Dean Ayala Asks: What Would Get You Back Into Hearthstone?
Hearthstone's Dean "Iksar" Ayala had a question for those that used to main Hearthstone as a game but no longer do.
What do they need to do to get you back?
We're actually quite interested in knowing too. With many old Hearthstone players still frequenting our site to see what the game is up to or to chat with old friends, there has to be something the Hearthstone team could do to reel you back in?
Quote from Dean AyalaIf Hearthstone used to be your main game but isn't anymore, what would get you back?
More friendly F2P and not only experience? I spent some money sometimes, but I am mainly F2P player. I can only afford to play few not expensive decks. I want to experiment with my decks but I just can't afford it. Stopped playing more than year ago, it was my main game. Now I play sometimes, but I miss a lot of quests.
Edit:
Now I mainly play Arena. That's the only thing that really improved over the years, but I wish it had even more support.
If you have spend money, you are not a F2P player you know.
Besides adventures, buying packs is a huge waste of money. Everytime I buy packs I just get some useless cards and some dust and I cannot make even one new deck. I am so disappointed every time I open packs I bought. I miss adventures, low price, you get all cards.
• I want to feel cherished again. I do not want to be milked, at least I do not want the feeling to get milked. That I do, with doing a preorder and having issues to create a single great deck nontheless. Therefore: Be more generous and care about your community and not only about the money.
• I want adventures back again, even if you release one within expansions. A game mode which is created with love and where defeating a boss gives you nice cards as a reward and completing the game in heroic mode unlocks a new hero, that is so much fun. The current single player content was the worst ever created. IT was a total let down.
• Its time for achievements - fun achievements, similar to the ones in WoW. Using achievement modes to unlock or purchase new cosmetics. For example a new image to your hero power and so on.
Achievements
CUSTOM MODE in PvP (and possibly PvE as well)
ACHIEVEMENTS
MORE CARDS THAT OFFER CHOICES (as opposed to RNG) I realize this could be a slippery slope
BETTER DUST ECONOMY
FASTER NERFS (I know you want to let the meta play out and let people find possible solutions, but there HAS to be a happy medium!)
I hate that the old archtypes are gone. Like Control Warrior or Freeze Mage or Handlock or Miracle Rogue. And that all the new legendary cards are boring and that the meta is so fucked up, that the old legs are nearly useless. And everybody got super big taunts and can heal themselves almost completely every round.
I really wish me the old hearthstone back. It was awesome. But now I just hate the game.
At least that they would make cooler legendaries and not those super boring ones like right now.
2v2 modes.
In game tournament modes
A gold wagering mode (nothing like having something to play for).
Hearthstone is so absurdly high profit. It's a card game that is so low tech it can be played in a phone, yet the average player pays way more than they would for a AAA game. Invest a few percent of that crazy profit back into adding game modes that should have been there 2 years ago and watch people come flooding back.
Packs cost about 10 cents each.
Better designed quests to discourage idiots from just netdecking aggro decks all day (i.e., stop rewarding efficiency).
makes changes more often (not just new cards, nerfs, buffs, changes), don't let the meta get stale for such a long time.
Make aggro decks weaker and their cards more expensive. Too much aggro is a poison, and makes the game boring. Every deck has to carry far more anti-aggro tech or it just isn't worth trotting out, for fun or wins.
Make control decks cheaper, so more players can use them.
More ways to break up OTK decks. I found Rin+Howlfiend lock in wild fun just for this reason. Doesn't need to be as oppressive as coldlight rogue.
Return DK Rexxar to its original setting (can only select WotLK and older beasts) or limit/prevent it from getting miracle mixes of cave hydra, poison lifesteal rush in one beast, etc.
Monthly nerfs/buffs to shake up the meta. And maybe a new card or two. Marin might have struck out, but it did get people to experiment for a week or to.
Give non pro players a reason to play ladder once they have reached rank 5.
All Classic cards should be for free, especially for new players .
I stopped playing for a month and felt so far behind in collecting gold that I lost interest in the game as a whole. Could've bought a bundle to make up for the lost time, but that ship has also sailed now. - Now I am only motivated to download and play the game for the solo content released with each expansion.
I guess what could make me come back would be if there was a way for me to not feel so far behind before even starting.
Custom game mode, new game mode
1) make a multiplayer mode ( 2 vs 2 ) would be funny :=)
2) add a 10th class : (monk for example like in wow )
keep the same stuff like the game balance , achievements ....
1 - Please let me buy the old seasonal and pre-order cardbacks I never had a chance to earn - gold, $, dust - I don't care, just give me a chance to have them.
2 - Stop taking stars from me when I lose on the competitive ladder!!!!!! When I lose, I've already wasted my time - taking away my climb progress is just insult to injury. I would grind out legend every month if I didn't lose stars at all. At this point in the game's life, it wouldn't hurt anybody to make the grind to legend more accessible. Those of us with real jobs and demands on our time can't afford to play this game non-stop like the pros. If you want me to stay interested and keep buying packs, you'd better make the Legend goal realistic, or I'm leaving and taking my $$$ with me.
Wow. Legend for everyone. That wouldn’t be a ladder system at all.
Ben Brode Pepehands
i will probably try to do some smaller expansion, maybe an hybrid between actual expansion and the old adventures.
also less random cards and my wish is even to rewrite old random card in targatable one (ex: knives from juggler are targatable when you summon a minion in your turn. it will be surely OP, but it can be adjusted)