Hearthstone's Celestalon has confirmed that Nozdormu Day is going to be more than a late tweet from Blizzard.
Nozdormu Day, which was first acknowledged in a less than ideally timed tweet back in April of this year, has been a frustrating experience for Hearthstone players since its inception. To those of us that want to take part in the "event", it becomes a never-ending search on the ladder to find another player that wants to make use of the memery that Nozdormu is. As it turns out, Speedstone is hard to play when no one else is queueing up with Nozdormu decks on the ladder. So much so that Blizzard tweeted about it yesterday as it was turning midnight in the western side of Europe - very poor timing.
For those not in the know, the idea behind Nozdormu Day is that everyone includes Nozdormu the Eternal in their decks to activate a fast-paced version of Hearthstone reminiscent of the original Nozdormu, whose effect would only last as long as the card remained on the field. Unfortunately, with little incentive beyond the potential fun, this has been quite hard to accomplish.
While Blizzard has not yet confirmed how they are going to be celebrating Nozdormu Day in-game, nor do we know when tech that helps this will be added to the game, we do now at least have confirmation for us Nozdormu lovers that this feat may become much easier to pull off in the future.
Quote From Blizzard Don't worry, we've definitely heard the feedback that Nozdormu day needs to be in-client to be truly successful. Stay tuned. :)
We could see this being included as a special event legendary quest once a month, requiring players to play a few games with Nozdormu in their decks to earn some gold. We still may not see Nozdormu in every game, but at least the potential to see the effect would increase.
What would you like to see in-game for Nozdormu Day? Let us know in the comments below!
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This "event" is the height of pathos by Blizzard, in fact, it may well appear to be a private "event" created by the fanbase rather than by the game's developers themselves...
What would have to be done to make it a proper event? Instead of a simple tweet or even adding an in-game notification as they say now, there should be a special quest the 15th of every month (there is supposed to be a fourth slot for special quests by the way) that rewards you with extra XP if you play 5 games with Nozdormu the Eternal in your deck that day.
It should be clarified that you wouldn't have to compulsory do that special quest I propose if you don't want to, since it would be a special quest, it wouldn't take any daily mission slot and there would be no room for any re-roll (as when the 15th of each month ends, that quest will simply disappear).
Perhaps increasing the chance of matchmaking with another Nozdormu deck in Casual. Not sure if this works though..
great - i played a few games yesterday and one month ago with him in the deck, but nothing happened ... so I withdrew
Yeah I liked the idea about earning 2x XP with Noz in your deck. Because if it's only a one-time reward, then people will just knock it out and move on like the Tavern Brawl. But the XP bonus would keep people playing it for the day, and makes it easier for others to have a successful queue and experience the glory and splendor of Nozdormu the Eternal.
I wonder how many people would stick with it if you didn't get the reward or 2x XP unless you queued into someone else running Noz, so the effect actually triggered.
Hooray!
I think a quest to play 3 games with him in your deck is the most likely. I expect it would disappear on the 16th, so they probably wouldn't want to do anything that requires much effort. So something that can be done trivially alongside a daily quest makes a lot of sense. I guess they could have an XP modifier span the whole day for players with Noz in their decks, though that's likely to mean more effort for the devs and would incentivise playing lots, so I doubt it.
Whatever they do, you can be sure there will be people who don't see it as a complete freebie that no-one is forced into and will complain about it :P
Hope its a special quest and nto double exp with noz in deck for a day.
I really hate the 15seconds turns of nozdormu, always have and if is going to be reward for it, i want it doen as quikly as possible so i can go abck to playing normally and not putting garbage card in my deck that does nothign but make it worse.
I would say 15 seconds a turn will be quite quick to finish :P
Animations often make it quite bti lonegr then 15 seconds.
and i Dont even want to play with 15seconds turns in the first place
Great news. I love the idea (even organised a Nozdormu tournament!) but I can't be bothered to keep track of the calendar after a long day at work. Happy to see they're embracing the community enthousiasm about Noz.