Since the card thread has very low traffic anyway, it could be a good idea to just get rid of it.
Also, the above idea with the news article creating a unique forum post, which concentrates everything, is awesome in my opinion!
You'd basically have the same "base" disussion (database entry too), but displayed in a different way according to where you access/see the card (news/forum).
Another idea is to do the same but have card-related discussions be posted in the card-related forum, while keeping the general forum pages for something more... general. Like opinions about the reveal, the new expansion, etc.
My reasoning comes from the fact that it's better to see/read more posts (for a card), even if lower quality, than to have very few of them with higher quality. I usually jusy skim over the useless stuff. Some of it can also be reported/moderated if it's spam, etc.
All in all, i don't see a reason to implement more systems/branches of the same system when there are enough tools to easily handle the job already.
I would advise to simply wait and see. It's very easy to spew out some words that sound nice to the community to attract more players (just look at the corporate answers of the first few questions).
That doesn't mean they will do everything they promise here, especially after their income is sufficient to not give a crap if 10% of the players stop paying for cosmetics or whatever.
Blizzard is finally realizing they were wrong with their initial direction, just like in WoW. I hope at least.
Why design so many cards and graphics (see past expansions, i.e. Wild) if the vast majority of players are playing standard and not caring about them too much?!
With this move they are reusing previous work and providing meta shakeups. Hopefully, the free space left is going to be used to actually improve the game by other means, unrelated to cards and cosmetics...
Speaking of game modes, i think the starting health of the heroes should be higher, not necessarily the number of cards in the deck. Or maybe a combination of the two. Having 60 starting health seems better than the 30 from now; double the fatigue damage too.
I know this can completely prevent aggro decks from working, but i'm tired of seeing them each and every expansion. There will likely be a new archetype to replace it. Also, don't mention the possibility of never running out of cards or gaining infinite armor - this is what the team of morons is choosing to bring into the game. They basically gimp their own design space with powercreeps and such.
I'm not sure this is technically possible, but can you guys make it such that, in mobile view, tapping a link of a card only shows the small popup with its description? Currently, it shows that and also navigates to the card's page.
I know that mobile tapping can't really work like mouse clicks, yet I'm curios if anything can be done about it overall.
@op: to trigger people like you that can't get over the fact that it's just a bunch of pixels on your monitor.
On a more serious note, if you give in to this fact and "buy more", it means they managed to trick you into spending money for something useless. Not unlike most marketing companies do nowadays.
Nevertheless, the reward system in HS is utter crap. Hopefully Blizzard will stop being a part of Activision at some point (and allow themselves to get bought by a more quality-oriented group). Until then... use your brains and stop paying for useless stuff.
The point of every expansion is to get people excited. That's why they have a marketing department.
Personally no, i'm not even a bit excited because I can see beyond the veil. Same things over and over again, with a different forced meta to "keep the game fresh". Meanwhile, the interface still sucks, there will probably be some stupid powercreep no one thought about (or did...), the best decks are already guessed, etc.
We'll see how much excitement there is after 1 month or so. If some people enjoy that, sure. To each their own. I'd rather play something that has true replayability.
Why do they always feel the need to post such corporate bullshit messages, always praising the company they are leaving?
I understand not telling us the real reasons, but please, drop the bullshit already. I do agree that there are good memories, nice colleagues, etc. Especially in 28 years.
But that could've been stated in a simple paragraph instead or trying to convey the same idea 3-4 times in a different form.
Some truth behind what actually went on wouldn't hurt, but again, I can understand the reluctance, even if it's actually sad to cover everything up.
@Dakarian: posts like yours make me sad that I'm not playing HS anymore. I would've definitely tested it 1-2 years ago if I cared enough about the matchmaking or simply played a lot (because I do remember that what OP said was happening to me too).
I really wish HS will change such that I might return to it one day and actually enjoy it instead of fucking up my good mood each and every time.
Since the card thread has very low traffic anyway, it could be a good idea to just get rid of it.
Also, the above idea with the news article creating a unique forum post, which concentrates everything, is awesome in my opinion!
You'd basically have the same "base" disussion (database entry too), but displayed in a different way according to where you access/see the card (news/forum).
Another idea is to do the same but have card-related discussions be posted in the card-related forum, while keeping the general forum pages for something more... general. Like opinions about the reveal, the new expansion, etc.
