Blizzard just posted notes for the 29.0.2 patch rolling out today. It’s a server-side hotfix so you don’t need to download anything, although the rollout happens in waves so you might not get it right away.
The patch comes with quite a lot of Battlegrounds and Arena changes. In Battlegrounds, we have multiple Quest difficulty/offering rate and Hero Armor changes. In Arena, draft pools for Hunter, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Death Knight, Warlock, and Warrior (which are the top and bottom classes right now). The current Arena rotation is VERY imbalanced (there’s an almost 20% win rate difference between top and bottom classes, which is insane), and Battlegrounds players have also been complaining about some stuff. I assume that Blizzard plans an actual balance update for the next week, but that will have to do for now.
The patch also contains a lot of bug fixes for both Constructed and Battlegrounds. Most notably, the infamous Sonya Waterdancer bug has been fixed (previously if you played her after discounting her to 1 mana, she would copy herself right away, leading to some potentially broken plays).
Check out the full patch notes below:
Patch 29.0.2 is a server-side hotfix patch rolling out today with the following updates.
Battlegrounds Updates
Armor Changes
The following heroes now have more Armor:
- Doctor Holli’dae and Murloc Holmes now have 10 Armor.
- Rokara and Skycap’n Kragg now have 14 Armor.
- Death Speaker Blackthorn now has 15 Armor.
- Millificent Manastorm now has 16 Armor at higher ranks, still has 6 Armor at lower ranks.
- Tae’thelan Bloodwatcher now has 18 Armor.
- Overlord Saurfang now has 19 Armor.
- C’Thun now has 19 Armor at higher ranks, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.
The following heroes now have less Armor:
- Trade Prince Gallywix now has 5 Armor at higher ranks, still has 10 Armor at lower ranks.
- Fungalmancer Flurgl now has 10 Armor.
- Bru’kan now has 13 Armor.
- Dinotamer Brann now has 14 Armor.
- Professor Putricide now has 16 Armor.
Quest Changes
The following Quest offering rates have been adjusted:
- Exhume the Bones won’t be offered to Bru’kan and Sneed.
The following Quest Rewards were made easier to earn:
- Beyond the Mirage
- Splitting Scroll
- Temporal Tampering
- Anima Bribe
- Mirror Shield
- Timeline Acceleration
- Invigorating Conch
- Scepter of Guidance
- Endless Blood Moon
The following Quest Rewards were made harder to earn:
- Tumbling Disaster
- Untamed Sorcery
- Secret Sinstone
- Turbulent Tombs
- Gilnean War Horn
Arena Updates
We’ve adjusted the draft pools and offering rates of several cards. The appearance rates of certain powerful cards in Death Knight, Hunter, Demon Hunter, and Paladin have been decreased. The appearance rate of certain powerful cards in Druid, Priest, Mage, Warlock, Warrior, and Rogue have been increased.
Draft card pools have been adjusted for Hunter, Priest, Rogue, Druid, Death Knight, Warlock, and Warrior, swapping certain cards out entirely (including all Hunter’s Wildseed cards).
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Sonya Waterdancer would give a copy of herself when played for 1 mana.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Crane Game sometimes wouldn’t work.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galactic Projection Orb could continue targeting minions after they were functionally dead.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Galactic Projection Orb would fail to cast if you played it twice in a row.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Miniaturize cards granted by Spirit of the Badlands’s Mirage would not generate a Mini version.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Ysera granted the wrong version of Dream cards.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Free From Amber could Discover and summon Neptulon the Tidehunter.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Aranna Starseeker and Queen Azshara lost all their Armor when they transformed.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Brann’s Blessing would override Brann Bronzebeard’s effect.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Sea Witch Zar’jira’s Siren Song didn’t work for minions buffed more than once by the same effect.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Silivaz the Vindictive didn’t give its Spellcraft spell after being Goldenized.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Vengeful Slitherer didn’t give its Spellcraft spell after being Goldenized.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Free-Flying Feathermane’s effect could be triggered during the Recruit phase under certain circumstances.
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