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Hearthstone AMA #21 Ask me a question about Hearthstone! Or Design! (or anime...) 6:00PM - 7:00PM PST https://t.co/ReqE9XeCR7

Hearthstone AMA #21 Ask me a question about Hearthstone! Or Design! (or anime...) 6:00PM - 7:00PM PST https://t.co/ReqE9XeCR7

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

Hearthstone AMA #21 Ask me a question about Hearthstone! Or Design! (or anime...) 6:00PM - 7:00PM PST https://t.co/ReqE9XeCR7

ChaosOS_59

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Biggest missed opportunity?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ChaosOS_59 Not launching with social systems

CodedVortex

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Favorite anime?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@CodedVortex fullmetal real answer naruto for nostalgia answer also psychopass / death note

Driskan_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @CodedVortex Death note is so good

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Driskan_HS @CodedVortex its true

RowninAdam

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS I’ve always been curious as to what it takes to get the 11 star bonus, whether it’s based on MMR or your highest achieved rank. Got an answer?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@RowninAdam It is an MMR watermark. That watermark changes set to set because we normalize all MMR every season. I'd like it to represent the top X players but the tech for that was difficult. Someday it'll be that, tho.

_kampa

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Do you have access to Trigun (anime)? Would you consider watching it?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@_kampa I have not, its on the list tho

HemlockBrews

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Have you watched Odd Taxi yet?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@HemlockBrews no give me the pitch

HemlockBrews

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS It's an amazing mystery, drama that truly has no other show to compare with. Absolutely phenomenal work and true love and care when into it. It's a show that sent the anime community abuzz and if you watch it you'll come back and tell me thanks. Truly a masterpiece 13 eps

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@HemlockBrews only 13 eps!?! I love to devour short anime I'll check this out thanks for the rec it sounds like my jam

Undershrimp

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS So when's that Goblin expansion coming. I assume you were a big fan of my suggestion, so you wrote it down and forgot to reply last time 100%

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Undershrimp yes... that is what happened https://t.co/1tsyfFqyon

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Undershrimp pitch me, goblins is pretty broad

Undershrimp

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS I was thinking "Goblins vs. Gnomes II: The Mech-Attack", which would feature more about the Mecha-Gnomes as a race and some old concepts returning like Mirion's Head. I'd also like to see Gazlowe and Gallywix returning since they're iconic and maybe Noggenfogger as a Rogue skin?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Undershrimp ooh I like noggenfogger skin I think we'd probably do something different than re-tread the GvG space. Boomsday wasn't a goblin expansion but it was goblin-led with some goblin-y culture (bombs mostly). I wonder if there is something in that space that would satiate you.

ZeddyHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Has there been any talks about updating Classic mode for the upcoming expansion with maybe the first balance patch or an addition of Naxx? It would be exciting to live other old metas but can understand why you may want to leave it just as the base experience.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ZeddyHS We talked about it as a possibility on launch of classic but this is a good reminder. I could see doing it as a classic shakeup on rotation day or perhaps the last expansion of the year. Will discuss with team.

WildCardHearth

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS https://t.co/zGyHdwj3Xp

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@WildCardHearth I shall tag in @Celestalon to see if he has any thoughts here. He runs the systems design show of late.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @WildCardHearth The way we've been going in this sort of thing is to have achievements for them that show progress past the cap. However, that's a little congruent with the fact that we don't really do achievements for casual mode (nor do we want to drive hardcore achievement hunters there).

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @WildCardHearth One solution that we could consider would be to add achievements for playing casual mode, but at extremely low quotas (like 10 or 25 or something), so it's trivial to complete for people who want the achievement points, but dedicated casual players can see the statistic.

jdeg86126366

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS What are your favorite golden cards of all time?! Any hints of cool gold animations from the new set?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@jdeg86126366 huge toad.... and hmm no hints because I haven't reviewed goldens for new sets. Talented artist folk are in charge of such things luckily for you.

jdeg86126366

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS I was really interested when you talked about adjusted drawn winrate and how the team uses that as its main stat, could you talk a little more about it and how the team discovered it? It was a eureka moment for me when I realized that the amount of cards a deck draws effects it.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@jdeg86126366 The complicated bit of card balance metrics is comparing cards across classes/archetypes or battlegrounds minion balance.

solemhs

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS thoughts on purchasable gameboards/playing fields and an "editor" for existing ones, so we can create our own board with the 4 corners being clickable stuff that we can change? Is that even possible without breaking the game

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@solemhs Purchasable gameboards is currently being investigated, but currently only for BG. Early stages. I could see doing constructed boards, but there are some complications that make that difficult.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@solemhs The second part of your question we refer to as a UGC feature, which stands for user-generated-content. The answer is we'd love to do it, it's just an enormous feature that requires an incredible amount of effort. I think the place we'd start with UGC is cards.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@solemhs Could we go full dota and have people upload assets they can use, or sell to other players for profit? That sounds amazing but also breaks my brain.

Raktoner

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS I understand if you can't answer this; To reduce some power in priest, some in the community felt you guys were dodging nerfing shadow spells like raise dead and palm reading to support the upcoming shadow priest. Was that part of the nerf decision process?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Raktoner I am very loosely involved with balance live-balance decisions these days. Detailed info like this is best for @GW_Alec
HS_Alec

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Raktoner @IksarHS No dodges for shadow priest, believed change to Renew would have the biggest effect on their overall generation count from game to game. Wanted to make sure we lessened that.

r_vs13

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Will there be a new type of minion in the expansion to come? Gnolls for example

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@r_vs13 We have new minion types in the sets we have in test, which are about 4-5 sets currently. No guarantees on which will have a minion type and which won't though sorry!

yycjustin

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Is there going to be an option to reset BG stats? My most wins with hero's makes zero sense now.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@yycjustin why does it make zero sense?

MusicalRhea

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Have you seen Wonder Egg Priority?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@MusicalRhea that sounds fake, but no

Raktoner

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @MusicalRhea It's real! It's on my list, so I haven't seen it yet. It's my understanding it has quite a deep story. https://t.co/YqXpewMjVB

Lime_kalko

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Raktoner @IksarHS @MusicalRhea It had such amazing potential but the ending was so botched 😭

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Lime_kalko @Raktoner @MusicalRhea I thought this was going to be a response to one of my tweets and I was nodding in agreement

Jazzfan27

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Has Hearthstone decided to abandon Control and Combo as viable strategies instead preferring that matches be some form of mid-range vs. mid-range matchup?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Jazzfan27 No, but combo/control decks tend to have harsher negative reactions when they are the most powerful decks in the game. We try to be cognizant of not nerfing all the decks players complain about because if we did we'd eventually end up in mid-range vs mid-range forever.

allansoty

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS do the team already have plans for skins/cosmetics for mercenaries? or is it too early to think about it?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@allansoty loose plans, we're focused on gameplay and out-of-game systems right now we'll have more details on that stuff around release

imik_plays

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Can you tease us some cool new features we should be excited about for the future? (The last one being craftable skins/card backs I think)

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@imik_plays I try not to tease stuff with the intention of getting people hyped. Plans change. Outside of normal new content like sets the team is heads down trying to make mercenaries as cool as it can be. When we feel good about that we'll have more of a chance to plan other features.

cynthpark

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS this is not a question per se but i need to know if you would watch one piece since you tackled naruto

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@cynthpark I have considered it.... My best anime decision in the last 2-3 years was just watching Hunter X Hunter even though there were a ton of episodes. One Piece is like the more extreme version of that decision.... so maybe I should?

r_vs13

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Is a future removal of legendary cards from the reveal card options possible? Because you lose the special by getting multiple copies of a legendary card. In my humble opinion.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@r_vs13 I think this means should legenaries be excluded from random card generation like discover, etc. We talked about it but I think the real answer is just to make less random generation / discover cards.

contigwrites

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Is it hard dealing with general complaining/unhappy sentiment? I realize it's hard to please everyone (but that's never stopped me from trying). I'm not new to the internet, but I still feel for staff when I see negative youtube comments (and some negative twitter comments)

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@contigwrites It can be. You just have to go in with the right mindset. If you worked really hard on something and are emotional about the negative response, that is totally appropriate, it's probably just not the best time to go responding to tweets and reddit threads.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@contigwrites I don't subscribe to the idea that rude players are just passionate and we should be thankful they care at all. I mute people pretty aggressively that are threatening or rude for the sake of rudeness.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@contigwrites That is a lot different than people complaining or not liking a thing, though. Sometimes players aren't going to like your thing, it happens. I find that if you are out there talking and communicating regularly people are more accepting of the mistakes because they see the effort

BebuMoon1

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Why did the Horde expansion have cards related to the alliance?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@BebuMoon1 We wanted to introduce all 10 characters in every expansion. We thought about staggering it but liked the idea of following both sides from the beginning.