My reasoning comes from the fact that it's better to see/read more posts (for a card), even if lower quality, than to have very few of them with higher quality. I usually jusy skim over the useless stuff. Some of it can also be reported/moderated if it's spam, etc.
All in all, i don't see a reason to implement more systems/branches of the same system when there are enough tools to easily handle the job already.
I would advise to simply wait and see. It's very easy to spew out some words that sound nice to the community to attract more players (just look at the corporate answers of the first few questions).
That doesn't mean they will do everything they promise here, especially after their income is sufficient to not give a crap if 10% of the players stop paying for cosmetics or whatever.
We'll see.
Blizzard is finally realizing they were wrong with their initial direction, just like in WoW. I hope at least.
Why design so many cards and graphics (see past expansions, i.e. Wild) if the vast majority of players are playing standard and not caring about them too much?!
With this move they are reusing previous work and providing meta shakeups. Hopefully, the free space left is going to be used to actually improve the game by other means, unrelated to cards and cosmetics...
OP, can you please edit your post and add some punctuation? I literally got a headache after reading about a few of the cards.
Speaking of game modes, i think the starting health of the heroes should be higher, not necessarily the number of cards in the deck. Or maybe a combination of the two. Having 60 starting health seems better than the 30 from now; double the fatigue damage too.
I know this can completely prevent aggro decks from working, but i'm tired of seeing them each and every expansion. There will likely be a new archetype to replace it. Also, don't mention the possibility of never running out of cards or gaining infinite armor - this is what the team of morons is choosing to bring into the game. They basically gimp their own design space with powercreeps and such.
Does adblock work? Yes, it's on mobile too.
I wish someone would make a game like Empire Earth 2 or Earth 2160. Not EE3! That one sucked.
For me it doesn't quite work like that unfortunately. Using Dolphin browser.
I'm not sure this is technically possible, but can you guys make it such that, in mobile view, tapping a link of a card only shows the small popup with its description? Currently, it shows that and also navigates to the card's page.
I know that mobile tapping can't really work like mouse clicks, yet I'm curios if anything can be done about it overall.
@op: to trigger people like you that can't get over the fact that it's just a bunch of pixels on your monitor.
On a more serious note, if you give in to this fact and "buy more", it means they managed to trick you into spending money for something useless. Not unlike most marketing companies do nowadays.
Nevertheless, the reward system in HS is utter crap. Hopefully Blizzard will stop being a part of Activision at some point (and allow themselves to get bought by a more quality-oriented group). Until then... use your brains and stop paying for useless stuff.
The point of every expansion is to get people excited. That's why they have a marketing department.
Personally no, i'm not even a bit excited because I can see beyond the veil. Same things over and over again, with a different forced meta to "keep the game fresh". Meanwhile, the interface still sucks, there will probably be some stupid powercreep no one thought about (or did...), the best decks are already guessed, etc.
We'll see how much excitement there is after 1 month or so. If some people enjoy that, sure. To each their own. I'd rather play something that has true replayability.
@mods: the main page is again showing just one card in the picture for this reveal, when in fact there are three.
Please fix :)
Colossus of the Moon
Because it's boring and shows how uncreative Blizzard has become.
PS: yea, i know i won't win.
The main page (i.e. the small picture on the main site) only shows the legendary minion, and not all the three cards.
Any ideas why? :)
Why do they always feel the need to post such corporate bullshit messages, always praising the company they are leaving?
I understand not telling us the real reasons, but please, drop the bullshit already. I do agree that there are good memories, nice colleagues, etc. Especially in 28 years.
But that could've been stated in a simple paragraph instead or trying to convey the same idea 3-4 times in a different form.
Some truth behind what actually went on wouldn't hurt, but again, I can understand the reluctance, even if it's actually sad to cover everything up.
It can't be all good stuff.
@Dakarian: posts like yours make me sad that I'm not playing HS anymore. I would've definitely tested it 1-2 years ago if I cared enough about the matchmaking or simply played a lot (because I do remember that what OP said was happening to me too).
I really wish HS will change such that I might return to it one day and actually enjoy it instead of fucking up my good mood each and every time.
I would just quit Hearthstone and play something more enjoying.
Oh wait, I already did :))