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| 0s | hey everyone welcome to the first |
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| 2s | Battlegrounds Dev talk for season four |
| 4s | this is a new series that we're doing |
| 6s | over the course of five videos to show |
| 8s | you some of the new content and some |
| 9s | insights behind it I'm Dominic and I'm |
| 11s | Mitchell and we are game designers on |
| 13s | Battlegrounds this is our largest |
| 14s | Battlegrounds update yet with 58 new |
| 17s | minions as well as three returning |
| 18s | minions spread across all 10 of our |
| 20s | minion types we're super excited about |
| 21s | this update and we're actually doing |
| 23s | something a little bit different this |
| 24s | time where we're going to be rolling |
| 25s | them out over multiple days so at launch |
| 27s | on May 9th you're going to be able to |
| 29s | play with six different minion types but |
| 32s | then two days later as well as on the |
| 34s | following Mondays we're going to be |
| 35s | rolling out the remaining four |
| 36s | additional types so that way you're |
| 38s | going to get some time to play with each |
| 40s | one understand their new synergies and |
| 42s | new tools to work with and get a firm |
| 44s | grasp on it before you get to experience |
| 46s | the new content that's new minions for |
| 48s | every minion type and we've also got a |
| 50s | new Hero Rock Master Boon which we can |
| 52s | check out right now is heropower upbeat |
| 54s | Harmony will make a plain copy of your |
| 57s | leftmost card every three turns this is |
| 60s | a great way to get extra copy of that |
| 62s | super powerful minion and even get a |
| 64s | triple if you have two copies already |
| 66s | one thing that's worth noting on this is |
| 68s | that it doesn't actually copy your |
| 70s | leftmost minion it copies your leftmost |
| 72s | card which means that you can use it to |
| 74s | copy anything you could copy coins you |
| 76s | could copy blood Gems or even more |
| 78s | powerful you could copy things like |
| 79s | Darkwing prizes or triple rewards to be |
| 81s | able to get a lot of additional value |
| 83s | out of this hero power this is actually |
| 85s | part of a cycle of new things that are |
| 87s | coming which are upbeat videos so upbeat |
| 89s | minions are our effects that trigger |
| 92s | every X turns uh and a good example of |
| 94s | that is upbeat Duo which is Battle Cry |
| 96s | choose a minion at the end of every two |
| 98s | turns this gives you a plain copy now |
| 100s | it's worth telling this can Target |
| 101s | minions in the shop as well as your own |
| 102s | minions and it can be really powerful |
| 104s | for setting up Tropicals or for setting |
| 107s | up really valuable effects like getting |
| 108s | a lot of extra Battle Cry media this one |
| 110s | is really fun with bran because you'll |
| 112s | get two copies after two turns for a |
| 114s | triple uh and it's also great with a new |
| 117s | minion that we're bringing over from |
| 118s | Hearthstone called dracari enchanter |
| 120s | which doubles your end of turn effects |
| 122s | this is also going to do a lot of |
| 124s | interesting effects if you can multiply |
| 126s | its Battle Cry while it's in play with |
| 128s | stuff like the new disco Shuffle coming |
| 129s | to dragons or with the changes made to |
| 131s | Young murkai you can get multiple |
| 133s | triggers and stack them up you golden it |
| 135s | and stack them even more uh it's not |
| 137s | uncommon to be able to fill your entire |
| 139s | hand every turn with this one powerful |
| 141s | minion but the minion itself isn't very |
| 143s | big so you have to decide when you want |
| 145s | to cash out and make space to actually |
| 146s | have strong stuff in play we're also |
| 149s | bring a brand new keyword to |
| 150s | Battlegrounds which is venomous so |
| 152s | venomous is our new replacement for |
| 155s | poisonous and it works very similar |
| 157s | except it's a one-time effect kind of |
| 158s | like Divine Shield the first time a |
| 161s | minion with venomous deals damage in |
| 162s | each combat it will destroy the Medina |
| 164s | damages we made this change for a couple |
| 166s | of reasons poisonous is a really |
| 168s | important mechanic in Battlegrounds |
| 170s | because there needs to be ways that you |
| 171s | can come back if you're falling behind |
| 172s | in stats it can be pretty demoralizing |
| 174s | if my board's really small and I face an |
| 176s | opponent with hundreds of stats it can |
| 178s | feel like there's nothing I can do but |
| 180s | with mechanics like poisonous or |
| 181s | venomous there is something you can do |
| 183s | to compete against an opponent that's |
| 184s | outscaling you but it can also be really |
| 186s | frustrating especially when poisons |
| 189s | combined with things like reborn or |
| 191s | combined with Divine Shield it can feel |
| 193s | so powerful and it's like the best thing |
| 195s | to do and that stats just don't matter |
| 197s | anymore but with venomous the stats on |
| 199s | the minion continue to matter because |
| 201s | after it hits something and loses it |
| 204s | well it needs to still be relevant and |
| 205s | be able to continue to trade yeah |
| 207s | poisonous is a great mechanic for |
| 208s | Hearthstone but it in Battlegrounds we |
| 210s | found that minions get a lot more hits |
| 212s | in and divine Shield is a lot more |
| 214s | prominent so we found that venomous was |
| 215s | a good fit yeah we're also making a |
| 217s | tweak to an existing keyword which is |
| 220s | wind Fury so previously if you had a |
| 222s | wind Fury minion say crackling cyclone |
| 224s | and you golden it the golden version |
| 226s | would get mega win Fury we're now |
| 228s | changing it that the golden version just |
| 230s | keeps wind Fury and no longer gets Mega |
| 231s | win Fury |
| 233s | um we did this for a couple reasons one |
| 234s | it was a little bit weird that it was |
| 236s | the only keyword that you know |
| 238s | fundamentally changed from dealing two |
| 240s | attacks to four attacks when it golden |
| 242s | but we also made this change because it |
| 244s | was really swinging and frustrating |
| 246s | especially when the combat starts and |
| 247s | you immediately get hit by four attacks |
| 249s | yeah nothing feels worse than having |
| 251s | four of your minions killed before you |
| 252s | even got your first attack so we're |
| 254s | pulling back on that |
| 256s | well I think that wraps up all the new |
| 258s | content for today uh we're really |
| 259s | excited for you to check out all of this |
| 261s | on May 9th you'll get to play and there |
| 263s | will be a second Dev talk that and if |
| 265s | you want to know more about the new |
| 266s | content coming we also have a blog post |
| 268s | up right now where you can go see all of |
| 270s | the new minions as well as a preview |
| 272s | event happening tomorrow May 4th where |
| 274s | you can see some of the new minions in |
| 276s | action see you May 9th thanks for |
| 279s | watching |