HEX Update – Cleric’s Got Talent

Hi HEXers. As we mentioned this morning, we ran into some technical hurdles recently and couldn’t finish a few pieces of content that we had originally planned to announce. But, we released the Cleric talent tree, Dwarf racial bonuses, and the class-race combo bonuses . Whoo! Exciting times. We’re still not quite ready to announce a release date. As soon as we can, you’ll see it here on the HEX website and across all our social media channels. We might even do an in-game announcement just to cover all the bases.

Collector’s Rewards

This message goes out to all you players with the Kickstarter Collector’s tier and up. Earlier last year, you received two of your six exclusive alternate art collector’s cards for 2015:

That left four more cards to be distributed in 2015. Due to reasons we will cover below, these cards will be distributed with the next feature patch and will have cards from all three HEX sets.

Naturally, we want these cards to cover all the sets that release throughout the year. So, we held off on selecting specific cards with the belief that the cards would come with the fourth HEX set. Due to the pace of development and all resources being dedicated to the PVE campaign, set four did not release in 2015.

We use multiple factors when making decisions on which cards are selected for alternate art and the ways in which players can obtain them. The metagame is one of those factors. Once we identified that set four could miss a 2015 release, we held off on making firm card decisions for a short period of time in order to obtain tournament information. At the same time, we took a quick look at Armies of Myth for a short list of alternate art options. Since players already received two cards from that set, we felt they’d be happier with a variety of cards coming from all HEX cards available. That would allow us to revisit some cards in Shards of Fate and Shattered Destiny which had great potential as alternate art and players would love to own.

Once we had all the desired information from all factors and felt confident in our decision making, we booked the art pieces.

We originally scheduled the four remaining 2015 collector’s tier cards to release with the patch on December 9th. When we received the final card art to make that release date, the composition and quality was not in-line with previous collector cards. That’s not to say that the artists are bad or not skilled. They are great artists. It’s to say that the art didn’t have the level of finish that we deem necessary.

In order to elevate the art to the level that players have come to expect, we postponed the release of these cards until the next feature patch and dedicated that time to improving the quality of the art. We believed that players would prefer to wait and receive the quality of card that they expect from us as opposed to us delivering sub-par art to our Collector backers that’s technically on-time.

Without further ado, here are your final collector’s tier cards for 2015 that you can expect to own soon: Balthasar, Jank Bot, Soul Marble, and Scheme!

FIVESHARDS DIAMOND CUP SPONSORED BY TECNOPHI, JANUARY 9TH-10TH

The second tournament in the Shard Cup tournament series (Season 3) starts Saturday morning, January 9th-10th. You can participate in this set 3 only constructed tournament (Titania’s Majesty is banned) by signing up here. Full rules, regulations, deck submission form, and prizes can be found on the fiveshards.com website. The Sapphire Cup is awarding 250 Armies of Myth boosters with a few random door prizes for both participants and streamers! Join us Saturday and try taking home a cup in the largest and longest-running community tournament series in Hex! Good luck!

Give Me Fuel, Give Me Fire

This week’s PVE card feature is Fuel for the Fire. This card draws two cards for two resources, which is quite the bargain. The opposing champion perhaps gets the best deal in drawing two cards for free, but what if you kill your opponent before he or she has a chance to use those cards? Then it’s like those cards were never drawn at all. With ruby rush decks always looking for an excuse to burn the candle at both ends, this card fits in perfectly. Plus, there are other ruby cards like Mindpyre that punish the opponent for drawing cards. Bonus! Some men just want to watch the world burn. If that’s you, then you’ll want to get some Fuel for the Fire!

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