Original Live Report of the Announcement and Preannouncement Information
134 new cards 4 old Gods, one of them is C'thun Release date on late April/early May 16 minions who buff God's attack and health The set icon is a tentacle When you login during the promotion period, you'll get 3 Whispers of the Old Gods card packs, and C'Thun. A pre-order will be available like TGT and you'll get a C'Thun themed card back.
Tomorrow (Friday 11th March) Blizzard plan to announce the new expansion named "Whispers of the Old Gods". Varies leaks have come the past week from stuff like the card carousel being changed,
to Blizzard filing for the copyright using the same company that filed for BRM and LoE's copyrights and of course there is a giant mural in NYC -
134 new cards 4 old Gods, one of them is C'thun Standard mode next week Release date on late April/early May C'thun 10 mana 6/6 16 minions who buff God's attack and health
On March 11 2016 03:24 itchiko wrote: For the legendaries I would predict:
Cho'Gall Potentially for the Warlock Ch'tun Azshara Benedictus (Maybe for shadow priest theme?) Garona (for the warrior)
and at least one Easter egg about Lovecraft either in a name of a card or in the sound being played in game.
Cho'Gall - is more likely for Mages, if he was to become a card, because Ogres are known to be Arcane mages C'thun* - could be a boss? In WoW he was defeated in AQ40, but definitely not going to be a card, I hope. Azshara - Will definitely not be a card. She hasn't even appeared in WoW yet. However, Lady Vashj and other Nagas might appear. Benedictus - Could very likely be a possibility for priests, especially surrounding the theme of Old Gods and the Twilight Hammers Clan. Garona - Not a warrior. She's a rogue. Since she's deeply related with Cho'Gall, she just might be a Legendary reward for defeating Cho'Gall (if Cho'gall is a boss) or a new Rogue portrait.
On March 11 2016 03:24 itchiko wrote: For the legendaries I would predict:
Cho'Gall Potentially for the Warlock Ch'tun Azshara Benedictus (Maybe for shadow priest theme?) Garona (for the warrior)
and at least one Easter egg about Lovecraft either in a name of a card or in the sound being played in game.
Cho'Gall - is more likely for Mages, if he was to become a card, because Ogres are known to be Arcane mages C'thun* - could be a boss? In WoW he was defeated in AQ40, but definitely not going to be a card, I hope. Azshara - Will definitely not be a card. She hasn't even appeared in WoW yet. However, Lady Vashj and other Nagas might appear. Benedictus - Could very likely be a possibility for priests, especially surrounding the theme of Old Gods and the Twilight Hammers Clan. Garona - Not a warrior. She's a rogue. Since she's deeply related with Cho'Gall, she just might be a Legendary reward for defeating Cho'Gall (if Cho'gall is a boss) or a new Rogue portrait.
Not sure there will be "bosses" ? Isn't this a TGT style explansion with 2 of them per year and 1x adventure? Or did I get that the wrong way round.
On March 11 2016 03:24 itchiko wrote: For the legendaries I would predict:
Cho'Gall Potentially for the Warlock Ch'tun Azshara Benedictus (Maybe for shadow priest theme?) Garona (for the warrior)
and at least one Easter egg about Lovecraft either in a name of a card or in the sound being played in game.
Cho'Gall - is more likely for Mages, if he was to become a card, because Ogres are known to be Arcane mages C'thun* - could be a boss? In WoW he was defeated in AQ40, but definitely not going to be a card, I hope. Azshara - Will definitely not be a card. She hasn't even appeared in WoW yet. However, Lady Vashj and other Nagas might appear. Benedictus - Could very likely be a possibility for priests, especially surrounding the theme of Old Gods and the Twilight Hammers Clan. Garona - Not a warrior. She's a rogue. Since she's deeply related with Cho'Gall, she just might be a Legendary reward for defeating Cho'Gall (if Cho'gall is a boss) or a new Rogue portrait.
Not sure there will be "bosses" ? Isn't this a TGT style explansion with 2 of them per year and 1x adventure? Or did I get that the wrong way round.
Blizzard confirmed 2 expansions - 1 adventure per year. If you look at the mural you can clearly see a new pack type
On March 11 2016 03:24 itchiko wrote: For the legendaries I would predict:
Cho'Gall Potentially for the Warlock Ch'tun Azshara Benedictus (Maybe for shadow priest theme?) Garona (for the warrior)
and at least one Easter egg about Lovecraft either in a name of a card or in the sound being played in game.
Cho'Gall - is more likely for Mages, if he was to become a card, because Ogres are known to be Arcane mages C'thun* - could be a boss? In WoW he was defeated in AQ40, but definitely not going to be a card, I hope. Azshara - Will definitely not be a card. She hasn't even appeared in WoW yet. However, Lady Vashj and other Nagas might appear. Benedictus - Could very likely be a possibility for priests, especially surrounding the theme of Old Gods and the Twilight Hammers Clan. Garona - Not a warrior. She's a rogue. Since she's deeply related with Cho'Gall, she just might be a Legendary reward for defeating Cho'Gall (if Cho'gall is a boss) or a new Rogue portrait.
Azshara hasnt appeared in WoW yet? Huh. She was one of the characters that piqued my interest in WC3 aka the last good Warcraft game.
