A new patch was just added to the game that allows you to play with the newly nerfed cards, dust the nerfed cards for the full amount, and check out the flavor text of the new Whispers of the Old Gods cards! The new game board for Whispers of the Old Gods was also added and is now playable.
Official Patch Notes
- Do you hear them? Whispers of the Old Gods expansion will arrive on April 26! You can purchase Whispers of the Old Gods card packs from the in-game shop and play them beginning April 26.
- As of April 26, the Year of the Kraken will begin, bringing with it Standard and Wild formats. Check out the A New Way to Play blog for more info.
- Friendly Challenge menu has been updated. Starting April 26, you challenge friends to Standard, Wild, or Tavern Brawl games.
- Collection Manager’s Set Filter has been updated.
- Some Deck Recipes have been updated for Whispers of the Old Gods. See what we’ve cooked up!
- The following card backs have been added:
- Shadowmoon Valley – Obtained by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of May
- Zul’Drak – Obtained by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of June
- Halfhill – Obtained by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of July
- The guaranteed pack from Arena Runs will now always be from the most recently released expansion. Additionally, you are slightly more likely to receive a second card pack from a different Standard set.
- The “Sorry” emote has been replaced with a new “Wow” emote. Wow!
- The following cards have changed. For full details regarding these changes, please read the Keeping Hearthstone Fresh blog:
- Ancient of Lore – Now draws 1 card instead of 2
- Force of Nature – Mana cost decreased from 6 to 5, Treants no longer have Charge and no longer die at the end of the turn
- Keeper of the Grove – Health reduced from 4 to 2
- Ironbeak Owl – Mana cost increased from 2 to 3
- Big Game Hunter – Mana cost increased from 3 to 5
- Hunter’s Mark – Mana cost increased from 0 to 1
- Blade Flurry – Mana cost increased from 2 to 4 and only affects Minions
- Knife Juggler – Attack reduced from 3 to 2
- Leper Gnome – Attack reduced from 2 to 1
- Arcane Golem – Health increased from 2 to 4, no longer has Charge
- Molten Giant – Mana cost increased from 20 to 25
- Master of Disguise – Stealth granted by this card now only lasts until the start of the next turn
- Non-Basic Cards that have been changed will be disenchantable for their full dust value for a limited time.
- Resolved various issues with AI behavior and gameplay such as:
- Stampeding Kodo’s ability will no longer target the same minion twice if triggered by Brann Bronzebeard.
- Gladiator’s Longbow will prevent damage caused by Explosive Trap.
- Quests to obtain Old Murk-Eye and Captain’s Parrot have been disabled, as those cards are only available in Wild mode. These cards can be crafted as normal with the release of Whispers of the Old Gods.
- Added improved visual effects to certain Classic cards.
- The reconnect feature has been improved.
- Fixed various audio, graphical, and UI issues.
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Check out the images below to see a few things that have been added.
Hi evident, do i craft arcane golem now that with nerf it would not be part of most decks i think ….
Thanks,
Raphael
If you meant do you dust Arcane Golem then yes, you should dust all the nerfed cards because you can craft them later if they end up being still playable at no extra cost.
ya thats it. thanks bro..
only owl and juggler knife sure i l use 🙂
Is it confirmed how late it is going to be released?
(The cards)
The time isn’t confirmed, but they do have scheduled maintenance that ends at 10:30 PDT tomorrow (http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/20743404584). That’s usually a fairly decent indicator of when it will launch.
Why did they replace the sorry emote? Emotes are the only thing in hearthstone that has not changed. I think they should give us a set of emotes and give us 6 spaces for emotes that we like. Or at least give us an option to use the sorry emote. Sorry is such a good emote, I would rather something like thanks get replaced instead
I think it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out why “Sorry” was changed. It is definitely the most annoying of all of the emotes. What is more annoying than your opponent destroying your field with RNG and then saying “Sorry” just to rub it in? There is only one situation that I can think of that isn’t BM to use “Sorry”, and that would be if you forget to hit the “end turn” button and you say “sorry” for not ending the turn. Take your opponent’s minion “Sorry”. Destroy opponent’s key minion “Sorry”. Destroy opponent’s field “Sorry”. Boom bots hit face for 4, twice “Sorry”. I think the decision was made to make emotes slightly more “friendly”.
But that’s the fun part! Some of them like Guldan are so sarcastic, while others like magni are so sincere. It is the best emote, and is almost like mind games, getting your opponent agitated by destroying their stuff and “Sorry”. I’ve had first hand experience when someone added me after I wiped their booty on the floor, started yelling angrily because I kept saying “sorry” because I was destroying him. And I was playing hunter. At least it wasn’t face hunter.
… and that’s pretty much why my first 2 actions in any game are “Hello” > “Squelch” 😛
Any ideas about why the golden C’thun and the Beckoners are also uncraftable? Couldn’t find any information about how we’ll obtain them, did I miss a small announcement somewhere or do we just dont know?
Could be a bug, there’s no official reason I’ve heard. I imagine they’ll be craftable once the expansion launches.
When the expansion launches, each player will obtain C´thun and two backoners of evil for free together with three additional wotOG packs
(Sorry for my english)
How long can i dust changed cards with full cost?
No official date yet.
May 10th per the below link. The source on the official Hearthstone website is no longer available.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/blue-tracker/topic/16252-card-updates-disenchant-value
Just downloaded this on my Android device. I wonder however if anybody has the same issue as me since the update.
I can not spectate my friends when they are fighting, only thing I could think of is perhaps they have not downloaded the update yet?
Other thing I notice, when swtiching on crafting you can see all the new cards, but I can not find C’thun… all the cards related to him are there, also the other Old God Legendary cards are there, but no C’thun.
You can only see C’Thun if you select the “Include Uncraftable Cards” checkbox. I don’t think he can be crafted because you get him in your first WOG pack.
Really? For some reason I completely missed out that people will get C’thun for sure in their first pack…
I am ignorent sometimes. But that would explain why C’thun does not show up as craftable.
Yep, you get C’Thun and two Beckoner of Evil in the first WOG pack you open. You also get three free WOG packs just for logging in during the promotional period!
Could you please tell me when is that period?
No official word as far as I know.
In the video stream on Thursday with Ben Brode, it was said the free cards and packs will be available for a week after the expansion release.
There will also be two quests where you get 5 packs upon completion. One is winning 2 games in Standard. The other is winning 7 games in standard.
Great, thanks for the info!
Can’t spectate either, even if friends have also patched.
Just logged in on my PC, NA Server, no changes. Does ‘added’ just mean in preparation for Tuesday or that it should actually be live?
The Whispers of the Old Gods cards and Standard will be live on Tuesday, but the nerfs and full dust refunds are live now.
No update for Android yet 🙁