#10 - Purchasable Decks, Freeze Shaman, Battle Pass, Brawl Packs, Wild Bundles, Most OP Cards
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They want to add pre-constructed decks that you can purchase.
These decks will be competitive right out of the box.
No timeline on when pre-constructed decks will happen.
Today they were discussing doing more Wild bundle deals.
New tech lets them do personalized bundles which makes it easier to offer wild content.
Battle Pass
When big topics come up in the community, they don’t always have someone that feels comfortable talking about it.
The team was not aligned on what to do which is why we didn’t get a fast response on the issues.
Cards
Freeze Shaman was canned and made intentionally weak because they noticed too late in development how negative the gameplay was.
Freeze Shaman was fun to play but not fun to play against.
The dev team was certain they’d nerf Malfurion the Pestilent but he ended up being powerful yet fine.
Dr. Morrigan was a risky card considering how powerful Warlock was at the time. She saw „basically 0 play“ so there was no need to nerf her.They try to not repeat archetype support for stuff they’ve done lately and is something the class is good at. Supporting archetypes almost there is the way to go.
Muster for Battle was „insane in data“, much better than almost all cards during its time in Standard.Patches the Pirate was likely the best card ever prior to his nerf.Dean’s top 5 OP Cards:
Corridor Creeper Undertaker Patches the Pirate Spreading Plague Leeroy Jenkins
Tavern Brawl
Dean is 99% sure brawls will drop Year of the Phoenix packs. A blog coming out soon will confirm the plans.
Misc
They will continue to add more secrets to the game boards as they enjoy doing it.
More modes being added doesn’t worry Dean since the population size of Hearthstone is so massive. 1v1s also help.
The big concern about more modes is the upkeep required. It means they have less time to develop each next big thing.
Iksar
A favourite idea for an expansion was the Innkeeper being kidnapped and the 10 heroes got together to investigate his disappearance.
Would love to do a space cat or space dog line of themed skins.
Recently installed window coverings in the house him and Molly bought last year.
He has the most wins with Paladin. Lots of Mysterious Challenger and Odd Paladin.
Dean is playing Freeze Mage first when Classic Mode hits.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2819-dean-ayalas-community-qa-10-purchasable-decks-freeze-shaman-battle-pass-brawl-packs-wild-bundles-most-op-cards
Sollte der Reset doch noch ein paar Tage früher erfolgen oder wollen sie nur die Spannung erhöhen?
@IksarHS When will the Rewards Track Reset for Barrens? Is there a regular „1 week/Tuesday before new expansion“ time you’re planning on it resetting every expansion so players can earn a few Barrens packs from Track?
@willowkiller more details on all the exact timings coming in a blog very soon(ish) (Source )
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