A couple of days ago, Blizzard released a pretty hefty hotfix patch. I couldn’t cover it then because I was on a short break, but now that I’m back – here are the patch notes! Normally this kind of hotfix rolls out over a few hours, but at this point it should be live for everyone 🙂
The patch mostly focuses on Battlegrounds and Arena. We have a bunch of balance changes. In Arena, Reckless Apprentice has been banned from drafts and the appearance rate of some Imbue cards got reduced. In Battlegrounds, we’ve got some changes to Hero armor and A LOT of Trinket cost changes (based on their early performance).
On top of that, the patch contains a lot of bug fixes, mostly to Battlegrounds, but also to cards like Aspect's Embrace (it didn’t draw a card) and Corpse Explosion (sometimes it ended prematurely).
Check out the full patch notes here:
Patch 32.2.1 is a server-side hotfix patch, rolling out today. Please select the relevant topic below for further details.Bug Fixes and Game Improvements – GENERAL
- Resolved login issues affecting certain Mac devices
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements – ARENA
Reminder: The eligible sets are Into the Emerald Dream (including the Embers of the World Tree Mini-Set and the Fleeing Treant Arena-only card), Showdown in the Badlands, Voyage to the Sunken City, Forged in the Barrens, Scholomance Academy, Core.
- Reckless Apprentice is now removed from the draft pool
- Reduced Appearance of:
32.2 Known IssuesBug Fixes and Game Improvements – BATTLEGROUNDS
- [Duos] We’ve deployed a few fixes to address stability issues in Duos.
- Resolved desync issues occurring during combat.
- Peggy Sturdybone is back in the minion pool.
- The following Trinkets are now removed: Extravagant Scale, Greater Feral Talisman, Vibrant Bubble.
- Players now shouldn’t be offered the same Greater Trinket twice.
- Heroes shouldn’t disappear from their portraits after receiving a lot of damage at once.
- Guiding Candle now stacks correctly.
- Resolved an issue with Golden minions not counting towards minions of your type for your trinket turn
- Players now can’t be offered both Ghastly Mask and Drakkari Portrait.
- Electron, Powered Up now correctly triggers when the Choose One Spell is cast multiple times via the effect of the Tauren Spiritwalker.
- Lavish Cape now correctly works with Fire-forged Evoker.
- [Hero] Guff Runetotem is back to giving correct tier rewards.
- Weebomination (Patchwerk’s buddy) now gives stats.
- Token of the Old Gods now properly consumes the effect of Tauren Spiritwalker.
- Aspect’s Embrace is back to drawing a card!
- We’re preventing Cliff Dive from destroying minions from deck. Not on our watch.
- We’re also preventing Cliff Dive from returning a dead minion back to deck. The cycle of dive must be preserved.
- Corpse Explosion will no longer end prematurely.
- We’ve addressed some of the matchmaking issues to ensure highly ranked players are matched with players close to their rank.
- [Android] Fixed an issue preventing notification settings from working when enabled from Privacy Settings.
- [iOS] Fixed crashes occurring after purchasing card packs with gold.
Additionally, we’ve reviewed Trinkets’ costs and did a few hero armor adjustments.Battlegrounds Trinkets’ Cost Changes
Note: All Trinkets can be found in our official Card Library here.
