The last couple of years have seen an early April release. So I would expect the next expansion to be "announced" mid-late February, with card reveals starting 2-3 weeks before release (at a guess).
But this is Blizzard. They never do things by the book :-P
it seems like RR was a long time aways but it is almost precisely 2 months and with an expansion every 4 months we are right in the middle. We really need some consistent freshnesh during these periods when the experimenting has been done.
it seems like RR was a long time aways but it is almost precisely 2 months and with an expansion every 4 months we are right in the middle. We really need some consistent freshnesh during these periods when the experimenting has been done.
If two sets of nerfs to gut and route the entire meta isn't fresh enough: i'm not sure what would be honestly.
It's like how people wondered why Brawls only last 4 days until people stared getting bored of the brawl 2 days after they come, including the good ones.
1. Most are repeat brawls that have been done billion time already.
2. If it is deck making one people just make there standard decks in them.
3. If it is fun one people make decks that are broken and no way around .
...which is what happens in Standard as well.
Either you can use the same decks
People find something broken and exploit it to the expense of everything else
Failing that, people flock to whatever the strongest decks are and stick to that.
The last two nerf changes are shifting what decks we bring. It's pretty much as big a shift as you can get with just nerfs. The only way to really get something stronger is a full rotation or a full power creep styled expansion.
Thus my comment. If the meta has gotten stale for you at this point and nothing up to now has changed it then nothing WILL change it until April regardless of what is attempted.
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Just seems like it's about that time... but not sure if it really is.
At start/mid of march
The last couple of years have seen an early April release.
So I would expect the next expansion to be "announced" mid-late February, with card reveals starting 2-3 weeks before release (at a guess).
But this is Blizzard. They never do things by the book :-P
I'd say early to mid March since every year starts on April.
it seems like RR was a long time aways but it is almost precisely 2 months and with an expansion every 4 months we are right in the middle. We really need some consistent freshnesh during these periods when the experimenting has been done.
"Every expansion feels old and stale after the first two weeks"
- Hearthstone Facts
:-D
If two sets of nerfs to gut and route the entire meta isn't fresh enough: i'm not sure what would be honestly.
It's like how people wondered why Brawls only last 4 days until people stared getting bored of the brawl 2 days after they come, including the good ones.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
Brawl gets stale because.
1. Most are repeat brawls that have been done billion time already.
2. If it is deck making one people just make there standard decks in them.
3. If it is fun one people make decks that are broken and no way around .
Year of the Raven was announced on 27 Feb last year. The Witchwood was announced on 12 Mar.
So . . . end of this month, beginning of next?
I guess there will be an announcement about the announcement of the announcement...
29 February - Save the date
...which is what happens in Standard as well.
Either you can use the same decks
People find something broken and exploit it to the expense of everything else
Failing that, people flock to whatever the strongest decks are and stick to that.
The last two nerf changes are shifting what decks we bring. It's pretty much as big a shift as you can get with just nerfs. The only way to really get something stronger is a full rotation or a full power creep styled expansion.
Thus my comment. If the meta has gotten stale for you at this point and nothing up to now has changed it then nothing WILL change it until April regardless of what is attempted.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.