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| 0s | let's keep things rolling with the next |
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| 2s | presentation Hearthstone what's |
| 21s | next all right I made it down the stairs |
| 24s | so this can only go so badly |
| 26s | now hello and welcome to the Hearthstone |
| 30s | what's next panel I'm K and I'm the |
| 33s | initial design lead on the Hearthstone |
| 35s | team I'm super excited to be up here |
| 38s | today along with some other incredible |
| 40s | designers who will join us as the panel |
| 43s | continues we've got a lot to share about |
| 45s | what's coming to the game across both |
| 47s | standard Hearthstone and |
| 49s | Battlegrounds this year has already been |
| 52s | absolutely packed with new stuff we |
| 55s | rocked and rolled in Festival of Legends |
| 58s | and we visited the iconic uoir raid to |
| 62s | meet the |
| 64s | Titans Battlegrounds explored a rework |
| 66s | of the buddy system the return of quests |
| 70s | and anomalies that changed the |
| 72s | fundamentals of the game we're about to |
| 74s | enter into phase three of the year and |
| 77s | you already know about some of the new |
| 79s | things that are coming and speaking of |
| 81s | new things we are really excited about |
| 84s | the introduction of ketchup |
| 88s | packs wait minut |
| 93s | thanks we mentioned them at the opening |
| 95s | ceremony but let's make sure we really |
| 97s | capture what they are all about ketchup |
| 100s | packs contain up to 50 cards based on |
| 102s | how many cards you've collected from |
| 104s | previous sets the catchup packs for our |
| 107s | next expansion showdown in the Badlands |
| 109s | we'll look back at all of the other sets |
| 111s | in standard Voyage to the sunken city |
| 113s | murder at Castle nathria March of the |
| 116s | Lich King Festival of Legends and Titans |
| 119s | and check how much of these sets you've |
| 121s | already seen for the expansions with the |
| 124s | most uncollected cards you'll get more |
| 127s | stuff and you can get up to 10 cards |
| 130s | from |
| 131s | each honestly why don't I just show you |
| 134s | what it looks |
| 135s | like let's take a look at what just a |
| 138s | single catch-up pack looks like for a |
| 140s | player returning to standard after a |
| 142s | couple years |
| 149s | away |
| 151s | it's |
| 153s | flashy we like a little Pizzazz on the |
| 156s | Hearthstone |
| 157s | team okay let's take one more look but I |
| 161s | think we can do better this time we'll |
| 163s | open a bunch of ketchup packs all at |
| 165s | once with our recently released Mass |
| 167s | pack opening |
| 179s | feature |
| 187s | that's a lot of |
| 189s | cards we really hope that this will help |
| 192s | you get back into the game or maybe help |
| 193s | a friend to pick up where they left off |
| 197s | everyone is going to get two catchup |
| 199s | packs to open and everyone here plus |
| 202s | BlizzCon collection holders out there is |
| 204s | going to get three |
| 206s | more |
| 208s | plus if you pre-order and expansion |
| 211s | bundle good news you get a bunch of |
| 213s | these added to your bundle and this |
| 215s | includes those of you who already bought |
| 217s | it so please don't worry you will get |
| 220s | stuff |
| 221s | too okay that was a lot of technical |
| 224s | stuff let's get into the fun we've got a |
| 227s | lot of exciting cards to show off for |
| 229s | the final reveals of showdown in the |
| 231s | Badlands but before we do that let's |
| 234s | take another look at that incredible |
| 239s | cinematic |
| 241s | in the beginning I was all |
| 245s | alone trying my best to do some good out |
| 249s | there but it didn't take long to realize |
| 252s | that with the right |
| 254s | friends everything would |
| 259s | change step |
| 263s | aside come on you don't know who you're |
| 267s | messing |
| 269s | with |
| 272s | they knew the towns folk were up to |
| 274s | something |
| 276s | sinister let's move right behind you and |
| 280s | it was like a powder CI waiting to |
| 288s | explode we did |
| 290s | it no oh |
