Like a lot of you, I saw the "announcement of the announcement" trailer for the upcoming expansion today and I was floored at how quickly the time flew by. At first I thought for sure the July 1st date Blizzard teased was abnormal, that they usually don't properly announce the next expansion that early. But sure enough, the past two years' Summer expansions were all revealed within the first week or so of July. We're right at the part where a lot of people, myself included, would normally be itching for the next set announcement to break up the mid-expansion boredom.
But this time, the boredom never came. Rise of Shadows has become probably the first ever Hearthstone expansion to never get truly stale, to live almost-perpetually in the "experimental, fun, and not perfectly optimized" state, and it's all thanks to the mid-meta content additions. Between the extensive Dalaran Heist adventure, the obligatory nerf patch, the Rise of Mechs buffs, the Arena rotation, and the new Classic + Basic card replacements, the Rise of Shadows season always made me feel like there was something on the horizon to look forward to, and some new thing already out to try and have fun with. Rise of Mechs especially felt like a treat, practically a mini-expansion within the expansion thanks to the power level of the improved cards, and it has me genuinely excited at the prospect of future card buffs. Blizzard might be bad at nerfing Big Priest or explaining what the hell a class identity is, but they still deserve an enormous helping of praise and thanks for going this route. If this is how Hearthstone expansions are going to work in the future, I'd say the future is looking bright.
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Upvoted for the nudes
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Your attitude SUCKS.
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Go away.
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I think I'd rather re-live Barrens chat than do this brawl.
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Yes! I keep checking back in hopes that expansion news is up.
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This deck still works. I had some luck in the beginning on draws, but then didn't quite get the tempo I needed to beat him before turn 7. I was able to wipe out all of those minions and still win! Thanks!
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This. I can usually hop over to Wild after a losing streak in Standard and have a little fun. Not this week!
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I think that's about what the community is expecting as a compensation. I hosted a Fireside Gathering last night and people came out of the woodwork so they could actually play the game. The conversations I had with other players were almost entirely positive.
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I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't even see the mammoth face until I read your comment and scrolled back up.
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Job's done.