Updates from the BlizzCon 2014: Hearthstone Fireside Chat will be posted here as it happens!
You can get all the current information from the Goblins vs. Gnomes Expansion here.
Blizzard posted a much more in-depth recap than I did here.
Panel Updates
- Ben Brode has hit the stage with his booming voice.
- Stats of win rates based on what happens if you draw a card are being displayed.
- If you draw Magma Rager you have a 29% chance to win the game
- Defender of Argus: 49.8 Chance to win, if drawn.
- Baron Geddon is the best with a 56% chance to win, if drawn.
- RNG turns out to be the thing people like least about Hearthstone… Not surprising.
- Ben is comparing games of a random nature and a fully skilled nature, ex. Monopoly vs. Chess
- An awesome picture of Kolento has graced the screen representing a consistent winner at the game.
- Ben’s talking about how RNG brings amazing moments and excitement.
- Eric Dodds has hit the stage to talk about Goblins vs. Gnomes
- They wanted to make it a lot different from Naxxramas.
- Playing a video with a song that’s likely called “Goblins and Gnomes”
- Time to go through a Goblin’s perfect day, which includes blowing somebody up.
- Eric’s going through some of the Goblin cards that have already been released here.
- New Gnome Card: Gnomish Experimenter – 3 Mana, 3 Attack, 2 Health – Battlecry: Draw a card. If it’s a minion, transform it into a Chicken.
- Eric’s showing off the new Goblins vs. Gnome game board. They’re going heavy on some of the clickables.
- Talking about the new Mech Race.
- Harvest Golem will have the Mech Race added to him.
- Anything that should have been a Mech will be made a Mech.
- Sounds like Clockwork Giant was made specifically to counter Handlock.
- Blingtron 3000 equips a GOLDEN weapon for you and your opponent.
- Piloted Mechs are there to avoid potential board clears: Piloted Shredder (Deathrattle: Summon a Random 2 Drop Minion), Piloted Sky Golem (Deathrattle: Summon a Random 4 Drop Minion), and Sneed’s Old Shredder (Deathrattle: Summmon a Random Legendary Minion)
- Cards will literally parachute out of the Piloted Mechs
- Clockwork Gnome has 7 potential Spare Parts that will go into your hand when his Deathrattle triggers
- New Gnome Card: Tinkertown Technician: 3 Mana, 3 Attack, 3 Health – Battlecry: If you have a Mech, gain +1/+1 and add a Spare Part to your hand.
- Multiple cards will drop “Spare Part” cards
- Spare Part: Whirling Blades: 1 Mana – Give a minion +1 Attack.
- Spare Part: Armor Plating: 1 Mana – Give a minion +1 Health.
- Spare Part: Reversing Switch: 1 Mana – Swap a minion’s Attack and Health.
- New Warrior Card: Bouncing Blade – 3 mana, 3 Attack, 2 Health – Deal 1 damage to a random minion, Repeat until a minion dies.
- Blade from Bouncing Blade literally bounces all around the screen striking minions until a minion dies
- New pack type called Goblins vs. Gnomes Pack
- 5 cards, same rarity distribution, you can disenchant cards for dust
- You can create any of the cards with your current dust
- Time to talk about Spectator Mode! Comes out with Goblins vs. Gnomes.
- You can click a Spectate Button next to your friends name on your buddy list.
- You can watch all of your friends moves and what they’re highlighting and doing.
- You can hover over anything you want, such as history tiles
- You get an indicator of who is watching and how many there are.
- You can boot anyone who is potentially bothering you for any reason.
- You can make all of your games invite only.
- You can spectate both players at the same time and stream the whole game from a single client
- December 2014 release.
That’s everything, a lot of cool stuff coming for Hearthstone!
