A question almost as old as Hearthstone itself; Monk, or Death Knight?
This afternoon, Dean Ayala took to Twitter to ask everyone in the community which of the two classes they want to see inside of Hearthstone. Although he did preface this with the fact that neither was being worked on, Dean is at least curious as a game designer and because of that, we need to help him get that data!
Adding an 11th class to Hearthstone could be a lot of fun and it could take us to some great places.
Monks
A Pandaria-themed expansion would be more than expected, and welcomed, when Monks make their inevitable addition to Hearthstone, which would give Youthful Brewmaster some new friends and Lorewalker Cho could spend his time taking us through a story or fifty.
The additional awesome point on Monks is that Dean himself would like to do Pandaria in Hearthstone so it is possible we could see the class added before Death Knights, though it should be noted Dean isn't the only person making these decisions, we just know of 1 person of the large team that supports the addition. It would be fitting to see Monks added next as well since we'd be going in the reverse order of Hearthstone's big brother, World of Warcraft, which released the classes starting with Death Knight and ending with Demon Hunter.
Death Knights
If Death Knights were going to be added though, we'd almost certainly make a return to the frozen wasteland that is Northrend; A fan favourite destination since its title debut in Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Hearthstone took us to the icy land almost four years ago in August 2017, so by the time Death Knights would be done, if they were being worked on now, it would be around six years which makes the return likely.
There is still plenty to explore in Northrend including the titan-forged complex of Ulduar, a fav favourite in World of Warcraft which has been on the Hearthstone whiteboard for at least six years, the great nation of Zul'Drak, home of the Drakkari tribe of trolls, the spider kingdom of Azjol-Nerub, and so much more. Hearthstone could use the opportunity to return to explore the stories within Northrend that World of Warcraft was never able to finish.
So, what do you want to see next? Monks? Death Knights? Another class that isn't playable in World of Warcraft? Let us know in the comments below!
Quote From Dean Ayala NOTE: Neither of these are in development, just a curious question from a curious designer.
Monk or Death Knight?
Comments
DeathKnight!
Monk by far, brewmaster class fits perfectly a game that takes place in an inn, after all. This class disposition is just as the game itself, it's a shame it's not in the game yet.
Enough of the grim ambience of Secretkeeper, for 6+ rng fiesta pandas suit much more...
Definitely monk. Lorewalker Cho is definitely missing in Standard. HE IS A BRO!
I'd love to have the Monk class added. Hopefully he will have core cards that change/affect his hero power. That fits great with the martial arts theme and changing stances or using different fighting styles. Also hopefully he will be kind of opposite of DH. Control oriented. Kind of a more punchy Priest.
Blizz: Monk or DK?
Me: Yes.
I really prefer to see death knights. Then we can have a class that actually have synergies with the graveyard like rez...
Okay, lets go with monk.
The monk it is for me, preferable more towards control then agro
DKs have been done already so Monk by default.
Yeah my idea too.
There is a lot to like and dislike about the potential for both classes. Naturally I will look at the glass half empty. In the end I see Death Knight as another 'swarm' class that will end games quickly. Monk will probably be more about getting a couple of minions to stick. I will go with monk.
Monk. I expect a control rogue-like game plan what would instantly be my favourite class to play. I could be way off of course. Don't know much about WoW or its lore.
DKs all the way!
I'm going to vote for Monk. We've already had a Death Knight pseudo-class, and I want to see the reverse order continue. A full Death Knight class afterwards though.
Hmmm If I am forced to pick 1
Death Knight as it probably have the most inventive game play.
Both classes
Both of these sound interesting. But...
What about getting a decent shaman build in standard first?
it's honestly weird as hell that we got demon hunter before monk in the first place
We already got Demon Hunter with darker more evil theme so Monks would make a better balance there. Also I think they would fit more in Hearthstone than Death Knights
I think the fantasy of DKs is better but we already had them in some fashion, so Monks next.