In an upcoming hotfix currently targeted for release on Thursday, April 19 (PDT), we will be making the following changes to the Arena:
• Adjusted the buckets for certain cards so that they appear alongside cards of a similar power level, mostly from The Witchwood and Kobolds and Catacombs.
• Lowered the appearance rate of Rare cards slightly and raised the appearance rate of Basic/Common cards slightly. Epic and Legendary cards should appear at the same rate.
• Very slightly raised the appearance rate of below average cards.
These changes should adjust the overall power level of Arena so that it feels like the choices players are making in their drafting decisions are more meaningful.
Our goal is to continue making improvements to the Arena as needed and communicate these changes to our players as they are implemented.
Lot of the problematic cards in the draft atm r rares, so lets hope the hotfix is aimed at them, even tho for some reason they didnt want to be very specific ... big surprise there, sigh. Well, at least they r being relatively fast with the hotfixes, so fingers crossed.
Lot of the problematic cards in the draft atm r rares, so lets hope the hotfix is aimed at them, even tho for some reason they didnt want to be very specific ... big surprise there, sigh. Well, at least they r being relatively fast with the hotfixes, so fingers crossed.
Adjusted the buckets for certain cards so that they appear alongside cards of a similar power level, mostly from The Witchwood and Kobolds and Catacombs.
^ That should also fix somethings, part of the problem was you see a lot of Witchwood cards in better buckets so you never pick them and you are way more likely to just get powerful cards in that bucket.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Regular NA Arena Leaderboard player. Reached #1 in NA arena leaderboard in May 2018 with a 9.07 average!
The tweaks are in, Witchwood cards are certainly placed in different tiers now than before.
Still feels like a Steed meta, just maybe less Steeds and less Blizzards than you'd expect pre-hotfix. Only drafted one Paladin so far and it still had 2 Steeds, Vine, and Silver Sword.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Regular NA Arena Leaderboard player. Reached #1 in NA arena leaderboard in May 2018 with a 9.07 average!
To post a comment, please login or register a new account.
O.m.g.
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/hearthstone/topic/20762297713
Changes will be made on Thursday!
In an upcoming hotfix currently targeted for release on Thursday, April 19 (PDT), we will be making the following changes to the Arena:
• Adjusted the buckets for certain cards so that they appear alongside cards of a similar power level, mostly from The Witchwood and Kobolds and Catacombs.
• Lowered the appearance rate of Rare cards slightly and raised the appearance rate of Basic/Common cards slightly. Epic and Legendary cards should appear at the same rate.
• Very slightly raised the appearance rate of below average cards.
These changes should adjust the overall power level of Arena so that it feels like the choices players are making in their drafting decisions are more meaningful.
Our goal is to continue making improvements to the Arena as needed and communicate these changes to our players as they are implemented.
Thank you for your continued feedback.
Regular NA Arena Leaderboard player.
Reached #1 in NA arena leaderboard in May 2018 with a 9.07 average!
Lot of the problematic cards in the draft atm r rares, so lets hope the hotfix is aimed at them, even tho for some reason they didnt want to be very specific ... big surprise there, sigh. Well, at least they r being relatively fast with the hotfixes, so fingers crossed.
- Click Here To Join Us On Discord! -
Regular NA Arena Leaderboard player.
Reached #1 in NA arena leaderboard in May 2018 with a 9.07 average!
At least Blizz is looking at ways to still tweak Arena. Right now arena is almost as bad as pre-original hotfix.
Hopefully they continue to fix it and adjust as the months go along every expansion. Seems like they are finally caring more about Arena balance.
The tweaks are in, Witchwood cards are certainly placed in different tiers now than before.
Still feels like a Steed meta, just maybe less Steeds and less Blizzards than you'd expect pre-hotfix. Only drafted one Paladin so far and it still had 2 Steeds, Vine, and Silver Sword.
Regular NA Arena Leaderboard player.
Reached #1 in NA arena leaderboard in May 2018 with a 9.07 average!