So I've been having a blast playing the new single player content from the Boomsday Project but I know that once I'm done with it there won't be much of a point to go back and do some puzzles I've already solved. I have a suggestion that would make this new way of playing Hearthstone infinitely replayable:
A PUZZLE EDITOR!
Now I know that it probably requires to much effort for blizzard to implement this (tournament mode and a replay system seem way easier than this and they're still not in the game) but I think it could be worth it since it'd unlock all the potential this mode has to offer. Just think of the possibilities: sharing puzzles with your friends, a new game mode were you solve increasingly difficult random puzzles created by the community with limited retries and time that offers arena-like rewards, you could even design 2 player puzzles in which they both have to collaborate to solve it.
I'm no UI genious but the way I could see this implemented into the game is the following:
When you access "My Collection" you have an option for creating a puzzle instead of a deck. If you click on it you get to first choose the type of puzzle you'll be creating (one of the 4 available right now or new ones that have been introduced later on), your class, the mana you have available, etc. Then you have separate deck-like columns that let you choose which cards you put in the hand, deck and board of both players just like if you were creating a deck. Uncollectible cards could be accessed through a filter not unlike standard and wild cards work right now.
A new option should be added to the main menu of the game (Play, Adventures, Arena, Tavern Brawl) called "Puzzles" or whatever. From there you can access your own puzzles to playtest them, upload them so other players can encounter them when searching for puzzles or play any new modes that are related to them. You should also be able to challenge a friend to solve one of your puzzles using the same interface that we use right now to challenge them to a normal game of Hearthstone.
These are my ideas so far but I'm sure that there are tons of other ones that I haven't come up with so please, tell me what you think about this whole thing, it's viability and how to improve it. Hopefully if enough people request this feature blizzard will take the time to implement it.
+1 for the idea. This reminds me a lot of King of Thieves, where players setup their own base to protect gold and other players try to beat it. Perhaps the format could be something along these lines to encourage both puzzle making and solving:
For every 3 puzzles you solve, you get 10 gold
For every 3 players that concede/give up solving YOUR puzzle, you get 10 gold
When you go to solve a puzzle, you are given a random player's puzzle (to prevent gaming the system)
The gold cap can be part of the same 100 gold per day that we already have, just another way to earn it
Great idea. Unfortunately, the only thing the hs team cares about is making more money. They would only consider this if it made them tons of cash and even then, they are lazy
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So I've been having a blast playing the new single player content from the Boomsday Project but I know that once I'm done with it there won't be much of a point to go back and do some puzzles I've already solved. I have a suggestion that would make this new way of playing Hearthstone infinitely replayable:
A PUZZLE EDITOR!
Now I know that it probably requires to much effort for blizzard to implement this (tournament mode and a replay system seem way easier than this and they're still not in the game) but I think it could be worth it since it'd unlock all the potential this mode has to offer. Just think of the possibilities: sharing puzzles with your friends, a new game mode were you solve increasingly difficult random puzzles created by the community with limited retries and time that offers arena-like rewards, you could even design 2 player puzzles in which they both have to collaborate to solve it.
I'm no UI genious but the way I could see this implemented into the game is the following:
When you access "My Collection" you have an option for creating a puzzle instead of a deck. If you click on it you get to first choose the type of puzzle you'll be creating (one of the 4 available right now or new ones that have been introduced later on), your class, the mana you have available, etc. Then you have separate deck-like columns that let you choose which cards you put in the hand, deck and board of both players just like if you were creating a deck. Uncollectible cards could be accessed through a filter not unlike standard and wild cards work right now.
A new option should be added to the main menu of the game (Play, Adventures, Arena, Tavern Brawl) called "Puzzles" or whatever. From there you can access your own puzzles to playtest them, upload them so other players can encounter them when searching for puzzles or play any new modes that are related to them. You should also be able to challenge a friend to solve one of your puzzles using the same interface that we use right now to challenge them to a normal game of Hearthstone.
These are my ideas so far but I'm sure that there are tons of other ones that I haven't come up with so please, tell me what you think about this whole thing, it's viability and how to improve it. Hopefully if enough people request this feature blizzard will take the time to implement it.
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+1 for the idea. This reminds me a lot of King of Thieves, where players setup their own base to protect gold and other players try to beat it. Perhaps the format could be something along these lines to encourage both puzzle making and solving:
Great idea. Unfortunately, the only thing the hs team cares about is making more money. They would only consider this if it made them tons of cash and even then, they are lazy