As much as I would love having a dedicated DK class and not just DK cards, it’s just not feasible in that time frame. Give it another 2-3 years and then MAYBE Team 5 will consider another class
Elusive, Evasive, Shroud, "Nyah Nyah"... I don't care what it ends up being as long as there is a keyword that would allow other text to be present and doesn't junk up the text box.
I first thought Silas would fit, but so many things lined up with Lilian, including the tease a few months back that it would be 'Legendary' (where Lilian has the advantage of being an existing legendary card at the time) that she's my best guess. At least until I'm shown wrong in two months time anyway!
Honestly, they could do both Lilian and Silas. It wouldn't be the first time a single class has received 2 new ones in quick succession (shaman had King Rastakhan and The Thunder King, while druid got Elise Starseeker and Dame Hazelbark).
Really the class needs both an undead mascot and a thief/swindler/shady businessman mascot to cover the deathrattle and burgle/coin flavours of the class, and Lilian and Silas (or Gallywix) would cover them well. It could probably do with a pirate that is easier to reach for most people than [Hearthstone Card (Cap'n Valeera) Not Found] too. But instead Blizz decided the most diverse class (in the sense of the number of roles it fills in society) should be the one to get their heroes slowest.
I ain't opposed to having an undead tribal tag, but most of the tags usually have a class that they work really well with :
Demons are for Warlocks and Demon Hunters
Beasts are for Druids and Hunters
Dragons for Priests
Elementals for Mages and Shaman
Mechs for Warriors
Murlocs for Paladins
Pirates for Rogues and Warriors
Totems are for Shaman
So if we added the undead tribal tag, which class would they gravitate towards? Priests? Warlocks? they received the raise dead spell in scholomance which is the iconic necromancer spell from Warcraft 3
I personally believe that they'll have Silas Darkmoon as a Rogue Alt Portrait if they do the Darkmoon faire.
They've been using characters who appear in the expansion as alt portraits since Rise of Shadows (Madame Lazul, Elise Starseeker, Deathwing, Lady Vashj, Kel'thuzad), and he'd be the mascot for that set.
But Lillian Voss isn't a bad suggestion.
Personally if I had my pick I'd like Trade Prince Gallywix
If they finally decide to make Undead an actual tribe I hope they decide to actually figure out how to handle any potential multi tribe minions, cause Undead’s one of those that is most likely to have some crossover with other tribes.
Personally, I’m a fan of having abbreviations of both tribes on the card if that ever happens. Like Und/Mrlc for Undead Murloc.
Other than that, I’m still hoping for an eventual Plant tribe. Give a bit of new life to some of the cards in Un’Goro, while giving Druids an interesting new deck type (that hopefully won’t revolve around combos like always)
A more fitting demon that a returned Mal'Ganis would be the dreadlord who killed the leader of the Scarlet Crusade and impersonated him to corrupt the order, Balnazzar.
One of our goals for this new system is to allow you to play Hearthstone your way, you won't be tied to playing only Standard or Wild in order to obtain the majority of the games’ economic rewards anymore.
Most likely with the hint and undead types mentioned it would point at Strat since Arthas did burn it down. I hope that's where we end up at some point.
What would a Scarlet Crusade expansion encompass with the current lore we know of?
Undead ofc Demons (malganis come back)? Dragons / Time travel (mages)? - (WoW: Culling of Stratholme dungeon) / + Fire and purging (mage / shaman) Huntsmasters + Cannoneers A lot of priest and paladin shenanigans. + Resurrection playstyle (sorry) Some Roguey Lilian'ess / Infiltration of the Crusade
If we want to take things one step further and really look into the future of hearthstone.. The Scarlet Crusade also features... M O N K S
They basically named it themselves with those dragons in DoD. Does that give the "Evasive" keyword any substantial credibility over "Elusive", "Untargetable"? Who knows? They've made concepts with far less
Honestly Enrage was always a fairly pointless keyword as it was only ever a shortening of 'when damaged'. It feels like something they came up with when they were initially designing the game looking for keywords, but later sensibly went: "hang on, why are we using this thing when it's not actually making our cards any cleaner or easier to understand?"
I personally agree with their philosophy with both Elusive and Poisonous: don't add a keyword until card space demands it, because however slight the difference may be, the game is still more accessible without it.
Recruit however... they should have just made that span expansions since it already exists.
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
Maybe they can’t put a keyword on these cards because they are untargetable, even by designers.
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
As much as I would love having a dedicated DK class and not just DK cards, it’s just not feasible in that time frame. Give it another 2-3 years and then MAYBE Team 5 will consider another class
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
Elusive, Evasive, Shroud, "Nyah Nyah"... I don't care what it ends up being as long as there is a keyword that would allow other text to be present and doesn't junk up the text box.
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
I said this in another thread a while ago... I would just like to see the Forsaken take up more on the Hero Skins.
Older Hearthstone Heroes Are Returning to the Shop, Much Like Old Card Backs
I first thought Silas would fit, but so many things lined up with Lilian, including the tease a few months back that it would be 'Legendary' (where Lilian has the advantage of being an existing legendary card at the time) that she's my best guess. At least until I'm shown wrong in two months time anyway!
Honestly, they could do both Lilian and Silas. It wouldn't be the first time a single class has received 2 new ones in quick succession (shaman had King Rastakhan and The Thunder King, while druid got Elise Starseeker and Dame Hazelbark).
Really the class needs both an undead mascot and a thief/swindler/shady businessman mascot to cover the deathrattle and burgle/coin flavours of the class, and Lilian and Silas (or Gallywix) would cover them well. It could probably do with a pirate that is easier to reach for most people than [Hearthstone Card (Cap'n Valeera) Not Found] too. But instead Blizz decided the most diverse class (in the sense of the number of roles it fills in society) should be the one to get their heroes slowest.
