July 16th, 2013

Scheduled Maintenance

Weekly Sale Updated 1st Anniversary Diamond Packs are available this week!

• The Orange Clash Coin has been replaced by 10 Arete Tokens

Features Elite Draft Events!

• All of these Events will use 3 Uprising Packs / 3 Gold Packs and start on;
  • Wednesday 1400 - 1800 GMT (7:00am - 11:00am PDT)
  • Thursday 2300 - 0300 GMT (4:00pm - 8:00pm PDT)
  • Friday 0700 - 1100 GMT (12:00am - 4:00am PDT)
  • Friday 1400 - 1800 GMT (7:00am - 11:00am PDT)
  • Friday 2300 - 0300 GMT (4:00pm - 8:00pm PDT)
  • Sunday 1700 - 2100 GMT (10:00am - 2:00am PDT)
  • Sunday 0100 - 0500 GMT (6:00pm - 10:00pm PDT)
• All Elite Draft Event Participants will receive prizes based on the following list;
  • 1st Place - 2 Uprising Packs and 80 Power Stones
  • 2nd Place - 1 Uprising Packs and 40 Power Stones
  • 3rd Place - 1 Uprising Packs and 20 Power Stones
  • 4th Place - 1 Demonic Chest and 10 Power Stones

Ascent of Kobolds!

• Kobolds have invaded Mount Arete, collect them now!
  • Kobold Raider Ally - 10 Kobold Elixirs
    Kobold Marauder Ally - 10 Kobold Elixirs
    Kobold Healer Ally - 15 Kobold Elixirs
    Kobold Slayer Ally - 15 Kobold Elixirs
    Kobold Chieftain Ally - 20 Kobold Elixirs
    Kobold Shaman Ally - 20 Kobold Elixirs
• Kobold Elixirs will drop from the battles in Grand Games: The Ascent
• They are also craftable with Arete Pedestals
  • Arete Pedestal (Normal) - 5 Kobold Elixirs
  • Arete Pedestal (Hard) - 10 Kobold Elixirs
  • Arete Pedestal (Nightmare) - 20 Kobold Elixirs

New Card Set

• Our next card set, Strife, will launch in two weeks on July 30th!
• When Strife goes live, Uprising cards/packs will no longer be available for purchase in the shop
• We will have Prerelease Events for Strife next week

Rules of Engagement this week are as follows

• The following cards are banned;
• Proof of the Pudding
• Harls Spellstealer
• Glory of West Kruna
• Dead Mans Volley
• Bernard Bronzefist
• Sarpedons Hammer (All versions)
• Mazenazius the True and False (All versions)
• Lord Tyranthius Signet
• My Round

• Better to Give
• Prideful Sinner
• Ghost Masters Tonic
• Acid and Alchemy
• Bandages of Kharotep
• Volatile Haste Potion

• Torment
• Graveyard Mushroom Brew
• Last of the Wine
• Joy to the World
• Spear of Destruction
• Spirit Ward
• Up to 20 Rare cards
• Up to 20 Epic Cards
• Up to 6 Legendary Cards
• No Common or Uncommon Cards
• Deck size 30-46 cards

Saturday Night Clash remains at 24 hours long starting at 08:00 GMT on Saturday

• Saturday Night Clash for July 20th, 2013. Rewards are as follows:
  • 1 draft = 2 Draft Packs
  • 5 drafts = 1 Enhaced Purple Chest of Untold Riches
  • 10 drafts = 1 Epic+ Diamond Pack (Infernal Preview 3 Era)
  • 15 drafts = 2 2nd Anniversary Fortune Packs
  • 20 drafts = 6 Purple Chests of Untold Riches

Known Issues

• You will need to use a mouse scroll wheel or select the text and drag down to see the entire Rules of Engagement in game
• Due to the changes in Grand Games: The Ascent, you will need to finish the zone on Normal again in order to unlock the next difficulty

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