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Alright, let’s give this a try. Ask me anything. Will be answering (or trying to find answers to) what I can, between 4pm and 5pm PT today. Odds are better if it’s related to Hearthstone design, EDM, hair, or purple. https://t.co/LC9iO6j70Z

Alright, let’s give this a try. Ask me anything. Will be answering (or trying to find answers to) what I can, between 4pm and 5pm PT today. Odds are better if it’s related to Hearthstone design, EDM, hair, or purple. https://t.co/LC9iO6j70Z

  • Chadd Nervigg
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
    Alright, let’s give this a try. Ask me anything. Will be answering (or trying to find answers to) what I can, between 4pm and 5pm PT today. Odds are better if it’s related to Hearthstone design, EDM, hair, or purple. https://t.co/LC9iO6j70Z

    • Chadd Nervigg
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      (Just to set expectations, my answers will likely be more sparse and take longer than @IksarHS's AMAs, because I’ll often be having to confer with other teams that I don’t want to speak for. Hearthstone is a huge game, and I’m only a small part of it.)

      • JNytemarePierce
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon @IksarHS Why was Illidan stormrage card 6 mana 7/5 demon replaced with Xavius in Wild?

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @JNytemarePierce @IksarHS Because we thought that card could potentially see significant play in Demon Hunter, and thought it would be super weird for Illidan Stormrage to play Illidan Stormrage.

    • Cora
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon No questions. Just dogs. https://t.co/209vyD1hrT

      • RidiculousHat
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Songbird_HS @Celestalon question: would bea and mams be friends

        • Cora
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @RidiculousHat @Celestalon Bea is a lot, and Mams seems more like a little. There might just be a fundamental personality clash.

          • RidiculousHat
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @Songbird_HS @Celestalon oh no

            • Chadd Nervigg
              Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
              @RidiculousHat @Songbird_HS Yeah, I expect Bea would run around and play and want Mams to play... and Mams would just watch for a moment and then flop.

    • hypopyh
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon im gonna refill the candy jar tomorrow, what candy do yall want

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @hypopyh Truffles!

    • RidiculousHat
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon so honorable kill has had a couple conflicting pieces of information and i wanted to clear up exactly how it works. does it just check to see if something died with 0 health? is it limited to your turn only? can i trade my korrak into a 5/3 and get him back?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @RidiculousHat The tooltip shown in game is correct: "Deal exact lethal damage on your turn for a bonus." So it does have to reduce the target to 0 health, and be on your turn. Korrak is a little special; he doesn't care whose turn it is, just whether he ended up at 0 health.

    • CrimsonKMR
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Who in neds bright idea was it to make merc speed LOWER be a good thing? Bigger numbers are better, yea?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @CrimsonKMR This actually changed back and forth a couple times during development. Both ways have some sort of pro/con and potential confusion.

    • RaidbossTV
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Have you ever considered dying your dogs hair to match yours? (Animal safe dye of course)

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @RaidbossTV Yes, considered it! Haven't actually done it, but might someday. Not sure Mams wants any color change though...

    • ggahSoO
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you enjoy techno?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @ggahSoO I used to. I like where it crosses over with stuff I do like nowadays. I find pure techno just a bit too monotonous/repetitive for me. Same with Trance even, which used to be my mainstay genre.

    • Reaverax
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon ❓❓❓➡️🏔️🏔️❔

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Reaverax I remember you...

    • coolbeansjorge
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon if you could put a blizzard character not from warcraft into hearthstone, who would it be?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @coolbeansjorge Hmmm... I'm not sure. Perhaps Zeratul.

    • snglttrs
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How much more money does standard make compared to BGs since the skins came out👀

      • Iksar
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @snglttrs @Celestalon Still not remotely close. Cosmetics, while we would consider them successful to expectations, do not monetize like gameplay focused products. I imagine this is true for any game.

