Apologizes! I published the older version by mistake, I just added the Paladin section back 🙂

I don’t think they will make full expansions dedicated to just one IP. At least not right away.

I think that they might do a non-Warcraft “compilation” expansion where they put in all sorts of different IPs in one set. Like explain it with portals from across different worlds opening or something like that, they will figure it out.

This way they would see whether players are interested in other IPs and which ones are the most popular and would fit the most into Hearthstone thematically.

Oh and about your Dragon point – we might not get a full “Dragon” expansion, but Pandaria could also feature Dragon synergies. Cloud serpents are a big part of Pandaria lore and they would most likely be classified as Dragons in Hearthstone. They are not exactly the same, but it would make the most sense for gameplay purposes.

I don’t think I would go as far as “always”, but “almost always” – cards from the mini-set would have to be REALLY bad for it to not be worth it. In particular, Epic/Legendaries weren’t playable, I would think twice about buying it. But that’s very unlikely.

It’s still a pretty common question, though, so we figured out that it might be worth answering 🙂

Hahah, it’s only blue under my own posts. And it just happens that most of the posts on the website are my own.

There’s no one that could replace me… At least I hope so 😀

They might bring back some Dragons with the Core Set 2022. At least I would hope so. We didn’t really have any real Dragon synergies since Descent of Dragons back in, well, Year of the Dragon (2019).

I’ve fixed it in this post and I’ll try to pay more attention to it in the future. I do get that it’s a grammar mistake, but why is it pejorative?

I think that just nerfing the treasure pool would be enough IMO. If you mostly get T2-T3 treasures the card is still manageable. It’s the likes of Horn, Locust or Embers that can win the game themselves. Nerf the most powerful treasures and the card takes a big hit.

Yeah, that’s true, it has a limit on resummons to prevent some potential game hardlock. But like Purebalance already said, Bladestorm stops after a minion dies, so it can’t kill it multiple times. The likes of Defile/Spammy Arcanist have a higher limit than Wax Rager I think, so Wax Rager can be killed by those (although I think that it’s pretty unintuitive).

Makes sense, I just had some issues with drops from the mobile YT app. I remember watching some Masters Tour last year for over 2h on the phone and didn’t get the drop. But then when I watched it on PC it arrived immediately. Might have just been me, though 🙂

You can technically leave your PC up over night and running the stream, but I’m not sure if the cost of electricity won’t surpass the value of packs, hahah.

But yeah, sadly one of the regions will always be screwed with the timing and for Onyxia’s Lair it’s EU.

Thanks for sharing!

Just keep in mind that doing those right now won’t automatically finish them once they’re added 🙂

Really? Sorry to hear that. I usually finish those Quests like 1-2h after dailies are added and face 1-2 Nozdormu matchups every time (in Casual). I think that the later you try to finish Nozdromu Day quest, the lower your chance to find a Nozdormu matchup. After someone finishes the Quest, they usually no longer play a Nozdormu deck.

It’s a bug, I’m posting “22.4 known issues” right now! You’re kind of right about the “far future”, although maybe not THAT “far”. They will be added in 22.6, which should drop in a few weeks.

It’s already better than it was a few weeks back, we had some ATROCIOUS offers. Like we had 600 Coins for over $20 and stuff like that. I guess they’re testing price points and trying to find out at which one people will buy Mercenaries stuff.

I think that those offers are no longer THAT terrible, but a bigger issue is that packs get pretty much useless after you already reached “late game”. If you have most of Mercenaries maxed out and a new one launches, you will never see Coins for that Merc, you will get dupes for the ones you already have maxed and that’s useless. They need to do something to Coins for maxed Mercs ASAP. I’m waiting for some changes before I come back to the mode, but I’m less and less interested each week.

You should probably double-check the comment date 🙂 Casual was bugged, yes, but it was back in October.

(I know that I’m also responding a month late, haha)

That’s true, Questline Warlock will be hit really hard. Not only Backfire – I think that losing Flesh Giant will be the biggest deal. After all, it’s the deck’s main win condition before they finish their Quest – no longer having to deal with two (or more if Raise Dead got lucky) cheap/free 8/8’s is going to be a big deal. Also Raise Dead – currently it’s one of the best ways to progress the Questline while also putting the same overpowered minions back in their hand after you’ve dealt with them once. Yes, the deck is going to hurt a lot.

I think that OwlTK Warlock might be a bigger ‘problem’, as it’s already solid right now and I don’t think that any important part of the combo rotates out (School Spirit does, but you can replace it with another AoE like Hellfire – assuming it stays in Core).

But the truth is that – like always – rotation changes so much that it’s impossible to predict what’s going to happen. That’s why I’m cautiously optimistic like I’ve said, because devs already test the cards from next expansion in a new environment that we have no access to. And I don’t even think that having some combo decks in the meta would be a bad thing, as long as they don’t dominate.

Tbf this doesn’t add more animations, it just replaces the currently existing one with a different one. There’s already a “damage dealing” animation in Battlegrounds, those will just look fancier.

If you’re joking then I don’t get it :p

Sorry to hear that, I thought they already fixed it :/ The workaround didn’t work for you?

That’s correct! One tier higher usually means 1-2 more turns to get the buddy, depending on the exact situation of course. T4 buddies are the “slowest” and usually come online only around Turn 7-8. And that also – obviously – delays the Golden buddy. Golden T4 buddies are really, really late.

It will keep the Millificent late game comps revolving around Golden Bomb come online some time later, so opponents will have more time to react and build their own big boards or possibly try to counter it a bit.