| 295s | nuts as it turned out I had the right |
| 299s | backup waiting for me just when I needed |
| 303s | it let's do this you got it |
| 311s | partner I didn't intentionally pursue |
| 313s | leadership I've going to |
| 320s | pun candle mud |
| 326s | slider sleeping like a rock so these |
| 330s | fine folks on bad land Hospitality well |
| 334s | looking for a standoff careful it's |
| 337s | against |
| 350s | me well howdy Hearthstone fans I'm |
| 353s | Edward Goodwin the set lead for this |
| 355s | expansion and I'm here with cor to tell |
| 357s | you all about the story of our heroic |
| 360s | Outlaws and villainous towns folk and to |
| 363s | reveal the final cards of the set let's |
| 365s | start with a bang here's a famous Outlaw |
| 368s | that we got a sneak peek at today Reno |
| 371s | Lone |
| 374s | Ranger say hello to hearthstone's First |
| 377s | neutral hero card we try to put him in |
| 379s | just a single class but he wouldn't |
| 382s | listen this is Reno's first |
| 384s | chronological appearance in Hearthstone |
| 386s | we're going back in time to Reno and |
| 388s | Alisa's initial meeting and the start of |
| 390s | their journey together if your deck has |
| 392s | no duplicates Reno will make your |
| 394s | opponent's entire board disappear |
| 397s | including cards like dormant minions and |
| 399s | locations leaving them with just a |
| 401s | single board space on their following |
| 403s | turn we really wanted to capture the |
| 405s | magic of a wild west standoff at High |
| 408s | Noon your opponent will have to |
| 410s | carefully choose which Minion they want |
| 412s | to play to challenge Reno in a high noon |
| 414s | duel let's take a closer look at his |
| 416s | hero power Reno never goes anywhere with |
| 419s | without his trusty Crystal hand Cannon |
| 421s | it has seven different kinds of ammo |
| 423s | that it will randomly swap between at |
| 425s | the end of your turn each Crystal bullet |
| 427s | deals two damage and comes with an |
| 429s | additional magical effect the various |
| 432s | effects are all themed after a different |
| 433s | spell |
| 435s | school okay let's talk about why Reno is |
| 439s | here in the Badlands long before Reno |
| 442s | joined the league of explorers he was |
| 444s | just a lone Wanderer in search of profit |
| 447s | he heard through the Great Vine that |
| 448s | blood Rock was the place to get rich or |
| 451s | di trien with a name like that after |
| 454s | wandering into town in search of a |
| 456s | bounty Reno was hired by Sheriff Eustace |
| 459s | barel Brin to bring a group of Outlaws |
| 462s | to Justice in the sheriff's own words |
| 465s | these Outlaws were the viest sickest |
| 467s | scum this side of |
| 469s | Azeroth but after signing the mayor's |
| 472s | contract and pursuing the Bounty Reno |
| 475s | found the truth the outlaw boss was none |
| 478s | other than the noble Elite Star Seeker |
| 481s | turns out the real villain was the |
| 483s | sheriff himself and the azerite strip |
| 485s | mine outside of the town was |
| 487s | destabilizing the entirety of the bad |
| 489s | lands the town's folk were digging up |
| 492s | anything they could to get at those |
| 494s | azerite Treasures the bad news is if |
| 496s | they keep this excavation up the bad |
| 498s | lands will be destroyed the good news is |
| 501s | if you keep this excavation up you'll |
| 503s | get a bunch of sweet loot we've talked |
| 505s | about the excavate keyword before but to |
| 507s | help you remember let's drill down into |
| 509s | the detail s when you play a card with |
| 511s | excavate you'll dig deeper and deeper |
| 513s | into the azerite mine every time you |
| 515s | excavate you'll get better and better |
| 517s | stuff the first time you excavate you'll |
| 519s | dig up a common one Mana treasure like |
| 521s | you see here all of the excavate |
| 523s | Treasures are designed to be use used in |
| 526s | a wide variety of circumstances so while |
| 528s | you won't know exactly what you're going |
| 529s | to get it will almost always be a |
| 531s | powerful tool for your game |
| 533s | plan okay let's take a look at the rare |
