Rise of Shadows Q&A - April 22, 2019

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To be completely honest i think that arena is just fine the way it is now .
I don’t see any reason to add more cards to it , since more cards from wild would cause more damage to balance .
I mean that there is that tool that guarantees you will have atleast somewhere about 5-9 (i know 9 is optimistic even little extreme but i’ve seen 12 mech synergy cards in one arena ) cards from a one tribe if you picked one at the beginning.
And as we know there are lots of tribes that have quite op synegies in wild .

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Geez, check my comments and tell me: Did I mention to add new cards in current Arena format other than separate Wild Arena format? I just wanted to state that I want a different Arena format. We have Standard Arena format, so why can’t we have Wild Arena format? Is it really hard to comprehend? Btw, your comment related to OP Wild synergies, mech synergies, Arena tools and wins in Arena is irrelevant to this case. Stick to the topic!

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Can we have a new ladder mode similar to Arena where there are 5 or so sets in play and the sets you can choose from rotate every 4 months in between new expansions?

This can act as a separate mode and as an incentive to Blizzard you can add old expansions to the shop.

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HeyGuys,
I have been playing this game for almost six years and I spent a lot of time understanding every inch of its gameplay. I would love to propose a few things that should improve the gameplay experience and i also have a few questions on behalf of my twitch chat.

Current standard metagame
I love how Rise of Shadows turned out and i am glad that a lot of cards with infinite value rotated to Wild. A few cards stayed with us from the Year of the Raven and i think it creates a bad experience. Playing against Dr. Boom, Mad Genius is not fun because of the infinite value. The same thing could happen during this year with Hagatha the Witch and with Zul’Jin and because we all want to see new strategies with every expansion this doesn’t help. I would consider rotating all the hero cards to Hall of Fame. What are your thoughts on this?

Standard rogue decks are the most entertaining to play I have seen in years. The problem is that a lot of players feel the same and we see almost 30% of all decks on ladder are rogues. What are you going to do with keeping it from dominating so much?

Archivist Elysiana has seen a lot of hate from the competitive community and its true that a lot of matches take a lot longer then they should. I would propose to nerf her to 10mana, so you can’t bounce it with Youthful Brewmaster which should reduce the hate significantly.

Zilliax is the most played card in standard right now. Is he on a watchlist or do you like how he affects so many archetypes?

Current Wild metagame
Wild should be a reservoir for old strong strategies which has no place in standard and balanced metagame. But the format should also evolve with new expansion being introduced to the game.

Here are some of the ofenders which keeps this almost impossible:
Barnes, High Priest Thekal, Darkest Hour, Voidcaller, Kabal Crystal Runner, Thing from Below . Is it possible to have a different balance approach to Wild or can you come up with a third format in the future which could take the best from both worlds - Wild and Standard alike?

Thanks for the new expansion and for your passion for the game!

CzechCloud

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If you are going to stick to the paid single player content model can you sell it along with the pre-order bundles?

I don’t mind paying to enjoy the game but after dropping $130 on pre orders that only gets me 8/23 legendaries, another $20/$25 on single player feels bad man…

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I was told to like this. Please send help.

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He forces us to like!

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BIG PRIEST is gud , why u nerfing.

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he has my parents at basement please i want to see them again!!!

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Of kós i will like it Klód :smiley:

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zaludHype This streamer is dead zaludHype

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That´s hot
actually no

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well yes
but actually no

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This guy will be bold soon! :), becouse of this hard thinking about game

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He promissed me a girlfriend if I like this. So I hope he will fulify my wish.

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Hi Twitch❤️Love this

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Are you ‘looking’ at Dr.Boom, mad scientist?

I get that some people like that style of play but seeing omega assembly and discover a mech refill their resources and rush/effects on mechs like omega devastator clear my hoard turn after turn make for a very un-enjoyable experience.

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I received a survey regarding HS late last year which I assumed helped Blizzard/Team 5 make marketing/pricing/strategic decisions regarding HS. Iksar also reached out to the community regarding former players returning. Can you share any lessons learned from that questionnaire/Twitter exercise?

It’d be good to know what the team are taking from the community when they reach out as I personally don’t feel Team 5 listens to the community i.e. auto-squelch, tournaments, new game mode, Tyrande, etc.

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I hope that noone will listen to this old guy.

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Well, I’m not gonna repeat what is in the first comment, but those "fully wild " arenas were total BS since Blizz added them twice as short time events in the past year so I don’t see any point in remaking it as an additional version for the arena.