Well, predicted nerfs, that fix most of the troubling cards. I guess either Shaman, or Hunter/DH will take the top now.
Also, it seems mercenaries will go out in time since there is early access for streamer now, but I honestly think, the gameplay feels boring already.
I guess players will have to decide whether to enjoy miniset or jump into the new mode when both got released.

If they indeed release miniset together with mercenaries, of course players focus will be divided. And I think it would be badly executed, especially if they wanted to showcase this big new mode.

Like I said somewhere, judging by the silence and not even an early access to any gameplay at all, I can bet the mode is not ready. They either faced with a lot of unstability, or even breaking-game bugs.

So I dare to assume, miniset will still go on, and Mercenaries will be delayed once more as far as 3rd expansion, or some later date if they want to have big special showcase.

Glad we have the same ideas. They didn’t do any testing is what makes me rants most of the time.

It’s like they were credited if they can think of some new mechanic that never exist before.
“Create this unique card mechanics that will blow players mind”, leave the test to them”. Something like that.

They printed a lot of cards without even testing them in the first place. They’re using the players as their testers. There’s a lot of instances where new cards breaking the game. And they only find it out from players.

That being said, some of the quests are overpowered. I don’t know how far this guy planned this, but I honestly think, if he allowed the cards to be printed anyway, that makes him somehow responsible for it.

Clearly, Blizzard got some bad eggs within their devs. Iksar may be good at his design, but that doesn’t make him good at deciding how to approach things. And I was hoping that another lead designer takes the leadership from him. Because up until this point, I disagree a lot with what he said.

LoL. The metaphor to Warsong Commander really hit the spot.
Anyway, with those buffs you predicted, I still doubt Warrior gonna make a scene with all the aggro and combo decks in high tier. Miniset is the game-changing I hope, but even then, miniset tends to support existing meta rather than producing a new one.

So, to you Priest haters, I vouch for you getting what you wanted.
And to for Warlock player in Wild, it’s been a pleasure. Goodluck ranting about the banned card you can’t play anymore. Seriously, they printed the card so we can’t play it? Shame on you Blizzard.

Banning card is not really a solution, because in the future, similar cards will present the same problem. And when that happen, they’ll ban card again.

I’m not gonna complain if they ban cards when the problem is the card itself. But the real problem with Demon Seed is the ability to apply infinite fatique damage to enemy. Fatique should always be a risk to players when they emptied their hands.

Using banning method again are we? So Wild isn’t exactly Wild anymore where “all” the cards can be used. Ironic. Well, that’s Hearthstone.
Instead of changing the fatique mechanic, they go for ban.
Instead of changing something difficult for the better future, they always pick the laziest solution.

At least after a thorough read of most of the tweets in each AMA, I got the feeling that he’s picking the question that best served his ideas, and avoid answering, explain anything that goes against, or at least what some players would have wanted that’s not in his plan. Sometimes he said he thinks about it, but of course it won’t happen anyway.
The rest would be his favorite Movie, Cards, Animes, etc. you name it.

There’s nothing to gain from AMA like this at all. More like AMAIL (Ask Me Anything I Liked).
From there, I decided to ignore the rest of it.

I get this feeling the nerf (or buffs) won’t come until any soon because I don’t think they wanna disrupt any meta in the middle of Grandmasters.
With it and the playoffs, 4 weeks total remaining.
Coincidentally, they didn’t confirm any date, and Mercenary release on 12 oct, exactly 4 weeks after.

My best guess, all of the updates, nerfs and buffs, and of course the miniset will be happening there. (I could be wrong)

Well done getting mentioned for the Mercenaries summary in this article.
They even nailed it with the title.

https://www.pcgamer.com/blizzard-mercenaries-announcement/

Well, I think Standard can have a little breather knowing Quest Handlock has a natural counter. Demon Hunter Glide. But I can’t speak for the Wild. Warlock mostly done on Turn 5-7.
After 2 nerfs hitting support cards instead of the real issue, aka, the fatique damage mechanic, I very much doubting the next one gonna be different.

I’m gonna laugh at them so hard if they nerf Flesh Giant again to 11 mana instead of The Demon Seed interaction.

I had the same thing coming out. But I saw your post.
Well, now that it’s fixed, Wild has been saved. wait…. oh no, back to Seedlock again…

I really don’t want to start to rant again, but I’ll try to minimize the rant and focus on the point which I think they fail so bad it’s terrible. (yes they did made some good decision, but I think they did it because people spoke out. Remember 1st reward track fiesta?