        • RidiculousHat
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @IksarHS @snglttrs @Celestalon dean you're on leave

          • Iksar
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @RidiculousHat @snglttrs @Celestalon https://t.co/YEz9isGBDV

            • RidiculousHat
              Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
              @IksarHS @snglttrs @Celestalon can i ask you a question?? i had one saved but then you had a baby

              • Iksar
                Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                @RidiculousHat @snglttrs @Celestalon Ok

                • RidiculousHat
                  Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                  @IksarHS @snglttrs @Celestalon what would it take to get you to perform an acoustic cover of the famous Kermit song with alternate lyrics i think the community could really use a heartfelt rendition of "it isn't easy being Dean" https://t.co/m9wZ50YbYL

                  • Iksar
                    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                    @RidiculousHat @snglttrs @Celestalon So this is the question you wanted to ask huh

                    • Chadd Nervigg
                      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                      @IksarHS @RidiculousHat @snglttrs I thought of a different kermit song when I read this question. https://t.co/Ma9ZSYHI9i

                    • Iksar
                      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                      @RidiculousHat @snglttrs @Celestalon ok so i just got home and have an answer no I am infamous for kareoke singing but I hung up my singing shoes long ago. A pretty good thing considering I'm an awful singer.

                      • hsdecktech
                        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
                        @IksarHS @RidiculousHat @snglttrs @Celestalon Devastated.

    • dapstlv
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Is there ever going to be a Coffee-related Cardback? I need that in my life.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @dapstlv I'll pass along the idea!

    • burnt_hs
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon since you said yesterday that design was one of the main types of questions you can answer your i’d love to get your current take on this: how much consideration is given to wild during design & could you ever see it getting more due to growing popularity & the massive CN scene?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @burnt_hs Some. Our first thoughts with designing a new set focus on Standard, but do think secondarily about Wild. Most of that is about avoiding things that will be too degenerate/problematic in Wild. We rarely set out explicitly to make a fun new Wild deck; we just let that be organic.

    • Lugia_Blizz
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How are you doing?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Lugia_Blizz I'm doing great! Really loving being back in the office. :D

    • Dottylouwho
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Name of doggo?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Dottylouwho This is Mams, and she is the most adorable potato pupper.

    • contigwrites
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon If Poisonous triggers, is that an Honorable Kill? Or only if it also results in 0 HP?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @contigwrites Nope. Must be exact lethal damage.

    • kremlincardinal
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Why don't we see this sweet good boi more

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @kremlincardinal This is Mams and you'll see lots of her if you follow me and @Zuaniich. :)

    • EmilMouritsen
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What was the last thing which made you truly excited for HS?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @EmilMouritsen Hmmm... Personally, I get excited about a lot of things in Hearthstone, from new expansions, particular cards, new Battlegrounds heroes, etc. I'd call out some highlights beyond expansions as BG Cosmetics, Barrens Mystery, Achievements, and Demon Hunter.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @EmilMouritsen It's probably no coincidence that all of those are things that I was deeply involved in. Things are so much more exciting for me when it's in that "I'm really proud of this, I hope they like it." phase.

    • gtluizmoratelli
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Did you guys try in any way to make the objective cards change the inside of the field? As if it were a type of terrain card. Would be awesome to see something like that in the future.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @gtluizmoratelli Yeah, we did dabble with this actually. It was a significant art/engineering investment, and we wanted to prioritize other things. We also came to this version of Objectives too late in the design process, in order to be able to do this well anyway.

    • PadrePio99
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon @Celestalon WHEN RANDOM HERO SKIN LIKE CARDBACK?????????????

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @PadrePio99 I don't have a date for you, but I can tell you that we think it's a good idea and want to do it at some point. It's just a matter of priorities, and there are other things we want to do more right now.

    • Avalon_OOC
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Let’s talk about the hero cards from the upcoming set. I’d like to know the one you prefer as a player and the one you enjoyed the most during development. Good luck with your first AMAs and don’t pay too much attention to the dummy comments!

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Avalon_OOC Thanks! Hmm... I think the answer to both would be Dawngrasp. I'm super stoked for Big Spell Mage, personally. I don't think they're a super integral part of that deck, but I think they work as a good late-game bomb. I rarely like Control decks, and love this one.

    • SamuelBaz
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Can you check achievements to see what the longest ranked winstreak is?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @SamuelBaz Hmmm... I don't have that data on hand, but I can see that the number of people that have gotten the 12-streak is large enough that we could probably use a few higher tiers of that one...