| 536s | pool of excavate Treasures as you can |
| 538s | see we have a couple ways to keep track |
| 540s | of which excavate tier you're currently |
| 542s | on you might have noticed that the first |
| 544s | time you excavate all of the treasures |
| 546s | cost one Mana the second time they all |
| 548s | cost two mana and that pattern continues |
| 551s | with your third and fourth excavate I |
| 552s | know I know so predictable that along |
| 555s | with the Rarity gem on these cards will |
| 557s | hopefully serve as a great reminder of |
| 558s | what layer of the mine you're currently |
| 560s | on let's take a look at the third layer |
| 562s | of the mine this is where the treasures |
| 564s | really start to ramp up in power if |
| 567s | you're not playing as one of the five |
| 568s | Blood rock aligned class classes this is |
| 570s | the final layer of the mind that you'll |
| 572s | be able to explore while the outlaw |
| 574s | classes don't have a legendary excavate |
| 576s | reward it's still pretty fun to dig down |
| 578s | into the mine and we wanted to make sure |
| 580s | that all the classes had access to the |
| 582s | first three excavate tiers for non-c |
| 584s | constructed game modes like Arena but if |
| 587s | you are one of the five Blood rock |
| 589s | classes we you'll get an exciting and |
| 592s | unique specific legendary treasure take |
| 594s | a |
| 595s | look the final layer of the mine is |
| 597s | inhabited by some incredibly powerful |
| 600s | azerite Elemental beasts we wanted each |
| 602s | one to fit with the various game plans |
| 604s | of the different classes for instance |
| 607s | Rogue wants to excavate a bunch of times |
| 608s | with bounce effects like shadowstep and |
| 610s | death knight wants to play for the long |
| 612s | game by resurrecting high cost minions |
| 614s | for Maximum Impact we've already seen |
| 617s | four of the five Legendary Treasures but |
| 620s | before we reveal the final azerite beast |
| 622s | from the mine let's take a look at how |
| 624s | Warrior |
| 625s | excavates I would say that warriors's |
| 627s | preferred mining methods are pretty |
| 630s | explosive cards like blast charge and |
| 633s | reinforced plating will help Warrior dig |
| 635s | deeper into the mine while controlling |
| 636s | the board and keeping their health |
| 638s | totals |
| 639s | high in addition to their less than |
| 641s | elegant mining methods Warriors have |
| 643s | recruited the band of Burly dust |
| 645s | belshire ogres to oversee the blood Rock |
| 647s | mine and none of them are more brutal |
| 649s | than Badlands |
| 653s | brawler when you play Badlands brawler |
| 656s | she'll start a brawl immediately and if |
| 659s | you EX esimated at least twice she'll |
| 661s | rig the results in her |
| 663s | favor so now it's not just armor Smith |
| 665s | that always wins |
| 670s | brawls all right so what happens when |
| 672s | Warrior gets to the bottom of the mine |
| 674s | well they dig up the fifth and final |
| 676s | azerite Beast the Fearsome azerite Ox |
| 680s | for just the small price of four mana |
| 683s | and the destruction of the bad lands |
| 684s | you'll get your choice of two eight cost |
| 687s | minions honestly it's a pretty good deal |
| 691s | it's not just the beasts at the bottom |
| 693s | of the strip mine that are being |
| 694s | disturbed ancient slumbering Elementals |
| 697s | that make up the very foundation of the |
| 699s | bad lands itself are being awakened |
| 701s | let's meet the biggest the baddest and |
| 704s | the sleepiest elemental of them all |
| 706s | slaga the |
| 710s | slumbering every time you excavate |
| 712s | you'll get two turns closer to Awakening |
| 714s | this sleeping giant making make sure |
| 716s | you're Excavating efficiently as |
| 718s | possible to awaken SL |
| 722s | and now that slaga has awakened from its |
| 724s | beauty sleep we can tell you that it's |
| 727s | going to be the signature card given to |
| 729s | every person here and everyone at home |
| 733s | who got the legendary BlizzCon |
| 735s | collection I mean look at |
| 739s | that so we talked about the dangers that |
