Heroes of the Storm Patch Adds Jaina Proudmoore, Winter Veil Skins

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Heroes of the Storm Patch Adds Jaina Proudmoore, Winter Veil Skins

Jaina Proudmoore is now playable for those of you lucky enough to be in the Heroes of the Storm Alpha.

Heroes of the Storm [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/heroes%20of%20the%20storm?os=heroes+of+the+storm] has been in closed Alpha for quite a few months now, and those of you lucky enough to have gotten invited have been getting a steady stream of new content to enjoy. Today, that stream continues, with the introduction of Jaina Proudmoore as a new hero, as well as a suite of "Winter Veil" skins for you to throw money at.

Jaina was first revealed at Blizzcon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138485-Heroes-of-The-Storms-Sky-Temple-Revealed], along with Thrall, The Lost Vikings, and Sylvanas Windrunner. As you would expect, she is a ranged specialist champion, who utilizes frost spells to lock down her opponents. Check her out in action in the trailer above.

The Winter Veil skins include the Reign-deer Mount, Great-father Winter Rehgar, and Winter Veil Jaina. They can be bought separately, or together in a bundle, but are quite pricey. Blizzard stated earlier that it is unlikely that store prices will change before launch [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/137901-Heroes-of-the-Storm-Store-Prices-Wont-Change-Before-Launch].

Blizzard also announced the addition of "Stimpacks" - a consumable item bought in the store that increases your XP and Gold gain for a certain period of time. No pricing information of the Stimpacks has been announced yet, and they are currently unavailable in the store.

For those of you patiently waiting to get in to the game, hold tight! The closed beta is coming in January [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/138477-Heroes-of-the-Storm-Reveals-Jaina-Thrall-and-Lost-Vikings-Heroes]!

Source: Blizzard [http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/16467431/heroes-technical-alpha-patch-notes-december-2-2014-12-2-2014]


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VanQ

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WoD has pulled me away from this game for the last month and now that raids are out it doesn't look like it will release its grip on me just yet. Gonna have to try and find the time to give Jaina a try. Always enjoyed the glass cannon classes.
 

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Got into the alpha as well...but warlords has me completely occupied right now. Cool to see Jaina in the game though. I wonder if there will be a post manabomb Jaina skin.
 

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crepesack said:
Got into the alpha as well...but warlords has me completely occupied right now. Cool to see Jaina in the game though. I wonder if there will be a post manabomb Jaina skin.
If she's equally as psychotic and her ulti gets changed to a tidal wave then it'd be my first store purchase. It'll probably just be her master skin though.
 

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VanQ said:
crepesack said:
Got into the alpha as well...but warlords has me completely occupied right now. Cool to see Jaina in the game though. I wonder if there will be a post manabomb Jaina skin.
If she's equally as psychotic and her ulti gets changed to a tidal wave then it'd be my first store purchase. It'll probably just be her master skin though.
Yeah, only her Master Skin is like that.

Normal Jaina (and Winter Veil) is definitely pre-mana bomb, which is kind of sad because I was hopin for some angry Jaina.

On the plus side, she's super fun to play so I'm not mad.
 

Haerthan

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The video is totally hilarious. Her and peace have had an on-off relationship. Peace is the abusive boyfriend, so to speak. Jaina come back to me. I shall bring you peace, on a platter with an apple stuck in its mouth. I hope we get different pants for her though. Never liked them to be honest, only in Warcraft 3 cause it wasn't that stuffy.
 

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Jaina... Such a traitor. If she had supported Arthus and done what needed to be done at Stratholme, the scourge could have been stopped then and there. I'm not saying it's her fault, but had she been loyal, Arthus wouldn't have ended up how he did.

... I apparently hate her quite a lot. Haha. I suppose when you played through everything you kinda make up your own perspective.
 

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Raioken18 said:
Jaina... Such a traitor. If she had supported Arthus and done what needed to be done at Stratholme, the scourge could have been stopped then and there. I'm not saying it's her fault, but had she been loyal, Arthus wouldn't have ended up how he did.

... I apparently hate her quite a lot. Haha. I suppose when you played through everything you kinda make up your own perspective.
Yes, I do wonder why no other major characters wanted to help Arthas commit mass murder and burn a whole city down.

Also, given that he diiiid burn the whole city down and kill everyone in it rather successfully and the Scourge kept on chugging along, I doubt it mattered all that much.

Whomp.

OT:
Yep. I'll try her out soon, but as others said, WoD is still holding me quite firmly around the pinkie, along with DA:I and soon Hearthstone. Weird how that worked out.
 

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I caved in and coughed up some cash for her. She's quite fun to play. Her burst damage can really catch players off guard.
 

Diddy_Mao

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I wasn't that interested until they announced Sylvanas.
No hyperbole at all, easily my favorite character in the Warcraft universe.

Damn shame the games seem to have forgotten she and the Forsaken exist.