    • SorrenEZ
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon When you release new heroes for BG can you also include a little tex box to tell us how much armor the hero will have?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @SorrenEZ Good question. I think @hsdecktech might know about how we were planning to do this? Are we updating that image periodically?

        • hsdecktech
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Celestalon @SorrenEZ Yes, definitely planning to update the image over time. Makes sense to add the armor as part of the initial announce information, too.

    • NateWolfeTCG
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon @hsdecktech So… how’d you get your likeness turned into a Mage Hero?! Congrats!

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @NateWolfeTCG @hsdecktech She's been in dev since before I joined, actually!

    • KaysaCat
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Which minion artwork is your very favorite?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @KaysaCat Yikes... I'll pick a few: - Violet Spellblade - Illidari Felblade - Demonic Illidan

        • Raktoner
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Celestalon @KaysaCat Did you mean for these 3 answers to kind of flow into each other via rhyme & reference?

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @Raktoner @KaysaCat Pure coincidence. :D

    • ArticPyre
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon With all the Heroes and our mercenaries this year, there’s almost 1 hero skin for every major race in Warcraft bar Goblin, Worgen and Pandaren. Are there currently any plans to cover the last three?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @ArticPyre I don't know specifics offhand, but I know diversity of characters is always a high priority for us. This year has focused on a Classic-ish setting, but we'll explore more in the future for sure!

    • MinderRoots
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon BG: Why do BG heros now have a purple outline

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MinderRoots So that you can tell the difference between a collectible hero and a battlegrounds hero.

    • BoaPharaoh
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How the team decides on buffing a card? And when they do it, why they didn't came out with that conclusion in the first place.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @BoaPharaoh Card balance is hard. Like really hard. The goal isn't just to make individual cards balanced, but whole classes and decks, and there's a ton of moving pieces there, and the meta changes the power of all of them. We're willing to make changes where we see improvement opportunity.

    • mark__harrison_
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you ever miss working on WoW? What’s the state of your next tattoo? What’s your favorite from Seven Lions?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @mark__harrison_ Yes, sometimes. I love WoW. Next tattoo... Still in development. Something commemorating my work on Hearthstone though for sure. Seven Lions... - Rush Over Me vs Shatterpoint - Pantheon - Shadows - December - Island - After Dark - Lucy

    • lautaro_lamalfa
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon @ben_heathstone Have you ever considered a Daily Login reward?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @lautaro_lamalfa @ben_heathstone Yeah, definitely considered it. We could do that at some point, but no current plans. I think daily quests fill a lot of the same role right now.

    • imik_plays
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Can we expect a collection overhaul anytime soon? Better card sorting, more searching options, better UI...

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @imik_plays Probably not soon, but we do want to make improvements to the collection manager. It's a big undertaking though, and we have so many cool new things we want to do, so finding time can be difficult.

    • wolyugalde
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon @ben_heathstone Do you plan to launch an expansion with a theme other than warcraft? for example Diablo

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @wolyugalde @ben_heathstone Anything could happen in the future, but no current plans to do that.

    • BrendenSewell
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Purple, how do you feel about the king of colors, the color Green?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @BrendenSewell Purple is the best color, because it doesn't exist. It's imaginary. And imagination is the best place. Purple is what happens when you go halfway between Red and Blue and don't limit yourself to reality. If you limit yourself to reality, you just get Green.

    • MinderRoots
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon BG: You are not part of the BG for example but you still interact quite a bit with them So how much overlap is there between different teams and areas?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MinderRoots Depends on the team. Initial and Final overlap a ton, and Battlegrounds is pretty connected to those (you need 8 people to playtest BG, so we regularly playtest together). Duels and Mercs have some overlap with each other, but mostly separate.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @MinderRoots And single player overlaps most with Duels, but is mostly its own thing. Tavern Brawl and Events is grouped with Duels mostly. All of these are flexible, and people talk and playtest a fair bit (though that's been harder during WFH).

          • Sticowish
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @Celestalon @MinderRoots What about the arena people? You have those right?

