The final phase of Heroes of the Storm Technical Alpha is on the way, and Blizzard has announced that it will be initiating another account wipe in preparation.
In a post on Battle.net the developer informs players that the Heroes of the Storm Shop will go down on September 22, at which point all 29 characters in the current line-up will be available to play for free.
“The week after we shut down the shop,” Blizzard explains, ”we’ll bring the Technical Alpha service offline for more than a week of extended maintenance. During this time, you’ll be unable to login or play Heroes of the Storm and we’ll reset everyone’s Heroes accounts.”
Once the server is back up everyone will be set back to square one. All progress, unlocks, in-game gold and hero progression will be reset, but don’t worry, all real cash spent will be refunded.
”This is the final planned Heroes of the Storm account wipe and monetary refund,” says Blizzard. ”Our goal is to avoid future player and hero progression wipes after we come back online, but we may still need to adjust or wipe player progression with future updates.”
The good news is that after this latest reset all shop purchases and unlocks made in the Shop will be permanent. Anyone who made a real money purchase during the Alpha process will receive an exclusive ‘Wonder Billie Mount’. Whatever that is.
