Upcoming Hearthstone Content Announcement - July 22
It looks like we're getting an announcement about something new in the Hearthstone world real soon. Mark July 22 on your calendar - which interestingly, was the same day the Curse of Naxxramas adventure was released last year.
This news comes to us from PCGamer, who received a scroll in the mail today from Blizzard. We've got a transcription and picture of the scroll below.
Image courtesy of PCGamer
Quote from Mysterious ScrollChampions are gathering from around the world to witness the next exciting thing Hearthstone has in s tore. News travels far and wide in search of brave new faces to answer the call to arms -- Are you one of them?Muster for battle and mark July 22 on your calendar. The next bit of news won't come by carrier pigeon -- thankfully, we have much better ways of communication now.
Apparently there are strong clues that this is a new set themed around Argent Tournament. For those not familiar the WotLK expansion, it was basically a training ground organised by the Argent Crusade (Tirion Fordring) to train/select champions (Us) for the final assault on Icecrown Citidel (Arthas the Lich King). There was a new 5-man dungeon and a 10-25man raid as well as a quest hub with a few daily quests and chains. I can't really remember the instances that well, there were a lot of named champions for each faction, and Lord Jaraxxus was in there. Eventually you end up fighting Anub'arak, a Nerubian who had tunneled out the bottom of the Crusaders' Coliseum (potential new board).
The main questline focused on investigating The Black Knight, who was sent by the Lich King to infiltrate the tournament with a stolen invitation. With the help of his squire Maloric and a 'Murderer's Toolkit' they start killing his opponents before they are scheduled to fight. One with poison, one with fire and the other with 'cold steel'. You eventually expose them and kill The Black Knight (multiple times) before his body is stolen and revived again by Dark Cultists working for Doctor Kohler. The quest takes you to Westfall/Silverpine (depending on faction) so hopefully there's potential for pirates/worgen.
The dailies were done to gain reputation with one of the 5 races of your faction until you were exalted with all of them and eventually a Champion of the Alliance/Horde. I mostly remember the jousting dailies against named enemy NPC champions. The mechanic was simple, it was just a horse you get on that had 3 abilities. They gave you a shield, broke enemy shields with a javelin, and charged the enemy. The idea was to time your charge after breaking the enemy shield while keeping your shield full. Not sure how this would translate into Hearthstone though, a javelin weapon for all classes maybe? There was a quest to go find a few named 'blades' - Blade of Drak'Mar, Winter's Edge and Ashwood Brand (which was obtained by using Warts-B-Gone Lip Balm and kissing frogs to un-Hex them...).
One section of dailies had the player fighting Vrykul (vikings) that had overtaken a Tuskarr (walrus-people) settlement and summoned a Kraken. There were quests to kill various Scourge enemies (including a bonedragon called Chillmaw) and members of the Cult of the Damned. Also a bunch of mundane stuff like gathering food for the beasts that you eventually fight in the tournament. Icehowl the yeti, a magnataur named Gormok that summoned snobolds and two Jormungar (giant worms) called Acidmaw and Dreadscale. There was even 2 quests from goblins to get wood from Grizzly Hills and stone from Ulduar to help build the arena, which could add some beasts/mechs.
Anyway, looks like they have plenty to go off. I'm guessing/hoping this will be a GvG style booster set that leads up to an eventual Icecrown adventure set.
Keen to see whatever leaks or speculation people come up with!
tbh it was a boring adventure, and was just filler. Blizz knew tat they were releasing too much content too fast so they threw this in to stall before the final conflict which just overshadowed this one: the final battle with Arthas.
Now let's guess who would be the new Paladin Hero.
I'm hoping they will use Yrel as the animated Paladin Hero!
Likely going to be Lady Liadrin.
I'm expecting another adventure mode perhaps. Nothing huge, but something cool. Or perhaps more skins alongside the adventure mode.
I assume we'll be just getting another adventure. They'd save a large expansion announcement for BlizzCon.
For those who received a scroll, are you guys also fireside gathering host?
I predict a paladin hero skin.
Exactly what I was thinking, blackrock just came out recently so there's no way its another expansion
Why would they mail out physical scrolls to news sites to advertise new hero skins?
cuz money.
Gvg came out in December, Blackrock was announced in March and came out in April. It's July, we're due for the next expansion announcement.
Hearthstone Release date March 11, 2014
Naxxramas adventure July 22, 2014
GvG expansion December 8th 2014
Blackrock Mountain adventure April 2 2015
Around 4-5 months between all content, I think it's safe to say the new content ( if it is ) will be announced and released around august
Hmm... are we getting an expansion like BRM and Naxx next? I thought it swapped out, large amount of cards then adventure then large amount of cards etc.
But from the sounds of what people are saying, this hints towards something that doesn't have enough for a large card expansion? I don't know WoW lore, so I wouldn't know.
I predicted that the next expansion would be released on August 6th. Many of the members here believe that it will be an adventure.
Don't go by what I say. If I could see into the future, then I would quit my job and play the daily lottery.
Announcement of the announcement. Woo hoo
So let me exlpain as far i know Argent tournament thing was back in wrath of lich king when you fighted all creatures like jaraxxsus and some other demons in northrend and it was leaded by tirion fordring so either new expansion or other which i think is preety obvius paladin skin , i would be surprised if new class would be announced but we know that there is only 3 skins so its 6 more to be announced and i think while its not complete ( the whole skins ) there will not be new exspansion thats just my opinion maybe its new expansion who knows
i realy don't think that its large enough for be an expansion but realy don't get what could it be if finally maybe arthas can make a cut that would be the most greatest thing for me :D
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a new 10$ GIF.
It would be really funny if this was just to announce the next hero skin.