Tying your allegiance decision to a free Legendary sounds cool, though I wonder if it will lead to people picking which card they think is better, rather than which side they'd actually want to be on. Especially if we can't get the other one until the release of the expansion! Hopefully only one doesn't become meta-defining, and you picked the other one.
I've always loved Hero cards. Whether I'm playing it or the opponent is playing, seeing the portrait change is always awesome. Admiteddly, as much as I like these Mercenary characters, it's probably not going to be as cool as seeing Death Knight versions of our original nine heroes.
mods could you please explain what determines the house lights being on or off? I dont understand the mechanic, I thought it said "on" for everyone
Hi, that title is part of our ongoing Halloween event - Oozefest. You can trick or treat at "user's houses" (icon found on their profile page) to get Candy (event currency). If enough ppl tricked-or-treated at your house that day, your lights are off. They will go on next day, so they can do it again.
Info about the event is here, on the event page. It will be ending soon, so if you still want to participate, there are scavenger hunt clues and other stuff you can still do.
Excited! I loved KotFT and having multiple classes with Hero Cards made the game feel fun. Hopefully Alterac Valley will have a similar vibe. Looking forward to seeing the other "game-changing effects"!
New keyword loks interesting and might be OK, all depends on what actuall cards would be.
And I like hero cards much better than Quests as they do not start in your hand. You have to actually draw and play them. If they would allow to create new types of decks I am all for it.
Playing vs Quests is much more boring because lots of games look the same.
That sounds....questionable. Choosing between Alliance and Horde based on two legendaries who are most likely quite different in terms of powerlevel will most likely skew the outcome. Also not a fan of getting a Golden Legendary unless we also get to DE it (which would be awesome, but I doubt it's going to happen).
New Keyword sounds interesting and way better than Overkill.
Hero cards were a given, although I wonder what they'll do with Warlock now that Tamsin is dead (at least for now)
Big yes to the collection manager suggestion, that way we could experiment with deckbuilding without locking yourself into a class and also if you want to use the same list later you don't have to rebuild it everytime. Right now I have a excel doc with my duels lists, so that if I want to play the same or similiar lists I can copy those lists, having that in the client would be so nice.
Brogon can be played on turn one, so you might have to discard that idea.
Graazek's effect is good, but shouldn't hit itself with it's Battlecry. And should maybe be limited to friendly Elementals? Might get crammed though.
Oh , never thought that Brogon could come out that early - thats true - i will rework that one even tough i think i will stick with the elemental for the competition!
About the Effect of Graazek - true i will change the damage to all other characters!
Both points are more than fair and I actually agree with you on a very personal level.
Duels needs to be advertised more, and I mean it not in a "promote it" way. For example, Blizzard itself should add many basic info both in the game and on PlayHS, so that people (even veterans) can have a deep understanding on the mode.
Take the current collection manager and add a filter for the Duels card pool, all the treasures existent and the banned cards; moreover, give us the chance of BUILDING DECKS IN THE COLLECTION MANAGER, so that we can experiment with them without needing to start an actual run!
Half a year ago I raised the following 2 concerns in the duels subreddit. They're both relate to the perspective of a new player:
1) Initial picks: After picking the hero, I get to pick the hero power and then the initial treasure. Up until this point I can get back to the previous menus, but when I'm getting into the deck building phase - I can't. To a new player (and probably even to a veteran one), that isn't sure what cards are in rotation (and what is banned) when he picks hero/HP/1streasure, this is a bad experience. 2) The mulligan phase: A new duels player is expected to mulligan without knowing the hero power of his opponent. Any player is also supposed to mulligan without knowing sometimes-game-deciding factors like opponents passives. I had a game with druid, where I happily kept gibberling and a bunch of spells, only to realize I can't really utilize it when the passives were reveled and one was the one that deals 1dmg to every minion I play.
Yes something similiar to Bob from RoS/SoU would be huge. My suggestion would be to have rewards every now and then after the second passive that give you the choice between different ways to alter your deck/cards.
