New QoL Game Features Coming In Patch 23.2 – Upgrading Cards to Golden, Sharing Deck Codes in Chat, Multiple Favorite Card Backs

We’ve already briefly mentioned them in Patch 23.2 notes, but Blizzard has a separate post detailing all three new QoL game features coming tomorrow.

There are three new features coming, here’s a quick summary:

• Upgrade to Golden – You can now upgrade your regular cards to their golden versions for the Dust difference. For example, if you have a regular Legendary and you want to make it Golden, it will cost you 1600 Dust.
• Share Deck Codes in Chat – You can now send your friends deck codes through the in-game chat. Clicking on them will prompt you to paste it into the deck builder.
• Favorite Multiple Card Backs – Instead of picking between a single card back and “random” option, you can now favorite multiple card backs. The game will randomly cycle between all of them. You can al

I’m really happy that they’re pushing some QoL changes. New expansions, balance patches etc. are all great, but the game’s client is still missing a lot of potential features. It looks like them talking about focusing more on the client upgrades in Year of the Hydra wasn’t just talking. I hope to see more soon, starting with multiple favorite Hero skins, since that’s the feature I’ve been waiting for a really long time!

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In the year of the Hydra, Hearthstone is focusing on improving existing game experiences and building a better, more player-friendly game client. With that in mind, we’re happy to share that three exciting new features will be coming to Hearthstone as soon as Patch 23.2!

Upgrade to Golden

The long-awaited feature is now here! Fans of Golden cards will now have the option of Upgrading their normal cards into Golden versions, in addition to the original option of crafting Golden versions from scratch. The Arcane Dust cost to Upgrade a card is the difference between its base cost and the Golden cost. That means that you get the full dust value of any of your cards you decide to Upgrade! Now fans of Golden cards have an option to easily and efficiently bling out their favorite cards.

Developer Comment: We’re thrilled to get this feature out there and see how you all enjoy it. We wanted it to be a smooth and convenient experience, without getting in the way of the normal crafting flow. We knew from the start that we wanted this to be more than just a convenience feature; since it gives you the full dust value for any normal card you Upgrade, it’s also cheaper now to turn your normal cards Golden, making it more enticing for players to enjoy that attractive option!

Share Deck Codes in Chat

Now you can easily share deck codes through the in-game chat! Send your friend a deck code and they’ll be able to quickly copy it directly from chat into their deckbuilder. Show off your cool homebrew or grab the latest tech from ladder with ease as you fill up both your friends list and your deck slots.

Developer Comment: Deck codes were one of the largest convenience improvements ever added to the game, but actually sharing those deck codes in-game was always rough. We set out to solve that issue and make this powerful sharing tool an even better experience.

Favorite Multiple Card Backs

Lastly, you will be able to Favorite multiple card backs, instead of just one. This means that in each game you will randomly equip a card back from those you favorited. With so many great card backs now in the game, how could you choose just one?! Since card back settings are now saved on a deck-by-deck basis, out-of-match things like pack opening will use whatever settings you most recently selected.

Developer Comment: So many amazing card backs have been added to the game over the years, we felt like we needed to find some middle ground between picking one card back and picking randomly from your whole collection. Finding the exact user experience to solve this was a challenge that we’re looking forward to hearing player feedback on!

These are just the first of several quality-of-life improvements that we’re excited to develop this year. We’re working on tons of cool new features, including some that we hope to share very soon. Keep an eye out for more updates, and let us know if there are any features that you’d like to see added to the client.

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