Tabayrak

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS If you had to make a buddy cop film with another designer, who would you choose as your partner and why is it me?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @Chakki_HS, he would just be angry and annoyed he had to be my partner or act in a film and it would be ironically funny
Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @IksarHS Excuse me. I thought *we* were doing a game designer buddy cop movie? Better question, why would it be the best movie ever?

Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @IksarHS https://t.co/NWWUyYTk6s

Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @IksarHS Title card slams in, then is promptly fired full of bullet holes. Reads: GAME DESIGN COPS

_DonAdams

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Azereki @Tabayrak @IksarHS I thought design cops were producers 🤔

Tabayrak

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@_DonAdams @Azereki @IksarHS Truuuuuuuuuuuuu

Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS design cops are grizzled, hard-boiled game design veterans that respond to calls about bad dudes and even badder design decisions

Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS Dispatch just hit us up with a report of a shady character on the corner of Pico and Western trying to peddle shoddy monetization systems for free to play mobile games. Let's roll!

EvilDCrab

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Azereki @Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS After booking them: "Looks like we gacha after all."

Tabayrak

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@EvilDCrab @Azereki @_DonAdams @IksarHS Then high-five and explosion.

Azereki

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Tabayrak @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS The one-liners write themselves. For example: :cracks knuckles: "You you ready to show these lowlifes some *real* combat mechanics?"

Tabayrak

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Azereki @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS Looks like they're wasted.

DrLazyEyesHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Do you play BG during your free time, also which BG hero would you want to be best friends with

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@DrLazyEyesHS Yes, more in the past than now, though I am getting back into it. I would be best friends with Guff because he seems very sweet.

imik_plays

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Will you ever release more "wing-based adventures"? (BRM, LOE, etc) Btw will we see any new solo player content this year except Book of...?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@imik_plays Not anytime soon, are considering it for next year as we plan what the live-content team will be working on.

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS “Choose one” is amazing text that could open so many doors design wise in the game. With all the flexibility it could provide in ways that discover cannot (as three options are much different than two), do you feel it’s still worth it to restrict it just one class?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS I think any mechanic we like creates temptation to include in every class. The downside is no one has anything unique that makes that class feel different when that is taken to the extreme.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS As a Rogue player I'm sure you have some affinity for combo, do you think other classes should have access to that mechanic as well?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS I've actually tried to put ramp in warlock a couple times but never felt like the end result archetype was cool enough to justify taking a unique thing from Druid.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS I'm talking as if I think there is a right answer, but really I don't. You could be right, and maybe combo, choose one, ramp, all of them should be more widespread. I'll let players you have them to thank for the overload expansion.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS i can't tweet.... they have YOU to thank for the overload expansion. thanks jalex

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Not a problem. When it comes to Combo, I could see that in other classes to an extent, but combo is a Rogue flavor that people associate with Rogue. Rogue tends to play lots of combo cards and plenty of cards are designed around the text, like cheap spells...

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS By contrast, I don't see a ton of Druids playing lots of choose one cards, and somes cards associated with Choose one end up choosing both (Fandral, the Quest). There don't seem to be lots of cards designed around choosing options in Druid

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Further, with the addition of discover, the choosing one aspect has become quite a bit less unique to Druid. That flexibility is now being found everywhere instead of just Druid...

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Now I do want classes to have unique stuff, and ramp is one of those things I think Druid really should do. When it comes to "Choose one" I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze because the identity of "flexible" is just too broad a thing to stick in one place...

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Not sure what I'd put in Choose one's place for Druid. That's a sticky matter I can leave for brighter minds. I just get excited thinking about all the possible "choose one" cards that could exist in other classes. Tradeable is a mechanic like it, but we get the same choice...

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS "Replace card or play card". I think that's pretty cool. I just think it could be cooler if choices like that could be expanded to more cards and experiments with more in terms of variety

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS Reasonable points, choose one is a play on the fantasy of WoW Druids, which choose one of many forms. I'm not sure that comes through very well in our game, though.

HS_Orange

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS I fully agree with jalex that choose one is a top tier mechanic that Id like to see in other classes. Now Im not the one to talk about flavor but i hadnt realised it was a shaepshift thing until now 😅

jdeg86126366

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@HS_Orange @IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS to be honest his discussion with iksar made me realize that only hunter and priest don't have class specific keywords (warrior had enrage removed as well). Made me wonder what keywords/mechanics they could get if the devs ever tried to in a new core set.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS we thought about putting divine shield in priest as a shared mechanic with paladin, it works thematically but doesn't play nice at all with healing

Impact_onfire

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS stick to shadow priest man, i think the only priest variant everybody actually likes was the mind blast shadow reaper anduin dragon priest from 2018

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS Everybody likes shadowreaper anduin mind blast priest huh……. Not exactly how I remember that lol

J_Alexander_HS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange Speaking of, can I have either the Valeera DK and/or the Original Golden Valeera portrait back as a cosmetic? Just me. Don't need to let others get it. https://t.co/FqyWoVKRlT

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@J_Alexander_HS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange No only pirate Valeera

Sternhawk

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Is there a reason why the hero skins from duels and solo adventures like dalaran heist never were added to standard, the skins are super cool and it always seemed like a good idea to port them over in a bundle or something

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@Sternhawk We are considering having them as rewards for adventure achievements when we eventually get those in. Those skins don't all have the work we normally do, though. Full voicelines, hero frames, etc. Would have to consider doing that work or shipping less 'full' heroes.

maparrsdesign

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Regarding anime, what's your favorite genre? I love cyberpunk and mecha.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@maparrsdesign I gravitate towards really sad or really dark anime. Your Lie in April, Psychopass, Promised Neverland also a sucker for a good shonen but isn't everyone?

EliteLeafHater

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS any plans to add achievements to older sets ? or more classic ones ? or more core ones ??

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@EliteLeafHater old adventures, probably not gameplay achievements for old sets, maybe if we released naxx in classic we'd do gameplay for it, too

rattleclaws

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS How come you guys removed the feature where you could hover over your rank and it'd tell you what percentage of the playerbase you were in? Always thought it was kinda neat

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@rattleclaws It was a text line and not a number that updated based on real data. Over time it became inaccurate and we didn't implement a way to track that calculation in real-time.

MartianBuu

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Have you thought about buffing some older Wild cards? I think it would be cool if some sweet build-around cards like Kalimos, To My Side or Arcanosaur with underwhelming power levels could get a chance to see some competitive action (and maybe spice up the Wild meta)

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@MartianBuu No, I think the upside would be pretty minimal. We want to keep tabs on the Wild meta to make sure nothing is ruining the experience for everyone but the goal for Wild isn't to inject change just for the sake of it.

JaredPullet

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS What are the considerations around adding a button in achievements that takes you to the next achievement? On mobile, more often than not I am unable to scroll to a bg achievement without the achievement journal freezing. (I have an iphone6 maybe that’s why?)

