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As game designers, we love all of the cards that we make. Every single one is unique and lovely in its own special way. Except Celestial Alignment.

As game designers, we love all of the cards that we make. Every single one is unique and lovely in its own special way. Except Celestial Alignment.

  • Songbird_HS
    Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
    As game designers, we love all of the cards that we make. Every single one is unique and lovely in its own special way. Except Celestial Alignment.

    • Chadd Nervigg
      Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
      @Songbird_HS 😢

      • Cora
        Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon Sorry Purple :(

    • alwaysabides
      Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
      @Songbird_HS Honest question, does ego ever play a part when giving thought to a nerf or buff to a certain card? Like “I spent 6 months designing this card, the players don’t know what they’re talking about” kinda situation?

      • Cora
        Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
        @alwaysabides Nah not at all. My 6 months designing and playing with a card doesn't nearly equal the amount of experience that the community has collectively with the cards in even a single day.

        • PersiaAndre
          Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
          @Songbird_HS @alwaysabides Always been interested in the process of designing a card. Can i ask you to sum it up a little?

          • Cora
            Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
            @PersiaAndre @alwaysabides TLDR: An expansion goes through... - 4 months of Initial Design - 4 months of Final Design - 4ish months of further balancing/design iteration/bug fixing/playtesting It's about a year long process from start to finish. There are some exceptions, but this is what we intend.

            • Cora
              Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
              @PersiaAndre @alwaysabides We go back in about 2 months before an expansion is released and do a final 2 week deep dive into all of the cards in a set. Discuss power numbers, playtest all the decks, balance numbers. Some designs change at this point, but it's generally very few.

              • Cora
                Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                @PersiaAndre @alwaysabides At this point we have more information about the current meta. For instance, Frostbite used to say "Honorable Kill: Freeze adjacent minions." When we went back in and assessed everything, we realized that wasn't really the disruption that the Shaman deck wanted, so we adjusted. https://t.co/HyD26vyydm

    • hsdecktech
      Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
      @Songbird_HS https://t.co/y5qpsQVmLP

    • memesarenotreal
      Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
      @Songbird_HS That makes you the first person to love this guy, congratulations https://t.co/6BOr9G2nVS

      • Cora
        Posted 3 years, 9 months ago (Source)
        @memesarenotreal Maybe love was too strong a word...
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