BlizzCon Starts in 24 Hours!
Hype! We're closing in on the BlizzCon opening ceremony and things are going to be awesome! Stay tuned to HearthPwn throughout BlizzCon to find all the latest coverage from the event including live panel recaps, a developer interview, and Hearthstone esports.
If you are attending BlizzCon, Dave Kosak recommends watching the Opening Ceremony from the Hearthstone stage in the North Hall. "It'll be worth it".
What are your BlizzCon Predictions?
Share your predictions for this year's BlizzCon down below in the comments. They should definitely include Hearthstone but don't be afraid to hit up other Blizzard titles too! Some things for consideration:
- What will the overall theme be for the next expansion?
- What sort of mechanics do you think we'll see for Hearthstone?
- Will any new game systems be announced?
Schedule
Here's the main Hearthstone events taking place during BlizzCon. Check out the full schedule for more information.
- The Opening Ceremony will be streamed for free on BlizzCon.com and Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone.
- Panels require a Virtual Ticket to be watched, but we'll be covering them right here.
Event | West Coast PDT (UTC -7) |
East Coast EDT (UTC -4) |
Europe CET (UTC +1) |
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Nov 3 | Opening Ceremony | 11:00 | 14:00 | 19:00 |
Nov 3 | What's Next Panel | 13:45 | 16:45 | 21:45 |
Nov 4 | Live Q&A | 14:30 | 17:30 | 22:30 |
Nov 4 | Tavern Trivia | 17:45 | 20:45 | 01:45 (Nov 5) |
Nov 3 | Hearthstone Inn-vitational - Day 1 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 21:00 |
Nov 4 | Hearthstone Inn-vitational - Day 2 | 09:30 | 12:30 | 17:30 |
Nov 4 | Tavern vs Tavern | 13:45 | 16:45 | 21:45 |
Plot Twist: There are no pirates and Blizzard was just pulling our leg the entire time with all the pirate hints.
But seriously though, the way Kosak referred to the reveal makes me believe that there might be more than just an expansion revealed at Blizzcon ( will we finally get the long awaited tournament mode???). fingers crossed!
My list of desires for Hearthstone:
I really hope at least one of these comes to life
I would love to see some sort of tournament mode or any competitive mode other than ladder maybe "ranked" matches become conquest format and you can be ranked that way as well rather than the grind of ladder.
I'd like to see a real graveyard and some cards that let us interact with it.
If this expansion is pirate based I'm done with hearthstone for good...
Is this the first expansion that wasn't accidentally leaked beforehand, or at least totally obvious what it was, since TGT?
Watch, they will screw it over somehow...
I think I might just not open up Hearthpwn until after the release
if the opening ceremony is 11:00 PDT then its 14:00 EDT.... math ftw
edit: ST to DT... stupid daylights savings time
Yeah, that was a bad error to make. Usually get the Pacific -> Eastern right. BlizzCon has me all loopy apparently.
IF a change that big happens, it will probably happen with the next rotation.
Prediction about meta:
UnGoro introduced quests mechanics, from them Warrior, Rogue, Mage were commonly played.
FrozenThrone introduced dead knights, from them Warlock, Priest and Shaman are commonly played. Hunter, Rogue, Mage and Druid are also included in some decks.
New expansion? Mechanic strong in Paladin
Deadmines will be the setting of the next expansion.
Their will be an anti-tribal card that isn't a crab that destroys a board of said tribe, along with a Prince-style card that increases your minions' stats +2 if your opponent's deck contains too much of a tribe (Murlocs, Pirates, etc.).
Warlocks will get more cards that discard their opponent's cards -- but count to their quest/Lana'thel/etc.
Nobody will see the card that makes druid or rogue OP until a few days/weeks into the expansion. (I was right last time on rogue -- Prince Keleseth took a while for them to find).
Kripp will nail an overlooked card.
Trump will predict almost nothing right.
Pirates will not just be for aggro types. Priest pirate, anyone? In addition, all classes get a weapon.
The Djinni-Beardo Effect: Place your bets on which of the following will see its time come: A. Herald Volazj. B. Moorabi. C. Spiritsinger Umbra. D. The Voraxx. E. Lilian Voss F. None of these
Arena will get dual class and wild options in the upcoming year, and the powers that be will consider making hero cards inelligible for Arena.
What do i expect?Lets remember the past first :P
I would assume that the announcement will be free on twitch.tv like always?
Because you wrote the panels need the virtual ticket,but im not sure what to consider as panel.
Can someone explain please?
Opening Ceremony free and it will on twitch and Blizcon special stream player. On pannels only blah blah blah plus 2-10 new cards nothing interesting HPwn will recap as always just be here and read.
HS: treasure hunting addon, like League of explorers, but about secret island with treasure and other adventurers comes to here for it. New mechanic like discove,r but more random:D And ofc new arena thing, i think, it will be 2 separate mods. 1st - old and 2nd - rotating with wild arena, dual and other.
HotS: 2-3 new heroes plus new map, i think, it will be WC heroes and map.
WoW: new addon 100% plus super cool CGI (i want new cool CGI from blizz team) and i think blizz give us wc 3 remaster
OW: new hero and map maybe with CGI movie, but i dont think so.
SC 2: some new skins, coop commander and new coop mission (standart borring things)
D3: new items, patch notes (still dead game:D)
A new mechanic / keyword that will involve Treasure/Hunting kind of system to reward the players when playing those cards.