I don't know if I'd be worried by this. I think they just don't want to announce anything else that might be in development if it's not close to being ready. Don't want another tournament mode debacle! But the expansion themes are likely set and therefore safe to announce!
Even if they have some QoL stuff in the pipeline, they probably don't want to say much until it's almost ready to reveal. Would hate to announce something like, I don't know... a tournament mode, and then not be able to deliver!
The expansions, however, are pretty set at this point. They spend so much time developing them in advance that this may have been all they felt safe announcing at this time, and had to have something to present.
Quests returning with the Un'Goro sequel, when they were introduced in JtU is a pretty good bet. Hadn't really thought about it, but they don't seem to like to go too long without a quest or questline. Plus, Death Knight doesn't have one so they probably want to introduce something for them.
I used to play a Metamorphosis combo all the time. Loved it! I hadn’t tried it with Sing-Along Buddy. Figured it’d use both charges in one shot, but that interaction is great!
Celestalon already addressed some concerns, including this one.
"I spend time thinking on my turns, will I lose XP?" No. This only affects extreme cases where someone is completely inactive for whole turns.
So if you rope out an entire turn, sure. But if you take actions during your turn, no. You shouldn't be affected. Ultimately this seems like it only combats bots that do nothing, and maybe the bots that would hero power and rope out every turn.
I don't really play a lot of BGs, but if people are idle botting there to try and get XP for doing nothing, this measure would also combat bots like that.
I was thinking, the pack symbol is surely a HS swirl, but it looks kind of like a Horde emblem. Reminded me of Forged in the Barrens. Could some old characters from that year return in this set? Maybe going on a vacation together with some hopes of treasure hunting while there?!
The one thing I really don’t like as a player whose favorite card is [Hearthstone Card (C’thun) Not Found], his deck is really bad! Too slow and not able to respond to multiple wide boards unless you somehow maintain a wide board yourself.
That and the C’thun added to your hand is skipped over by the cosmetics check. So… Blizzard is selling Signature C’Thun in a bundle under the Twist tab in their shop, yet players who buy it won’t get to see a Signature C’Thun in their starting hand ever… I got mine a while back from CoT packs, so I’m good! But if anyone buys that bundle wanting to use the sig version in this Twist format… I hope they yell at the devs for the error.
As someone who likes Twist, the details laid out regarding the rest of the year don't make me too excited for the mode. June and July could be fun, but if all we get after that is two more months of Wonders... *sigh*
If that's the case, they should at the very least add Knights of the Frozen Throne and then Kobolds & Catacombs in the second month of it. They could also pre-emptively ban more cards to try and restrict power levels like they did for the Caverns quest when adding Un'Goro to Wonders. That's honestly what I'd love Twist to be. Have some special months like June and July, then during the other months you can just do things similar to the Brawl Block tavern brawls. And come up with more variations on the blocks, then rotate through those while occasionally creating new blocks.
That said, the months that Twist has been down I've automatically been getting the D5 chest once I hit five wins on the season because my Twist rank has been locked there ever since the last live season ended. So for months where I'm feeling lazy I already know I can get at least that chest with minimal effort.
Yeah, this definitely feels like more of a month long Tavern Brawl. On one hand, having the decks be pre-built might bring in more people because they aren't limited by their collection. Except of course they still are somewhat limited if they tend to dust their Wild cards and don't own 13 of the 19 options. So unless one of the free options is the most busted deck in the format, the majority of players may still avoid the mode.
This month could also be compared to a Duels Lite, where you get a passive, some crazy cards (probably) but the decks are always predictable based on the hero you choose.
I feel ike if they don't just revert to the old system they are going to need a big overhaul. A few people have suggested doing tiered weekly quests. Get xp for 5 wins, then more xp for 10 wins, and could do another xp reward for 15 wins. Rewards the more dedicated players while still allowing the more casual players to get their usual 5 win XP goal. Some kind of tiered quest system like that for weekly quests would be nice in my opinion.
I understand how the card rotation and various versions work. But when I made the deck I made the deck in the client AFTER rotation, and then copied the code to this site. So the version it would have linked from the start was the Legacy version after it rotated out of Core. if there is a problem, it's not on my end. Talk to the guys who manage the site.
I don't know if I'd be worried by this. I think they just don't want to announce anything else that might be in development if it's not close to being ready. Don't want another tournament mode debacle! But the expansion themes are likely set and therefore safe to announce!
