1.9.2 Release Notes (1/19/17)

Brigby

Hey Everyone,

Here are the final release notes for the 1.9.2 patch today!

Social Cards
Gather your allies and grow stronger! For the first time, you can win exclusive cards by inviting your friends to play Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest. Click “Invite” on the main menu to get started.

When a friend starts a new account, they can enter your unique referral code. When they do, both you and your friend will receive an exclusive Rare card once your friend completes the tutorial. Invite your friends to win Cowl Prowler, Ghirapur Orrery, or Wayward Giant.

Bug Fixes

Cards, Planeswalkers & Gameplay

- Multiple issues occur when casting a spell to Return a Reinforced Melded/Transformed creature that died to the hand. - Multiple issues occur when casting Liliana, Defiant Necromancer’s Raise Dead ability after a Reinforced Melded/Transformed creature you controlled died. - A creature with Hexproof fails to be targetable by the Replace Creature prompt when casting a creature while 3 creatures are on the casters side. - Casting 2 Season's Past after a reinforced transformed creatures is killed causes a board freeze - Each creature Construct receives +5/+5 when using Saheeli Rai's Level 4 Construct Artistry ability. - Creatures fail to reinforce when summoning two or more identical creatures after the original creature was mind controlled. - Multiple cards fail to trigger a second time when a creature with Double Strike attacks. - Progress is added to the Burst objective when Returning a creature to the battlefield. - Multiple issues occur when a creature attacks while Captain's Claws is on the battlefield. - The Psychic Rebuttal support fails to deal 1 damage when the player deals damage with multiple cards. - An infinite buff/debuff loop occurs when a Werewolf is Returned to the owner after a temporary mind control while they have Vilidin-Pack Alpha on the battlefield. - Transformed cards fail to include the buff when a card buffed by Olivia, Mobilized for War reinforces a transformed card after transforming. - The Transformed creature fails to block when the opponent attacks while the Transformed Side has Defender. - The opponent treats the creature like it has Hexproof when the user has Stonewing Antagonizer on the battlefield. - Zada, Hedron Grinder fails to gain +6/+6 when casting a spell on Zada, Hedron Grinder. - Multiple issues occur when using Exert Influence on a creature that creates Special Gems after summoning sickness wears off. - The Area of Effects triggers have no effect when a creature has the Hexproof evergreen during an Encounter.

