This post was last updated at 8 AM EST on March 2nd. Ranked is now online. Update available here.
Blizzard Confirms Ranked Play Issue - Ladder Temp Disabled in Regions with New Season
Keganbe has confirmed there is an issue with the new ranked season that is currently active in the Asia and Europe realms where stars aren't working as intended. Ranked play has been temporarily disabled in these regions while they investigate.
Quote from KeganbeWe are aware of an issue with Ranked Play progression for the March 2018 season roll. While we investigate, we have temporarily disabled Ranked Play mode in regions where the March season has begun, which currently includes Asia and Europe. We will continue to update this thread as more information becomes available.
We believe we have the causes nailed down and the fixes are in progress. As long as nothing goes wrong, we hope to have a hotfix out later tonight.
The fix we are preparing will stop the season roll issues from happening to more people. We are still working out if we will be able to correct those who have already gone through the season roll process.
Thanks for being patient with us as we have been working this out :) [Source]
We have identified the cause of the issues with Ranked Play progression, and are working on a resolution. While we continue to work on this, Ranked Play will be in extended maintenance. We will continue to update this thread with information as it becomes available. [Source]
We are providing an update to inform our players that we are continuing to work on the issues that arose with the Ranked Play season roll. Please continue to monitor this thread for the latest information.
Thank you for your patience. [Source]
We are continuing to work on the issues that arose with the Ranked Play season roll. Please continue to monitor this thread for the latest information and updates. We will let players know as soon as we have a solution
Thank you for your patience. [Source]
We have implemented a hotfix which should resolve the issues we were seeing with Ranked Play. With this fix in place, we are now working on addressing the accounts of players affected. Once that is completed, we will be able to bring Ranked Play back online.
We will continue to provide updates until Ranked Play is back up. [Source]
You guys know that this means? Free packs!
Let's hope so
That's a ridiculous notion. Half the people playing Hearthstone don't even pay. In order to be compensated, you have to have lost something. If you have spent nothing, you deserve nothing in the event of an outage. And even if you have paid for cards, you still have the cards, so again, you have lost nothing.
Hey guys, of course this is a "problem". It's not like they did it on purpose and want you to burn your money in the Tavern Brawl/Arena. LOL
They should have also disabled buying packs with gold.
They shouldve also just shut down your account.
This is a pretty serious balls-up. I would like to think they will do something to compensate players for the lost time - a whole day of lost laddering can actually make a big difference to people.
Too much to hope though?? Probably...
People asking if it was fixed when they can log in and clearly see it was not fixed:
Blizzard heard us, as they do in general with the nerfs : to mutch grinding needed ==> we close the ladder
Today is my day off, thinking about playing me some Mario Odyssey then, grind to legend with me control pally. Guess that is not happening
Tin foil hat here:
THERE IS NO ISSUE. Blizzard intentionally locks ladder to push more players to brawliseum, which is a huge gold sink. With a large amount of gold spent on Brawl, players will have more tendency to buy the next expansion.
photoshoped a photo of Ben Brode... don't know how Hearthpaw picture work
so here is a link
missing the "beast" tag...
It's a theory, I like to think Blizzard wouldn't risk it's reputation though.
I don;t want to play wild brawl. I dont no have any gold, please blizzard fix this asap
... or do something else
Blizzard: "You got it pal! One hotfix coming right up!"
It's the mammoth, he is jealous of the raven so he took the ranked system hostage.