| 742s | lurk beneath the Badlands but what is |
| 745s | there for the Outlaws to protect you |
| 747s | might think of this place as harsh and |
| 749s | forgiving like many Travelers before you |
| 751s | but there are lots of different |
| 753s | environments besides just sand and rocks |
| 755s | there are also big |
| 757s | rocks this boulderfist formation has |
| 761s | particularly good slabs for the |
| 763s | cost but really it was important to us |
| 766s | that we show the Badlands is more than |
| 768s | just a desert the Badlands is a vibrant |
| 771s | and diverse environment with a wide |
| 773s | array of both creatures and Landscapes |
| 776s | it's not just the people that would |
| 777s | suffer if the bad lands were in peril I |
| 779s | mean check out the art piece for living |
| 781s | Prairie holy cow oh that was that was |
| 786s | bad and at night the beauty of the |
| 789s | frontier is clear when the vibrant night |
| 791s | sky Shines on the many adventurers here |
| 793s | in the |
| 794s | Badlands but remember that our heroes |
| 797s | are sharing this land with well the land |
| 801s | itself as the bad land splits into so do |
| 804s | the Elementals like Mesa dun the |
| 807s | fractured Mesa dun draws an elemental |
| 810s | and splits their cost attack and health |
| 813s | in half but the effects and the keywords |
| 816s | stay the |
| 817s | same so for instance if you split AR |
| 820s | ragnaros the fire lord you'll get two |
| 822s | four Mana four fours that both deal |
| 824s | eight |
| 826s | damage we've got one more card to show |
| 829s | you from showdown in the Badlands and we |
| 831s | saved one of the worst for last vck wind |
| 834s | blade a three Mana 33 that does |
| 836s | absolutely nothing okay okay calm down |
| 840s | much like valok Edward is deceiving you |
| 844s | when you play three cards from other |
| 845s | classes while valok wind blade is in |
| 847s | your hand he'll reveal his true form |
| 850s | that's right Druid isn't the only class |
| 852s | with Dragons this set bck the deceiver |
| 855s | is here to steal the show if you've paid |
| 857s | his Bounty he'll transform into a 36 |
| 860s | dragon with charge ready to take cards |
| 862s | from your opponent's |
| 865s | class and just like that that's the |
| 868s | final card of the set |
| 875s | The Showdown in the bad lands launch is |
| 877s | just around the corner on November 14th |
| 880s | will The Outlaws triumph over the forces |
| 883s | of evil well if anyone can overcome the |
| 885s | challenges here it's dynamic duo of Reno |
| 889s | and |
| 890s | Elise and now let's hand things off to |
| 893s | another dynamic duo Mitchell and Gia |
| 896s | from the Battlegrounds |
| 898s | team |
| 903s | go let's |
| 908s | go |
| 911s | hello thank you cor and Edward welcome |
| 913s | to the Battlegrounds portion of the |
| 915s | Hearthstone stage I'm Mitchell the lead |
| 917s | designer on Hearthstone Battlegrounds |
| 919s | this is my first Bliss con and I'm super |
| 921s | happy to be |
| 924s | here and I'm GIA one of the designers on |
| 928s | the Hearthstone Battlegrounds team this |
| 930s | is also my first BlizzCon and here we |
| 933s | are on stage |
| 935s | already no |
| 938s | pressure it's been a jam-packed year for |
| 940s | Battlegrounds so far we released our |
| 942s | 10th minion type in Undead which |
| 944s | breathed new life or or took it away I |
| 946s | guess into combat based strategies and |
| 949s | we introduced dual type Minions that |
| 951s | lets comps overlap in and synergize in |
| 953s | novel ways we also brought back the |
| 957s | buddy system with a new and improved |
| 959s | buddy button that gave players more |
| 961s | agency over when to get their powerful |
| 964s | companions we overhauled the minion pool |
| 966s | adding 58 new minions including the |
| 969s | upbeat mechanic we also retired |
| 971s | poisonous as a keyword in favor of |
| 974s | venomous and we brought back the quest |
| 976s | system with over a dozen new Quest |
| 979s | rewards and we launched our biggest |
| 981s | system yet with anomalies releasing new |
| 983s | ones every single week we're still going |