            • Chadd Nervigg
              Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
              @Sticowish @MinderRoots Arena isn't a separate team. It's handled by Final (and a bit of Initial).

    • mini_biaggi
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Show us your tattoos 👀

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @mini_biaggi https://t.co/bQbYLl5FgM

    • hero606v2
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Which card from an older set has proven the most problematic when designing new ones?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @hero606v2 I asked the set designers, and answers that were called out were "warlock", and "bloodbloom".

    • NMaurerPTFC
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Is that your dog and what’s his/her name? https://t.co/VprFemDYPo

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @NMaurerPTFC This is Mams! She owns @Zuaniich and I. And your pupper looks quite regal!

    • MinderRoots
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon BG: What are the Teams thoughts on tokens in BGs. There is often a discussion on them being to powerful. But they also make games more diverse. Were changes to them considered before? Potentially replacing them which makes Token abuse harder?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MinderRoots We think tokens are important in creating variance in the early game, especially in terms of gold economy. There's improvements to be made, but just removing them would result in early turns always playing out very consistently, which is a big detriment to fun of the game.

    • imik_plays
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What is the best performing non-evergreen keyword from all the expansions ever? (Performing = popularity, winrate) And would you ever consider making it evergreen or reprinting it in some form in the future?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @imik_plays I will say that there is a non-evergreen keyword from the past that we're currently planning to bring back in the future, as evergreen. /tease ;)

    • JackDonde
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Did you know that purple isn't technically a real colour and just a trick our brains play on themselves with specific colour combinations?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @JackDonde I did know, and that's one of my favorite things about it!

    • tharid
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How happy are you with the year-long story development of the current Standard year, especially compared to the Year of the Dragon storyline?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @tharid I think @themattlondon is the best person to ask for this, but my personal answer would be that this year did a much better job of telling a narrative, and having deep characters.

    • Chadd Nervigg
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      Oh god so many questions, I'm trying to get to as many as I can, gunna keep going til 5:30 then call it then for now.

    • Lazy_Peon_hs
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you have any knowledge of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game? If so, does this knowledge, or does WoWTCG in general, have any influence on HS at all?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Lazy_Peon_hs WoW TCG was really cool, though I never played it myself. It has basically no impact on Hearthstone development now, though I'm sure it did in the early days.

    • SilentNickHS
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What is your preferred Ramen?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @SilentNickHS Hiro Nori. Tonkotsu, thick noodles, bit of spicy sauce, black garlic oil, extra pork chashu.

    • Regentwill
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon I ran a number of dungeons in Legion Beta with you and I was a Death Knight. Soon after, Death Knights were DESTROYED with nerfs. Was this my fault? Say yes plz

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Regentwill Almost certainly yes, it was YOUR fault in particular. Get 'em, Acherus community!

    • Fluxflashor
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What is one big thing you'd personally like to see added or changed with regards to Hearthstone? The dream that you could make a reality with a simple snap of your fingers.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Fluxflashor Raids. (No, this is not currently in development, and I don't even know how it would work.)

    • TortugaHS
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Pineapple on pizza, yay or nay?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @TortugaHS Yay, if you want. I usually don't, but sometimes do, but support anyone who does.

    • SilentNickHS
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Will we have special limited time events for ladder? Like you did for arena (dual class), duels e BG (Diablo)?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @SilentNickHS I think this would be super cool, and have talked about ideas here. @IksarHS is a big thinker on this topic. Nothing to announce right now, but I'd be shocked if we don't do more of this at some point in the future.

    • MinderRoots
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How hard is it to find the right balance between improving existing System and adding new ones? Is something like a Quality of Life Patch planned in the future addressing some more long running annoyances like the wrong amount of Gold displayed during BG turns (Number correct)

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MinderRoots Very difficult. The wildest ambition is always behind doing exciting NEW things. But keeping a stable base is important. Bugfixing is a great example of that.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @MinderRoots I doubt we would ever skip doing new stuff in a patch purely to focus on bugfixes, but a goal we have right now is to slow down (not stop), and but more of our time into stability and polish. We've been moving in that direction, especially since Mercs launch, but it takes time.