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@JaredPullet You shouldn't freeze or lock up at all, but that is a different issue. We're pretty heads down on mercenaries right now but as people are coming off that we'll look to address achievement claiming. I suspect the answer at the minimum is completed achievements at the top

jojothe6251

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Last week, I asked a question about the quality of Japanese advertising. In the Japanese community, it is often talked about because of its low quality, such as quoted advertisements. I feel that the goodness of Hearthstone is not well communicated. https://t.co/3ZmqSlzXnh

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@jojothe6251 Interesting, I've never seen this! I'd be lying if I said I was an authority on what makes for a great advertisement in every region. I will share with the JP team.

jdeg86126366

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Ok my last question for today, I'm not a WOW player but has the team ever considered a deep sea expansion?! Murlocs, pirates, naga, mech submarines, sea monsters! Maybe even some corrupted N'zoth stuff 👀. It's always been what I've wanted from an hs set for quite a while.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@jdeg86126366 yes, underwater sounds refreshing will make waves overflow with excitement but yes we've done some exploration on deep sea stuff, maybe you'll see it someday!

ultimatecheeseb

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Hi Dean I have two questions; first being as a massive blizzard fan and Spotify user, is it possible for the Hearthstone team to add songs from Hearthstone (i.e. the saviours of uldum trailer song) to Blizzard's Spotify account? As me and my husband love that song.

ultimatecheeseb

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS 🥺🥺 an answer would be immensely appreciated ❤️

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ultimatecheeseb I'll look into it, I played the Saviors of Uldum song at my wedding!

ultimatecheeseb

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Awww that's lovely! Congrats! We might too 😂 thanks for the idea Dean.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ultimatecheeseb After the ceremony, the song that signified that it was over and it was time to go up to the reception and party. Did Karazhan song first then Uldum song, was perfect haha

ultimatecheeseb

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Question 2: will shadowform ever be upgradeable just like it used to be?

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ultimatecheeseb a better question for @GW_Alec

ultimatecheeseb

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS @GW_Alec Oke thanks

HS_Alec

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@ultimatecheeseb @IksarHS As of now no plans to change it, we prefer simplicity in the core set. We’ll definitely revisit the topic when we finalize core set 2022 though.

JambreHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Hi, any plans to add visible MMR to the standard leader-boards (not necessarily in-game)? It would be nice to know how far away you are from the next rank.

DeadDrawHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@JambreHS @IksarHS Think I asked this a while ago and they said probs no

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS We'd have to make some adjustment first, I think. We normalize MMR from time to time to curb inflation so it would be really strange to see your MMR go from 4 to 3 without playing any games.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS Not crazy, though. We do it already for BG/Duels. I think it's worth considering if it would actually give people more enjoyment. More clarity definitely doesn't always equal more happiness.

D0nkeyHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS You probably don't know this offhand but I was thinking about something and was wondering what percentage of hearthstone games matched by rank would be mismatched mmr wise? Also wondering what percentage of games are matched by rank, though that fluctuates within a season.

D0nkeyHS

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Another thing I was wondering, depending on whether the previous two had a significant population, is if there are any noticeable changes to deck winrates when mmr mismatched games are ignored.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@D0nkeyHS You are right that I don't know this off-hand, but it would depend on your definition of mismatched MMR. The only real sampling of massively mismatched MMR games we have is in Arena. I was always surprised and how incredible the advantage of skill was in Arena.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@D0nkeyHS 90th percentile had some insane win rate vs 50th percentile, 75-80%+.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@D0nkeyHS Those types of matches just don't exist to any large degree in constructed, though. Hearthstone is a high population 1v1 game where the matches are relatively fast. Not very many poor matches get made, at least not in a mathematical sense.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@D0nkeyHS The only loose examples of this are sometimes extremely high level players (like best in the world level) can pilot a deck significantly better than everyone else. @ostkaka playing control warrior back in the day would be 4-5%+ better than 2nd place regularly.

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@D0nkeyHS @ostkaka And logically speaking, I would guess decks like ramp druid that play their highest cost card every turn would have less variance in high MMR disparity matchups than a deck like handlock that has much room for error. That is just theory, though, no stats.

hypopyh

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@IksarHS Favorite frog emoji

Iksar

Posted 4 years, 7 months ago (Source)

@hypopyh https://t.co/9sQHd7SB1G

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Hearthstone AMA #21

Ask me a question about Hearthstone!

Or Design! (or anime...)

6:00PM - 7:00PM PST https://t.co/ReqE9XeCR7 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476539077001222">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Biggest missed opportunity? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476874747076613">None</a>)
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@ChaosOS_59 Not launching with social systems (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477062274486273">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Favorite anime? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476628893876233">None</a>)
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@CodedVortex fullmetal real answer

naruto for nostalgia answer

also psychopass / death note (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476905235472389">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @CodedVortex Death note is so good (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415706944212455424">None</a>)
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@Driskan_HS @CodedVortex its true (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415708984116318208">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS I’ve always been curious as to what it takes to get the 11 star bonus, whether it’s based on MMR or your highest achieved rank. Got an answer? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476935656837124">None</a>)
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@RowninAdam It is an MMR watermark. That watermark changes set to set because we normalize all MMR every season. I'd like it to represent the top X players but the tech for that was difficult. Someday it'll be that, tho. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477391569285122">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Do you have access to Trigun (anime)? Would you consider watching it? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477194806202370">None</a>)
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@_kampa I have not, its on the list tho (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477816649342977">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Have you watched Odd Taxi yet? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477074589097984">None</a>)
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@HemlockBrews no give me the pitch (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477786622390274">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS It's an amazing mystery, drama that truly has no other show to compare with.

Absolutely phenomenal work and true love and care when into it. It's a show that sent the anime community abuzz and if you watch it you'll come back and tell me thanks.

Truly a masterpiece 13 eps (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478991109099523">None</a>)
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@HemlockBrews only 13 eps!?! I love to devour short anime I'll check this out thanks for the rec it sounds like my jam (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479623970820103">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS So when's that Goblin expansion coming. I assume you were a big fan of my suggestion, so you wrote it down and forgot to reply last time 100% (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477574290055173">None</a>)
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@Undershrimp yes... that is what happened https://t.co/1tsyfFqyon (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478393232007171">Iksar</a>)
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@Undershrimp pitch me, goblins is pretty broad (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478561406820357">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS I was thinking "Goblins vs. Gnomes II: The Mech-Attack", which would feature more about the Mecha-Gnomes as a race and some old concepts returning like Mirion's Head. I'd also like to see Gazlowe and Gallywix returning since they're iconic and maybe Noggenfogger as a Rogue skin? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480713655291904">None</a>)
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@Undershrimp ooh I like noggenfogger skin