UI, UX, Localization & Graphics

- The friend's Username fails to display when viewing the A Special Gift widget immediately after a friend enters the Referral Code but before entering a nickname. - The Information button fails to display when viewing the Demon of Dark Schemes Special Offer. - The user is directed to a D3 Go! Login website when tapping the Information button on the Demon of Dark Schemes Special Offer. - The X button overlaps the title text when viewing the Transaction Canceled prompt. - The icons display blurry when viewing the Facebook social icons. - The artwork displays stretched horizontally when viewing the artwork on the Card sets. - Store link generated when inviting someone through Email/SMS is based from the User's device - Player is blocked when attempting to claim a booster during the tutorial. - Missing image on Claim your Booster prompt during the tutorial - The Mythic Card Pack widget erroneously displays when viewing the widget list after the user has purchased all 3 Mythics from the set. - Multiple issues occur when tapping the Play button immediately after healing with a Potion. - Multiple issues occur when tapping the Fight button immediately after healing with a Potion. - A Something went wrong... Error message displays when joining a PvP Event. - Multiple graphics fail to display when navigating to the Profile from the Invite screen. - Placeholder text displays when viewing the loading message after pressing the Validate Button. - Placeholder text displays when viewing the Validate button. - The color bar fails to display when viewing Decoction Module on the Chandra Deck Starter Special Offer. - The colored bar displays dark gray instead of light blue when viewing Ghirapur Orrery. - The art fails to match the Exclusive Referral Card art when viewing the Referral Screen. - An orange rectangle displays over the Cowl Prowler when viewing the A Special Gift widget. - The old layout erroneously displays when viewing the Filters tab. - The Close button is obscured by the Currency UI when viewing the screen after tapping the Invite Friends Now! button. - Set & Type Icons are too large - The text displays in Russian when viewing the "Claim" button text for the Thank you for playing! widget. - Placeholder text displays when viewing the Extra Reward image for the January Daily Reward. - The user cannot easily scroll through the carousel in the Activity Hub - "Liliana, Defiant Necromancer"'s Grave Mist has a "&nbsp" text in the description - The Update Prompt does not have the KLD reskin - The user is erroneously auto-placed into a random Coalition when logging into a fresh account. - The rewards prompts fail to display when viewing an expired Quick Battle Event. - The 1.9.0 Update is Here! widget erroneously displays when viewing the widgets. - The Mythic Card Packs for Sale Now! widget erroneously displays when viewing the widgets. - The "Convert duplicates" and "Got it, thanks!" buttons have not been reskinned - The empty state in the Quick Improvement has not been reskinned - The Quick Battle rules has not been reskinned - The Vault I screen has not been reskinned - The Filter section was not re-skinned - The I screen in Events was not updated to the new background - The app fails to return to the Login screen when quitting the Tutorial encounter. - The number displays off the card pack when viewing big box card packs. - The hitbox is difficult to tap when tapping the purchase button on Special Offers. - The carousels fail to transition when making short swipes. - The QuickBattle Leaderboard does not have the KLD reskin - The button displays "Text" when viewing the Happy Holidays widget. - The text states "Learn the basics" when viewing the lore of Encounter 2. - The text states "Learn the basics" when viewing the lore of Encounter 1. - The "is Over" text is difficult to read when viewing the timer text on a claimable Event Widget. - The Vault button activates when tapping the right side of the Inbox button on the Inbox banner. - Artwork fails to display when viewing the Claim Reward prompt for a GF1 gift. - The booster pack gem icon overlaps the Creature icon when viewing the Mythic Card Set Booster Pack. - The Inbox overlaps the notification badge when viewing the Inbox footer. - The ability boxes blend in with the background making them difficult to see when viewing the ability level boxes. - The Gacha Screen, in the Vault, can be seen scrolling behind the Soft and Hard Currency Bar above - The currency bar displays see through when the viewing the currency bar. - Multiple issues occur when viewing the Planeswalker Showcase Event screen. - Placeholder artwork displays when viewing multiple supports created by multiple Planeswalkers. - A Mana Gain animation fails to display when a creature with the Crew mechanic receives mana. - The card fails to return to its original state when scrolling through the cards after tapping a Transform icon on a card. - The "2x" text displays behind the card graphic when viewing duplicate cards claimed from a Booster Pack. - Mastered card pop up animation becomes flashy and choppy when tapped rapidly

System & Connectivity

- The app menu is not available when returning to the app after quitting just after claiming the free booster, leads to other bugs - Social Invite message is not auto-generated when sending an Email invite on Android

*Updated to final release notes (1/19/17)

PastrySpider

Can we get the actual changes and rebalances?

Yvendros

will those three cards eventually be available in boosters? or forever exclusive to the referral program?

and just to pester you with more questions, with the referral cards change with the set?

Mainloop25

What's the word on the Hexproof bug?

The "Fetch slowdown" bug fix?

Sped up animations for Fabricate?

These are the most bothersome issues that deserve immediate attention, in my opinion.

Ohboy

And I guess now is the perfect time to talk about another Grey area in this game.

What's the official ruling on alt accounts? I currently hold 2 accounts. My main on my android and an alternate when I tried to install it on my iPad back when I didn't know it wasn't cross platform.

With this "invite a friend to get an exclusive" offer, could you please give us an official ruling on alt accounts?

bk1234

Brigby wrote:

- Card balance and functionality fixes

What does this even mean? Are we getting nerfs or buffs? Can we get a list please? (This has been provided in the past)

Also what's going on with matchmaking?