    • DustyScales
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What's Illidan's favourite pizza flavour?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @DustyScales Fel.

    • BitBeaker
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you consider Sandstorm overplayed or are you too young for that.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @BitBeaker No, in fact there's an unreleased Abraxis remix of Sandstorm that they only play live at raves that's an absolute banger. You might be able to find it on youtube. ;)

    • diegocentric
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Do you have any EDM playlists you’d want to share?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @diegocentric Yeah, just made these for everyone looking for good EDM playlists. Celestamix 2021 Light: https://t.co/gyStLAc9yI Celestamix 2021 Dark: https://t.co/5e8j8OJ3Dy

    • Kaerrigan
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What calls to you about the color purple? What does Purple mean to you? 💜💜💜

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Kaerrigan 💜 https://t.co/vJgCHMq3Mu

    • cynthpark
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon if i dye my hair again, what color should i go for this time?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @cynthpark I think dark blue looked lovely on you. Would try that again, but with a gradient to lighter pastel blue tips.

    • yesednay
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Who’s the TSwift fan on team 5 that snuck a Red Scarf card back into this month’s win 5 games quest?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @yesednay I don't know, but I have a hunch... https://t.co/kdKrojBaEz

    • imik_plays
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What's going on with totems? It seems like they're nowhere to be found. 👀😥

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @imik_plays Well, they don't move very fast, you know. They'll catch up eventually, don't worry.

    • roman_jdlht
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon What's your favorite deck archetype of all times?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @roman_jdlht I think actually Questline Mage, personally. *dodges tomatoes*

    • hello_miika
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Suggestions for hair colour that may stick a bit longer for someone with strawberry blond hair right now?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @hello_miika In my experience, violet tends to last the longest. You also don't have to lighten it much from strawberry blonde in order to make it look vibrant and stick well, so your hair stays super healthy.

    • FEStarnes
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Are there any plans to fix the Undercover Scabbs skin to have the correct number of fingers? It's my favorite skin and it bothers me more than it should that he has a human's hand.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @FEStarnes Oops. Just pointed this out to the art team, they say we'll get this fixed!

    • MarcusT16798709
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Thanks for doing this! You might have to ask live balance for this, but essentially: What is their thoughts on the warlock quest? Do they believe that it does not have a chance of oppressing the meta, or that that chance is too small to bother?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MarcusT16798709 I know we've heard a lot of concerns about Quests potentially still dominating the meta in AV, making the slower cards fun but nonviable. I wanted to come back to this question, now that I've heard from the Final design team:

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @MarcusT16798709 We’ll always be monitoring the live state of game. We expect Alterac Valley to shake up the metagame pretty substantially and if any deck (including Questlock) is oppressive, we’ll make changes — that’s been our philosophy for quite a while.

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @MarcusT16798709 In terms of framing expectations, one of the balance goals of Alterac Valley is to make slower strategies more viable. While we don’t want to micromanage exactly which cards are/aren’t allowed to succeed, any changes we make will have that goal for balance softly in mind.

    • ben_heathstone
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Thanks for the AMA! You seem to do so much for HS. Fans may be curious what all you do. Will you please list all the Hearthstone things you have hands on and what your typical work day/task list may look like? https://t.co/MxlauEsm25

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @ben_heathstone I’ll try to get back to this question when I have a moment!

    • pkmn661
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Wasn't here on time but is there a Ramen response? Or do I have to wait for the next one?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @pkmn661 Hiro Nori. Tonkotsu ramen, thick noodles, black garlic oil, spicy sauce, extra chashu.

        • pkmn661
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Celestalon Thank you! I found it in the thread but I get almost exactly the same thing and it's fantastic. Everything but I don't like the egg in it

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @pkmn661 Oh, hah, same actually. I always give whoever I’m with my egg. :)

    • TimRizzo
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Since @IksarHS is near: He mentioned that cosmetics have a far less ROI than gameplay monetization so what prevents y'all from launching skin lines with a gold price point in addition to money? Makes sense to drain our gold on cosmetics and have us pay IRL for packs/bundles, no?

