Change your Fate

Hand of Fate Overhaul!

Heroes!

The [Hand of Fate] has just undergone some MAJOR changes! This new update addresses a few important issues and improves the functionality of the hand immensely. 

To begin, rather than choosing the ability you’re unlearning first, you’ll now choose a new spell before selecting the one you want to trade in. This allows players to see exactly what they’re gaining, letting them make a more informed decision on which ability to sacrifice. By reversing the process, you can feel confident choosing an ability you actually WANT first, and THEN deciding what’s worth trading for it. Additionally, should you get a bad draw and decide that NOTHING is worth the new ability, you’ll be able to back out of the entire thing--using up the Hand of Fate, but negating the repick and saving your already known abilities.This change also entirely eliminates the skill limiting problem of selecting lower-level abilities to unlearn.

Additionally, you’ll now begin receiving Hand of Fates as you level, allowing you to tweak and improve your build even when you’re just starting out. Your first Hand of Fate comes at level 20. At 30, you’ll receive two--then three at 40, four at 50, and finally five Hand of Fates at level 60. Not only will this allow Heroes to fix their builds as they push for level cap, but it will also allow newer players to catch up to veterans with better builds quicker, allowing them to be competitive even with a late start.

Finally, a few issues with the Hand of Fate have been patched up, and a few mechanical changes have been improved: 

• Unlearning certain abilities with the Hand will no longer leave you with leftover AE.
• The Hand is now able to draft Level 57-60 abilities such as Tranquilizing Shot, Curse of Doom, Deterrence, and Mass Dispel.
• You now have an even higher chance to draft abilities that require prerequisites if you have those prerequisites already--for example, the system will notice if you have Bear Form, and you’ll have a higher chance of seeing Swipe, Maul, etc. as you level.
• The Hand of Fate is now usable at level 15
• The Hand of Fate quests from Silas Darkmoon have been completely reset. You can complete all quests from the beginning, even if you have already completed them before!

Note of Caution: Players using the Hand of Fate should be careful not to gain a level while choosing abilities. Doing so will result in the current draft options closed and dismissed, and will discard the Hand of Fate.

We hope you enjoy the new Hand of Fate changes, Heroes!