| 985s | this new one's coming out like Tuesday |
| 988s | uh and we're breaking every rule in the |
| 990s | Battlegrounds book yeah tier seven was |
| 994s | pretty ambitious but we're here to talk |
| 996s | about something even bigger |
| 1001s | Duos no no no no not that duo not that |
| 1004s | one no no no not not that duo not that |
| 1007s | one get that out of here there we go |
| 1009s | this |
| 1016s | Duos introducing Battlegrounds Duos mode |
| 1020s | now you can grab a buddy and play |
| 1023s | against three other teams with brand new |
| 1025s | mechanics that let you collaborate like |
| 1027s | never before this isn't just queuing up |
| 1030s | with a friend and hoping you don't face |
| 1031s | each other is it g nope I mean it can be |
| 1034s | fun to party up and then knock your own |
| 1036s | friends out of the lobby we're not |
| 1038s | judging but what we on the team have |
| 1041s | long wanted is a b Bonafide mode uh |
| 1044s | where you can work together and win |
| 1047s | together internal play tests have been |
| 1050s | an absolute blast as I'm sure some of |
| 1053s | you on the show floor can already attest |
| 1055s | to and we're so excited to finally share |
| 1057s | the details with you all though before |
| 1060s | we get into it I want to give a really |
| 1062s | quick disclaimer Duos mode is early on |
| 1065s | in development and won't be officially |
| 1066s | launched until next year but here at |
| 1070s | BlizzCon we have an exclusive sneak peak |
| 1073s | so you all get to be the first players |
| 1075s | to try it |
| 1076s | out woo thank you |
| 1083s | so let's break down exactly how Duo mode |
| 1086s | works when a game starts you and your |
| 1089s | teammate will each get to pick one of |
| 1092s | several hero options as normal for |
| 1095s | example let's say I pick Reno Jackson |
| 1097s | and Mitchell picks Dino Tamer bran let's |
| 1100s | go League of |
| 1101s | explorers here's what a typical turn one |
| 1104s | looks like for each teammate as you can |
| 1107s | see I have my own Bo Bo and Tavern and |
| 1109s | so does Gia I also have my own gold and |
| 1112s | Tavern tier so if I buy or sell refresh |
| 1116s | or freeze tear up or hero power it will |
| 1118s | not affect Gia's board that's right we |
| 1122s | have all this stuff separate from each |
| 1124s | other but the one thing we do share is |
| 1127s | our health total each team starts with |
| 1129s | 30 health and their combined armor is |
| 1131s | the combined total of both Heroes armors |
| 1134s | that you see during hero select all |
| 1137s | right I think we're ready to zoom out a |
| 1140s | bit oh okay yeah yeah so here's the |
| 1142s | whole screen Yep looks like a normal |
| 1144s | game to me oh wait hey G what's that |
| 1147s | blue shiny thing that Mitchell is the |
| 1150s | portal the portal is what makes Duos |
| 1154s | Duos let's say you're done with your |
| 1156s | turn and are just waiting around for |
| 1158s | combat wouldn't you want to see what |
| 1160s | your teammate is up to by clicking on |
| 1162s | the portal you absolutely |
| 1166s | can so here's Reno on turn one he buys |
| 1169s | this risen Rider plays it then you can |
| 1172s | click on the portal and Bam now we can |
| 1174s | see what bran is up |
| 1176s | to looks like Bran's going for that |
| 1179s | Tavern Tipper too bad it's not going to |
| 1181s | gain any stats this |
| 1184s | turn as you just saw it's like an |
| 1187s | in-game spectate button you can see the |
| 1189s | minions your teammate buys and sells |
| 1191s | cards they hover over you can even see |
| 1193s | their discover |
| 1194s | options so let's sum up what we know so |
| 1197s | far you buy and sell your own stuff with |
| 1200s | your own gold you can use the portal to |
| 1202s | check on your teammate and since each |
| 1204s | team shares health and armor you can see |
| 1206s | them linked together on the |
| 1208s | leaderboard with all this talk of shared |
| 1210s | health I'm sure the question on |
| 1212s | everybody's Minds is how does combat |
| 1215s | work well you go one after another as a |
| 1219s | team but it might be easier to just show |