INCREASED COST
Greater Trinkets Cost Old Cost New Czarina Portrait 2 8 Wizard’s Pipe 3 5 Hogwash Basin 2 6 Electromagnetic Device 3 6 Felbat Portrait 6 7 Beetle Band 4 6 Bronze Timepiece 0 2 Fridge Magnet 3 5 Boom’s Monster Portrait 4 6 Bristlebach Portrait 4 6 Thaumaturgist Portrait 3 5 All-Purpose Kibble 3 4 Windfall Portrait 1 3 The Eye of Sargeras 2 4 Quilligraphy Set 2 4 Mecha-Jaraxxus Sticker 3 5 Nazjatar Postcard 2 3 Balladist Portrait 4 5 Nomi Sticker 2 3 Bloodbound Earrings 3 4 Surprise Portrait 4 5 Fountain Pen 2 3
Lesser Trinkets Cost Old Cost New Weary Portrait 6 7 Sellemental Portrait 0 3 Divine Signet 4 6 Spell-powered Wrench 2 5 The Eye of Dalaran 2 4 Windfall Portrait 6 7 Blingtron’s Sunglasses 4 6 Pilgrimp Sticker 2 4 Gritty Portrait 3 5 Electromagnetic Device 2 4 Shadowy Elixir 0 1 Azsharan Statuette 1 2 Rusty Trident 2 3 Nomi Sticker 2 3 Holy Mallet 2 4 Baleful Incense 2 4 Vash’jir Anemone 2 4 Unholy Sanctum 2 3 Automaton Portrait 5 6 Bazaar Sticker 2 3 Reusable Batteries 3 4 Enigmatic Headstone 2 3 Fountain Pen 1 2 Alliance Keychain 2 3
REDUCED COST
Greater Trinkets Cost Old Cost New Theotar Sticker 2 1 Mug of the Sire 3 1 Nether Pendant 2 1 Jar o’ Gems 4 2 Glowscale Portrait 2 1 Guiding Candle 5 3 Valdrakken Wind Chimes 2 0 Gold-plated Compass 2 0 Herald Sticker 4 1 Redeemer Portrait 3 0 Heart of the Forest 3 0 Gilded Anchor 3 0 Wicked Tome 4 1 Great Boar Sticker 3 1 Artanis Sticker 2 0 Curator Sticker 1 0 Blood Golem Sticker 3 0 Poet Portrait 3 0 S’Thara Sticker 4 1 Twin Sky Lanterns 1 0 Portable Factory 4 0 Battle Horn 5 0 Behemoth Portrait 4 0 Innkeeper’s Hearth 3 0
Lesser Trinkets Cost Old Cost New Heart of the Forest 2 1 War Drum 2 1 Macaw Portrait 2 1 Bluegill Flippers 3 2 Wicked Tome 3 2 Tough Tusk Sticker 3 2 Cliffdiver Sticker 2 1 Trip Vouchers 2 1 Yu’lon Sticker 1 0 Rendle Sticker 4 2 Innkeeper’s Hearth 2 1 Booty Bay Brew 1 0 Marvelous Mushroom 4 2 Fish Portrait 3 1 Eclectic Shrine 2 0 Impulsive Portrait 2 0 Battlecruiser Portrait 2 0 Gold Pendant 2 0 Artisanal Urn 2 0 Finley’s Helmet 1 0 Dalaran Cheese Wheel 1 0 Hoggy Bank 3 1 Explorer’s Binoculars 3 1 Felemental Portrait 3 1 Crocheted Sungill 2 0 Smuggler Portrait 1 0 Selfless Portrait 1 0 Sacrificial Altar 2 0 Shrine of Evolution 3 0 Hero Armor Adjustments
- Cenarius: High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 15, Duos: 12
- Buttons: High Rank: 15, Lower Rank: 10, Duos: 12
- Ini Stormcoil: High Rank: 10, Lower Rank: 6, Duos: 7
- Dinotamer Brann: High Rank: 18, Lower Rank: 18, Duos: 15
Reminder: 32.2 Known Issues thread is located here.
I feel like BGs is currently unplayable. At least if you try to improve and grow your gameplay. I really miss some vanilla time.
Because of Trinkets or just general imbalance?
I honestly quite like Trinkets as a concept, but for a semi-casual player (me) it’s a bit hard to keep up with them. Especially tracking what trinkets my opponents have (which might make a big difference in combat) is quite difficult. But we really need a bigger balance update in general, because minion types don’t seem very balanced right now.
I don’t think it’s unplayable, I like this season’s changes. There are of course few things which are not ideal – for exmaple Undead seem like they have some sort of cap which doesn’t usually let you win the lobby, because other tribes just outscale it during the last turns. This has been the same since last season I guess and the changes in this season doesn’t really do anything with it.
Dragons are quite bad now – but looks like everyone knows that and I’m expecting some buffs soon – mostly to the new 6-drop.
Murlocks are in weird spot now, but otherwise all the tribes seem pretty fun.
Besides the mentioned dragons buff I’m also expecting some nerf to quills (and potentionally beasts)