Hearthstone's new version preview season has gradually entered the end, and it is Iksar's Twitter Q&A time, this time the Twitter Q&A questions about the new version of the update content are actually not many, but combined with the news revealed by the designer on Twitter before, it is still some dry goods, let's take a look at it.
New version of the content
The new version of "Searching for the Sunken City" is inspired by the Elven King Dussin Isali in World of Warcraft, who sank to the bottom of the sea after the Battle of the Ancients, and according to the designers, the theme of the second version of the following year is content that is greatly influenced by something in World of Warcraft, while the third version is based on the historical basis of Warcraft and beyond the content of World of Warcraft, which is part of the larger World of Warcraft. Compared with the last two versions, the card types of the subsequent versions are more complex, and it seems that the designer's ambitions are indeed very large, which makes people feel satisfied.
Former game director Ben Lee mentioned when he left that in the coming year, a new card type will be born in Hearthstone, and in the Quest for the Sunken City version, although the giant card even changed the hand UI of Hearthstone (you can see the appendages in the hand), according to Iksar's answer in the Twitter Q&A, the giant is not the new card type in Ben Lee's mouth, and the next two versions of the card will be more cool. Iksar said there was no comment on whether there was anything bigger about the first version, but Breeze guessed that the new race of Tavern Wargames should be counted as one.
Single player adventure mode
According to the designers, the new version will still have a single-player adventure mode (probably similar to the Book of Mercenaries), featuring Ambassador Feirin, who left the elven city of Sin Aisali on a mission to Surama early, and by the time he returns to his hometown, Sin Aisali has sunk. Ini Ji Lei is a mechanical dwarf hired by Ambassador Fei lin, and in terms of personality, everyone can understand gufu in the mercenaries, Zhou Zhuo and Copper Whiskers in the World of Warcraft, and it is estimated that it is inevitable to provoke giant creatures under the seabed, and Sir Finley is most likely ambassador Fei Lin's guide.
Core Series
In this new card preview season, the content of the core series should have been included, but this part has not been disclosed, Iksar's answer is that the new version of the content has been enough, the core series and the new version of the content to be announced separately, may allow the core series to have more separate discussion time. However, Qingfeng more agrees with the comments in the reply, and now the player does not know the content of the core series, resulting in the discussion of the new version of the new card when afraid, can not be sure whether he will be very good, many times the topic of discussion is "waiting for the core series to be announced".
Regarding the core series, there is also a player proposal whether to consider launching an All-Star Core series to return all the popular versions of the cards, Iksar said that he likes this proposal, in fact, the designer is also considering some activities, such as making some popular wild cards return to the standard for a limited time. In fact, this activity was launched once as early as when the classic card bag was still there, so that some cards that entered the honor room such as the big screw and the queen returned for a limited time, and Qingfeng remembered that the effect of that time was quite good, but it was not launched again for a long time after that. But Iksar also said that in fact, through the adjustment of the core series every year, a similar effect can be achieved, such as this year Zola is likely to return from the wild.
Version cycle
At present, the version cycle of Hearthstone is 3 main series and 3 mini series per year, and in the future, the entire environment will maintain up to 6 main series and 6 mini series, and some players have asked how this cycle is now, and whether other cycles will be considered. Iksar said that the design of adding a mini series is still moderate, but the team has also discussed whether it will be changed to 4 expansion packs and no longer launch a mini series, but it should not be conclusive at present.
There is also a lack of uniformity in the perception of players on this issue, four versions a year may mean that the pre-order party has to invest more money, after all, most of the players in the mini series are bought with gold coins, and some people under the tweet also asked if they would adjust the pre-order and the cost of the reward route if they considered the 4 versions of the year. There are also players who are looking forward to 4 versions, so that the time at the end of the version will be shortened, and some people even say that they want four versions, but reduce the number of expansion pack cards while retaining the mini series...
Puzzle solving achievements
The Otranc version of the puzzle problem is extremely difficult, even the copy of the homework is quite difficult, many people have chosen to give up, the complaint of the national service is also quite large, the national service player Soda also raised this point in this Twitter Q&A, Celestalon said that this time is indeed more difficult in terms of personal ability, if you want to come out in the future, there may be some puzzles that are more difficult in teamwork, but for individuals (similar to the second puzzle, Brute-force cracked codebook problem), which is a puzzle that is more convenient for copying homework.
Incidentally, Iksar hasn't done this puzzle yet.
Skin accessories
Warlock skin Namshi Reinuma was a skin obtained through the hearth party (the national costume was obtained through the live broadcast platform), but at present the outer service can not hold a fireside party, some players asked Iksar if he considered allowing the Nemshi skin to be obtained by gold coins, Iksar said that although there are generally special access channels of the skin will not add other ways, but considering the special situation, it is still possible to change him to be available in the future.
However, as for whether the tavern wargame skin can be obtained through gold coins, Iksar said that there is no such plan at present, and the probability will not be considered in the future, probably because jewelry is the only way to get money from tavern wargame, which is a pity.
In addition, Iksar also said that there will be a batch of higher specifications and high-quality types of skins in the future, which will vary in skills, but the more cool things are added to a skin, the longer it will take. I don't know if Qingfeng understands correctly, does the difference in skills mean that there are skill effects? But in fact, the first batch of Madiwen, Aurelia, Magni and Khadeja are actually skins of this size, right?
Linkage issues
In the Year of the Griffin, Hearthstone and Diablo have a linkage, which is a relatively large-scale linkage for Hearthstone, which has only been linked in the tavern brawl in the past. Iksar said that the hearthstone linkage is too little, based on this time alone, it is difficult to judge whether it should continue to do the linkage with the Blizzard family barrel, if the next time the linkage will be more in-depth.
As for the linkage with the external IP, Iksar said that there are many things involved, such as cost issues, for Hearthstone, if the linkage, the only suitable for selling is the expansion package (in fact, there is also a skin!). Even if Hearthstone itself does not consider making money, the linkage party is not a white worker (relatively speaking, Blizzard's internal IP can be a white prostitute), and there is also a big disagreement within the team on whether to do a series that has little to do with the Warcraft IP. In fact, recently Eldon's Legal Ring is hot, Iksar himself is also addicted to the ring, every time the Twitter Q&A has someone urge Iksar to come up with an Eldon Ring type of single-player adventure, or link with Eldon Law Ring, and Iksar said that I am definitely not a game director who decided on the development direction after playing a certain game, but Iksar added: "But Maybe..."
The above is the Iksar Twitter Q&A, as well as the content of some information about the new version, after the end of the new card preview season, the core series should soon be announced, don't forget to pay attention to the breeze, learn about the latest news of Hearthstone!