Soon after the next Technical Alpha patch for Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard will be stocking the shop shelves with Stimpacks. These are timed buffs that apply boosts to XP and gold earned post-match.
Again, these are buffs and not huge dollops of XP and gold you can buy. They also don’t apply during the match as that would cause some serious ‘cheating’ and elitism.
”You’ll see a Stimpack’s bonuses applied on end-of-game score screens for each Heroes match you complete while it is active. If you’re ever curious about how much time you’ve got left before your Stimpack expires, you can always mouse over your selected hero in the Party Panel at the top of the screen to view the amount of time remaining,” explained the Battle.net blog.
Blizzard tells us to keep a few things in mind with Stimpacks:
▪ A Stimpack’s XP bonus will only affect your out-of-game Hero and Player Level Progression, and has no effect on actual gameplay during a Heroes match.
▪ Stimpack benefits are additive. This means the bonuses they provide are added to the base amount of XP or Gold you receive by playing a game of Heroes.
For example: Imagine you have an active Stimpack, and earned 100,000 XP and 30 Gold for winning your latest Heroes match. In this case, the Stimpack will award you with an additional 100,000 XP and 45 Gold, totaling 200,000 XP and 75 Gold for that game.
▪ Stimpacks will not provide benefits to any Quest rewards or other XP bonuses (such as Play with Friend, Double XP Weekend, and etc.)
Another example: Let’s say that you partied with a friend for the 50% Play with Friend XP bonus, and also completed a Daily Quest for 200 Gold during the winning game mentioned above. In this case, you’d earn a total of 250,000 XP and 275 Gold for that match.
To purchase one of these Stimpacks you just need to visit the Heroes of the Storm in-game Shop, select the new Stimpacks tab and browse the new timer buff wares. Once bought the timer begins immediately, and buying another will extend and not replace that time.
Check out the latest Battle.net blog update for more on Stimpacks.
