BlizzCon 2018 - Final Year of the Raven Expansion Announcement, Future of Adventures
BlizzCon is right around the corner! Taking place on November 2 and 3, we've got 4 events this year excluding esports - the same as last year. It's no surprise we're going to see a new expansion announcement at the show, but there is a panel of interest towards the end of the show which aims to discuss adventures.
Read the descriptions for each of the panels below followed by the all important schedule. It should also be noted this will be the first BlizzCon without Ben Brode echoing into the convention center as a leader of panels and assumingly the overhead voice everyone was so accustomed to hearing.
You can check out the full schedule over on the BlizzCon website.
BlizzCon 2018 Hearthstone Panels
An entire panel to talk about the past and future of Hearthstone's solo PVE content. Maybe something big planned for the next expansion?
Quote from BlizzardOpening Ceremony - Live on Multiple Stages
Details to be announced.
[This is usually where the big things get announced to hype us up for later panels]Hearthstone: What's Next
Greetings, travelers! Gather at the inn as the Hearthstone team gives you a look at what’s on the horizon. Then get a guided tour of the latest content directly from the developers.
Hearthstone Streamer Showdown
Cheer on your favorite Hearthstone content creators as they draw on their artistic talents and try to get their team to guess what they’re doodling.
Hearthstone: Puzzling Dungeons and Bewitching Hunts
The Hearthstone team delves into the past and future of Hearthstone solo adventures.
Artist at Work: Hearthstone - Creating Card Packs
Gather ’round as artists from the Hearthstone team show you the creative process behind crafting the card packs for the latest expansion.
BlizzCon 2018 Schedule
You can check out the full schedule over on the BlizzCon website. Europe, I hope you're ready for some late nights!
| Event | West Coast PDT (UTC -7) |
East Coast EDT (UTC -4) |
Europe CET (UTC +1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | Opening Ceremony | 11:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 |
| Nov 2 | What's Next Panel | 14:30 | 17:30 | 22:30 |
| Nov 2 | Streamer Showdown | 17:45 | 20:45 | 01:45 (Nov 3) |
| Nov 3 | Puzzling Dungeons and Bewitching Hunts | 16:30 | 19:30 | 00:30 (Nov 4) |
| Nov 3 | Art - Creating Card Packs | 17:45 | 20:45 | 01:45 (Nov 4) |
| Nov 2 | Global Games - Day 1 | 12:00 | 15:00 | 20:00 |
| Nov 3 | Global Games - Day 2 | 9:30 | 12:30 | 17:30 |
Announcement
Quote from BlizzardCalling all heroes: It’s time to draft your BlizzCon battle plan—the BlizzCon 2018 schedule is here! Check out all the exciting developer panels, esports matches, and other events taking place during BlizzCon Opening Week from October 25–29 and at the main event on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3 (note that times in the schedule are displayed in local time).
When you purchase a BlizzCon 2018 Virtual Ticket, you’ll unlock access to live coverage of developer events and community content taking place on the Legendary, Mythic, and Epic stages. With this year’s BlizzCon All-Access Channel, you’ll also be able to keep up with all the big moments that take place during the show—and participate with live Q&A polls and voting for the Virtual Ticket cosplay award!
As always, you can catch Friday’s opening ceremony and all the tournament action on this year’s esports stages FREE here at BlizzCon.com.
Attention Attendees!
If you’re joining us in person in Anaheim, this year’s opening ceremony will be spread across more than one stage throughout the show. The live presentation will be jumping between stages as our developers show you what we’ve been working—stay tuned for more information on where you’ll want to seek out a seat. And of course, everything will be broadcast on screens and stages throughout the convention halls.
There’s also still a chance to get tickets to attend the esports competitions of BlizzCon Opening Week in person at the Blizzard Arena—check out the announcement for all the details, and head to the Blizzard Arena Los Angeles ticketing site to pick up tickets.
Head to BlizzCon.com/schedule to begin drafting your plan!
