Patch v0.9.0.003 Breakdown

The closed beta is fast approaching, and as we prepare, there are still a few more tests and tweaks we must perform in the alpha.You’ll find all our latest updates in this alpha patch below.

NEW FEATURES

There is now a Stash in Card Manager that will hold all your items that are not cards (note: this is still a work in progress)

TOURNAMENTS

The card preview has been re-added to Draft

Round numbers are now correct

Collection should now be sorted properly in Sealed

The Rewards/Rules buttons should now function properly in tournament lobbies

Swiss Tournaments now properly assign byes

Swiss Tournaments now properly pair players (no more rematches)

Players who received byes will now have their standings updated accordingly

Picking cards in the Limited Deck Builder no longer causes your collection to move down the screen

The last players to finish a match in a round of limited can now access their Reserves between rounds

All sort options now function while Drafting

Tournament Decks are no longer saved in your collection

Open queues should now always be listed first in the tournament screen

Pack and pick number are now properly labeled while Drafting

Tournaments are now correctly listed as 60 minutes per round

There is now an audio cue when your tournament is ready

GENERAL

New accounts are asked to choose a starter deck on first login

Primal Packs now have an image in the Pack Opening screen

The winner of the coin flip now chooses to ‘Play First’ or ‘Draw First’

The coin flip scene has been improved

You are no longer able to save more than 15 cards in your reserves

Tooltip text for “This troop can’t attack” no longer has an extraneous comma

Matchmaking in Proving Grounds will now obey the 30-minute rematch timer, preventing you from being matched to the same player twice successively

Using your mouse scroll wheel on cards in the graveyard no longer causes graphical errors

Keyword window now only appears on cards with keywords in Card Manager

Keyword text is now formatted properly when viewing a card through a hyperlink on another card

All targeting arrows should now point to the proper location

Tooltips now function properly in the Campaign screen

Champion Select button and Equipment slots no longer cover up the mail window

Scroll bar elements have been aligned in the store

Removed underscores from various text in the game

Primal Packs now correctly contain 2 legendary and 13 rare cards

Long names should no longer cause overlapping text issues on the coin flip screen

You can now only save up to 300 cards in a deck

Mulligan animation now properly accommodates getting a duplicate of a card from your first hand

Up and down arrows now work in chat

Mulligan animation is much faster

Drop down menus in Card Manager now close automatically when you click away from them

Removed Continue button from Victory screen in tournaments

Fixed graphical issue with replicas of replicas

The Mail and Friends windows should now have less overlapping/layering issues

You can now sort by collector’s number in the Card Manager

GAMEPLAY

Fiendish Cabalist should now function again

Reginald Lancashire should now function again

Booby Trap should now function again

Blood Orb of Deception’s game text now matches how it works

You no longer lose the game if The Transcended’s draw replacement ability fails to find a card

Bottled Vitae’s payment power can no longer be used at Quick speed

Replicas of a Unique troop are no longer incorrectly still Unique

Replicas now properly retain the effects of socketed gems

The Kraken no longer dies when put into play via Eye of Creation

The Kraken now works with Replicator’s Gambit

You can now interrupt Countermagic without the game halting

The card text of Jadiim, Eye of Creation, Blood Cauldron Ritualist, and Induction Coil have been fixed to reflect their redesign from last patch

KNOWN ISSUES

Starter Deck icons are missing in the Stash

Buttons in the Wheels of Fate interface are missing text

Pack and Pick numbers while drafting are not correct

Aside from a few notable card fixes (Reginald works again! Huzzah!), we’re continuing to improve on tournament functionality. Swiss tournaments saw a great deal of progress this week, with byes and proper round pairings functioning a bit better. An audio cue has also been added to tournaments, signaling when your round is ready to begin.

Another notable change in this patch is the coin-flip that takes place before each match begins. The winner of the coin-flip now gets to decide whether they wish to play first or draw fist, meaning that winning the coin-flip gives you a choice on what your deck prefers to do, rather than having the decision left up to randomization.

Primal Packs now have pack opening art associated with it, and a host of other cosmetic improvements continue to be made.

Keep those bug reports coming in, HEX fans! The Closed Beta will be here soon!

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