Hearthpwn

As Chayes and Donais flip through some slides with information on the changes, something catches Trump's eye. One of the slides has a timeline ofHearthstone's add-ons so far: the first adventure in the summer of 2014, the first expansion at the end of 2014, another adventure to kick off 2015, a second expansion in the summer of 2015, and a third adventure to be released at the end of the year.

What interests Trump, however, are the suggested plans for 2016 and 2017. Rather than continuing a cadence of expansion-adventure-expansion-adventure, Blizzard lays out a timeline with two expansions per year — one at the start, one near the end — and a single adventure between them. If this new formula were to stay consistent, the much bigger expansions would greatly outnumber the smaller and more single-player-focused adventure sets.

"It's not what we've done so far, but maybe that's the right thing for the future," Donais says. "We haven't decided whether adventures should be as common as expansions or not. Maybe the rate of 1-to-1 is not right."

This shift would help Blizzard's plans for Standard format. Rotating a bunch of cards out almost requires a bigger expansion, with a huge influx of new cards to replace some of those being lost. It also may require much bigger sacrifices, though. Ones that the community is less likely to agree on.