Ben Brode on Druid Basic Cards, Balancing, New Heroes, Dailies; Top 10 Regret Cards from Naxx & GvG

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Ben Brode on Druid Basic Cards, Balancing, New Heroes

Shacknews and PC Gamer had a chance to speak with Ben Brode about the new formats, balance, and new heroes. Check out our recap below.

Quote from Ben Brode

  • No plans on buffing any cards during the balance pass.
  • The number of card changes will be more than 2 cards but less than 20.
  • They're looking at Druid basic cards as Druids use more basic cards than any other class.
  • Ideally they will change as little as possible with the nerfs so old cards stay recognizable.
  • The bulk of balance efforts will be dedicated to Standard.
  • Wild balance will likely be reactive.
  • They will still take a conservative approach to balance.
  • Wild will "have interesting new combinations of cards that should be pretty fun and more powerful than baseline Hearthstone feels right now".
  • New heroes have not been given up on - they just haven't made any new ones yet.
  • Ben thinks we'll "hear about new heroes in the not-too-distant future".
  • They're aware of what tools we'll lose when sets drop from standard and can plan accordingly to give us new tools that we want.
  • They were "very wrong" about Undertaker back in the day.
  • They've been talking internally about how they can make dailies better - it's been a while since they've touched it.


Top 10 Regret Cards from Naxx & GvG

Noxious posted a video on his favourite cards that never really saw the light of day from Naxxramas and Goblins vs Gnomes.

What lesser played cards will you be missing from these expansions?


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