(everyone laughs) Yeah, it's cool seeing those stories play out. Peter Whalen: You know, for example, the best deck in the game for the first week. : Especially when Spell Hunter becomes a significant part of the meta at that time! It's interesting to see those reactions and then seeing how it plays out in the future. And you're sitting there knowing that deck is going to be cool and that there's a fun deck behind it. Sometimes there's things like To My Side! in Kobolds and Catacombs that gets a lot of very negative attention. And seeing what people think about it and actually seeing that discussion play out is a lot of fun. It's much more common that there's a card that a vocal community really hates and a vocal community really likes. It's rare that there's a card that everyone just hates. Peter Whalen: It's really cool seeing a lot of the discussion. : I can imagine there's even an element of satisfaction when someone is really upset about a card because you've evoked that emotion. It's really awesome to see your designs come to the public. Especially for cards that I personally worked on. It's just letting people see the stuff we've been working on. Liv Breeden: I love reveal season! It's probably one of my favorites. This card is awful." And just trying to understand what's going into both of those is actually a lot of fun for us. It's really cool getting a lot of first reactions of, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe they did that! That's insane!" or "Hmmm. Peter Whalen: It's pretty awesome! Seeing people respond to the cards is a lot of fun. : What is this card reveal season like for you as developers and for the whole Hearthstone team?
HEARTHSTONE TWINSPELL FULL
You can listen to the full interview in the latest episode of The Happy Hearthstone podcast, available in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. We talked about new cards including what it takes to revisit classic characters with fresh cards and mechanics, the unique storytelling that Hearthstone allows the team to do, and more. The Forest's Aid is a Druid Twinspell that summons five 2/2 Treants and adds a copy of the spell to the player's hand, ready to summon a new army of Treants to defend the magical city.Andrew Brown from the team got a chance to interview Peter Whalen, Senior Game Designer, and Liv Breeden, Associate Game Designer, on the Hearthstone team.TWICE THE TRICKERY – Cause double trouble for your opponent by using Spells with the new Twinspell keyword! When cast, Spells with Twinspell add a copy of themselves to the caster's hand.The Priest Spell Forbidden Words, which spends all the player's mana to destroy a minion with that much attack or less, is a callback to Forbidden Shaping from Whispers of the Old Gods.
CALLBACK CARDS – Our villains have been around for a long time, so some of their cards may feel a bit.Wait until just the right moment to spring the trap! Hagatha's Scheme deals 1 damage to all minions to start, but gains damage every turn it's held in hand.PLAN FOR SUCCESS – Schemes are Spells that grow in power each turn they're held in hand.For example, Kobold Lackey's Battlecry deals 2 damage to a target.There are five Lackeys in Rise of Shadows, 1/1 minions with helpful Battlecries.
Heistbaron Togwaggle's henchman is the Rogue minion EVIL Miscreant, which adds two random Lackeys to the player's hand when Comboed.Lackeys provide the muscle to get things done for the League of E.V.I.L.'s members.EVERY HENCHMAN NEEDS A LACKEY – The League of E.V.I.L.We have details below of what the new mechanics will entail, as we wait for the expansion to be released in May for $20/700 in-game gold. The primary story going on in this expansion is that you will join a mischievous league of miscreants called The League of E.V.I.L., and as such will be privy to and have to deal with some malevolent forces as your disposal. This week, Blizzard revealed the next expansion for Hearthstone will be Rise Of Shadows and provided some details on the mechanics behind it.
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