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The person writing all these articles really needs to learn the difference between "then" and "than."

And now my post will be downvoted into oblivion, but the grammar policeman inside of me is content. Thank you.

Dam grandma nartsee.

:)

I started after Witchwood release. Loved Dungeon Run and Monster Hunt, probably what got me loving the game so much! Would love to see these more generous, maybe a free pack for your first Dungeon Run/Monster Hunt clear each day (Really, you could obtain 100 gold faster).

Was kind of disappointed there was no great reward for finishing all Dungeon Runs/Hagatha. I think a special legendary (even a memey one) only accessible from conquering  a Dungeon Run type campaign would make a lot of sense and be rewarding, especially for new players.

Frozen Throne was fun, but less rewarding. I liked the challenge to beat the Lich King with each class. Not a big fan of alternate portraits, but felt I earnt that alternate paladin when I got him!

I've barely touched the Puzzles. They haven't excited me at all, despite the fact I absolutely loved the Boomsday release.

maybe they should do with new expasions like this:

make adventure that gives you certain cards similar amount to kara/loe/brm/naxx. 

and then throw in packs that can contain rest of the set but not cards in adventure

 

• The old way of doing solo content, adventures, didn't work out for them due to not having enough cards for a meta.
• Adventures needed to be easy so everyone could unlock the cards. [...]
• Making the adventure more challenging then usual due to no card rewards turned out to be a positive. They learned players enjoy the challenge and lots of people played.

You are made of stupid!

If adventures did not have enough cards, you could, I don't know, maybe ADD MORE CARDS. Ever considered that?!! You could have made a 10 wing adventure, each wing costing 700g and unlocking 12 or so cards, and it would still be cheaper than an expansion, despite being insignificantly smaller.

As far as difficulty and replayability is concerned: You had heroic mode for players who wanted a challenge. And it felt good browsing your collection to figure out how to beat the bosses. Even nowadays, I sometimes like to try out new cards against old bosses, and it's sad that you will never add new bosses again. 

And who says that players need to get the cards without any challenge whatsoever? You could actually make players work for the cards. Disregarding the fact, that most bosses can be beaten with cheap decks anyway. One of the best experiences in videogames, one of the core mechanics of every RPG ever is to beat a big boss and get a cool new sword or spell to beat the next big boss. Just like in Dungeon Run.

Speaking of which, here is another idea: Maybe keep a system like Dungeon Run, that is fair despite challenging and open to every player, and make it rewarding nonetheless. How about rewarding players for taking up the challenge? How about allowing players to progress in the game by spending more time in the single-player portion? How about tying the replayability to something worth playing it over and over again aside from one card back? How about FINALLY adding something like achievements? Oh, my mistake, that would actually improve the game and possibly make you earn a little less.

The flimsy excuses for stupid decisions (remember the cancelled tournament mode?) were embarrassing before, but this is almost comedic. Like how hard can you try to justify making the game more and more expensive without ever getting to the only point that really matters - you just want to make more money?

Don't get me wrong, I am all for more cool single-player content. And I'm really excited about the "Rumble Run". Just kinda sad that you are playing as some rookie troll without a team, instead of picking one out of 9 champions (=class) and then challenge the other 8. Also, it's a slight disappointment, that there won't be any final bosses this time around. But the best part about Dungeon Run and Monster Hunt is to make a powerful deck and obliterate powerful bosses, and the Shrines deliver just that. I think these "build your deck" kind of adventures are fun and pretty well made from a game design perspective, and I am looking forward to them every time.

However, please stop treating your playerbase like idiots. You gave up old adventures, because they were too cheap. You could have improved them to be more relevant, more replayable, and more challenging, but you decided instead to just go with expansions where you can sell anything between 50 and 500 packs. Everybody knows. When you then claim that it was "not possible" or "not fun" or whatever, you come across like acting all innocent while secretly rubbing your hands, like a smug villain in a cartoon.

This looks really promising. Dungeon Run was so unbelievably excellent, and Monster Hunt was so disappointing in comparison. I think I beat Dungeon Run at least three times with every class. I still haven't completed Monster Hunt with Toki. The big issue with Monster Hunt was that when you finally had a run where you built an OP deck, it still rarely over-ran the final bosses, and often just got obliterated. The card buckets could also really screw you. It also felt like a larger jump from boss 6 to 7 whereas in Dungeon Run if you didn't have a good deck going, you often got knocked out by 5 or 6. And then while I personally haven't played against Hagatha, she seemed very, very easy from what I watched.

But this sounds like a return to form. 9 classes, 3 shrines/class, and 3 champions/class, plus class-specific prize fighters. Lots and lots of replayability. I hope they balance the bosses. The best example is The Darkness. It's such a tough boss the first time you face him, especially with a very good, but not great deck. But if you have a great deck, you can steamroll him if you play carefully.

"The old way of doing solo content, adventures, didn't work out for them due to not making enough profit"

And the reward will be just a cardback again i think which is a really shitty reward in my opinion .. Thats why i liked adventures better because after completing wings you would get some cards for reward which it felt so much rewarding and you had to actually try and get past every wing.

The reward is a sense of accomplishment and having had fun along the way. Don't forget this content comes as a bonus alongside the expansion, the very fact it is there at all is great, tangible rewards or not.

There was zero 'rewarding feeling' in adventures.  You could play the bosses with literally a deck full of basic cards and you would still win.  It was just a very drawn out going through the motions.

Regardless, I'd happily pay for an adventure over having an average solo mode. Just saying. I love solo content, and don't mind forking out for it.

It wasn't an reward. You had to BUY expansion and maybe get the cards back. Which was very unlikely with the beginning of the curse of naxxramas. Imagine having only 1/3 of classic set and trying to beat bosses which require specific deck. Imagine trying to climb ladder or simply make some gold, but everyone around already has entire expansion completed.

Geeee what an reward!

Yes but we weren't talking about that, we were talking about 'earning' the cards which didn't need Heroic mode.  Heroic Mode was indeed challenging, and rather fun, but let's not pretend that the basic mode was anything other than a drawn out cut scene to give you the cards.

I agree with you! This is the only solo content I've gone back and replayed after finishing. My favorite deck was getting the "Your weapons cost 1" power after the first game... and then immediately getting a package with 2x Vinecleaver!

Infinite mode sounds cool, but is probably hard to implement. The bosses are designed and balanced in a way that you would have a reasonable chance to beat them given how many bosses you fought before. You can't really make them scale infinitely without things getting easier over time. The hero power would have to get better every time, the deck size would have to increase (which cards get multiplied?) and only a few bosses are even intended for later in the run, so you would not have a lot of variety when going infinite.

One way could be that you get back to the first boss and start all over again, keeping your deck, but all bosses get permanent bonuses as well, like the +1/+1 for all minions, or an extra mana crystal at the start, or making all your minions cost 1 more etc.

Would be nice to test it out, but making that work out well is probably harder than it sounds in a game like Hearthstone. It's not like some action RPGs where you can just scale damage, health and perhaps enemy numbers and see how long the player is able to keep up.

yes for endless mode

sometimes you make bomb-ass deck and want to try with the hardess bosses but your journey finish abruptly

The only way to consistently beat DR as Priest, is to pick C'thun every time is available

"The old way of doing solo content, adventures, didn't work out for them due to not having enough cards for a meta."
*laughs in Reno Jackson*