HEX UPDATE – Climb Time

The patch you’ve all been waiting for is out! In this week’s rundown we cover the ladder patch, a new interview with Lead Designer Ben Stoll, and more!

Ladder is out!

We are incredibly happy to get the ladder into your eager hands. We have seen great turnout since the patch, so if you were on the fence about diving into competitive HEX play, now is an amazing time to get started! Furthermore, we’ve gotten some great feedback on the patch already! If you haven’t checked out the forums yet, let us know what you enjoy most about the patch so far.

I also want to give a huge shout out to players Reeplay and Metronomy. They have proven themselves through mortal combat and emerged as our first two Cosmic Tier players (in the Limited and Constructed ladders, respectively). That is no mean feat. Well done!

Season 2 Sleeves

In Season 1 of our ladder, you will duke it out for some freshly roasted Dingler sleeves. That’s pretty awesome, but we aren’t going to stop there! You guys mean the world to us here at HEX. That is why we are opening up the Season 2 sleeves to a community vote! If you haven’t already checked out the forums, make sure you stop by to see two new Alternate Art cards. One of these fantastic works could be your next piece of card-slinging bling. Voting will close on July 17th, so don’t delay! Vote today.

Ben Stoll Interview

We did some digging in the Chest’O Hex and found some buried treasure: An interview with our Lead Designer Ben Stoll from the 100K Tournament! He was interviewed by community member Dylan “Doc-X” Northrup about everything from the resource system to set design. We gave a preview of the interview to some of our fine HEX podcasters – each podcast got a different slice of the interview that focused on different aspects of the game:

Part 1: Going Infinite – Very directed discussion on Resource systems and game design

Part 2: 2 Turns Ahead – PVE systems design, charges and Champion design, and set to set card design

Part 3: Threshold – Card types, lore as design impetus, game client vs paper testing, hold priority discussion, emotional considerations in design, and crafting.

It is a great listen and I encourage you to check out the fantastic podcasts that these guys do every week. If you prefer to listen to the interview without commentary, we also put the whole thing here.

Lixil Series Reminder

The first Lixil Series tournament will begin next Monday! If you like winning packs and exclusive Alternate Arts through constructed play, make sure to click the AA Lixil for more details.

FiveShards Season 4 Diamond Cup

The second tournament of the FiveShards Shard Cup Tournament Series happens this July 9th, 2016 at 9:00am PT (17:00 CET). Compete in this constructed tournament for over 250 boosters in prizes and earn points to qualify for the lucrative Cup of Fate. You can register for the tournament in client under the tournament screen under “Community Tournament!” For more details, check out the tournament announcement on the FiveShards website.

FiveShards Weekly

FiveShards is hosting two weekend tournaments that culminate in a finale. The FiveShards Weekly Series open tournaments will be in-client, standard constructed, and single-elimination. They require no entry fee and offer 10,000 platinum for first place (in addition to boosters and qualifying points for the top 16 players). Players may enter either or both tournaments (though the points are tied to a specific finale), and the final tournament will happen at the end of the month which features 20,000 in platinum prizes for the top 4 of each series! One series occurs on Saturday at 4pm PT (00:00 CET) while the other will take place on Sundays at 7am PT (15:00 CET). For more details, visit the official FiveShards page.





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