| 1221s | you let's check back in with Reno and |
| 1224s | bran as they enter their first combat |
| 1227s | pay attention to how the hero and Boards |
| 1251s | change in Duos combat one teammate's |
| 1254s | board spawns into the fight first when |
| 1256s | all your minions are destroyed your |
| 1258s | teammate entire board spawns in next and |
| 1261s | since teams share Health any damage is |
| 1264s | taken by the whole team oh and if you're |
| 1267s | going first and you somehow manage to be |
| 1269s | both opponents all by yourself your |
| 1272s | teammates warband will spawn in to deal |
| 1274s | extra damage up up to the damage cap of |
| 1278s | course here's a recap of all of that how |
| 1281s | will you know which teammates board |
| 1283s | spawns in first during combat well it's |
| 1285s | whoever's hero icon is on top of the |
| 1288s | pair as seen on the leaderboard each |
| 1291s | team's fighter may be different every |
| 1293s | turn so strategize accordingly strategy |
| 1296s | is absolutely key in Duos thanks to |
| 1298s | another new mechanic in this mode |
| 1301s | remember that portal it's not just meant |
| 1303s | for spying on your teammate that's right |
| 1306s | you can also use the portal to pass |
| 1308s | cards to your teammate let's check back |
| 1310s | in with Reno and bran on turn |
| 1314s | two okay looks like Reno's going for the |
| 1317s | swamp striker |
| 1319s | okay fine don't buy the new |
| 1321s | minion one gold left over so dragging it |
| 1325s | to the |
| 1326s | portal and now you guessed it it is with |
| 1331s | bran in Duos you can simply drag a card |
| 1334s | into the blue oval and it will whoosh |
| 1337s | right over to your teammate's hand but |
| 1339s | it comes at a cost passing a minion |
| 1341s | through the portal costs one gold each |
| 1343s | time in initial testing we tried letting |
| 1346s | you pass for free but as it turns out |
| 1349s | generosity was way too |
| 1352s | broken we always knew we wanted a way to |
| 1355s | pass cards between teammates and we |
| 1356s | tested all sorts of different versions |
| 1358s | of it but of course we didn't have that |
| 1360s | portal VX right from the start can |
| 1363s | anyone take a guess what we used in the |
| 1365s | meantime I can guess maybe not too fair |
| 1368s | but it was tradable we already knew from |
| 1371s | traditional Heartstone that dragging a |
| 1373s | card to the deck feels simple and |
| 1375s | intuitive and the moment that we repur |
| 1378s | purpose this UI for Duos plas started to |
| 1381s | feel fluid and truly like a |
| 1383s | collaborative mode the portal has other |
| 1386s | similarities to tradeable to you can use |
| 1388s | it any number of times in a turn as long |
| 1390s | as you have the gold of course and you |
| 1392s | can only pass cards from your hand |
| 1394s | through it once a minion is on the board |
| 1396s | it's no go yep and when you receive |
| 1400s | something from the portal it goes to |
| 1401s | your hand not your board speaking of |
| 1405s | let's see how Brown does with that extra |
| 1407s | swamp Striker from Reno |
| 1411s | all right going to play that swamp |
| 1413s | Striker looks like no murlock in the |
| 1415s | shop unfortunately but looks like Bran's |
| 1418s | going to settle for the surf and surf |
| 1420s | fun fact this card was first called surf |
| 1422s | and turf initially until we realized |
| 1424s | it's a Naga and a crab which are both |
| 1426s | aquatic one gold left over anyway so |
| 1429s | Tavern Tipper is going to grow this |
| 1431s | time now we can take a look at how their |
| 1434s | second combat will play |
| 1437s | out |
| 1464s | so as you guys just saw even though Reno |
| 1467s | only had a single |
| 1468s | the team still won the combat thanks to |
| 1470s | the power of BR board remember you're |
| 1472s | fighting together in Duos there are so |
| 1475s | many new ways you can work together and |
| 1477s | having two players recontextualizes how |
| 1479s | you look at the game for example with |
| 1482s | two shops between you it'll be easier to |
| 1484s | find the pieces you need for that |
