We're on our way to Pandaria! That's only true if you're into Hearthstone Battlegrounds and a new board which was shared to survey participants becomes a reality.
In a new survey, Blizzard asked participants about Battlegrounds cosmetics and one of the cosmetics previewed was the Jade Gardens game board. Thanks to /u/Gravitybox for sharing this on reddit, the Jade Gardens board features a tranquil landscape of beautiful statues, artifacts, and everything else to love about Pandaria other than the Sha.
According to Gravitybox, Blizzard asked participants if they were willing to pay $2.99 for the new board. This a sharp discount when compared with the first board that came out for Hearthstone Battlegrounds, Arena of Champions, which made its debut at $9.99 USD. This doesn't mean we should expect the new Jade Gardens board to be $3 when it releases as we don't know if it ever will release and Blizzard uses surveys to collect data. Could the first board have been a flop at $10? Tough call!
You can check out a short preview of the board down below.
Would you pickup this board in Battlegrounds for $2.99? What other kinds of boards would you like to see added?
Comments
I got the survey about this board and the only thing I considered buying was the battle pass for Merc mode. I do think it is a good idea to try to get more money with lower priced items.
Is this the first board that makes a visual impact on the playing field?
The first BG board also has this feature.
Hmmm, could this be hints of Pandaria coming soon?
I'd say this is more likely part of a upcoming Lunar New Year Bundle. Iksar mentioned that they are saving the Pandarian Theme for when they eventually release a Monk class and (in a different Q&A) that they are currently not working on a new class.
IIRC it sounded like they were finally considering going there without waiting to add monks. Either way Pandaria looks to be some way off still, but it might offer more hope for it appearing in 2023 than if we had to wait for the monk class.
It's a shame they put it off for so long. We went to Icecrown without any wait for a DK class, and Pandaria is probably more interesting in many ways since we see the scourge all over the place, while most things in Pandaria are unique to that land.
Bloody well hope so. MoP was my favorite WoW expansion, funny enough