Patch 17.2 - New Heroes & Card for Battlegrounds, Deck Rearranging Feature
Blizzard has just released patch 17.2 for computer users to download, Android and IOS will follow later.
Some not so important things haven't been covered by Blizzard in their patch post yesterday, so here they are:
- Nemsy Necrofizzle is now available for free in the in-game shop between May 12 – 19, she's a Warlock's alternative Hero skin.
- New June 2020 Card Back has been added - Mystic Forest.
Here you can see all the details provided by Blizzard yesterday:
Quote from BlizzardThe 17.2 patch includes three new Heroes and a new minion for Battlegrounds. We’ve also added the ability to rearrange your decks, a new visual aid for end of Season rewards, and more!
As a note, we’ve restructured assets in 17.2 so the data download for this patch will be similar to a fresh install. Pardon our dust!
Battlegrounds Updates
- Dire Wolf Alpha has been removed from the minion pool.
NEW MINION
Rabid Saurolisk
- [Tier 1, Beast] 3 Attack, 1 Health.
After you play a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1/+1.
NEW HEROES
Players with Battlegrounds perks will have immediate access to playtest these three new heroes before they are fully unlocked on May 26.
Lady Vashj
- Evolving Electricity [Passive]: After you upgrade Bob’s Tavern, replace his minions with ones of a higher Tier.
Maiev Shadowsong
- Imprison [Cost 1]: Make a minion in Bob’s Tavern Dormant. After 2 turns, get it with +1/+1.
Kael’thas Sunstrider
- Verdant Spheres [Passive]: Every third minion you buy gains +2/+2.
Deck Ordering
You can now reorder your deck lists! While viewing your deck list in the Collection Manager, press and hold a deck button to enter “rearranging” mode. Once you’re in rearranging mode, just click and drag on your decks to order them! Deck rearranging will not work until all nine starting heroes (excluding Demon Hunter) are unlocked.
Zephrys the Great Improvements
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great would miss lethal when there was an enemy Taunt minion with Lifesteal that you could attack into.
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great would prefer not to transform/Silence certain high-stat Deathrattle minions (such as Waxadred).
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great could miss lethal using Unleash the Hounds.
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great would not offer Silence options for minions with the “Can’t Attack Heroes” effect.
- Zephrys the Great is now slightly less likely to offer single-target removal for next turn.
- Zephrys the Great will no longer offer Natalie Seline for next turn.
- Zephrys the Great may now offer Polymorph instead of Hex in a few cases where it would be better for your opponent to have a 1/1 than a 0/1 with Taunt.
- Swipe will now fill the AoE category (instead of single target damage) if Zephrys the Great expects it to be used against the enemy hero.
- Improved how Zephrys the Great evaluates enemy minions that have low base stats for their cost, but are buffed.
Game Improvements and Bug Fixes
- End of Season rewards.
- Your total rewards accumulated within the current Ranked season are now highlighted in green inside your Rewards Chest, which can be found at the top of the Quest Log.
- Collection Manager filter panel (mobile).
- The filter panel will now remain open after using Search.
- The filter panel will now hide once cards are dragged to a deck and will reappear after they’ve been added.
- The filter panel will no longer be dismissed until the “Done” button has been pressed.
- Card text for Teron Gorefiend has been updated to be more technically accurate: “Destroy all other friendly minions. Deathrattle: Resummon them with +1/+1.”
yes, Blizzard completely doesnt understand value of collector feeling in Card games. I know, its digital but still they look in the past like someone who want cover maybe not 1:1 but at least in some major area the collector part in "paper" card games.
They suggested the Cardbacks will be unique and obtainable for everyone but only limite timed for some of them. The same for heroes like Kadghar and Tyrande.
And since some time they changed mind and nothing is exclusive anymore. There is no reason to really collect something if 2 years later everybody will get it again.
Of course I'm not against idea that everyone are able to gain everything in game but Blizzard should say that since begining. They milked the cow and then change the rules. Typical corpo thinking.
So if you are collector soul then remember Blizzard dont give a shit and it's all bullshit talk about exclusive Heroes and Cardbacks edition "available only limited time".
I was a HS collector but drop it 3 years ago once spotted what Blizzard is doing. Sometimes I think the people who are happy to get some exclusive HS stuff from the past when they didnt play yet (of course stuff which was announced limited only) will not be happy if their current purchased "Blizzard limited stuff" will be available for all after some time.
Anyway, good everybody can have the Tyrnade, Nemsi, Kadghar but if you are collector then spend your money in other game for collecting.
@binori
https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/news/21098854/nemsy-necrofizzle-now-available-10-17-2017
Go check the announcement back in 2017, nowhere does it say it's exclusive. They didn't change their mind about anything, I can remember many blog/dev/Reddit posts saying that they will look into different ways to obtain past content in the future.
They absolutely know the value of "collector feeling" and they gave you that for free and exclusively for allmost 3 years. Now you still get to keep your free hero and so do the tens of millions of players who were not able to travel to a Fireside Gathering.
I can understand your frustration but you're mostly being outraged over things they never promised.
About Nemsy you are right :) But I was talking about general. I wrote I have nothing against to have all content free for all. This will kill collecting habit but I'm fine. A pity I spot this so late :) In the past you were able to obtain Khadgar only in special "help the WWF" action and pay $5 https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/20097353
Now it is not "exclusive" or rare or unique at all. It is just ordinary portrait as others. I'm fine with that. I will save a lot of money with current Blizzard policy to give everything for free after some time. And I switched to spend my "collector" money to other games. All the best to you! Have a nice day! (really, not just to have a "last word" ;))
aaah damnit... here comes all that hacking work i put into that... and now everyone will have the hero.. really blizzard is just the worst.. :D
"hacking work" lmao kid, booting up an emulator and a vpn isn't hacking.
Still not as cool as YOU FACE MECHA-JARRRAXXUUUS
I heard it costs like $70 ... is that true?
Yes but only because it is a part of the big bundle. You don't buy the portrait for 70$. You buy a ton of packs and the portrait is a bonus.
Man got excited of a new warlock hero but it's just nemsy :( I really want a new epic hero for him thats not pre order wall but like 20€ + packs. He is the only hero I currently dont kinda like as everyone else I like their skins.
But happy that nemsy got released as free! Cause I definitely didnt get him by going to a legit fireside gathering but vpn
I absolutely cheated and got her using a VPN too. Fuck going to a real fireside gathering just to get a hero when I am uninterested in the events themselves. Edit: actually I don't remember the process in getting Nemsy but now that I think about it I did use an android emulator at some point in that process.
my shop is closed after the update , anyone with this problem ??
Yeah, same
I got bug where I can't see in my friend list rank of players. Somebody with same issue?
My god hearthstone players are such whiny, greedy little goblins
because it's a kid game
I don’t see kids playing this game.
Why the hell is the game's store closed?
I cant believe DH campaign isnt out yet
Are they waiting for people to stop caring?
exactly.. and its pissing me off.. cause thats im waiting the most.. DH is great and all.. but it was unexpected and not something i was looking for the most :D
What if you do a miraculous thing. Search. For. The. Release date.
But worry not mate, I did it for you. June 10th.
You only have to cry one more month. I hope you'll survive this unbelievable pain until then.