The Hearthstone’s new expansion is somewhat imminent and every player knows how exiting this is! The announcement, the reveal countdown, the commenting, the pack opening, the making of new archetypes is just as good as it gets. We’re about 10 days away from the official presentation, the first insights and cards theme! I’ve scooped out the web in search of leaks or trails but nothing seems to be related just yet. They must give us a teaser sometime soon or a pinch to draw the attention on a so-waited moment.. has anybody heard anything at all or figured some puzzles out so far?
MEH I don't expect much from Blizzard anymore, there's still hope for new mechanic or interesting design/deck building but I doubt it.
We should get a year of the X blue post this week, with a new hero for 10 standard games, more HOFed cards, a promise for tournament mode that will not be fullfilled, and a teaser for the 3 expansions cause "it worked before why try something new"?.
Yeah but this next expansion also starts the new rotation, that means buh-bye to everything up to withchwood, and hopefully baku as well (time to hof now before they ruin the entire new year's worth of expansions).
I'm really hoping the next expansion is pretty sweet, I'd love it if we got the "murder on the gilneas express" set we almost got last year.
If not that there's always the Pirates Vs. Ninjas set they threw ideas around for the one year.
Just give me achievements, tournament mode and PvE replayability and I am good. But yeah new expansions are always exiting.
This. If they don't announce new achievements at the same time, like new rewards for 1000+ wins, maybe increased cap level, etc, I don't think I'll be excited at all.
It'll just be the same, as always, which I have lost interest in. Hopefully they have BIG announcements.
Yeah but this next expansion also starts the new rotation, that means buh-bye to everything up to withchwood, and hopefully baku as well (time to hof now before they ruin the entire new year's worth of expansions).
I'm really hoping the next expansion is pretty sweet, I'd love it if we got the "murder on the gilneas express" set we almost got last year.
If not that there's always the Pirates Vs. Ninjas set they threw ideas around for the one year.
Yeah but the 2.5 last expansions we got had very boring mechanics nothing too interesting really, and it's reflected in their play rate even in "fun decks" those mechanics were just more of the same and nothing really exciting to go about only a few cards I really liked from the latest sets like janalai (day 1 craft for me) and Zilliax
Genn and baku were very exciting at the time of their announcement, and I still like them (specially genn) the even/odd mechanics are really good for the game since they brought many bad cards to the top decks (like Raid Leader for example).
I like sets that synergize with old bad cards I will really like for example a card that makes Magma Rager playable, the boomsday almost did it with magnetic but the mechanic was just too overcosted, and the minions badly stated (except zilliax,spider bomb and giggling).
with year of the mammoth rotating out we might see some neglegted cards see play again which is nice.
Just give me achievements, tournament mode and PvE replayability and I am good. But yeah new expansions are always exiting.
This. If they don't announce new achievements at the same time, like new rewards for 1000+ wins, maybe increased cap level, etc, I don't think I'll be excited at all.
It'll just be the same, as always, which I have lost interest in. Hopefully they have BIG announcements.
I agree. The more Hearthstone seems to go on, the less I play the game and the more I am waiting for something bigger than nerfs and expansions. But every time a new expansion comes around the corner, the stupidest part of me still believes Blizzard can fix this even though I know they won't.
If the expansions are gonna be like the last 3 expansions, I'll be exactly as excited as I am now. Not at all. The last expansion I remember being excited for was KotFT .
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That's exciting indeed, but then we have 2 weeks of meta shaping, 2 weeks of players crying about the state of meta and blizzard's blue post that they are glad that there are so many different decks and no OP cards or a post where they list cards they are observing carefully. In a few weeks they announce the nerfs, no matter what "type of post" was it. During the next two weeks people create 2-3 new tier 1 or tier 2 decks, then everyone gets bored with the game and waits for the next expansion. What a beautiful cycle. Change my mind
I think this new rotation and expansion will be the real bet for the HS Staff, simply because the competition is doing great (MTGA). So they have to offer something really appealing and maybe tryin' to revolutionize the game in some way. Personally i would like to see extremely less RNG cards and hoping that there will no longer be cards like the Legendary Weapons and the DKs, too game changing.