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Posted Oct 26, 2018 (Boomsday)Maybe someone will cosplay BB... with bluetooth speaker :D
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Posted Oct 5, 2018 (Boomsday)The headline mentions the 'future of adventures' but I cant find anything in the article, quotes, etc. about the future of adventures at all. Did I miss something? Anyone else know what that is referring to?
I do see where it mentions a 'panel of interest near the end' related to adventures... but it doesn't name the panel, and I cant tell from looking which one it is. I guess that is the 'future of adventures' reference?
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Posted Oct 8, 2018 (Boomsday)-
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Posted Oct 8, 2018 (Boomsday)Ah, ok, thanks! I guess its just Hearthpwn's announcement of Blizzard's announcement that eventually there will be news announced, AT the Blizzcon.
Silly me, I saw the headline about Future of Adventures, and thought it might tell us something in the article. Of course, I wasn't being realistic, lol. My bad!
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Posted Oct 9, 2018 (Boomsday)It also mentioned Final Year of the Raven Expansion; but I cannot find anything about the final expansion. Did I miss that as well?
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Posted Oct 4, 2018 (Boomsday)I don't understand why Blizzcon starts so late in the day?! Most of Hearthstone related topics start late in the evening or even after midnight in CET time. I think that people from the East or West coast wouldn't mind if event would start couple of hours earlier - and on the other hand it would be much more convenient for CET people not to stay awake long into the night to listen to the streamer showdown.
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Posted Oct 4, 2018 (Boomsday)Somehow I am already more interrested in the next rotation because quests, death knights and legendary weapons plus a shitload of extremely powerful cards will rotate out. There will be a gigantic opening afterwards for the existing cards plus future expansions.
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Posted Oct 4, 2018 (Boomsday)We don't have Ben on the blizz stage anymore :(
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)I got semi-excited when I read "The future of adventures" thinking about the actual real adventures we used to have, and then I was promptly disappointed when I realized they were talking about the adventures that reward a card back and last 72 hours or less.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)Please no more card back, i rather have them give us ticket holders a golden meme card we can play til expansion release.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)I'M THERE DUDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)All I want is for Adventures to come back, and I mean ACTUAL Adventures. The kind you pay for and get 45 cards from.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)They want you to spend more money on RNG packs. They dont make same money compared to the adventures one
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)Sad but true.
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Posted Oct 4, 2018 (Boomsday)This. So much this.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)I think a lot more than people think, Ben's charisma was/is irreplaceable and I'm sure they've noticed a drop off from people who just don't feel the same way about it anymore because no one like Ben has tried to sell them it as he could.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)I wonder how much Ben's absence will impact ticket sales from HS players that traditionally go to Blizzcon or buy the virtual ticket. My guess is that it'll be a noticeable decline.
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Posted Oct 4, 2018 (Boomsday)A lot less than you would want
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)On the future of adventures:
I gave up hope we will ever get a real adventure again like Nax or LoE; effectively an expansion you can fully purchase for a very reasonable price. I know, I will always be stuck in the endless hellish cycle of hoarding gold for 4 months, spend all on the new expension, and repeat doing that forever, while I open like 50-60 Classic packs per year from Tavern Brawls and quests.
However, I seriously hope that they won't completely scrap Dungeon Run, because KnC goes to Wild and thus should for some stupid reason be not part of the game anymore.
Dungeon Run was a very cool idea and still one of the best additions they ever made to the game. It's just a shame they never bothered with some rewards for that mode, aside from that one Daily Quest. But really, I wish they would just leave it as part of the game. If nothing else, it's a great way to learn the game. You can get familiar with cards and mechanics, learn some basic deckbuilding, and have fun mastering all the classes.
Who gives a damn whether it's Standard or Wild? You don't need any cards for it, and it won't ever go foul, unless you nerf too many cards for some classes to become unplayable.
Please, FFS Blizzard, just come out and say that Wild mode is not the bad stain on your precious Standard "freshness", and that at least Wild adventures stay around, if you still can't be bothered to re-add Wild sets to the in-game store.
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Posted Oct 3, 2018 (Boomsday)It's the announcement of the announcement! ^.^