What's in a Heave anyway?

We've got the lowdown on what's coming up in the next Heave, which is in testing.

Bling Gnome
Bling Gnome support for our retail box is going out in this heave. The retail box is planned for a late June release! The Bling Gnome is a passive skill that, when equipped, summons a little gangster gnome that picks up all your gold. You can occasionally activate the gnome to pick up all of your nearby loot (below Mythics) and convert it to gold. Each time your gnome does this conversion, he has a chance to poop out a mythic item. Yes you read that right.

The Bling Gnome will only be available to players that buy the retail box.

New Social Window
We've totally reworked the social window. We've made the lists sortable, added more information to the friend's list and added a new group tab. The group tab shows all groups on your world and allows you to join any open group that is within your level range.

Noob Channel
We've also added a Noob channel. All non-members that are below level 15 are no longer allowed to use World or Market chat channels. They can only use the Noob channel (/n or /noob) to reach the entire world.

New Items, Skills and Quests
Lots of new items have been added, more new skills, and a ton of new quests! This includes a revamp of the new player quests.

Premium Membership Perks
We've made several changes to Premium Membership status to make it more valuable and attractive to you free players.

PvP Matchmaking
There are several changes coming for PvP to help with matchmaking, fair battles and gear guidance. We're still tweaking with PvP and still trying to get it just right.

You can see all of Producer Stephen's Heave Notes in the forums here.