Stonekeep's Articles
Tian Ding Shares Data About Battlegrounds Parties – How Much Are You Gaining By Group Queueing?
Earlier today, Hearthstone Data Scientist Tian Ding shared some numbers Team 5 has gathered yesterday in regards to Battlegrounds group queues. For an average player, group queues bring almost no advantage – it’s only +0.37% for 2 players, +0.18% for 3 players and +0.77% for 4 players. If those numbers would remain […]
Masters Tour Online: Montreal Survival Guide (September 11 – 13)
Masters Tour Online: Montreal is the fifth Masters Tour event of 2020, and it will happen this weekend! Just like the last couple of Masters Tours, this one will also be online-only because of the current global pandemic situation. Currently, the events are planned ahead of time to be hosted online, and Blizzard already has […]
Battlegrounds Bug – Tripling Micro Mummy Crashes the Game (Update: Disabled Again Because of Mobile Issues)
Patch 18.2, on top of all the new features, introduced a pretty major Battlegrounds bug. The new minion – Micro-Mummy – seems to crash the game when it gets tripled. You can’t reconnect until the match is over, so if it happens early, it usually means that you will end up 8th. […]
Iksar Talks About Battlegrounds Parties (Group Queues), Rating Reset Coming In Patch 18.4
Ever since Battlegrounds Parties were introduced in yesterday’s patch, a lot of players have (rightfully so) complained about unfairness of the 2-4 player queues. For example, if you’re a solo player who faces a 4 player party in ranked, they will work with each other – e.g. try to match power level when facing each […]
Micro Mummy Hotfix & Freezing Trap Bug
A hotfix will be deployed soon, which gets rid of the Micro Mummy issue in the Battlegrounds. The new minion has been bugged after yesterday’s patch, crashing the game after players tripled it. It should work fine now. In the meantime, Blizzard got reports of Freezing Trap bugs – cards bounced […]