I think we'd probably do something different than re-tread the GvG space. Boomsday wasn't a goblin expansion but it was goblin-led with some goblin-y culture (bombs mostly). I wonder if there is something in that space that would satiate you. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481317240688645">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Has there been any talks about updating Classic mode for the upcoming expansion with maybe the first balance patch or an addition of Naxx? It would be exciting to live other old metas but can understand why you may want to leave it just as the base experience. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477437593374724">None</a>)
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@ZeddyHS We talked about it as a possibility on launch of classic but this is a good reminder. I could see doing it as a classic shakeup on rotation day or perhaps the last expansion of the year. Will discuss with team. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478287510368262">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS https://t.co/zGyHdwj3Xp (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478750905606146">None</a>)
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@WildCardHearth I shall tag in @Celestalon to see if he has any thoughts here. He runs the systems design show of late. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478974902198274">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @WildCardHearth The way we've been going in this sort of thing is to have achievements for them that show progress past the cap. However, that's a little congruent with the fact that we don't really do achievements for casual mode (nor do we want to drive hardcore achievement hunters there). (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415484932067975168">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@IksarHS @WildCardHearth One solution that we could consider would be to add achievements for playing casual mode, but at extremely low quotas (like 10 or 25 or something), so it's trivial to complete for people who want the achievement points, but dedicated casual players can see the statistic. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485177803857927">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@IksarHS What are your favorite golden cards of all time?! Any hints of cool gold animations from the new set? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478388681187332">None</a>)
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@jdeg86126366 huge toad.... and hmm no hints because I haven't reviewed goldens for new sets. Talented artist folk are in charge of such things luckily for you. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478754223157252">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS I was really interested when you talked about adjusted drawn winrate and how the team uses that as its main stat, could you talk a little more about it and how the team discovered it? It was a eureka moment for me when I realized that the amount of cards a deck draws effects it. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478812389699585">None</a>)
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@jdeg86126366 The complicated bit of card balance metrics is comparing cards across classes/archetypes or battlegrounds minion balance. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479456441933827">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS thoughts on purchasable gameboards/playing fields and an "editor" for existing ones, so we can create our own board with the 4 corners being clickable stuff that we can change? Is that even possible without breaking the game (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479769915871238">None</a>)
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@solemhs Purchasable gameboards is currently being investigated, but currently only for BG. Early stages. I could see doing constructed boards, but there are some complications that make that difficult. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480108169629696">Iksar</a>)
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@solemhs The second part of your question we refer to as a UGC feature, which stands for user-generated-content. The answer is we'd love to do it, it's just an enormous feature that requires an incredible amount of effort. I think the place we'd start with UGC is cards. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480515189121025">Iksar</a>)
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@solemhs Could we go full dota and have people upload assets they can use, or sell to other players for profit? That sounds amazing but also breaks my brain. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480815518044163">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS I understand if you can't answer this;
To reduce some power in priest, some in the community felt you guys were dodging nerfing shadow spells like raise dead and palm reading to support the upcoming shadow priest. Was that part of the nerf decision process? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479617490665475">None</a>)
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@Raktoner I am very loosely involved with balance live-balance decisions these days. Detailed info like this is best for @GW_Alec (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479803315064833">Iksar</a>)
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@Raktoner @IksarHS No dodges for shadow priest, believed change to Renew would have the biggest effect on their overall generation count from game to game. Wanted to make sure we lessened that. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482853165391877">HS_Alec</a>)
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@IksarHS Will there be a new type of minion in the expansion to come? Gnolls for example (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481071920205831">None</a>)
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@r_vs13 We have new minion types in the sets we have in test, which are about 4-5 sets currently. No guarantees on which will have a minion type and which won't though sorry! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481628424511492">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Is there going to be an option to reset BG stats? My most wins with hero's makes zero sense now. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481287498895362">None</a>)
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@yycjustin why does it make zero sense? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481389441445897">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Have you seen Wonder Egg Priority? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481964241489922">None</a>)
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@MusicalRhea that sounds fake, but no (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482146001612805">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @MusicalRhea It's real! It's on my list, so I haven't seen it yet. It's my understanding it has quite a deep story. https://t.co/YqXpewMjVB (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483177133559810">None</a>)
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@Raktoner @IksarHS @MusicalRhea It had such amazing potential but the ending was so botched 😭 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489903270367234">None</a>)
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@Lime_kalko @Raktoner @MusicalRhea I thought this was going to be a response to one of my tweets and I was nodding in agreement (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490037290999811">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Has Hearthstone decided to abandon Control and Combo as viable strategies instead preferring that matches be some form of mid-range vs. mid-range matchup? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481631431794688">None</a>)
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@Jazzfan27 No, but combo/control decks tend to have harsher negative reactions when they are the most powerful decks in the game. We try to be cognizant of not nerfing all the decks players complain about because if we did we'd eventually end up in mid-range vs mid-range forever. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482074136412160">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS do the team already have plans for skins/cosmetics for mercenaries? or is it too early to think about it? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481985858949124">None</a>)
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@allansoty loose plans, we're focused on gameplay and out-of-game systems right now

we'll have more details on that stuff around release (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482433693118467">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Can you tease us some cool new features we should be excited about for the future? (The last one being craftable skins/card backs I think) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482219968225285">None</a>)
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@imik_plays I try not to tease stuff with the intention of getting people hyped. Plans change.

Outside of normal new content like sets the team is heads down trying to make mercenaries as cool as it can be. When we feel good about that we'll have more of a chance to plan other features. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483114009157638">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS this is not a question per se but i need to know if you would watch one piece since you tackled naruto (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482629894250497">None</a>)
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@cynthpark I have considered it....

My best anime decision in the last 2-3 years was just watching Hunter X Hunter even though there were a ton of episodes. One Piece is like the more extreme version of that decision.... so maybe I should? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483415592243208">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Is a future removal of legendary cards from the reveal card options possible? Because you lose the special by getting multiple copies of a legendary card. In my humble opinion. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483378632175616">None</a>)
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@r_vs13 I think this means should legenaries be excluded from random card generation like discover, etc.

We talked about it but I think the real answer is just to make less random generation / discover cards. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483858712100866">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Is it hard dealing with general complaining/unhappy sentiment? I realize it's hard to please everyone (but that's never stopped me from trying).

I'm not new to the internet, but I still feel for staff when I see negative youtube comments (and some negative twitter comments) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483676071182340">None</a>)
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@contigwrites It can be. You just have to go in with the right mindset. If you worked really hard on something and are emotional about the negative response, that is totally appropriate, it's probably just not the best time to go responding to tweets and reddit threads. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415484666367201283">Iksar</a>)
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@contigwrites I don't subscribe to the idea that rude players are just passionate and we should be thankful they care at all. I mute people pretty aggressively that are threatening or rude for the sake of rudeness. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485356883910659">Iksar</a>)
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@contigwrites That is a lot different than people complaining or not liking a thing, though. Sometimes players aren't going to like your thing, it happens. I find that if you are out there talking and communicating regularly people are more accepting of the mistakes because they see the effort (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485624425926656">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Why did the Horde expansion have cards related to the alliance? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485621704007680">None</a>)
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@BebuMoon1 We wanted to introduce all 10 characters in every expansion. We thought about staggering it but liked the idea of following both sides from the beginning. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486068950933507">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS If you had to make a buddy cop film with another designer, who would you choose as your partner and why is it me? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486448346615810">Tabayrak</a>)
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@Tabayrak @Chakki_HS, he would just be angry and annoyed he had to be my partner or act in a film and it would be ironically funny (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489907758223361">Iksar</a>)
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@Tabayrak @IksarHS Excuse me. I thought *we* were doing a game designer buddy cop movie? Better question, why would it be the best movie ever? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489336494026752">None</a>)
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@Tabayrak @IksarHS https://t.co/NWWUyYTk6s (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493675828727809">None</a>)
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@Tabayrak @IksarHS Title card slams in, then is promptly fired full of bullet holes. Reads: GAME DESIGN COPS (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494141379637251">None</a>)
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@Azereki @Tabayrak @IksarHS I thought design cops were producers 🤔 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415495106665222149">None</a>)
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@_DonAdams @Azereki @IksarHS Truuuuuuuuuuuuu (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496894705324042">Tabayrak</a>)
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@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS design cops are grizzled, hard-boiled game design veterans that respond to calls about bad dudes and even badder design decisions (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498189608689665">None</a>)
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@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS Dispatch just hit us up with a report of a shady character on the corner of Pico and Western trying to peddle shoddy monetization systems for free to play mobile games. Let's roll! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498907639894017">None</a>)
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@Azereki @Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS After booking them:
"Looks like we gacha after all." (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415501355402285057">None</a>)
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@EvilDCrab @Azereki @_DonAdams @IksarHS Then high-five and explosion. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415501895653740544">Tabayrak</a>)
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@Tabayrak @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS The one-liners write themselves. For example:

:cracks knuckles: "You you ready to show these lowlifes some *real* combat mechanics?" (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415502654600450048">None</a>)
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@Azereki @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS Looks like they're wasted. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415516888235339778">Tabayrak</a>)
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@IksarHS Do you play BG during your free time, also which BG hero would you want to be best friends with (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415484459881664514">None</a>)
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@DrLazyEyesHS Yes, more in the past than now, though I am getting back into it.

