Video Game News: Hearthstone Hits Patch 4.2 With A Recipe For Disaster

Published March 18, 2016

It’s a little strange to think that Hearthstone has been out for about 2 years now. It feels like only yesterday when we all started grinding gold of Classic packs and 2 expansions and 3 adventures later, we’re still doing the same but with far crazier possibilities.

In the build up to the release of Whispers of the Old Gods, the latest patch doesn’t make any changes to the game but adds quite a few nice things to the game. First off, from this patch you will be able to pre-purchase the 50 pack bundle of Whispers of the Old Gods which comes with a pretty creepy looking card back.

A new Paladin class portrait has been added in the form off Lady Liadrin, the leader of the Blood Knights. Unlike the previously released hero portraits, this one can be earned by leveling a character in World of Warcraft to level 20. This can take a bit of time, but at least it can be earned without spending a cent.

The last notable changes come in the form of the new deck recipes and now, finally, players will be able to craft 9 more custom decks. The allow for players to make predetermined decks, where any missing cards will have replacements recommended by the game. The 9 additional deck slots will replace the old basic decks, this does now mean that players will be able to play around with decks to their hearts content, without having to dismantle some of their safer decks.

With the addition of these new deck recipes, new players will now be presented with a much simpler entry into custom decks and with the impending destruction the Old Gods will be bringing, they couldn’t have come at a better time. Even though this patch isn’t making any changes to Hearthstone, it’s adding enough to keep players interested until Whispers of the Old Gods launches to change up the meta.

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For more information on the latest patch, check the patch notes below.

General

Pre-purchase Whispers of the Old Gods

Starting now you can pre-purchase a “Whispers of the Old Gods” 50 card pack bundle from the in-game shop and unlock a special card back. Whispers of the Old Gods packs cannot be opened until the expansion launches, which will be before May 31, 2016, however, the card back is available immediately!

Unlock up to 18 deck slots!

Gain access to 9 additional deck slots by unlocking all nine Hearthstone Heroes, bringing your total number of deck slots to 18.

If you’ve already unlocked all nine Heroes, your new deck slots are waiting for you in the Collection Manager: just delete or edit the Basic decks you’ll find in your deck list.

Many improvements have been made to the Collection Manager.

Deck Recipes are now available in the Collection Manager. Use Deck Recipes to quickly experiment with some new deck ideas.

Right-clicking on card backs in the Collection Manager reveals an improved display. So fancy!

When building decks, the “Suggest a Card” feature is now smarter about its recommendations.

It is now possible to search for cards with new search terms, including Attack, Health, Cost, Golden, etc.

A more complete listing of all the new functions will be revealed in an upcoming blog.

We have begun preparing for the arrival of Standard and Wild formats with new UI elements.

The following Hero portrait has been added:

Liadrin – The new Paladin hero is obtained through an upcoming World of Warcraft promotion.

Hearthstone has been localized into Thai. Players around the globe can now enjoy Hearthstone in 14 different languages!

The following card backs have been added:

Hogger – Acquired at the end of the month by reaching Rank 20 or higher in Ranked Play mode during the month of March 2016.

Eyes of C’Thun – Acquired by pre-purchasing Whispers of the Old Gods.

Overwatch – Acquired by purchasing the Overwatch: Origins Edition.

Bonuses provided by Enrage effects now work correctly after a minion’s Attack and Health values have been swapped.

[iPads with iOS 9.0.2+] Resolved an issue that could cause Hearthstone to crash when launched with the device held in certain orientations.

[Android] Resolved visual issues that could occur with the League of Explorer’s card back and after League of Explorer matches on Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge+ devices.

Resolved various issues with AI behavior and gameplay.

Fixed various audio, graphical, and UI issues.

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