Matt Place on Gadgetzan, Kazakus, Priest, Opponent Interaction, Heroic Brawl
Legend Of The Innkeeper had a chance to chat with Senior Game Designer, Matt Place, about Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. We've recapped the podcast interview below. You can listen and find a full transcript on the LOTI website.
Quote from Matt Place
- Initially the set was going to be cops and robbers themed, but it ended up evolving into just the robbers.
- There are 3 crime families because you can divide it evenly among the 9 classes.
- They don't have any plans to announce more tri-class cards, but aren't against the idea.
- Matt's favourite card in the set is Kazakus.
- Kazakus was conceived when a designer asked the question "what if players could make their own card".
- Peter Whalen was responsible for exploring and figuring out ways Kazakus could be implemented.
- It's possible Kazakus-like cards could appear in the future, they just need to make sense.
- Going into the set they had a focus on giving Priest potent cards, but cards that all had different options.
- Secrets are a great way of interacting with your opponent on their turn and maybe cards in your hand that watch for certain things could be as well. They're talking about different ideas.
- Matt believes Heroic Tavern Brawl to be a great success.
- They don't know what they're going to do with Heroic Brawl right yet, but they'll figure it out.
- Patches the Pirate has tried to show up in a few sets post Grand Tournament but finally felt right for Mean Streets.
It's not that bad
Would have been nice to hear how they can justify continuing to print so many ridiculously powerful 1 drops
Makes you wonder who the "cops" would have been :)
Sergeant Sally
Racist. Night elves can be Druids, Hunters, Priests, Rogues, Warriors, Death Knights, Mages, Monks & Demon Hunters, and all resent this kind of racial profiling.
Thanks everyone for the great conversations and feedback on the show. We really appreciate it. Some really good thoughts throughout the comments here and it's good to see the discussions.
"Patches the Pirate has tried to show up in a few sets post Grand Tournament but finally felt right for Mean Streets"
Havent they already told us this?
https://eu.battle.net/forums/en/hearthstone/topic/17614042031
They have and I believe Bed Brode also talked about it once on his stream or in an interview. They will sometimes repeat these stories knowing that the audience they are speaking to might not have heard the full background. Our show is a different audience than a lot of the other shows have so it's was nice to have it told to our listeners. But either way, I'm glad he showed up in Mean Streets.
"Matt believes Heroic Tavern Brawl to be a great success"
Success for Blizzard =/= Success for players
Boom
let's not forget that heroic brawl is the only brawl that lasted until tuesday
It was a pretty big success for twitch streamers, a lot of people showed up than the usual.
Whispers of the Old Gods was originally supposed to have Titans.
but but but...i want my "Arrow to the knee" hunter card :(
So tri-cards are a possibility in the future but most likely won't appear in the early 2017.
Same goes for cards similiar to Kazakus.
Can anyone elaborate what they were discussing when the topic was how players could interact with cards in hand watching for things?