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A few extra thoughts on the BG changes: Our primary goal is to provide a bit of a shakeup to the game over the holidays. https://t.co/RbXDThYFbT

A few extra thoughts on the BG changes: Our primary goal is to provide a bit of a shakeup to the game over the holidays. https://t.co/RbXDThYFbT

  • Mitchell Loewen
    Posted 3 years ago (Source)
    A few extra thoughts on the BG changes: Our primary goal is to provide a bit of a shakeup to the game over the holidays. https://t.co/RbXDThYFbT

    • Mitchell Loewen
      Posted 3 years ago (Source)
      Removals were mostly done to create space for other cards to return. Witchwing is returning because we like its gameplay. With the change to Toxfin, we are returning Slinger so that Murlocs still have fun things to do.

      • Mitchell Loewen
        Posted 3 years ago (Source)
        Poison as a mechanic is important to Battlegrounds, but it can feel frustrating to face when it is too prevalent. Our goal with this change is to reduce the frequency of full Poison boards while keeping it as a tool in the game.

        • Mitchell Loewen
          Posted 3 years ago (Source)
          We will be closely monitoring Toxfin (and Poisonous in general) going forward and will make more adjustments as necessary.

        • J4CKIE_HS
          Posted 3 years ago (Source)
          @LoewenMitchell Out of interest why do you think it is important? One shot minions have dominated for many metas (Maexxna, Amalgadon, mantid queen, leeroy, murlocs. Personally I have found when less poison is in the lobby it makes for more interesting and enjoyable games.

          • Mitchell Loewen
            Posted 3 years ago (Source)
            @J4CKIE_HS We talked about this a bit on HSBG back in August (https://t.co/TEd4hKQocw - Starts ~1:19:00, but in particular my comments around ~1:23:45), and though some things have changed it's still pretty accurate to how I feel about poison and the role it serves.

            • J4CKIE_HS
              Posted 3 years ago (Source)
              @LoewenMitchell Thanks for the response. I definitely get where you’re coming from. Has the dev team experimented with no poison at all or is it just assumed that it is “essential”?

              • Mitchell Loewen
                Posted 3 years ago (Source)
                @J4CKIE_HS We do a lot of experiments lol
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