It's happening! Blizzard has released the official times for the launch of Rise of Shadows via Twitter! This will be the first ever simultaneous global launch!
Quote from PlayHearthstone TwitterWe’re thrilled to announce that tomorrow’s release of #RiseOfShadows will be our first simultaneous global launch!
▪️ Americas: 09 April 10:00 PDT
▪️ Europe: 09 April 17:00 GMT
▪️ Asia: 10 April 02:00 KS / 01:00 CST
▪️ China: 10 April 01:00 CSTDon’t forget, logging in during the launch of Rise of Shadows will unlock the Archmage Vargoth Legendary card for free, and give you access to some truly Legendary launch quests.
Good luck to you, the newest member of the League of E.V.I.L.! We’ll see you in the tavern, soon.
Who is hyped? What will you be doing when the expansion drops?
Out: Frozen Throne, Un'Goro and Kobolds and Catacombs
Hall of fame: Doomguard, Baku, Genn and Neutralize (and some even/odd-only cards)
Naxxramas won't be in standard; it will however be in Arena for a limited time
Arena is now a specific couple of sets rotating
The first round of sets/expansions present on Arena will be: Base/Classic, Naxxramas, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan, Old Gods and RoS cards
Thank you so much :3
I was hoping to see Naxx in standard, it was my fav expansion they ever released.
Btw. I'm in shook, baku and genn rotate out :o
No free class legendary this time BibleThump
We got a free neutral legendary though
An actual great legendary too
no free random class legendary ?
Nope, we are getting 12 packs form quests though, 6 of them are for sure RoS packs, the rest are probably witchwood, boomsday and rumble pack. Although this is just my speculation and we could be getting 12 RoS packs.
A lot of people got terrible legendaries last time while some people got viable ones. This time, they just gave everyone the same neutral legendary, and unlike Marin, this one is actually meta.
First wing of solo content is free which will have some rewards maybe packs, maybe specific cards, wait and see.
Other wings will cost 700 gold so we'll have to see if thats worth paying that rather than just opening 7 packs.
You get a free pack from playing tavern brawl last week, the solo content will get you more stuff, chill. Theres plenty on offer
It is 17:00 for Spain and UK
18:00 for France
19:00 for Italy, Germany and Sweden
Spain is 19:00
i was wrong
UK is BST which is GMT+1 so 18:00.
In most parts of Europe it's +1 due to summertime.
So in France, Italy, Spain, Germany and Sweden it's GMT +2 and 19:00 for them and, since they have GMT +1 at the moment, it's 18:00 for UK and Portugal.
Edit
When expac launches i'll be at work, and anyway i dont plan to open my packs right away. I'll probably wait a couple days, finish my legendary quests and then open everything (hopefully they will actually give 12 RoS packs from the quest chain) .
I'm glad I didn't craft both Baku and Genn a while ago, so today I'm crafting a golden Genn for some 2000 dust free. :)))
There was actually a big Reddit post about the method to maximize dust both this year and last year. You don't actually gain more by crafting golds, since you took so much to craft them in the first place. As long as you have a copy of the card being rotated, you get your value.
This is what I was told at least. I didn't go through all the calculations myself, but it seems like you generally get however much dust you put in doubled, so maybe it is worth it to go out your way to craft them golden. Free dust either way.
Two hour earlier than usual!! Good news!
Nah i don't think so. First was CMT and now its GMT