Stonekeep's Articles
Developer Insights: Battlegrounds Balance – MMR Distribution, Top 10 Performing Heroes
John McIntyre, the Lead Designer on Hearthstone Battlegrounds, shared some information about the game mode. In particular, he talked about balance during the time Buddies were present in the game (since they will be gone with the upcoming Patch 23.2). He focused on showcasing that the mode is quite hard to balance, […]
New QoL Game Features Coming In Patch 23.2 – Upgrading Cards to Golden, Sharing Deck Codes in Chat, Multiple Favorite Card Backs
We’ve already briefly mentioned them in Patch 23.2 notes, but Blizzard has a separate post detailing all three new QoL game features coming tomorrow. There are three new features coming, here’s a quick summary: Upgrade to Golden – You can now upgrade your regular cards to their golden […]
Hearthstone Patch 23.2 Notes – New QoL Game Features, Naga in Battlegrounds, Mercenaries N’Zoth Event, Heroic Brawliseum – Releasing May 10
Blizzard just dropped patch notes for the upcoming Patch 23.2. We already knew that it’s coming tomorrow since it was announced last week alongside Nagas in Battlegrounds. But besides a big BG update, it also comes with a bunch of other interesting stuff, including – for the first time in a while – a few […]
No Arena Updates In Patch 23.2, But We’ll Have a Round Of Micro-Adjustments Releasing Soon
Matt London, Modes Design Lead for Hearthstone, talked about Arena game mode earlier today on Twitter. Apparently, the team has already decided on the micro-adjustments they wanted to make for Arena, but they couldn’t push them in 23.2 since the patch was already locked by the time they landed on the exact […]
Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Voyage to the Sunken City Week 4 – May 2022
First off, I wanted to apologize for missing the weekly decks roundup last Sunday – I was visiting family and simply didn’t have enough time. But people were still figuring out the meta after a balance update, so I didn’t have that much to post about anyway. This week was way more fruitful, and while […]
