is bad.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)It's not so much a change as what the game was always intended to do, but for bugs.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)It's been a year, killing Sylvanas' value by having the presence of mind to clear your board with Cairne or a Harvest Golem as your killing blow so you can retain the deathrattle version has always been smart play. Now new players will just get frustrated about it and Sylvanas' value has just been inflated again.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)That's a fair enough point, but it's always been expressed by the devs that deathrattles are supposed to resolve in the order that they're played.
As for new players running with Sylvanas. I'm not sure there are many of them.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)I think these posts by Brode are a subtle hint that Naxxramas is almost ready. Maybe on the 15th. This seems like a major milestone bug, the one they were wanting to fix before they released.
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Posted Jul 11, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Sounds plausible and I must say that this is a VERY good reason to delay a deathrattle-centered adventure. I found it odd to delay soley due to pricing discussion.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Finally! Cards will work the way they were supposed to. That's a good news i guess.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Yay for bug fixes!
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)uhg, this adds to the amount of memorization and "odd mechanics" to the game. It would be really nice, if they adjusted the mechanic to be something you could see on the current board.
On another note, I assume this affects secrets as well. So if someone wipes your board with duplicate you would get 2 copies of the oldest minion on the board?
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Nice change! I actually like this a lot. Now there will be a logic behind this
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)I think this change will make deathrattle minions a lot better. Sylvanas should become a lot more popular now.
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)Wait what? Can some1 explain to me exactly what will be different now?
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Posted Jul 10, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)If sylvanas and carine both die at the same time right now, sylvanas won't steal baine regardless of the order they were played.