KoneIV

I have already got everyone I know that will play to play is there going to be any retroactive way of earning the cards

speakupaskanswer

I don't have any friends!

khurram

speakupaskanswer wrote:

I don't have any friends!

I feel you.

I cant think of anyone to invite either. If you have been playing for a year like me chances are you have already invited anyone you thought would enjoy it. Dont like that i can potentially lose a chance at cards for this.

Add those to the boosters too afterwards.


PS: Alve, happy?

Yes // Alve

THEMAGICkMAN

Honestly this update is so small it should be called 1.9.1.1 nothing has changed very much. And what if you're friends have already been invited? I heavily dislike this marketing system. Please do not repeat it.

speakupaskanswer wrote:

I don't have any friends!

Same here. Will you be my friend?

Alve

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blacklotus

speakupaskanswer wrote:

I don't have any friends!

one can always invite oneselves...you know, like Smeagol and Gollum but more...

speakupaskanswer

The point I was trying to make is that I think this is not a great idea. It's not surprising for a game like this, but it doesn't expand the game in any constructive way.

Oh, and yeah, I don't have any friends (that I could invite, so bad luck for me and everyone else in the same position).

I always try to be positive and constructive but this is the first update that only stirs negative emotions in me. I don't agree with all the complaints (or their tone) but it feels weird to ignore so much of the loud criticism here for an update that no one was asking for. Calling it "Social Cards" doesn't help because it's very misleading.

Oh, final note: I would assume that the cards will be available later, anything else would be ridiculous.

madwren

Ohboy wrote:

And I guess now is the perfect time to talk about another Grey area in this game.

What's the official ruling on alt accounts? I currently hold 2 accounts. My main on my android and an alternate when I tried to install it on my iPad back when I didn't know it wasn't cross platform.

With this "invite a friend to get an exclusive" offer, could you please give us an official ruling on alt accounts?

Heh. I had the same problem. My alt even has the same name as my main, except that it's capitalized. I was quite confused at first.

THEMAGICkMAN

When will this update be released?

LoVe1AnGe

This is time to make smurfs accounts to get that invitation exclusive cards. I think it's really bad idea. It won't provide more players into the game.

ZW2007-

LoVe1AnGe wrote:

I think it's really bad idea. It won't provide more players into the game.

I agree. I would be far more likely to invite people I like to play this game if they would fix the more glaring bugs and most importantly, the cheats. That said, I might invite people I don't like to play this game in order to get these cards.

Lightcell

Cowl Prowler and Wayward Giant are commons though aren't they?

Fiddler

Well some never before seen cards are a nice treat, what prevents us from just setting up new accounts and playing through?
I mean, players that used to grind 20 hours to pull a big box would be happy to spend an hour or so playing through the tutorial for three guaranteed new cards.
I guess it may be a nice way for new players to give their decks a boost. Depends on those cards, doesn't it?

On a different note, it would be nice if a patch or release would:
- give us something to use runes on. They become dead currency to engaged players after about six months.
- expand color mastery. Its a dead mechanic for engaged players.
- block the QB hacks. There's no point in playing QB when the top spots are filled in the first few hours.

I've got nothing left to spend my money on! Give me something!

wereotter

Lightcell wrote:

Cowl Prowler and Wayward Giant are commons though aren't they?

The printed cards were commons, yes. One was just a big creature with no abilities.

Quite possible these will be lower power rares but designated as such since you have to get them through the referral program, potentially more valuable to the new player than the existing one.

madwren

wereotter wrote:

Lightcell wrote:

Cowl Prowler and Wayward Giant are commons though aren't they?

The printed cards were commons, yes. One was just a big creature with no abilities.

Quite possible these will be lower power rares but designated as such since you have to get them through the referral program, potentially more valuable to the new player than the existing one.

I'd lay odds that your first two invites will result in two useless commons, but that the third will be a potentially useful rare. That'll "motivate" people to get three invites, which is what they're after.