New Expansion: Whispers of the Old Gods - Page 8

On March 12 2016 05:22 Drazerk wrote:
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Do note that blizzard have been known to edit these from trailer to launch

On March 12 2016 05:21 Cricketer12 wrote:

Hmm cool concept, but there are plenty of good constructed bad arena cards. A 2/3 for 2 and 3/4 for 3 are good for arena
I disagree with this

On March 12 2016 05:43 NewSunshine wrote:

I never placed any credence on the cards that flash up in the beginning of the trailer. Even if the art and identity get used somewhere, all the cards you see are Warlock cards, every time. A lot would have to change.

C’Thun and Beckoner of Evil will be free. They felt this was only fair because it would feel bad if you kept getting minions that helped C’Thun without ever actually being lucky enough to open him in a pack.
Players will receive 3 free packs of Whispers of the Old Gods during their release event by simply logging in.
Patch next week includes:
Pre-Purchase (includes card back)
Thailand localization
Additional deck slots
Deck recipes
Classic card nerfs will not be announced until much closer to release. They feel it would feel bad to know this far ahead which cards you own will be getting nerfed.
No new tribes are added to this expansion.
C’thun is the only Old God which has the minion support. The other gods will have different style of abilities.
There will be at least 1 new dragon in this expansion (Brian Kibler was happy).
Arena will not have the C’Thun cards included. Since they have specific synergy with 1 card they decided to not have them even show up in arena at all.

On March 12 2016 09:59 FirstProbe wrote:
Does anyone else feel that Blizzard has slipped up here?

I get the feeling that they are well behind schedule, forced to release information on an expansion well short of the expected release date, on or near the two year anniversary of Hearthstone and with what will be one of the longest periods without new content.

Luckily there is fair variety in the current meta game, at least when compared to earlier interval periods, however, ~six months is a long time to be without new content. You would think with the success of LoE that they would follow a similar or short release schedule, because no hype train can be reasonably sustained over that period, I would think.

On March 12 2016 10:21 NewSunshine wrote:
I was also disappointed upon hearing the distant release date, I was looking forward to more releases like LoE. My favorite part was how it was already out by the time I even knew about it. I imagine that's partly why we're getting the free cards, particularly the 3 packs, to make up for the wait. I'm probably gonna have to forget about the set until release gets closer, few things are worse than overhyping a card set.

There's a pretty big difference between the two cards. Deathwing clears the board and then may get BGH'd or removed some other way. C'Thun can potentially win the game with his battlecry.

On March 12 2016 21:15 Catch]22 wrote:
I wonder if there will be similar mechanics to the other Old Gods, except they have other mechanics, e.g. Yogg Saron heals you for X equal to his toughness or something?