More than new cards, the game need a rework in his basic aspect: tournament mode, in game statistics, a proper ranked mode (not a grind fest) and things like that. On the China servers most of those things are already been released by years now, so why can't we get them also on US and EU? HS has never really evolved as card game because it was the only one around for so much time, than now with MTGA going strong it seems like Blizzard has discovered how lazy it has been since now that Twitch views are dropping (slowly but still going down).
After all this year, I've lost hype for new expansion set. Afterall everything change, but everything keep still the same.
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I don’t like RNG either. Some say it’s fun but for me it’s the opposite it just makes you turn your house into a demolition site ehe. Plus the demand for achievements was huge I’m sure they’re gonna do something about it. Probably not this expansion too little time since Dean asked the community but soon who knows
The next expansion is going to be very significant. The year of the mammoth expansions are rotating out (Journey to ungoro, frozen throne, kobolds and catacombs) so a lot of very powerful cards are leaving standard. The problem that Blizzard have is with Genn and Baku in the game, the devs have to be EXTREMELY careful with the cards they print in the next expansion because it will only take 1 or 2 strong cards to create a meta breaking deck.
I remember when lifecoach went to play test for blizzard and he warned the devs not to release patches, but the devs released patches anyway resulting in pirate warrior murdering the meta. With Genn and Baku in the game now, the devs cannot afford to make anymore mistakes.
I'm really glad we are almost in April because of this:
> rotation of the previous OP expansions > extintion on Deathstalker Rexxar > new expansion, new cards, eventualy new archetypes > (hopefully) release of new achievments, modes (tournament), unblocking heroes cards > (eventualy) moving Genn and Baku to Hall Of Fame!
The Hearthstone’s new expansion is somewhat imminent and every player knows how exiting this is! The announcement, the reveal countdown, the commenting, the pack opening, the making of new archetypes is just as good as it gets. We’re about 10 days away from the official presentation, the first insights and cards theme! I’ve scooped out the web in search of leaks or trails but nothing seems to be related just yet. They must give us a teaser sometime soon or a pinch to draw the attention on a so-waited moment.. has anybody heard anything at all or figured some puzzles out so far?
MEH I don't expect much from Blizzard anymore, there's still hope for new mechanic or interesting design/deck building but I doubt it.
We should get a year of the X blue post this week, with a new hero for 10 standard games, more HOFed cards, a promise for tournament mode that will not be fullfilled, and a teaser for the 3 expansions cause "it worked before why try something new"?.
Just give me achievements, tournament mode and PvE replayability and I am good. But yeah new expansions are always exiting.
Yeah but this next expansion also starts the new rotation, that means buh-bye to everything up to withchwood, and hopefully baku as well (time to hof now before they ruin the entire new year's worth of expansions).
I'm really hoping the next expansion is pretty sweet, I'd love it if we got the "murder on the gilneas express" set we almost got last year.
If not that there's always the Pirates Vs. Ninjas set they threw ideas around for the one year.
This. If they don't announce new achievements at the same time, like new rewards for 1000+ wins, maybe increased cap level, etc, I don't think I'll be excited at all.
It'll just be the same, as always, which I have lost interest in. Hopefully they have BIG announcements.
Yeah but the 2.5 last expansions we got had very boring mechanics nothing too interesting really, and it's reflected in their play rate even in "fun decks" those mechanics were just more of the same and nothing really exciting to go about only a few cards I really liked from the latest sets like janalai (day 1 craft for me) and Zilliax
Genn and baku were very exciting at the time of their announcement, and I still like them (specially genn) the even/odd mechanics are really good for the game since they brought many bad cards to the top decks (like Raid Leader for example).
