"I asked Team 5 to give me a bit of background about this new bizarre-o-Ragnaros. "We knew we wanted to flip a lot of characters from good to evil in this expansion," says Senior Game Designer Ben Brode. "We also knew that Ragnaros (once enslaved by the Old Gods) could be fun to see flip in the same way. The problem is, Ragnaros is already a terribly evil Elemental Lord. So we went the other way with it and explored what he might look like if he were “uncorrupted”. Paladins in general are the one bastion of hope in Whispers of the Old Gods, with many of their cards themed around standing against the oncoming darkness. Having Ragnaros lead the charge against his former masters seemed like it could be pretty awesome. Hence, Ragnaros, the Lightlord!"
Source: the ign article in which rag was revealed (link on top)
"Since the dawn of life on Azeroth, the imprisoned and sleeping Old Gods have been whispering to the subconsciousness of mortal and eternal beings alike, subverting their thoughts and feelings, and sometimes driving them to great malice, complete insanity, or both."
And again I cannot understand the phylosophy behind this move. You devaluate a card (obviously) and at the same time you make it harder to get.
We do not have enough data about the coming expansion(s) and the classic rework to judge whether any of the reward/promo set will be too good in standard play. I am sure Blizzard took everything we (community) don't know and made the best decision. However i strongly disagree with the second part of the decision: making them no longer obtainable with the previous conditions.
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Good luck man. Best laugh ever.
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They should have started the reveals with THIS card.
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Best hearthstone expansion trailer ever, by far.
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I like that the corruption spread even to the inn table. Other than that is just wait and see the animations.
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A little bit about the lore:
"I asked Team 5 to give me a bit of background about this new bizarre-o-Ragnaros. "We knew we wanted to flip a lot of characters from good to evil in this expansion," says Senior Game Designer Ben Brode. "We also knew that Ragnaros (once enslaved by the Old Gods) could be fun to see flip in the same way. The problem is, Ragnaros is already a terribly evil Elemental Lord. So we went the other way with it and explored what he might look like if he were “uncorrupted”. Paladins in general are the one bastion of hope in Whispers of the Old Gods, with many of their cards themed around standing against the oncoming darkness. Having Ragnaros lead the charge against his former masters seemed like it could be pretty awesome. Hence, Ragnaros, the Lightlord!"
Source: the ign article in which rag was revealed (link on top)
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Hmmm I would be really interested in the lore behind this new ragnaros...
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Since it does cost 3 will be pretty good imo.
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I really love this "reveal a new card every few days" trend! Keep up the good work, Hearthpwn!
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"Since the dawn of life on Azeroth, the imprisoned and sleeping Old Gods have been whispering to the subconsciousness of mortal and eternal beings alike, subverting their thoughts and feelings, and sometimes driving them to great malice, complete insanity, or both."
Source: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Gods
So, old gods themed expansion confirmed? :D
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I think they did a really good job at updating this site!
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Keep up the good work, Hearthpwn!
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And most important, they will not be part of the Standard ;)
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Ye bring back old card backs, but make them cost gold hehe!
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And again I cannot understand the phylosophy behind this move. You devaluate a card (obviously) and at the same time you make it harder to get.
We do not have enough data about the coming expansion(s) and the classic rework to judge whether any of the reward/promo set will be too good in standard play. I am sure Blizzard took everything we (community) don't know and made the best decision. However i strongly disagree with the second part of the decision: making them no longer obtainable with the previous conditions.
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Keep up the good work, Hearthpwn!