Even if they have some QoL stuff in the pipeline, they probably don't want to say much until it's almost ready to reveal. Would hate to announce something like, I don't know... a tournament mode, and then not be able to deliver!
The expansions, however, are pretty set at this point. They spend so much time developing them in advance that this may have been all they felt safe announcing at this time, and had to have something to present.
Quests returning with the Un'Goro sequel, when they were introduced in JtU is a pretty good bet. Hadn't really thought about it, but they don't seem to like to go too long without a quest or questline. Plus, Death Knight doesn't have one so they probably want to introduce something for them.
“Hey! You know the boards we add in free of charge?! What if we did them slightly different, and charged you for them?!”
I used to play a Metamorphosis combo all the time. Loved it! I hadn’t tried it with Sing-Along Buddy. Figured it’d use both charges in one shot, but that interaction is great!
My favorite one is “Squelch”
Celestalon already addressed some concerns, including this one.
So if you rope out an entire turn, sure. But if you take actions during your turn, no. You shouldn't be affected. Ultimately this seems like it only combats bots that do nothing, and maybe the bots that would hero power and rope out every turn.
I don't really play a lot of BGs, but if people are idle botting there to try and get XP for doing nothing, this measure would also combat bots like that.
I was thinking, the pack symbol is surely a HS swirl, but it looks kind of like a Horde emblem. Reminded me of Forged in the Barrens. Could some old characters from that year return in this set? Maybe going on a vacation together with some hopes of treasure hunting while there?!
The one thing I really don’t like as a player whose favorite card is [Hearthstone Card (C’thun) Not Found], his deck is really bad! Too slow and not able to respond to multiple wide boards unless you somehow maintain a wide board yourself.
That and the C’thun added to your hand is skipped over by the cosmetics check. So… Blizzard is selling Signature C’Thun in a bundle under the Twist tab in their shop, yet players who buy it won’t get to see a Signature C’Thun in their starting hand ever… I got mine a while back from CoT packs, so I’m good! But if anyone buys that bundle wanting to use the sig version in this Twist format… I hope they yell at the devs for the error.
Your greed (or stupidity) is showing, Blizzard!
You mean excavating with almost every card played? LOL
As someone who likes Twist, the details laid out regarding the rest of the year don't make me too excited for the mode. June and July could be fun, but if all we get after that is two more months of Wonders... *sigh*
If that's the case, they should at the very least add Knights of the Frozen Throne and then Kobolds & Catacombs in the second month of it. They could also pre-emptively ban more cards to try and restrict power levels like they did for the Caverns quest when adding Un'Goro to Wonders. That's honestly what I'd love Twist to be. Have some special months like June and July, then during the other months you can just do things similar to the Brawl Block tavern brawls. And come up with more variations on the blocks, then rotate through those while occasionally creating new blocks.
That said, the months that Twist has been down I've automatically been getting the D5 chest once I hit five wins on the season because my Twist rank has been locked there ever since the last live season ended. So for months where I'm feeling lazy I already know I can get at least that chest with minimal effort.
Yeah, this definitely feels like more of a month long Tavern Brawl. On one hand, having the decks be pre-built might bring in more people because they aren't limited by their collection. Except of course they still are somewhat limited if they tend to dust their Wild cards and don't own 13 of the 19 options. So unless one of the free options is the most busted deck in the format, the majority of players may still avoid the mode.
This month could also be compared to a Duels Lite, where you get a passive, some crazy cards (probably) but the decks are always predictable based on the hero you choose.
I feel ike if they don't just revert to the old system they are going to need a big overhaul. A few people have suggested doing tiered weekly quests. Get xp for 5 wins, then more xp for 10 wins, and could do another xp reward for 15 wins. Rewards the more dedicated players while still allowing the more casual players to get their usual 5 win XP goal. Some kind of tiered quest system like that for weekly quests would be nice in my opinion.
Bye!
I understand how the card rotation and various versions work. But when I made the deck I made the deck in the client AFTER rotation, and then copied the code to this site. So the version it would have linked from the start was the Legacy version after it rotated out of Core. if there is a problem, it's not on my end. Talk to the guys who manage the site.
There is only one version to link, and it is the version I have in the list.
Depending on how long they want to tease the mini set it might be about right for a reveal after the Brawl.
Wait, only one DH nerf? Seems like not enough
I was coming here to make a comment about a solution to bots, but I got beat to the punch. LOL
Mustache can be done with Chemical Spill and Gromm. I used the list from this video to do it.
https://youtu.be/ITiG45blA2A?si=W-Pab0bkVFUXKCga