HEX Update – Arena Test Server

Arena hype!

Greetings, HEXers! It’s Friday, which means we take the news and progress we’ve made over the week and distill it all into your weekly HEX update! This week, we’re announcing the release of the Arena Test Server. Arena hype!

Three Days Only

What: Open Arena testing and PVP tournament

Where: Arena Test Server

When: Thursday, February 5th to Saturday, February 7th (Times TBA)

Who: Everyone can play!

In less than a week, you’ll be able to check out the current in-development version of arena for a few special days of mass melee! This version won’t have the UI and AI polish that you’ll see in the live release, but you will be able to play arena, equip gear, build PVE decks, and more! We’ve taken all your HEX accounts and mirrored them on the Test Server, so no registration will be necessary. You’ll have all your cards, packs, platinum, and gold plus a few PVE goodies to play with. For those of you a little short on coin, we’re also granting 20,000 plat to all accounts on the test server. Sorry, you can’t take that back to the live game server, so spend it all!

For a sneak peek and introduction to arena, Cory will be streaming on Wednesday, February 4th at 12 PM Pacific [Worldclock]. Then, we’ll have scheduled Twitch previews from our streamers leading up to the release of the test server.

How do you get the test environment client? Next week, we’ll post the link to the Arena Test Server installer for all of you. If you don’t have a HEX account yet and want to participate, simply sign up for a HEX beta account, download the game, and log in at least once this weekend to be included in arena testing! We can’t wait for you to get a sneak peek at the next big update to HEX!

Free Tournament

UPDATE: The Large Scale Tournament has been rescheduled, click here to read more.

Once you’ve downloaded the Arena Test Server client and installed it, you can participate in the free Sealed Deck tournament on February 7th at 12 Noon Pacific [Worldclock]. The cards you open won’t carry over to your live game account, but prizes do. Participants in the free tournament receive 1 free Constructed Queue Entry Ticket and then pack prizes depending on record.

4 Wins – 10 Shattered Destiny booster packs

3 Wins – 6 Shattered Destiny booster packs

2 Wins – 3 Shattered Destiny booster packs

1 Win – 2 Shattered Destiny booster packs

0 Wins – 1 Shattered Destiny booster pack

Prizes will be distributed to your live accounts at 5 PM Pacific on Monday, February 9th. If you’re new to tournaments, you can learn about each format on our tournaments page.

Collector’s Tier

For you backers who had the Collector’s tier, we have your final two reward cards for the 2014/2015 cycle! Behold, Cerulean Mirror Knight and Chaos Key!

Decklists

We’ve posted the undefeated decklists from all the VIP tournaments last weekend. These lists are a great way to get an idea of what people are playing and what themes are popular. So, deckbuilders, get excited and break that format!

PVE Preview Cards

To wrap up this week’s update, here are some more PVE cards! First, the bunny.

Monika’shin is another troop exclusive to the opposing Arena decks. Her swiftstrike power will send arrows at your troops before they get in range to strike. Plus, it makes her more likely to snipe your champion for 3 damage and a free Battle Hopper.

Now, let’s check out the PVE loot up for grabs!

Dream Stag is perfect for decks looking to drop tons of resources. It pairs incredibly well with Wild Root Dancer and Honeycap. Legionnaire of Adamanth is meant for the Human decks, grabbing your Ruby Pyromancers that your opponents seem to always kill. Scarcliff Chimera is for all the haters out there, the jealous ones. You have more health than me? Attack you. You have more cards than me? Hit you harder. You have more troops than me? To the skies.

And remember, you can find all the equipment for these troops in the arena as well.

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