134 new cards 4 old Gods, one of them is C'thun Standard mode next week Release date on late April/early May C'thun 10 mana 6/6 16 minions who buff God's attack and health
Blizzard headquarters in Irvine, California, was the setting for the press to know details of the new Hearthstone expansion. And Player One was there. Called Whispers of the Old Gods, this new expansion brings new things to the popular game company. There will be 134 new cards and sixteen of them interact with the Gods. But what Gods? There will be four that will appear in Whispers of the Old Gods, with C'Thun to the head. The whispers of the Gods also contaminated to various minions, which now have different characteristics to those of before. While Hearthstone will next week introduce a patch Standard mode (designed for new players), Whispers of the Old Gods come to light in late April or early May. To seduce everyone, Blizzard decided to give players all new cards and C'Thun. Player One had the opportunity to test the new expansion, which happens to The Grand Tournament, the previous one. The biggest change is that these Gods will force attack and defense can be increased with the course of the game. Initially they come with 6 attack and 6 defense, but those sixteen minions are added accompanying him power of attack and defense, beyond what they themselves can do. This means that, when playing the card of C'Thun -Cuesta ten do so mana, the power of God to do a different damage from batch to batch. And the damage it does when you play it. Hence the importance of putting together well mallets to accompany God and also be prepared with many cards on the table when being attacked with C'Thun. In this regard, Player One spoke with Hamilton Chu, Executive Producer of Hearthstone. "This new expansion has a great feel, where these ancient evil from the bowels of the Earth, which can come and surprise are have many followers and henchmen that will make the I work for them. " He added that "we work in this expansion for a long time and we are very happy to finally show it to people. We love this game, everyone here play Hearthstone and we like to play in our spare time and we are very pleased to bring this new expansion to the world ". Meanwhile, Dean -Designer Balance Ayala told Harthstone- Player One: "I am very happy to explore this new side of the game because Whispers of the Old Gods has perhaps scarier side, which we did not have before. so have that evil side brought Warcraft with the Old Gods makes that we can count on that side of the story. people will be able to see what crazy things do Gods Old and think they'll love it, new forms game, new decks and I think it will be successful. " Finally, we spoke to the Senior Interface Designer Hearthstone, Derek Sakamoto, who told us that "for me the important thing is to see how new features behave, recipes for mallets, the new cards and rotation. All that is what I've been working the last few months, so I want to see how players interact with it to see if we did our job. that works for both new players and those who are already playing. " Hearthstone has high expectations for Whispers of the Old Gods and lack increasingly less so that everyone can know the underworld of the Gods.
On March 11 2016 04:07 Schelim wrote: sorry that this is not completely on-topic, but does anyone know at what time exactly this Blizzard announcement will be happening tomorrow?
On March 11 2016 04:07 Schelim wrote: sorry that this is not completely on-topic, but does anyone know at what time exactly this Blizzard announcement will be happening tomorrow?
I'm guessing fake. The fabled explorer would be Undertaker for whispers, but even stronger, and I doubt Blizzard want to risk another Undertaker. Also there are a couple of typos in the descriptions, such as "tempo lose".
On March 11 2016 04:07 Schelim wrote: sorry that this is not completely on-topic, but does anyone know at what time exactly this Blizzard announcement will be happening tomorrow?
I'm guessing fake. The fabled explorer would be Undertaker for whispers, but even stronger, and I doubt Blizzard want to risk another Undertaker. Also there are a couple of typos in the descriptions, such as "tempo lose".
So you spend 6 mana to enable both players to draw a beast each turn for the rest of the game. Sounds like great value... not. The Priest card looks more interesting though, can win the game by not even having any minions, just controlling the board.
Also what a coincidence that I was just reading about The Old Gods in The Sundering, so I suppose it will be based on the Demon Soul and the turning of Neltharion. Hopefully they add Krasus/Korialstrasz and the others from that era (Azshara, Varo'then, Xavius, Ravencrest, Jarod Shadowsong etc).
PSA: I just received word from Blizzard clarifying that the Standard and Wild formats ARE NOT going live with next week's patch. The formats will only be added along with the release of the expansion, which, according to the post (which may or may not be accurate), is late April/early May. Edit: To clarify, I do not know the release date for the expansion. Blizzard has yet to announce anything about it. If the link in the OP is accurate, then the expansion is indeed April/May. It could very well be earlier or later than that; we just have to wait until we get word from Blizzard. All that I know is that the Standard and Wild formats are releasing along with the expansion, not with the upcoming patch.
On March 11 2016 04:07 Schelim wrote: sorry that this is not completely on-topic, but does anyone know at what time exactly this Blizzard announcement will be happening tomorrow?
Friday, Mar 11 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
thanks! that should be perfect timing for me to watch between classes and the party i'm going to
PSA: I just received word from Blizzard clarifying that the Standard and Wild formats ARE NOT going live with next week's patch. The formats will only be added along with the release of the expansion, which, according to the post (which may or may not be accurate), is late April/early May. Edit: To clarify, I do not know the release date for the expansion. Blizzard has yet to announce anything about it. If the link in the OP is accurate, then the expansion is indeed April/May. It could very well be earlier or later than that; we just have to wait until we get word from Blizzard. All that I know is that the Standard and Wild formats are releasing along with the expansion, not with the upcoming patch.
On March 11 2016 04:07 Schelim wrote: sorry that this is not completely on-topic, but does anyone know at what time exactly this Blizzard announcement will be happening tomorrow?
Friday, Mar 11 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00)
thanks! that should be perfect timing for me to watch between classes and the party i'm going to
PSA: I just received word from Blizzard clarifying that the Standard and Wild formats ARE NOT going live with next week's patch. The formats will only be added along with the release of the expansion, which, according to the post (which may or may not be accurate), is late April/early May. Edit: To clarify, I do not know the release date for the expansion. Blizzard has yet to announce anything about it. If the link in the OP is accurate, then the expansion is indeed April/May. It could very well be earlier or later than that; we just have to wait until we get word from Blizzard. All that I know is that the Standard and Wild formats are releasing along with the expansion, not with the upcoming patch.