Expansion Reveal Stream Coming July 1, and a Note on Mercenaries
We've just got an unexpected announcement of an announcement for the upcoming expansion, which looks like an Alliance-themed one. Let us know about your theories in the comment section.
Mercenaries won't be ready in this expansion cycle, expect to hear more about Mercenaries this Fall.
Quote from BlizzardWith all that experience fighting Quilboar in the Barrens, heroes like you have leveled up! It’s time to replenish your bags, repair your armor, and prepare for a new quest. . .
Join us on July 1 at 9:30 a.m. PT, on either Twitch or YouTube, for the reveal of the next Hearthstone expansion! Lead Designer Alec Dawson will kick things off with an overview on what you can expect from Phase 2 of the Year of the Gryphon. From there, Game Designers Liv Breeden and John McIntyre will dive into what’s new in the upcoming card set. We also have some news to share for Battlegrounds. We’ve got plenty to talk about, you won’t want to miss it!
Separately, we know you’re eager to learn more about Hearthstone Mercenaries. While we’re very excited with how things are coming together, we need more time to implement all the awesome content we’ve planned for the mode. As such, we’re now expecting Hearthstone Mercenaries to be released in Phase 2 of the Year of the Gryphon and won’t be quite ready to share details on the mode during the stream on July 1.
Instead, we’ll be hosting a dedicated Hearthstone Mercenaries stream this Fall. We’ll give more details about this stream closer to its broadcast date. Until then, we hope you’ll enjoy the expansion reveal and all the things still to come in the Year of the Gryphon!
I expect Arthas as legendary card when he was human cuz we already got him as Lich King
I wonder if they will drop a new Keyword since Frenzy feels more like a Horde thing.
Wishlist of things unrelated to any expansion theme:
Neutral Spells
Silence weapons
More draw power to hunter
Morph cards to other classes like warlock, priest, etc.
secrets for warlock, priest, etc
more dual cards , for 2 or more classes mix together.
DK/MONK new class.
sargeras legendary card
board removal for hunter and dh
Cool new keyword
return old keywords like inspire, joust but with uprades.
tournament mode
2 vs 2
more PVE
and many more!
Wishlist of things unrelated to any expansion theme:
Neutral Spells
Silence weapons
Spell Taunt (targeted spells can only hit this target)
Spell taunt is tricky cause what it a shadow word pain is in your hand and the spell taunt minion is a 2/2?
Or other restrictions on spells like that.
would act like Spellbender bruh
Alliance's theme (flavor) is more defensive, so this expansion will be slower and more control oriented, right?... Right?!
Please, like we need more control combo late game cards and card generation.
Ye, because we have soooo many control decks right now...
Wait I think my point went across incorrectly, I was actually saying I wanted more control cards I wasn't being sarcastic haha!
It's cool :). It really sounded sarcastic though.
It did haha! I wrote it too fast without proof reading it. I am all for control trust me, never played a rush deck in my life.
Im so bored of this game i cant even do the daily quests
time for a new hobby, friend
Then... play something else? It's okay to play other games buddy.
i used another account.
YOU DON THAVE TO PLAY TO GET DAILIES!
your main account gets invited by ur OTHER account.
then when the concede button appears....ur OTHER account concedes and IT COUNTS...do that 2 more times and easy 1000 exp
u can do that for any quest.
If I had to guess, it will be similar to the Barrens as far as namesake i.e. I'm expecting Elwynn Forest or Lion's Pride to be in the title, in reference to the most famous Alliance Tavern. I'm thinking something like Wanderers of Elwynn Forest, with the mini set being something like "Gathering at Lion's Pride Inn". I would also guarantee a reworked Hogger legendary for the neutral set.
Pretty disappointed that Mercenaries is getting delayed. I was actually looking forward to it, while hoping it's not just a gacha game as some people speculate. And to be honest, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Part of the reason why I was looking forward to Mercenaries is that Battlegrounds has really become stale. There were so few meaningful updates this year, Quillboars aside, and several issues have still not been addressed at all. Instead of doing some big experiments or events like Darkmoon Prizes, it's just been microadjustments with adding/removing one or two heroes and minor card changes for months.
Also, what happened to "seasonal events"? Midsummer Fire Festival should come up soon, I guess, but no Taverns of Time, Frost Festival or something similar. I might be mistaken, but I think there have been 0 legendary quests since Winter's Veil, not even something promotional for Barrens or Wailing Caverns. Tavern Brawl has been repeats for how many months now? Has Duels seen major updates since Darkmoon, new card sets for deckbuilding and a few new passives aside?
I get that they are working on many different things right now and that all takes time and effort. But lately, it feels like half the game is just running on "business as usual", and It's not very exciting,
Oh well... looking forward to the new expansion regardless. Even though I'm out pretty much out of Standard since Scholomance, I'm always curious about new cards.
too much work as they would have to recalculate the rewards for those seasonal events, cant give the players too much now
I'd say that old heroes from Battlegrounds have to be buffed / reworked, because pool of decent ones is pretty limited now.