18.6 Patch Notes - Battlegrounds Updates - New Game Mode: Duels! - Pre-purchase
Here are the nitty gritty details for the Patch 18.6, including a new Battlegrounds Hero: Zephrys, the Great. Read all about him and everything else below!
Quote from BlizzardThe 18.6 Patch brings the introduction of a new game mode: Hearthstone Duels, pre-purchase for Hearthstone’s newest expansion Madness at the Darkmoon Faire, Battlegrounds updates, game improvements, and more!
Duels Early Access, Live Today
We’re pleased to announce Hearthstone Duels, a new collection-based game mode that mixes Dungeon Run fun with the excitement of head-to-head competition! Pre-purchase either Madness at the Darkmoon Faire bundle to instantly get early access to Duels along with a special Legendary Quest chain that rewards 6 Scholomance Academy Packs! Pre-purchase for Madness at the Darkmoon Faire will go live with the 18.6 patch at ~10:00 a.m. PT on 10/22. Read the Duels announcement blog to learn more.
The Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Mega Bundle includes Duels: Early Access*, 80 Madness at the Darkmoon Faire card packs, 5 Golden Madness at the Darkmoon Faire packs, one random Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Golden Legendary card, the N’Zoth Warlock Hero, the N’Zoth card back, and Battlegrounds perks**!
The Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Bundle includes Duels: Early Access*, 45 Madness as the Darkmoon Faire card packs, one random Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Legendary card, and the N’Zoth card back!
*Early access obtained through pre-purchase is available between October 22, 2020 and November 11, 2020. Duels game mode is accessible after reaching level 10 with all Hero classes in-game. **Battlegrounds Perks are available upon purchase and expire at the end of the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire expansion cycle.
Battlegrounds Updates
NEW HERO
Zephrys, The Great
- Three Wishes [Cost 4]
- If you have two copies of a minion, find the third. (3 wishes left)
Players with Battlegrounds Perks will have early access to Zephrys, The Great before the Hero is formally released on November 5.
Battlegrounds Parties Adjustments
We’re making small adjustments to Battlegrounds Parties during matchmaking and in post-game rating updates to address the potential advantages that come with queueing as a group.
- Post-game rating updates will no longer include results between players within the same group. When you queue Battlegrounds with a group now, your rating gains are only based on your results against players outside of your group.
- You'll now be matched based on the highest player rating in your group, rather than the group's rating average. End of game rating updates will take this rating disparity into account.
- We’ve disabled 2-4 player Battlegrounds Parties for players above 10,000 rating.
Standard Balance Updates
Evocation
- Old: [Cost 1] → New: [Cost 2]
Astromancer Solarian
- Old: Solarian Prime [Cost 7] → New: Solarian Prime [Cost 9]
Evocation and Astromancer Solarian will be eligible for a full dust refund for 2 weeks after the 18.6 patch goes live.
Log in for Silas Darkmoon for Free
Meet Silas Darkmoon, the Darkmoon Faire’s founder and lead showman. Log into Hearthstone after the 18.6 patch goes live to receive the Silas Darkmoon Legendary minion for free, available to play immediately! Round and round they go, where they’ll stop, nobody knows! Limit one per account.
Game Improvements & Miscellaneous Updates
- Hovering over the opponent's deck slot in Battlegrounds will now display what minion types are missing from the pool.
- Packs earned from climbing in Ranked Standard and Wild during November will be from the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire expansion.
- The Transfer Student login reward will now be granted if you own a pack from Scholomance Academy and go to the Open Packs menu.
Arena Rotation Coming
When Madness at the Darkmoon Faire launches on November 17, the Arena will include cards from the following sets:
Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Card List & Expansion Guide
Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.
Who cares? I finally have a hero for my golden warlock (:
Time to quit. I don't want to be chained to this game anymore.
Same
Hearthstone's getting too expensive now. I didn't mind putting in $60 a year (price of a AAA game), but I always felt there was nothing inaccessible for me by doing that.
Innkeeper says "Don't let the door hit you on the way out!"
keeping this innotivation, this companys sure bankrupted soon
"We’ve disabled 2-4 player Battlegrounds Parties for players above 10,000 rating."
So I'm just no longer able to play Battlegrounds with my friends after a certain threshold?
BTW anyone got golden Transfer Student?
When that whole event was on I finished PvE Hunter's solo adventure + I played Arena + I played Battlegrounds, but I don't have it :S
You have to play one game from each of the standard solo adventures as well, I hope you can still get it :)
You also had to do some other Solo content. Here is the list:
the player base has been asking for a tournament mode for YEARS. but the hs devs and blizzard are like: "yea, let's just re-skin dungeon run and let these guys play against each other."
this is pretty disappointing. but hearthstone has been disappointing for years now, so... i'm glad that i still won't put in anything into this game anytime soon.
shills will still like and defend this sh$t tho...
Why are there always people who cry like babies when new, innovative changes come? My God! Go back to kindergarten and let your mothers change you. Great job blizzard !!!
new and innovative? lol. are you playing this game for a month or what's the deal?
Just stop playing before you drown in your tears.
The tavern pass is just the classic battle pass everyone uses today (Rocket league, Fortnite, etc). You have two paths, one paid and one free to make you feel like you are missing out on many things in order to buy the paid one.
The new game mode is just a merge between their arena mode and dungeon runs.
Achievements ? they already use that system on WOW since 2010. Those are the gamer's "homeworks", addictive component that will give you the feeling of achieving something and progressing.
So what's new and innovative ?
What´s new and innovative?
The mustache of Pat Nagle.
A good old sage once said, "Haters gonna hate hate hate, shake them off".
Just because someone is not agreeing with something, it does not mean that he hates that. I like the new Xpac, the old gods mechanichs, but I just don't agree that it's new nor innovative. Can you provide some arguments or will you just act like the typical Iphone users that claim their phone is always new and innovative, but never know why.
New? Innovative? How long have you played this game?
Got it