I like sets that synergize with old bad cards I will really like for example a card that makes Magma Rager playable, the boomsday almost did it with magnetic but the mechanic was just too overcosted, and the minions badly stated (except zilliax,spider bomb and giggling).
with year of the mammoth rotating out we might see some neglegted cards see play again which is nice.
I'd love if we get silver heros for 5000 wins with a class.
I agree. The more Hearthstone seems to go on, the less I play the game and the more I am waiting for something bigger than nerfs and expansions. But every time a new expansion comes around the corner, the stupidest part of me still believes Blizzard can fix this even though I know they won't.
Murlocs, pirates, nagas. Water themed. Be ready for "Secrets of the seven seas" or something!
Remember, a lot of murlocs are rotating out, a cardback with a anchor was added, why? Imo, a leak to next exp.
No water- themed expansion has been out ever so i think its time to finally add that!
No expansion..
An entire new core set will come
If the expansions are gonna be like the last 3 expansions, I'll be exactly as excited as I am now.
Not at all.
The last expansion I remember being excited for was KotFT .
Who would love an adventure ?
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I like Witchwood and Boomsday but the last one was very weak.
It is hard, too much power and start the endless calls for nerfs, too weak and the players lose interesting.
That's exciting indeed, but then we have 2 weeks of meta shaping, 2 weeks of players crying about the state of meta and blizzard's blue post that they are glad that there are so many different decks and no OP cards or a post where they list cards they are observing carefully. In a few weeks they announce the nerfs, no matter what "type of post" was it. During the next two weeks people create 2-3 new tier 1 or tier 2 decks, then everyone gets bored with the game and waits for the next expansion. What a beautiful cycle. Change my mind
I think this new rotation and expansion will be the real bet for the HS Staff, simply because the competition is doing great (MTGA). So they have to offer something really appealing and maybe tryin' to revolutionize the game in some way. Personally i would like to see extremely less RNG cards and hoping that there will no longer be cards like the Legendary Weapons and the DKs, too game changing.
More than new cards, the game need a rework in his basic aspect: tournament mode, in game statistics, a proper ranked mode (not a grind fest) and things like that. On the China servers most of those things are already been released by years now, so why can't we get them also on US and EU? HS has never really evolved as card game because it was the only one around for so much time, than now with MTGA going strong it seems like Blizzard has discovered how lazy it has been since now that Twitch views are dropping (slowly but still going down).
After all this year, I've lost hype for new expansion set. Afterall everything change, but everything keep still the same.
For what profit is it to a man, if he gains the world and loses his own soul?
I don’t like RNG either. Some say it’s fun but for me it’s the opposite it just makes you turn your house into a demolition site ehe. Plus the demand for achievements was huge I’m sure they’re gonna do something about it. Probably not this expansion too little time since Dean asked the community but soon who knows
The next expansion is going to be very significant. The year of the mammoth expansions are rotating out (Journey to ungoro, frozen throne, kobolds and catacombs) so a lot of very powerful cards are leaving standard. The problem that Blizzard have is with Genn and Baku in the game, the devs have to be EXTREMELY careful with the cards they print in the next expansion because it will only take 1 or 2 strong cards to create a meta breaking deck.
I remember when lifecoach went to play test for blizzard and he warned the devs not to release patches, but the devs released patches anyway resulting in pirate warrior murdering the meta. With Genn and Baku in the game now, the devs cannot afford to make anymore mistakes.
have you guys seen this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/aua686/what_do_you_hope_for_this_weeks_announcement/
does this mean we finally might get some news today?
This is a good idea! Give us achievments! Give the players some other reasons to play besides getting higher ranks
I'm really glad we are almost in April because of this:
> rotation of the previous OP expansions
> extintion on Deathstalker Rexxar
> new expansion, new cards, eventualy new archetypes
> (hopefully) release of new achievments, modes (tournament), unblocking heroes cards
> (eventualy) moving Genn and Baku to Hall Of Fame!
Bring it on!!!