It looks like the Hearthstone team is going to be looking to start communicating more with the community. They will be starting this off with a live Developer Insights!
- Date: January 13th, 9am PST (18:00am CET)
- Where: Live on Twitch
- Who: Game Director Ben Brode (@bdbrode) and Game Designer Dean Ayala (@IksarHS)
Pull up a chair by the hearth! Join Hearthstone Game Director Ben Brode and Game Designer Dean Ayala January 13 at 9:00am PST for a live Q&A session on Twitch. Our developers will be sharing some insight about the state of the game, the new player experience, the ranked play system, and answering your questions live.
Have some questions for Ben and Dean? Here’s how you can be part of the conversation:
– Tweet @PlayHearthstone with the hashtag #QA with your question
– Post a question below in the blog comments
– Join us live in Twitch chat and direct questions to us @PlayHearthstone
Can’t make it? Don’t worry – we will be posting the full video on the PlayHearthstone YouTube after the Q&A has completed.
Follow the official Hearthstone Twitch channel to be notified when the stream begins.
We’ll see you there!
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Have you considered leveraging some of the original WoW:TCG mechanics (i.e., UpperDeck), such as multiple heroes from the same class with different hero powers, creating faction-specific cards (Alliance/Horde) and making heroes faction-specific, etc. Will these mechanics ever become part of Hearthstone? If not, why (lack of interest, too complex to implement or for new players, legal reasons, etc.)?
The question :
Do you think that rotate classic cards out of standard is the better idea to keep the meta fresh or it is just a last resort?
1. Any plans for nerfing pirate warrior? Its even being played in wild and its no longer fun.
2. DO YOU HAVE ANY FREAKIN’ IDEA HOW MESSED UP THE META IS NOW? You cant even make your own decks anymore! They’re all netdeck based now!
3. Do you have any plans in fixing up wild? Like making all the naxxaramas wings free of charge ( since its gone from standard anyway) and reducing the cost of wild epics and legendaries( from gvg and naxx) and lastly, Brode can you please tell them to ban some standard cards in wild like patches so that people who want to play wild don’t have to encounter standard cancer?
1. Pirate Warrior is not an overpowered deck, in fact it is likely that aggro shaman is quite a bit better, also with the tools available in Wild, it should not be that difficult for you to counter. ex. sludge belcher
2. It is not possible to eliminate net decking from the game. People are always going to innovate and want to share their creations.
3. Their primary focus should be on standard right now, not wild, as there are a lot of things that can still be done to improve the standard format, which is hearthstone’s main format.
1. These questions are not for you. they’re for Brode. No disrespect. I thank you for replying.
2. I made a mistake with netdecking. I have no problem with netdecking, i just hate the fact that it’s really difficult to make your own deck and win with it now. ex. do you remember the time Kibler made his own decks and won with them?
3.the reason why i want wild fix is that i want to play the old decks from before. i never got to play them (decks i.e. secret paladin,Goldenmonkey warrior, shadow priest,etc.) Also, whats wrong with reducing the cost of the old cards and making naxx free? They’re both out the store anyway. How can they benefit from keeping it with payment (in gold)?
1st question: how high were you guys when the idea for tunel trogg came?
2nd question: WHY EVERY FREAKING CLASS IS MORE AGRESSIVE THAN HUNTER, A CLASS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE AGRESSIVE ONE ?
3rd question: do you know I love you ben?