I would be best friends with Guff because he seems very sweet. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486634150092800">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Will you ever release more "wing-based adventures"? (BRM, LOE, etc) Btw will we see any new solo player content this year except Book of...? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482681194860545">None</a>)
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@imik_plays Not anytime soon, are considering it for next year as we plan what the live-content team will be working on. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486923112550402">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS “Choose one” is amazing text that could open so many doors design wise in the game. With all the flexibility it could provide in ways that discover cannot (as three options are much different than two), do you feel it’s still worth it to restrict it just one class? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477261223006213">None</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS I think any mechanic we like creates temptation to include in every class. The downside is no one has anything unique that makes that class feel different when that is taken to the extreme. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415487769015570434">Iksar</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS As a Rogue player I'm sure you have some affinity for combo, do you think other classes should have access to that mechanic as well? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488023312044032">Iksar</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS I've actually tried to put ramp in warlock a couple times but never felt like the end result archetype was cool enough to justify taking a unique thing from Druid. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488227889225728">Iksar</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS I'm talking as if I think there is a right answer, but really I don't. You could be right, and maybe combo, choose one, ramp, all of them should be more widespread. I'll let players you have them to thank for the overload expansion. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488585101312005">Iksar</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS i can't tweet....

they have YOU to thank for the overload expansion.

thanks jalex (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489487921061890">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Not a problem.

When it comes to Combo, I could see that in other classes to an extent, but combo is a Rogue flavor that people associate with Rogue. Rogue tends to play lots of combo cards and plenty of cards are designed around the text, like cheap spells... (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493859140853760">None</a>)
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@IksarHS By contrast, I don't see a ton of Druids playing lots of choose one cards, and somes cards associated with Choose one end up choosing both (Fandral, the Quest). There don't seem to be lots of cards designed around choosing options in Druid (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494439934517249">None</a>)
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@IksarHS Further, with the addition of discover, the choosing one aspect has become quite a bit less unique to Druid. That flexibility is now being found everywhere instead of just Druid... (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494621938044928">None</a>)
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@IksarHS Now I do want classes to have unique stuff, and ramp is one of those things I think Druid really should do. When it comes to "Choose one" I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze because the identity of "flexible" is just too broad a thing to stick in one place... (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494872467972097">None</a>)
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@IksarHS Not sure what I'd put in Choose one's place for Druid. That's a sticky matter I can leave for brighter minds. I just get excited thinking about all the possible "choose one" cards that could exist in other classes. Tradeable is a mechanic like it, but we get the same choice... (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415495237657632773">None</a>)
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@IksarHS "Replace card or play card". I think that's pretty cool. I just think it could be cooler if choices like that could be expanded to more cards and experiments with more in terms of variety (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415495466440175618">None</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS Reasonable points, choose one is a play on the fantasy of WoW Druids, which choose one of many forms. I'm not sure that comes through very well in our game, though. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496570254991362">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS I fully agree with jalex that choose one is a top tier mechanic that Id like to see in other classes. Now Im not the one to talk about flavor but i hadnt realised it was a shaepshift thing until now 😅 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415567625237811203">None</a>)
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@HS_Orange @IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS to be honest his discussion with iksar made me realize that only hunter and priest don't have class specific keywords (warrior had enrage removed as well). Made me wonder what keywords/mechanics they could get if the devs ever tried to in a new core set. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415569197589942272">None</a>)
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@jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS we thought about putting divine shield in priest as a shared mechanic with paladin, it works thematically but doesn't play nice at all with healing (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415572383927128065">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS stick to shadow priest man, i think the only priest variant everybody actually likes was the mind blast shadow reaper anduin dragon priest from 2018 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415856105624907777">None</a>)
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@Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS Everybody likes shadowreaper anduin mind blast priest huh……. Not exactly how I remember that lol (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415871517489913860">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange Speaking of, can I have either the Valeera DK and/or the Original Golden Valeera portrait back as a cosmetic?

Just me. Don't need to let others get it. https://t.co/FqyWoVKRlT (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415877090239553536">None</a>)
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@J_Alexander_HS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange No only pirate Valeera (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415877836888436740">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Is there a reason why the hero skins from duels and solo adventures like dalaran heist never were added to standard, the skins are super cool and it always seemed like a good idea to port them over in a bundle or something (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477006578294785">None</a>)
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@Sternhawk We are considering having them as rewards for adventure achievements when we eventually get those in. Those skins don't all have the work we normally do, though. Full voicelines, hero frames, etc. Would have to consider doing that work or shipping less 'full' heroes. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415487367163510786">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Regarding anime, what's your favorite genre? I love cyberpunk and mecha. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488587483783171">None</a>)
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@maparrsdesign I gravitate towards really sad or really dark anime.

Your Lie in April, Psychopass, Promised Neverland

also a sucker for a good shonen but isn't everyone? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488838995124227">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS any plans to add achievements to older sets ? or more classic ones ? or more core ones ?? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489891455094787">None</a>)
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@EliteLeafHater old adventures, probably not gameplay achievements for old sets, maybe if we released naxx in classic we'd do gameplay for it, too (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490180392185857">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS How come you guys removed the feature where you could hover over your rank and it'd tell you what percentage of the playerbase you were in? Always thought it was kinda neat (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479449751986177">None</a>)
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@rattleclaws It was a text line and not a number that updated based on real data. Over time it became inaccurate and we didn't implement a way to track that calculation in real-time. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490791544262657">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Have you thought about buffing some older Wild cards? I think it would be cool if some sweet build-around cards like Kalimos, To My Side or Arcanosaur with underwhelming power levels could get a chance to see some competitive action (and maybe spice up the Wild meta) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485378262302727">None</a>)
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@MartianBuu No, I think the upside would be pretty minimal. We want to keep tabs on the Wild meta to make sure nothing is ruining the experience for everyone but the goal for Wild isn't to inject change just for the sake of it. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490569200013315">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS What are the considerations around adding a button in achievements that takes you to the next achievement? On mobile, more often than not I am unable to scroll to a bg achievement without the achievement journal freezing. (I have an iphone6 maybe that’s why?) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490531296124931">None</a>)
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@JaredPullet You shouldn't freeze or lock up at all, but that is a different issue.

