Hey Hexers!
We are furiously working on the next content patch which will introduce Ladder play! There will be a more extensive write-up about this feature soon, but we wanted to give you a primer today, and show off some of the things you can expect.
With the introduction of Ladder ranked play the entire tournament page will get an upgrade. Selecting a tournament format will bring up one of the new tournament interactive shields, like the one seen below. Each tournament format has a different shield aesthetic and animation, and has buttons to see details about that specific tournament format.
Players will have two separate Ladder ranks, one for Limited format tournaments and one for Constructed games. Play in any Limited format tournament and you’ll affect your Limited Ladder rank, play in a Constructed Ladder match and you’ll affect your Constructed Ladder rank. Constructed tournaments do not count toward your Ladder ranks.
At the bottom of the tournament screen you’ll see the interface above. It will track your Limited and Constructed Ladder ranks. Additionally, to play a Constructed Ladder match you’ll press the “LADDER” button in the center of this interface. In this example you can see the player has achieved a Gold Ladder rank in Limited and a Cosmic Ladder rank in Constructed. Pressing the down arrow in the center will bring up the reward interface where you see what you can earn during the Ladder season. Speaking of which, let’s see some of the things you can earn in the first season of the Ladder!
There are tons more things to tell you about Ladder, including more of the cool rewards you’ll be able to earn while participating (including gameboard items that will display your rank), and how you move up and down ranks. Again, this is just a quick primer, the full details will be along shortly.