Hearthstone
Next expansion leaked? (Evil from Pandaria)
Submitted 2 years, 10 months ago by
Anathemos
Someone on Twitter spotted this -- the collection manager now shows a "Sha Illidan" hero, which apparently you get by buying the "Evil from Pandaria" bundle. Could that be the next expansion?
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Someone on Twitter spotted this -- the collection manager now shows a "Sha Illidan" hero, which apparently you get by buying the "Evil from Pandaria" bundle. Could that be the next expansion?
There has been many Pandaria references recently, enough that I'd love to find some time to right an article about it all because it is absolutely fascinating. The upcoming Battlegrounds board, Jade Gardens, that was shared in a survey is an even bigger "we going to Pandaria" that I had initially thought before this past patch.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/4120-hearthstone-battlegrounds-might-be-getting-a-new-jade-themed-board-jade-gardens
The only thing that I can see maybe not being us going to Pandaria is us looking too deeply into the Lunar New Year goodies. Pandaria shares so many themes with East Asian culture (I think there's a better word to describe the region, I can't think of it at the moment) so it only makes sense to use that part of Warcraft as a focus. All the new hero skins though from the last patch are super Panda themed, bringing in the August Celestials.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/4147-new-hero-skins-coming-to-hearthstone-to-celebrate-the-lunar-new-year-include-xuen-mogushan-guldan
I'm super excited to see where it goes. If not this year, almost certainly next. As Dean even said in his Q&As, Pandaria is a "when" not "if". The only reason why I don't think it'll be this year is because they've been talking about how it's not time for a new class (source), and I can't see them doing a Pandaria-central expansion without debuting Monk. We could of course do something smaller in Pandaria; perhaps we could go chill with the Klaxxi for a bit or go jump into the Throne of Thunder (good chance to bring back the Lei Shen hero skin too).
That Q&A I sourced above about new new classes mentions for at least 2 years. Well, the Q&A was a year ago so if we get through this year, that gives us next year as the earliest available time slot.
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Nah, the description would mention that it's part of a pre-order bundle if that was the case. Instead it seems like this years lunar new year festival will also be pandaren themed. The Shaman and Mage skin also mention that they are both part of a "Crane and Snake" bundle, meanwhile the Guldan one seems like it's going to be free.
Ah, that makes sense. So it might be like they did with the mech skins — 2 different bundles, each with about half the heroes, and one or two free or standalone.