We're pretty heads down on mercenaries right now but as people are coming off that we'll look to address achievement claiming. I suspect the answer at the minimum is completed achievements at the top (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415491150668984320">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Last week, I asked a question about the quality of Japanese advertising. In the Japanese community, it is often talked about because of its low quality, such as quoted advertisements. I feel that the goodness of Hearthstone is not well communicated.
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@jojothe6251 Interesting, I've never seen this! I'd be lying if I said I was an authority on what makes for a great advertisement in every region. I will share with the JP team. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415492052003917825">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Ok my last question for today, I'm not a WOW player but has the team ever considered a deep sea expansion?! Murlocs, pirates, naga, mech submarines, sea monsters! Maybe even some corrupted N'zoth stuff 👀. It's always been what I've wanted from an hs set for quite a while. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490033344147456">None</a>)
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@jdeg86126366 yes, underwater sounds refreshing

will make waves

overflow with excitement

but yes we've done some exploration on deep sea stuff, maybe you'll see it someday! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415492464689905664">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Hi Dean I have two questions; first being as a massive blizzard fan and Spotify user, is it possible for the Hearthstone team to add songs from Hearthstone (i.e. the saviours of uldum trailer song) to Blizzard's Spotify account? As me and my husband love that song. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483474815881220">None</a>)
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@IksarHS 🥺🥺 an answer would be immensely appreciated ❤️ (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493407561113600">None</a>)
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@ultimatecheeseb I'll look into it, I played the Saviors of Uldum song at my wedding! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493820733476867">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Awww that's lovely! Congrats! We might too 😂 thanks for the idea Dean. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494167296348162">None</a>)
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@ultimatecheeseb After the ceremony, the song that signified that it was over and it was time to go up to the reception and party. Did Karazhan song first then Uldum song, was perfect haha (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494566480809984">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Question 2: will shadowform ever be upgradeable just like it used to be? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415491034809872386">None</a>)
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@ultimatecheeseb a better question for @GW_Alec (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494156386852874">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS @GW_Alec Oke thanks (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494396347404291">None</a>)
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@ultimatecheeseb @IksarHS As of now no plans to change it, we prefer simplicity in the core set. We’ll definitely revisit the topic when we finalize core set 2022 though. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415504116919377920">HS_Alec</a>)
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@IksarHS Hi, any plans to add visible MMR to the standard leader-boards (not necessarily in-game)? It would be nice to know how far away you are from the next rank. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493578458075137">None</a>)
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@JambreHS @IksarHS Think I asked this a while ago and they said probs no (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494541080150016">None</a>)
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@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS We'd have to make some adjustment first, I think. We normalize MMR from time to time to curb inflation so it would be really strange to see your MMR go from 4 to 3 without playing any games. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494967359774723">Iksar</a>)
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@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS Not crazy, though. We do it already for BG/Duels. I think it's worth considering if it would actually give people more enjoyment. More clarity definitely doesn't always equal more happiness. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415495717548740611">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS You probably don't know this offhand but I was thinking about something and was wondering what percentage of hearthstone games matched by rank would be mismatched mmr wise? Also wondering what percentage of games are matched by rank, though that fluctuates within a season. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496015789101058">None</a>)
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@IksarHS Another thing I was wondering, depending on whether the previous two had a significant population, is if there are any noticeable changes to deck winrates when mmr mismatched games are ignored. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496555302424584">None</a>)
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@D0nkeyHS You are right that I don't know this off-hand, but it would depend on your definition of mismatched MMR. The only real sampling of massively mismatched MMR games we have is in Arena. I was always surprised and how incredible the advantage of skill was in Arena. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415497526178828293">Iksar</a>)
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@D0nkeyHS 90th percentile had some insane win rate vs 50th percentile, 75-80%+. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415497827820597249">Iksar</a>)
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@D0nkeyHS Those types of matches just don't exist to any large degree in constructed, though. Hearthstone is a high population 1v1 game where the matches are relatively fast. Not very many poor matches get made, at least not in a mathematical sense. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498089427705856">Iksar</a>)
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@D0nkeyHS The only loose examples of this are sometimes extremely high level players (like best in the world level) can pilot a deck significantly better than everyone else. @ostkaka playing control warrior back in the day would be 4-5%+ better than 2nd place regularly. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498610171531268">Iksar</a>)
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@D0nkeyHS @ostkaka And logically speaking, I would guess decks like ramp druid that play their highest cost card every turn would have less variance in high MMR disparity matchups than a deck like handlock that has much room for error. That is just theory, though, no stats. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415499035369107457">Iksar</a>)
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@IksarHS Favorite frog emoji (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493365169225730">None</a>)
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@hypopyh https://t.co/9sQHd7SB1G (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415499111839649794">Iksar</a>)
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Hearthstone AMA #21

Ask me a question about Hearthstone!

Or Design! (or anime...)

6:00PM - 7:00PM PST https://t.co/ReqE9XeCR7 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476539077001222">Source</a>)

@IksarHS Biggest missed opportunity?

@ChaosOS_59 Not launching with social systems (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477062274486273">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Favorite anime?

@CodedVortex fullmetal real answer

naruto for nostalgia answer

also psychopass / death note (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415476905235472389">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @CodedVortex Death note is so good

@Driskan_HS @CodedVortex its true (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415708984116318208">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS I’ve always been curious as to what it takes to get the 11 star bonus, whether it’s based on MMR or your highest achieved rank. Got an answer?

@RowninAdam It is an MMR watermark. That watermark changes set to set because we normalize all MMR every season. I'd like it to represent the top X players but the tech for that was difficult. Someday it'll be that, tho. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477391569285122">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Do you have access to Trigun (anime)? Would you consider watching it?

@_kampa I have not, its on the list tho (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477816649342977">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Have you watched Odd Taxi yet?

@HemlockBrews no give me the pitch (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415477786622390274">Source</a>)

@IksarHS It's an amazing mystery, drama that truly has no other show to compare with.

Absolutely phenomenal work and true love and care when into it. It's a show that sent the anime community abuzz and if you watch it you'll come back and tell me thanks.

Truly a masterpiece 13 eps

@HemlockBrews only 13 eps!?! I love to devour short anime I'll check this out thanks for the rec it sounds like my jam (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479623970820103">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS So when's that Goblin expansion coming. I assume you were a big fan of my suggestion, so you wrote it down and forgot to reply last time 100%

@Undershrimp yes... that is what happened https://t.co/1tsyfFqyon (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478393232007171">Source</a>)

@Undershrimp pitch me, goblins is pretty broad (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478561406820357">Source</a>)

@IksarHS I was thinking "Goblins vs. Gnomes II: The Mech-Attack", which would feature more about the Mecha-Gnomes as a race and some old concepts returning like Mirion's Head. I'd also like to see Gazlowe and Gallywix returning since they're iconic and maybe Noggenfogger as a Rogue skin?

@Undershrimp ooh I like noggenfogger skin

@IksarHS Has there been any talks about updating Classic mode for the upcoming expansion with maybe the first balance patch or an addition of Naxx? It would be exciting to live other old metas but can understand why you may want to leave it just as the base experience.

@ZeddyHS We talked about it as a possibility on launch of classic but this is a good reminder. I could see doing it as a classic shakeup on rotation day or perhaps the last expansion of the year. Will discuss with team. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478287510368262">Source</a>)
 
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@WildCardHearth I shall tag in @Celestalon to see if he has any thoughts here. He runs the systems design show of late. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478974902198274">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @WildCardHearth The way we've been going in this sort of thing is to have achievements for them that show progress past the cap. However, that's a little congruent with the fact that we don't really do achievements for casual mode (nor do we want to drive hardcore achievement hunters there). (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415484932067975168">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @WildCardHearth One solution that we could consider would be to add achievements for playing casual mode, but at extremely low quotas (like 10 or 25 or something), so it's trivial to complete for people who want the achievement points, but dedicated casual players can see the statistic. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485177803857927">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS What are your favorite golden cards of all time?! Any hints of cool gold animations from the new set?

@jdeg86126366 huge toad.... and hmm no hints because I haven't reviewed goldens for new sets. Talented artist folk are in charge of such things luckily for you. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415478754223157252">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS I was really interested when you talked about adjusted drawn winrate and how the team uses that as its main stat, could you talk a little more about it and how the team discovered it? It was a eureka moment for me when I realized that the amount of cards a deck draws effects it.

@jdeg86126366 The complicated bit of card balance metrics is comparing cards across classes/archetypes or battlegrounds minion balance. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479456441933827">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS thoughts on purchasable gameboards/playing fields and an "editor" for existing ones, so we can create our own board with the 4 corners being clickable stuff that we can change? Is that even possible without breaking the game

@solemhs Purchasable gameboards is currently being investigated, but currently only for BG. Early stages. I could see doing constructed boards, but there are some complications that make that difficult. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480108169629696">Source</a>)

@solemhs The second part of your question we refer to as a UGC feature, which stands for user-generated-content. The answer is we'd love to do it, it's just an enormous feature that requires an incredible amount of effort. I think the place we'd start with UGC is cards. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480515189121025">Source</a>)

@solemhs Could we go full dota and have people upload assets they can use, or sell to other players for profit? That sounds amazing but also breaks my brain. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415480815518044163">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS I understand if you can't answer this;
To reduce some power in priest, some in the community felt you guys were dodging nerfing shadow spells like raise dead and palm reading to support the upcoming shadow priest. Was that part of the nerf decision process?