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
I ain't opposed to having an undead tribal tag, but most of the tags usually have a class that they work really well with :
Demons are for Warlocks and Demon Hunters
Beasts are for Druids and Hunters
Dragons for Priests
Elementals for Mages and Shaman
Mechs for Warriors
Murlocs for Paladins
Pirates for Rogues and Warriors
Totems are for Shaman
So if we added the undead tribal tag, which class would they gravitate towards? Priests? Warlocks? they received the raise dead spell in scholomance which is the iconic necromancer spell from Warcraft 3
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
I really hope we see another frozen throne expansion as I didn't start playing until after KotFT but have loved playing through the solo adventure!
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
Oh right, him.
You could give him a special line of dialogue if played against Hunters with the Sylvannas Windrunner portrait
Older Hearthstone Heroes Are Returning to the Shop, Much Like Old Card Backs
I personally believe that they'll have Silas Darkmoon as a Rogue Alt Portrait if they do the Darkmoon faire.
They've been using characters who appear in the expansion as alt portraits since Rise of Shadows (Madame Lazul, Elise Starseeker, Deathwing, Lady Vashj, Kel'thuzad), and he'd be the mascot for that set.
But Lillian Voss isn't a bad suggestion.
Personally if I had my pick I'd like Trade Prince Gallywix
SpellShield is a New Keyword Coming in Call of the Mountain - 4 New Targon Cards Revealed
Very curious card, it seems like Demacia got an ally
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
If they finally decide to make Undead an actual tribe I hope they decide to actually figure out how to handle any potential multi tribe minions, cause Undead’s one of those that is most likely to have some crossover with other tribes.
Personally, I’m a fan of having abbreviations of both tribes on the card if that ever happens. Like Und/Mrlc for Undead Murloc.
Other than that, I’m still hoping for an eventual Plant tribe. Give a bit of new life to some of the cards in Un’Goro, while giving Druids an interesting new deck type (that hopefully won’t revolve around combos like always)
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
Then I'm sorry. I thought "hmm I wonder what the keyword is here..." was a sarcastic way to ask why it isn't a keyword. mb
The Story of Kel'Thuzad, Master of Necromancy - Traversing Azeroth
Why didn't this cool and informative piece show up on the mainsite!!! :o
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
A more fitting demon that a returned Mal'Ganis would be the dreadlord who killed the leader of the Scarlet Crusade and impersonated him to corrupt the order, Balnazzar.
Blizzard Responds to the Hearthstone Battle Pass Survey - Current Reward Values to be Preserved, Play Hearthstone Your Way to Progress
that's part of the post:
One of our goals for this new system is to allow you to play Hearthstone your way, you won't be tied to playing only Standard or Wild in order to obtain the majority of the games’ economic rewards anymore.
The Born To Be Wild Podcast Discusses Scholomance Lore with Our Own GoliathTheDwarf
Thanks :) It was really fun and I've been invited to come back for future episodes, so you can expect at least a few more like this in the future.
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
Elusive? I thought it was evasive
Blizzard Talks Problems, Upcoming Content, and Ranked Resets for Hearthstone's Battlegrounds
I was really expecting them to say something about that horrible Cannon but nothing, it seems. I wish that thing was nuked out of existence.
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
April 2021 the release of Death Knight maybe?
Blizzard Talks Problems, Upcoming Content, and Ranked Resets for Hearthstone's Battlegrounds
Beasts are fine besides the swings of Rat Pack
What needs attention is demon & mech tribes afterJunkbot & Floating Watcher became unviable
Not really seeing issues playing against Nat Pagle, more the early tempo of Goldgrubber & Pirate's Ship
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
Most likely with the hint and undead types mentioned it would point at Strat since Arthas did burn it down. I hope that's where we end up at some point.
Cycle of Hatred is a Demon Hunter Card Revealed for Hearthstone's Scholomance Academy Expansion
Turns out this card has been very clunky, in my experiments.
Are We Going Back to the Frozen Throne? Hearthstone's Ben Lee Goes Full King Terenas Menethil II in Response to Undead
What would a Scarlet Crusade expansion encompass with the current lore we know of?
Undead ofc
Demons (malganis come back)?
Dragons / Time travel (mages)? - (WoW: Culling of Stratholme dungeon) / + Fire and purging (mage / shaman)
Huntsmasters + Cannoneers
A lot of priest and paladin shenanigans.
+ Resurrection playstyle (sorry)
Some Roguey Lilian'ess / Infiltration of the Crusade
If we want to take things one step further and really look into the future of hearthstone..
The Scarlet Crusade also features... M O N K S
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
I am pointing out the card names as a joke, lol.
They basically named it themselves with those dragons in DoD. Does that give the "Evasive" keyword any substantial credibility over "Elusive", "Untargetable"? Who knows? They've made concepts with far less
Celestalon Explains Why Elusive Isn't a Keyword Yet in Hearthstone and the Logic Behind Keyword Choice
Honestly Enrage was always a fairly pointless keyword as it was only ever a shortening of 'when damaged'. It feels like something they came up with when they were initially designing the game looking for keywords, but later sensibly went: "hang on, why are we using this thing when it's not actually making our cards any cleaner or easier to understand?"
I personally agree with their philosophy with both Elusive and Poisonous: don't add a keyword until card space demands it, because however slight the difference may be, the game is still more accessible without it.
Recruit however... they should have just made that span expansions since it already exists.