They spent most of their resources to create new mode, while the game barely holding together. Player spent big amount of money to this, at least they deserve a program that at least function properly, but we still have countless bugs, animation lag, wifi dc every several games, cards mechanic bugs, breaking bugs, and I haven’t touch mobile apps yet. (the lists goes on, and there’s some bugs which has been over 6 months and not getting fixed yet).

New mode is good, but if the platform isn’t stable enough, why not focus on that first? Remember they made millions of profit, and yet they made new mode to get MORE profit. I assume they know they are in a sinking ship, so they’re pushing devs efforts to milk it for everything it’s worth. Fixing bugs doesn’t make money, unless devs intention were long terms and for player satisfaction.

I’m just saying that the least players should get, is what players paid for.
And about the cost of Hearthstone, it is expensive. Period.
Yes, mercenary is free to have fun, but the way they shove expensive bundles in the shop to everyone is a bad move.

In conclusion,
PROS:
– New mode is always good, if the platform is functioning properly.
– Devs are always try making new things apart of traditional HS.

CONS
– Platform still a mess. Not even any updates to what we need. Social mode, etc.
– Countless bugs. You can play any mode and easily find bugs.
– Pushing new mode to get more money while making millions already.
– Limited resources, but they chose to do what they want instead of what players need.

Sorry for a bit long read.

Really Blizzard? Wasn’t this that made Jaina got censored back then?
If this one pass the censoring block, then I demand Justice!
#JusticeForCleavage
#RestoreJainaJugs.

Elder Scrolls? I don’t really know, but I read some that said it won’t be here for at least 2023. Even for a teaser trailer. The same bad news goes to GTA6. Rockstar really need to push beyond GTA5 world.
Anyway, I’m not really the person you should ask about gaming developments, that’s a job for gaming news outlet, and E3 is all I’ve got in terms of next gen Triple A games. It worth to at least check it out.

Unlike your first reply to me, this time you sound reasonable enough to push your own personal opinion instead of supporting them for whatever they are.
And the point I was trying to make from the start is the mode is a fail to me, don’t matter whether I play that or not.

But since you brought that you love HS, sure enough I can say that they could’ve invest more into the mode YOU love instead of that vague expensive mode from the start. They can, but they won’t. Is this a company you would support in the future? Because I’m not.

It doesn’t really add anything really, but it’ll be a much better HS if they do that.
(And about Kibler, that’s on me. I set the bar too low)

Remember folks. Even tho it’s not forced on you to buy the packs, those are the prices of nearly any triple-A games. Halo is coming, Dying Light 2 is also out soon. (and many more)

You’re already gonna spent some money every 4 months for a ‘traditional’ Hearthstone. Did you really need to spent that much again for another mode? Think wisely. Don’t pre-order anything vague like this, you really have no idea what to expect within the packs. And the idea of them trying to make us spend gold in this mode is probably the worst. To F2P like me, gold is the most valuable commodity to buy Hearthstone packs to get competitive. Never gonna have enough gold.

Lastly, this mode is too aggressively expensive too. I can still find some cheap ways to get profit, like selling unique mercenary chars, or selling coins for money directly, instead of packs. This still is too much.

“Play the game before you make your final judgements”, Iksar said.
Between the first time bugs and money grab mode, I’m pessimistic this is gonna be popular.
A lot of you can disagree. But it’s my honest opinion about this mode.

I was going out to say “Hm, another Blizzard boy”, or “How much you got paid?”
But nope. I’ll try be a child like you said, and ask a grown up for once.
Sure, I may not be a very convincing voice out here. But what about some big name like Brian Kibler? would that be convincing enough?

https://twitter.com/bmkibler/status/1433099301597560834

Maybe try to look everything from 2 sides instead of blindly agreeing to everything. Because to this point, I still can’t find any good with the mode.

It’s ironic, when you support game franchise to act greedy like this, you support them to actually kill the game. No wonder we can’t have nice game anymore where game developer create games based on creativity and purpose, to have fun, and not to fulfill some corporate needs/greed.

I know they are trying to make a profit. I think there’s a lot of ways to make profit.
And of course there is a lot of stup*d ways to make profit too. This is one of them.

Don’t worry, my premonition suggest it won’t. ROFL.
In the end, they will improvise this fail mode as always.

Firstly, by making giveaway codes to streamers.
Secondly, by creating quite a big event to push players into it.
and if all steps still fails,
Thirdly, improvise by reducing the cost, apologizing etc, and free bundles or coins for everyone. Sure;y everyone loves free stuff, but ironically it was the free things that makes players want to play it. Like BG.

Yet somehow, I highly doubt everyone would spent anything in this mode in a long way. They already kill the hype the moment they shove those bundles. (and even worse with the expensive mechanic inside it).