Maybe something like ”give 3 different minions in your deck +2/+2 but they cost (1) more” or ”remove 5 cards from your deck” with power level changing depending of how far into the run you are. You could just pick from your decklist (or maybe the game gives you a selection of cards to choose from), that way you wouldn’t have to load up the game board between actual games.
I don’t know if this would be hard to implement but would be huge imo. Thoughts?
It reduces the cost of every card in your deck/of cards you create by 1, it gives them a tech tag, it gives them augment and turns every card into a created card.
This means every card is 1 mana cheaper and every unit gets permanently 1 power for every card you play.
That doesn't sound too strong but if you reduce the cost of every card by 2 you pretty much end up with a buch of free cards that then serve as a permanent attack buff.
It's weird It's clunky but It's cool and fun to play so there is that.
WoW is only a semi-finite landscape. Not only is its own landscape growing with each of its own expansions, but HS has more or less complete freedom to explore alternate realities and/or expand tiny places or events into full expansions. Plus, only a small fraction of the landscape that existed back in 2014 has actually been explored so far in HS - we only just got to Stormwind and still haven't even touched Pandaria, for example - so they can keep going for a very long time.
The bigger question for me is how many paladins and demon hunters can they shoehorn into diverse expansions? Those two classes are so restrictive thematically, hence the murlocs in both I imagine :P
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
Tying your allegiance decision to a free Legendary sounds cool, though I wonder if it will lead to people picking which card they think is better, rather than which side they'd actually want to be on. Especially if we can't get the other one until the release of the expansion! Hopefully only one doesn't become meta-defining, and you picked the other one.
I've always loved Hero cards. Whether I'm playing it or the opponent is playing, seeing the portrait change is always awesome. Admiteddly, as much as I like these Mercenary characters, it's probably not going to be as cool as seeing Death Knight versions of our original nine heroes.
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Hi, that title is part of our ongoing Halloween event - Oozefest. You can trick or treat at "user's houses" (icon found on their profile page) to get Candy (event currency). If enough ppl tricked-or-treated at your house that day, your lights are off. They will go on next day, so they can do it again.
Info about the event is here, on the event page. It will be ending soon, so if you still want to participate, there are scavenger hunt clues and other stuff you can still do.
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
Excited! I loved KotFT and having multiple classes with Hero Cards made the game feel fun. Hopefully Alterac Valley will have a similar vibe. Looking forward to seeing the other "game-changing effects"!
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
Well I am actually excited.
I like the idea of Alliance vs Horde war.
New keyword loks interesting and might be OK, all depends on what actuall cards would be.
And I like hero cards much better than Quests as they do not start in your hand. You have to actually draw and play them. If they would allow to create new types of decks I am all for it.
Playing vs Quests is much more boring because lots of games look the same.
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
Funfact: The website released the Article too early because they tought that yesterdays expansion Teaser was the actual Trailer/Announcement.
More Expansion leaks
That sounds....questionable. Choosing between Alliance and Horde based on two legendaries who are most likely quite different in terms of powerlevel will most likely skew the outcome. Also not a fan of getting a Golden Legendary unless we also get to DE it (which would be awesome, but I doubt it's going to happen).
New Keyword sounds interesting and way better than Overkill.
Hero cards were a given, although I wonder what they'll do with Warlock now that Tamsin is dead (at least for now)
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Big yes to the collection manager suggestion, that way we could experiment with deckbuilding without locking yourself into a class and also if you want to use the same list later you don't have to rebuild it everytime. Right now I have a excel doc with my duels lists, so that if I want to play the same or similiar lists I can copy those lists, having that in the client would be so nice.
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
"house light is off" ?? what how?
mods could you please explain what determines the house lights being on or off? I dont understand the mechanic, I thought it said "on" for everyone
Expensive Tastes - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Oh , never thought that Brogon could come out that early - thats true - i will rework that one even tough i think i will stick with the elemental for the competition!
