They figured out what to do with it and weren’t happy with exactly what to do with it. I think people maybe got tired of it quicker. Well, I think the reception for Mean Streets was pretty positive initially. What about that expansion do you think didn’t work as well?ĭonais: Hmm. GamesBeat: On the flip side, Mean Streets of Gadgetzan didn’t have quite as warm a reception from fans. We weren’t sure how good it would be in other classes, but as time goes by it’s going to get played in more classes, because it has some really cool options. We thought it would be good in Paladin because of the obvious Tirion. GamesBeat: Were any cards more popular than you anticipated? Stonehill Defender, maybe?ĭonais: Stonehill Defender’s a good one. It meant, for a lot of people, playing a lot of different decks. That means, in the right situation, depending on what else is out there, that card is interesting to think about or experiment with. All those different options are really good.Īnother thing we did was make a lot of the power level numbers right around the level where you want to experiment with that card. We saw Miracle Rogue, Quest Rogue, and now in the last week or so we’ve seen Jade Rogue. You see Dragon Priest, Spell Priest, Silence Priest. There are two decks in some classes, or even three. That’s why you’re seeing more than nine different decks getting played. Sometimes only one of the themes played out. People could spend a lot of time exploring those different themes. Not just a theme for every class, but two themes in every class. All that combined together to make a nice theme, and then mechanically, one thing we did very heavily in Un’Goro was put in a lot of different build-arounds. The Elementals were a good combination with that. Mike Donais: I think it was a lot of different things. Join gaming leaders live this October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry. For many, Hearthstone is at its most fun right after a new expansion launches. New cards means new strategies and new decks, changing the way everyone plays Hearthstone and starting a new era of deck discovery.
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