@Raktoner I am very loosely involved with balance live-balance decisions these days. Detailed info like this is best for @GW_Alec (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415479803315064833">Source</a>)

@Raktoner @IksarHS No dodges for shadow priest, believed change to Renew would have the biggest effect on their overall generation count from game to game. Wanted to make sure we lessened that. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482853165391877">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Will there be a new type of minion in the expansion to come? Gnolls for example

@r_vs13 We have new minion types in the sets we have in test, which are about 4-5 sets currently. No guarantees on which will have a minion type and which won't though sorry! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481628424511492">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Is there going to be an option to reset BG stats? My most wins with hero's makes zero sense now.

@yycjustin why does it make zero sense? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415481389441445897">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Have you seen Wonder Egg Priority?

@MusicalRhea that sounds fake, but no (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482146001612805">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @MusicalRhea It's real! It's on my list, so I haven't seen it yet. It's my understanding it has quite a deep story. https://t.co/YqXpewMjVB

@Raktoner @IksarHS @MusicalRhea It had such amazing potential but the ending was so botched 😭

@Lime_kalko @Raktoner @MusicalRhea I thought this was going to be a response to one of my tweets and I was nodding in agreement (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490037290999811">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Has Hearthstone decided to abandon Control and Combo as viable strategies instead preferring that matches be some form of mid-range vs. mid-range matchup?

@Jazzfan27 No, but combo/control decks tend to have harsher negative reactions when they are the most powerful decks in the game. We try to be cognizant of not nerfing all the decks players complain about because if we did we'd eventually end up in mid-range vs mid-range forever. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415482074136412160">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS do the team already have plans for skins/cosmetics for mercenaries? or is it too early to think about it?

@allansoty loose plans, we're focused on gameplay and out-of-game systems right now

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@IksarHS Can you tease us some cool new features we should be excited about for the future? (The last one being craftable skins/card backs I think)

@imik_plays I try not to tease stuff with the intention of getting people hyped. Plans change.

@IksarHS this is not a question per se but i need to know if you would watch one piece since you tackled naruto

@cynthpark I have considered it....

@IksarHS Is a future removal of legendary cards from the reveal card options possible? Because you lose the special by getting multiple copies of a legendary card. In my humble opinion.

@r_vs13 I think this means should legenaries be excluded from random card generation like discover, etc.

We talked about it but I think the real answer is just to make less random generation / discover cards. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415483858712100866">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Is it hard dealing with general complaining/unhappy sentiment? I realize it's hard to please everyone (but that's never stopped me from trying).

I'm not new to the internet, but I still feel for staff when I see negative youtube comments (and some negative twitter comments)

@contigwrites It can be. You just have to go in with the right mindset. If you worked really hard on something and are emotional about the negative response, that is totally appropriate, it's probably just not the best time to go responding to tweets and reddit threads. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415484666367201283">Source</a>)

@contigwrites I don't subscribe to the idea that rude players are just passionate and we should be thankful they care at all. I mute people pretty aggressively that are threatening or rude for the sake of rudeness. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485356883910659">Source</a>)

@contigwrites That is a lot different than people complaining or not liking a thing, though. Sometimes players aren't going to like your thing, it happens. I find that if you are out there talking and communicating regularly people are more accepting of the mistakes because they see the effort (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415485624425926656">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Why did the Horde expansion have cards related to the alliance?

@BebuMoon1 We wanted to introduce all 10 characters in every expansion. We thought about staggering it but liked the idea of following both sides from the beginning. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486068950933507">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS If you had to make a buddy cop film with another designer, who would you choose as your partner and why is it me? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486448346615810">Source</a>)

@Tabayrak @Chakki_HS, he would just be angry and annoyed he had to be my partner or act in a film and it would be ironically funny (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489907758223361">Source</a>)

@Tabayrak @IksarHS Excuse me. I thought *we* were doing a game designer buddy cop movie? Better question, why would it be the best movie ever?

@Tabayrak @IksarHS https://t.co/NWWUyYTk6s

@Tabayrak @IksarHS Title card slams in, then is promptly fired full of bullet holes. Reads: GAME DESIGN COPS

@Azereki @Tabayrak @IksarHS I thought design cops were producers 🤔

@_DonAdams @Azereki @IksarHS Truuuuuuuuuuuuu (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496894705324042">Source</a>)

@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS design cops are grizzled, hard-boiled game design veterans that respond to calls about bad dudes and even badder design decisions

@Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS Dispatch just hit us up with a report of a shady character on the corner of Pico and Western trying to peddle shoddy monetization systems for free to play mobile games. Let's roll!

@Azereki @Tabayrak @_DonAdams @IksarHS After booking them:
"Looks like we gacha after all."

@EvilDCrab @Azereki @_DonAdams @IksarHS Then high-five and explosion. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415501895653740544">Source</a>)

@Tabayrak @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS The one-liners write themselves. For example:

:cracks knuckles: "You you ready to show these lowlifes some *real* combat mechanics?"

@Azereki @EvilDCrab @_DonAdams @IksarHS Looks like they're wasted. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415516888235339778">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Do you play BG during your free time, also which BG hero would you want to be best friends with

@DrLazyEyesHS Yes, more in the past than now, though I am getting back into it.

I would be best friends with Guff because he seems very sweet. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486634150092800">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Will you ever release more "wing-based adventures"? (BRM, LOE, etc) Btw will we see any new solo player content this year except Book of...?

@imik_plays Not anytime soon, are considering it for next year as we plan what the live-content team will be working on. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415486923112550402">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS “Choose one” is amazing text that could open so many doors design wise in the game. With all the flexibility it could provide in ways that discover cannot (as three options are much different than two), do you feel it’s still worth it to restrict it just one class?

@J_Alexander_HS I think any mechanic we like creates temptation to include in every class. The downside is no one has anything unique that makes that class feel different when that is taken to the extreme. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415487769015570434">Source</a>)

@J_Alexander_HS As a Rogue player I'm sure you have some affinity for combo, do you think other classes should have access to that mechanic as well? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488023312044032">Source</a>)

@J_Alexander_HS I've actually tried to put ramp in warlock a couple times but never felt like the end result archetype was cool enough to justify taking a unique thing from Druid. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488227889225728">Source</a>)

@J_Alexander_HS I'm talking as if I think there is a right answer, but really I don't. You could be right, and maybe combo, choose one, ramp, all of them should be more widespread. I'll let players you have them to thank for the overload expansion. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488585101312005">Source</a>)

@J_Alexander_HS i can't tweet....

they have YOU to thank for the overload expansion.

thanks jalex (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415489487921061890">Source</a>)

@IksarHS Not a problem.

@IksarHS By contrast, I don't see a ton of Druids playing lots of choose one cards, and somes cards associated with Choose one end up choosing both (Fandral, the Quest). There don't seem to be lots of cards designed around choosing options in Druid

@IksarHS Further, with the addition of discover, the choosing one aspect has become quite a bit less unique to Druid. That flexibility is now being found everywhere instead of just Druid...

@IksarHS Now I do want classes to have unique stuff, and ramp is one of those things I think Druid really should do. When it comes to "Choose one" I'm not sure the juice is worth the squeeze because the identity of "flexible" is just too broad a thing to stick in one place...

