@MaxwellPerlman wild players already hate me enough max!

@Wiibomb We'll do something different for heroes at some point. Diamonds are great but we want to keep looking at different ways for cards to feel special. Would love to make more types of frames, alt art cards, different shaped portraits, etc. Just takes time.

@Tacticalian We just don't have a great tech solution to this. Players starting the shop phase at the same time is an impossibility the way things are built now. We could change it, would just take a significant amount of engineer time from other features.

@adam_noodelman We've been split internally for a long time. At this point there is enough internal positivity for it that getting a pitch for exactly where it would exist and look like is just something we should look at to see if we like it.

@Kross3d_ Almost always a flavor thing when we revisit. I could see doing some more twinspell, reborn, corrupt.... there are a bunch.

@KuriennoHS lol, I'm not sure. There is a significant amount of steps to go through to make a real card back, not sure if all the 3D work was actually done for the Nimbus card back or what's left. @LinusFlink might know

@DrLazyEyesHS @IksarHS @alkali_layke is this something you can take back to the team?

@lamri247 Lol, no way. I used to be a Legendary gamer but now I'm mostly in it to see the story of the Master Chief. Just playing on normal. I actually just started recently so still in the beginning. What an intro, though!

@Luker_HS hmm no i have not, I will put it on the list!

@RidiculousHat @hypopyh Interesting question. I think in an ideal game dev environment almost everything feels like free your mind. People are talented enough, trusted enough, and dev tools have enabled them enough to make their mark on the game many times throughout the year.

@RidiculousHat @IksarHS @hypopyh What are these milestones...?

@Gambito_HS I've always wanted to take the 2D space of the box and redo it completely. Imagine panning up from the Hearthstone box (main menu) to reveal your avatar sitting in the tavern. Unlocking things in the tavern shows visual progression and unlocks new gameplay elements.

@Kaiyalai oh man I have not seen either, which do you rec?

@LovelyDuke_HS I'm normally an active Wild player but I haven't actually played since AV launched. I blame my 6-month old son. My favorite standard deck is probably Owl Warlock or Aggro Druid.

@EliteLeafHater Yeah, been working on some more progression things for bgs lately. Will always add more to constructed as well, just nothing to share atm.

@brzy2ez still on the table :)

@TimRizzo Hmm, tempted to say Inspire but I'd probably just go back to Kobolds/Witchwood era and try to make some better mechanics. Kobolds had a ton of stuff but I don't think there was anything players really rallied around. Witchwood was just overall low excitement.

@adam_noodelman We had the meeting for 'what set should we do?' last week. Still undecided. Zero cards made. Still working on the last set of 2022.

@GolemYo No plans to atm. Will probably take a year off then reconsider for core set 2023 and beyond.

@RTwoCTwo Our client team and QA team do this. Interfering with design goals? Rarely. We have client size goals, load time goals, that sort of thing. That is impacted by tech but I can't remember a time where we wanted to make some feature but couldn't because of low-end devices.

@BenzeLtt We've been shifting more and more revenue to cosmetics and away from gameplay, even though it still makes up a small portion of overall revenue. As we get better with working with outsourcing partners, we'll probably release more cosmetics and not less.

@jdeejohnston We're restructuring the way our teams work at the start of next year and TB is one of the things we're looking to make a long-term plan for. Will be thinking about what improvement we can make.

@otters_tv AV was probably the set I was least involved with of all the Hearthstone sets of all-time. Uh oh Team is great, gj team :)

@ZeddyHS TBH with you I was not at all involved with merc then went on paternity shortly after launch. All I can say is that we're forming a long-term team solely dedicated to mercs so I'd expect more updates and improvements over time.

@umm_its_justin Generally speaking, you should try not to ask design questions that have 'correct' answers. Hiring is supposed to expand your area of expertise rather than fill more of the expertise you already have.

@SPAGsaga Arcane was a masterpiece. Been watching a lot of non-animation lately, though. Succession, Wheel of Time, Hawkeye, Foundation. Succession was great but the rest have been just okay. In a TV slump.

@kilmarnok1285 I've been so busy, I've only read one book this year and that was Ender's Game. Planning on reading Three-Body Problem but just haven't gotten around to it with the baby.