Update: This appears to now be sort of live as of 12:00 PM Eastern on March 23. Our original post follows.
Following the recent announcement about removal of one Friend of a Friend, Blizzard has just released the 22.6.1 Patch Notes, which also contain a number of Battlegrounds Armor Changes, and a few other minor hotfixes/improvements. It has yet to hit the live servers.
The whole list isn't particularly long, keep an eye out for your favored (or most hated) Heroes receiving adjustments:
Quote From Blizzard Patch 22.6.1 is a server hotfix going live on Wednesday, March 23. This patch includes Bug Fixes and changes to Battlegrounds.Battlegrounds Changes:
Friend of a Friend has been removed from the minion pool. See the Developer Comment for more details as to why.
Several heroes are moving up Armor Tiers (more Armor):
Lord Barov, Millificent Manastorm, Onyxia, and Tavish Stormpike are now in Armor Tier 2 (2-5 Armor)
Bru’kan is now in Armor Tier 3 (3-6 Armor)
Greybough, Kael’thas, and Rokara are now in Armor Tier 4 (4-7 Armor)
Captain Eudora, Master Nguyen, and Reno Jackson are now in Armor Tier 5 (5-8 Armor)
Drek’Thar, Elise Starseeker, and Sindragosa are now in Armor Tier 6 (6-9 Armor)
Illidan, Lich Baz’hial, Mr. Bigglesworth, Pyramad, Tamsin Roame, and Vanndar are now in Armor Tier 7 (7-10 Armor)
Several heroes are moving down Armor Tiers (less Armor):
Aranna Starseeker, Deathwing, Maiev Shadowsong, Scabbs Cutterbutter, and Tess Greymane are now in Armor Tier 1 (0 Armor)
Ambassador Faelin is now in Armor Tier 2 (2-5 Armor)
Queen Wagtoggle is now in Amor Tier 3 (3-6 Armor)
Correction: Shudderwock is now in Armor Tier 5 (5-8 Armor)
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements
Fixed a bug that caused players to be locked if they filled up their Mercenaries Party before completing tutorial Tasks that included adding Mercenaries to your Party
Fixed a product shop image that did not match the description or actual product content
Disabled the blank “completed all Book of Mercenaries” pop-up; rewards will be added (and awarded retroactively for those who already earned them) in a later patch
At least the early community sentiment would lead one to believe these adjustments hit the right targets. It hasn't even been a full week since the re-introduction of the whole Battlegrounds Armor System, so the developers certainly took swift action there. And that's not necessarily the end of it.
Happy with the initial balance takes, Bob's Tavern regulars? Or do you find anything missing the mark?
Comments
I still have a notification for achievements but it doesn't actually show I completed achievement. When I'm on my phone it says I have a duels achievement but on my Kindle it says it's in ranked. I thought they were supposed to fix this no?
They were, but apparently didn't manage to do so completely. We might have to be stuck with it until another major patch (for the Core set) pre-expansion...
I wish they changed Friend akin to Djinni, i.e. making him grant buddies on Deathrattle so that he doesn't get abused with Brann while retaining the power to give you spicy games.
Soooooo, Friend of a Friend is still in the minion pool. What's up with that?
The patch isn't yet live (we should have a notification up and posted once the server side has been updated), this was just the patch notes being released a day earlier to let us know what to expect.
Aaaand sounds like the changes might've been implemented just right afterwards!
I didnt understand why Friend of a Friend was removed, then I saw that dogdog's video, and LMAO is so broken with brann
This is so hilarious, how did they not see Friend of a Friend behind beyond broken? I don't even think you have to playtest in order to recognise it's absolutely broken.