About the Effect of Graazek - true i will change the damage to all other characters!
Expensive Tastes - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Could be insane, could be sh*t.
The stats are based on the 4 basic totems amalgamated.
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Both points are more than fair and I actually agree with you on a very personal level.
Duels needs to be advertised more, and I mean it not in a "promote it" way. For example, Blizzard itself should add many basic info both in the game and on PlayHS, so that people (even veterans) can have a deep understanding on the mode.
Take the current collection manager and add a filter for the Duels card pool, all the treasures existent and the banned cards; moreover, give us the chance of BUILDING DECKS IN THE COLLECTION MANAGER, so that we can experiment with them without needing to start an actual run!
Expensive Tastes - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Half a year ago I raised the following 2 concerns in the duels subreddit. They're both relate to the perspective of a new player:
1) Initial picks:
After picking the hero, I get to pick the hero power and then the initial treasure. Up until this point I can get back to the previous menus, but when I'm getting into the deck building phase - I can't.
To a new player (and probably even to a veteran one), that isn't sure what cards are in rotation (and what is banned) when he picks hero/HP/1streasure, this is a bad experience.
2) The mulligan phase:
A new duels player is expected to mulligan without knowing the hero power of his opponent. Any player is also supposed to mulligan without knowing sometimes-game-deciding factors like opponents passives. I had a game with druid, where I happily kept gibberling and a bunch of spells, only to realize I can't really utilize it when the passives were reveled and one was the one that deals 1dmg to every minion I play.
Expensive Tastes - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
This is my first idea:
Here is anothe idea:
Kinda like the elemental a little bit more :)
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
definitely not the 6th... when was the last time they released an expac on a Monday? ;)
it's most likely gonna be either the 7th or the 9th, with the latter being my bet
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
actually it's the first announcement for the card reveal before the expansion announcement.
It broke new ground.
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
inb4 it's legendary Weapons
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
listen here you little shit...
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
No, it's today ;)
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Yes something similiar to Bob from RoS/SoU would be huge. My suggestion would be to have rewards every now and then after the second passive that give you the choice between different ways to alter your deck/cards.
Maybe something like ”give 3 different minions in your deck +2/+2 but they cost (1) more” or ”remove 5 cards from your deck” with power level changing depending of how far into the run you are. You could just pick from your decklist (or maybe the game gives you a selection of cards to choose from), that way you wouldn’t have to load up the game board between actual games.
I don’t know if this would be hard to implement but would be huge imo. Thoughts?
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
Played 12-1 with Token DH yesterday and it was absurd. Ever-Changing Elixir + Legendary Loot is so stupid tbh
Jayce Overview
It reduces the cost of every card in your deck/of cards you create by 1, it gives them a tech tag, it gives them augment and turns every card into a created card.
This means every card is 1 mana cheaper and every unit gets permanently 1 power for every card you play.
That doesn't sound too strong but if you reduce the cost of every card by 2 you pretty much end up with a buch of free cards that then serve as a permanent attack buff.
It's weird It's clunky but It's cool and fun to play so there is that.
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
WoW is only a semi-finite landscape. Not only is its own landscape growing with each of its own expansions, but HS has more or less complete freedom to explore alternate realities and/or expand tiny places or events into full expansions. Plus, only a small fraction of the landscape that existed back in 2014 has actually been explored so far in HS - we only just got to Stormwind and still haven't even touched Pandaria, for example - so they can keep going for a very long time.
The bigger question for me is how many paladins and demon hunters can they shoehorn into diverse expansions? Those two classes are so restrictive thematically, hence the murlocs in both I imagine :P
Expensive Tastes - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Neoguli: TraSNform (typo)
Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Expansion Card Reveals Begin on November 16
I don't think anyone would be annoyed to revisit places like Icecrown under a different theme.
Most areas aren't necessarily one and done, especially not after a period of 5+ years.
One night at Karazahn is a great example how endless the possibilities are.