On top of adding a lot of new features, every major patch also introduces a bunch of bugs and issues. 21.8 is, of course, no different. But frankly, so far it looks pretty light compared to the previous ones – 21.4 and 21.6 were definitely more buggy, but it wasn’t surprising given that they introduced a whole new game mode and mini-set respectively.
This time, most of the bugs seem to be cosmetic / not really affecting that many people. The biggest issue seemed to be not being able to choose a faction after getting disconnected (or closing the game) during that screen, but it was already fixed – you can now choose it the next time you log in if you “skipped” it. Hero Powers for two of the new skins (Vanndar Stormpike and Steel Guardian Malfurion seem to be wrong, but they will get fixed in a future patch. Other than that, most of the bugs are related to the Collection Manager.
I’ll update this post in case more issues pop up and are officially acknowledged. You can find a full list of them below:
Hey all, we wanted to let you know about some of the issues we’re tracking in 21.8:
- We rolled out a hotfix today for players who disconnected on the “Choose a Faction” screen and were, as a result, were unable to choose a faction.
- Cram Session shows the correct Spell Damage modifier, but then does not draw the correct amount of cards with some Spell Damage modifiers (such as Talented Arcanist). The fix for this bug has been entered into a future patch.
- The Vanndar Hero Skin (from the Fractured in Alterac Valley pre-purchase) and Steel Guardian Malfurion (the new mecha-themed skin) are using the wrong hero power animations. The fix for these has been added into a future patch.
- We have run a heal-up for players who were not fully fixed when the Vol’jin Mercenaries tasks were corrected last patch.
- The Search function when building a deck using the Wild card pool on mobile can become locked into only showing all Wild cards, and not allowing more search terms to be added to the search. We are investigating this issue. The current workaround is to either leave the deckbuilding interface entirely and then return to the deck to do a new search; or convert the deck to Standard, clear the search field within the Standard interface, and then convert the deck back to Wild to continue building.
- Golden cards from the Wild set Goblins versus Gnomes are uncraftable at this time. The fix for this bug has been entered into a future patch.
- Players are unable to access the Collection Manager’s Hero Skin selection interface while in the Classic format, sometimes resulting in visual bugs and/or lock-ups. The fix for this bug has been entered into a future patch.
We will update this post with other major known issues as we track them. Thank you.