      • Iksar
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @TimRizzo @Celestalon Strictly speaking to revenue, there is some truth that gold drain is indirectly monetization, just not very effective monetization. Many players would spend gold that wouldn't have spent real dollars, but virtually all players who spent real dollars would spend gold instead.

    • NateWolfeTCG
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How come Bearon Glacier is an Elemental and not a Beast? https://t.co/rc8oTns2Hv

      • imik_plays
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @NateWolfeTCG @Celestalon It looks like It's made of ice. If I'd have to guess, he's been spawned by a Shaman (Brukan) from ice.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @imik_plays @NateWolfeTCG The intention with this art piece was to show an ice elemental that had taken a form of a bear, but is still clearly an elemental (much in the same way that a phoenix takes the form of a bird, but is still an elemental).

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @imik_plays @NateWolfeTCG That said, I hear you, I think it's fair to say that (especially at small size that it's viewed in-game), it's not especially clear that it's an elemental. That's a great example of how sometimes we can have an art piece that's artistically great, but not the best for gameplay.

    • ramanujoke
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon And now I miss 2 AMA’s with my timezone... I will try, what made you want to be a (card) game designer? Oh yeah also if you can name one, what is a great quality of a card designer? Thanks <3

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @ramanujoke I love games, love the games that I've worked on in particular, had skills that could contribute to them, and I found making people happy is really rewarding for me. Most important qualities I'd say are Empathy, Communication, and Intuition.

        • ramanujoke
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Celestalon The content of this answer made me really happy, thanks 😊 on what other games did you work on if that’s not indiscreet?

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @ramanujoke I did class and systems design on WoW, for 7 years.

    • adam_noodelman
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Are there any new dragon mercenaries being worked on? Alexstrasza and Brightwing are lonely

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @adam_noodelman Paul says, "Dragons are coming very soon. They've been brooding and biding their time. Who knows what sinister means and wrath they will bring along with them?"

    • MackeyD3_
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How have the team felt about the launch of mercenaries? Has it been good? If you could go back in time would you change anything about it's launch or the time just before/after?

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @MackeyD3_ Paul says, "We've been really excited about Mercenaries launch and are energized to bring more content, features, and improvements to the game mode. (cont)

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @MackeyD3_ As like most creators, I tend to focus on the issues; and there's always things you wished you could have done better or more of. There were some pretty big bugs (like Task #5 blockage) that I think took away from the initial experience. (cont)

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @MackeyD3_ Thankfully our awesome team turned a lot of those issues around quickly. Also wished we showcased more of the depth of PvP. I've been having a blast watching the meta shift and change every few days. (cont)

            • Chadd Nervigg
              Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
              @MackeyD3_ We plan on having a more constant content release schedule so I hope it keeps going like this." Thanks, Paul!

    • IamTehShadow
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Why was the mmr system chosen for mercenaries pvp as opposed to how standard does it, that feels more fun to progress in and has less mmr anxiety 🥺

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @IamTehShadow Paul says, "We like the more gradual progression you can get with numbers than something more discrete like stars. That way we can still reward you for playing, regardless of win or losses during your early climb. (cont)

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @IamTehShadow If you had 50% win rate, we can tune it to make it a net positive MMR gain so you can still make progress. A number system also allows more flexibility for adjusting post-launch, which is a huge plus."

    • marble4747
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon How much of new card design is linked to designer programming? Like for something like Sneed's where the multi-targeting was a new effect, does an initial designer say "this idea would be cool, can we build it?" or "I built this demo card that does this, can we use it?"

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @marble4747 Some! We have pretty extensive tools to be able to do all sorts of things. But in some cases, we have ideas that we don't have existing tech for, such as Sneed's multi-targeting. For those, we ask for help from our gameplay programmers, if we think it's promising.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @marble4747 Depending upon how easy to implement it is, they may take shortcuts* in that implementation just to get it working enough to playtest. Then we playtest, and find out if it's worth pursuing. If so, they go back and do a polished final implementation.

          • Chadd Nervigg
            Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
            @marble4747 *What I mean by this is... The goal at this prototyping phase is just to find out whether it's a mechanic worth exploring more, primarily based on its gameplay. For example, maybe we don't bother supporting vfx on it in that early prototype.
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