@IksarHS Not sure what I'd put in Choose one's place for Druid. That's a sticky matter I can leave for brighter minds. I just get excited thinking about all the possible "choose one" cards that could exist in other classes. Tradeable is a mechanic like it, but we get the same choice...

@IksarHS "Replace card or play card". I think that's pretty cool. I just think it could be cooler if choices like that could be expanded to more cards and experiments with more in terms of variety

@J_Alexander_HS Reasonable points, choose one is a play on the fantasy of WoW Druids, which choose one of many forms. I'm not sure that comes through very well in our game, though. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415496570254991362">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS I fully agree with jalex that choose one is a top tier mechanic that Id like to see in other classes. Now Im not the one to talk about flavor but i hadnt realised it was a shaepshift thing until now 😅

@HS_Orange @IksarHS @J_Alexander_HS to be honest his discussion with iksar made me realize that only hunter and priest don't have class specific keywords (warrior had enrage removed as well). Made me wonder what keywords/mechanics they could get if the devs ever tried to in a new core set.

@jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS we thought about putting divine shield in priest as a shared mechanic with paladin, it works thematically but doesn't play nice at all with healing (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415572383927128065">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS stick to shadow priest man, i think the only priest variant everybody actually likes was the mind blast shadow reaper anduin dragon priest from 2018

@Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange @J_Alexander_HS Everybody likes shadowreaper anduin mind blast priest huh……. Not exactly how I remember that lol (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415871517489913860">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange Speaking of, can I have either the Valeera DK and/or the Original Golden Valeera portrait back as a cosmetic?

Just me. Don't need to let others get it. https://t.co/FqyWoVKRlT

@J_Alexander_HS @Impact_onfire @jdeg86126366 @HS_Orange No only pirate Valeera (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415877836888436740">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Is there a reason why the hero skins from duels and solo adventures like dalaran heist never were added to standard, the skins are super cool and it always seemed like a good idea to port them over in a bundle or something

@Sternhawk We are considering having them as rewards for adventure achievements when we eventually get those in. Those skins don't all have the work we normally do, though. Full voicelines, hero frames, etc. Would have to consider doing that work or shipping less 'full' heroes. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415487367163510786">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Regarding anime, what's your favorite genre? I love cyberpunk and mecha.

@maparrsdesign I gravitate towards really sad or really dark anime.

Your Lie in April, Psychopass, Promised Neverland

also a sucker for a good shonen but isn't everyone? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415488838995124227">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS any plans to add achievements to older sets ? or more classic ones ? or more core ones ??

@EliteLeafHater old adventures, probably not gameplay achievements for old sets, maybe if we released naxx in classic we'd do gameplay for it, too (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490180392185857">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS How come you guys removed the feature where you could hover over your rank and it'd tell you what percentage of the playerbase you were in? Always thought it was kinda neat

@rattleclaws It was a text line and not a number that updated based on real data. Over time it became inaccurate and we didn't implement a way to track that calculation in real-time. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490791544262657">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Have you thought about buffing some older Wild cards? I think it would be cool if some sweet build-around cards like Kalimos, To My Side or Arcanosaur with underwhelming power levels could get a chance to see some competitive action (and maybe spice up the Wild meta)

@MartianBuu No, I think the upside would be pretty minimal. We want to keep tabs on the Wild meta to make sure nothing is ruining the experience for everyone but the goal for Wild isn't to inject change just for the sake of it. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415490569200013315">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS What are the considerations around adding a button in achievements that takes you to the next achievement? On mobile, more often than not I am unable to scroll to a bg achievement without the achievement journal freezing. (I have an iphone6 maybe that’s why?)

@JaredPullet You shouldn't freeze or lock up at all, but that is a different issue.

@IksarHS Last week, I asked a question about the quality of Japanese advertising. In the Japanese community, it is often talked about because of its low quality, such as quoted advertisements. I feel that the goodness of Hearthstone is not well communicated.
https://t.co/3ZmqSlzXnh

@jojothe6251 Interesting, I've never seen this! I'd be lying if I said I was an authority on what makes for a great advertisement in every region. I will share with the JP team. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415492052003917825">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Ok my last question for today, I'm not a WOW player but has the team ever considered a deep sea expansion?! Murlocs, pirates, naga, mech submarines, sea monsters! Maybe even some corrupted N'zoth stuff 👀. It's always been what I've wanted from an hs set for quite a while.

@jdeg86126366 yes, underwater sounds refreshing

will make waves

overflow with excitement

but yes we've done some exploration on deep sea stuff, maybe you'll see it someday! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415492464689905664">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Hi Dean I have two questions; first being as a massive blizzard fan and Spotify user, is it possible for the Hearthstone team to add songs from Hearthstone (i.e. the saviours of uldum trailer song) to Blizzard's Spotify account? As me and my husband love that song.

@IksarHS 🥺🥺 an answer would be immensely appreciated ❤️

@ultimatecheeseb I'll look into it, I played the Saviors of Uldum song at my wedding! (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415493820733476867">Source</a>)

@IksarHS Awww that's lovely! Congrats! We might too 😂 thanks for the idea Dean.

@ultimatecheeseb After the ceremony, the song that signified that it was over and it was time to go up to the reception and party. Did Karazhan song first then Uldum song, was perfect haha (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494566480809984">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Question 2: will shadowform ever be upgradeable just like it used to be?

@ultimatecheeseb a better question for @GW_Alec (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494156386852874">Source</a>)

@IksarHS @GW_Alec Oke thanks

@ultimatecheeseb @IksarHS As of now no plans to change it, we prefer simplicity in the core set. We’ll definitely revisit the topic when we finalize core set 2022 though. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415504116919377920">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Hi, any plans to add visible MMR to the standard leader-boards (not necessarily in-game)? It would be nice to know how far away you are from the next rank.

@JambreHS @IksarHS Think I asked this a while ago and they said probs no

@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS We'd have to make some adjustment first, I think. We normalize MMR from time to time to curb inflation so it would be really strange to see your MMR go from 4 to 3 without playing any games. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415494967359774723">Source</a>)

@DeadDrawHS @JambreHS Not crazy, though. We do it already for BG/Duels. I think it's worth considering if it would actually give people more enjoyment. More clarity definitely doesn't always equal more happiness. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415495717548740611">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS You probably don't know this offhand but I was thinking about something and was wondering what percentage of hearthstone games matched by rank would be mismatched mmr wise? Also wondering what percentage of games are matched by rank, though that fluctuates within a season.

@IksarHS Another thing I was wondering, depending on whether the previous two had a significant population, is if there are any noticeable changes to deck winrates when mmr mismatched games are ignored.

@D0nkeyHS You are right that I don't know this off-hand, but it would depend on your definition of mismatched MMR. The only real sampling of massively mismatched MMR games we have is in Arena. I was always surprised and how incredible the advantage of skill was in Arena. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415497526178828293">Source</a>)

@D0nkeyHS 90th percentile had some insane win rate vs 50th percentile, 75-80%+. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415497827820597249">Source</a>)

@D0nkeyHS Those types of matches just don't exist to any large degree in constructed, though. Hearthstone is a high population 1v1 game where the matches are relatively fast. Not very many poor matches get made, at least not in a mathematical sense. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498089427705856">Source</a>)

@D0nkeyHS The only loose examples of this are sometimes extremely high level players (like best in the world level) can pilot a deck significantly better than everyone else. @ostkaka playing control warrior back in the day would be 4-5%+ better than 2nd place regularly. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415498610171531268">Source</a>)

@D0nkeyHS @ostkaka And logically speaking, I would guess decks like ramp druid that play their highest cost card every turn would have less variance in high MMR disparity matchups than a deck like handlock that has much room for error. That is just theory, though, no stats. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415499035369107457">Source</a>)
 
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@IksarHS Favorite frog emoji

@hypopyh https://t.co/9sQHd7SB1G (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1415499111839649794">Source</a>)
 
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