| 1486s | perfect War band but remember when you |
| 1489s | triple it's only you that gets the |
| 1491s | reward and with two hero powers between |
| 1494s | you there's lots of new synergies right |
| 1497s | imagine I'm playing as Alex straza and |
| 1500s | Mitchell is playing as Queen wag toggle |
| 1502s | yeah I could play for Tempo with wax |
| 1504s | warband to make sure that we stay |
| 1506s | healthy well I rush to tier five and get |
| 1509s | my two dragons wait do you remember that |
| 1512s | hero combination we saw oh yeah if Dino |
| 1516s | Tamer bran gets brand bronzebeard the |
| 1518s | minion he just needs to spend one goal |
| 1520s | to pass it toino oh oh and then Reno can |
| 1523s | goldenized the brand oh Mitchell did we |
| 1526s | balance that |
| 1529s | anyways um so let's talk about some |
| 1531s | other Heroes uh specifically let's talk |
| 1533s | about some Duos exclusive ones right |
| 1536s | meet Cho and G and their hero power |
| 1541s | Double |
| 1543s | Trouble remember what I said about each |
| 1546s | teammate getting their own triple |
| 1547s | rewards yeah that's not the case with |
| 1549s | these two whenever one of them plays a |
| 1552s | golden minion the other also gets a |
| 1554s | triple reward in testing we tried giving |
| 1557s | this power to to an individual hero but |
| 1559s | it was so powerful we had to make Cho |
| 1562s | and Gul share it and take note Cho and |
| 1565s | Gul are special Duos Heroes and they |
| 1567s | must always be played as a pair you will |
| 1570s | not be able to pick Cho without Gaul or |
| 1572s | vice versa yeah Cho gol should always be |
| 1575s | together but they're looking awfully far |
| 1577s | apart |
| 1578s | here that's better a what you look at |
| 1582s | that oh wait C show oh for anyone |
| 1587s | playing on the show floor today Cho and |
| 1589s | Gul are guaranteed to be in your lobby |
| 1591s | so keep an eye out they're really |
| 1593s | good and they aren't the only new faces |
| 1596s | you'll be seeing in today's demo we have |
| 1599s | all new minions exclusive to Duos mode |
| 1602s | as well let's take a look up first we |
| 1605s | have passenger on tier one he's a onew |
| 1608s | that says whenever your team passes gain |
| 1610s | plus one plus one notice he says |
| 1612s | whenever your team not just whenever you |
| 1615s | which means either teammate can trigger |
| 1617s | passenger regardless of which board it's |
| 1619s | on he's a strong early minion that can |
| 1621s | grow throughout the game as you're |
| 1622s | helping each other out on tier two we |
| 1626s | have Fortune Hunter Flo also known as |
| 1629s | shell collector but generous and neutral |
| 1632s | and tier two with bigger stats is your |
| 1636s | teammate lacking just one goal to buy a |
| 1638s | second Minion or tier up well flow makes |
| 1641s | it easy to help out if you like your |
| 1643s | teammate enough to do so that is moving |
| 1646s | up another tier we have orchestra |
| 1648s | conductor a minion your team can scale |
| 1650s | together each time your team plays one |
| 1652s | it'll upgrade all future conductors |
| 1654s | played by either teammate well you could |
| 1656s | pass them all to one player you can also |
| 1658s | use them on your own stuff and still be |
| 1660s | helping out your friend only thing |
| 1662s | better than Pogo Hopper is Pogo Hopper |
| 1664s | with friends am I right Mitchell I mean |
| 1667s | like Pogo Hopper's a Mech though hey he |
| 1669s | Duos has a Mech check out electron on |
| 1673s | tier five at the end of your turn give a |
| 1676s | random minion in your teammates warband |
| 1678s | Divine Shield you keep this guy around |
| 1681s | long enough and he's basically bubble |
| 1683s | WRA for your teammates entire board and |
| 1686s | it's not just mechs that get specific |
| 1688s | Duos minions every minion type has one |
| 1691s | Yep this is the Duos exclusive Naga |
| 1694s | benefactor though normally you can only |
| 1696s | pass minions from your hand through the |
| 1698s | portal benefactor is one of the other |
| 1701s | ways that you can pass cards to your |
| 1702s | teammate it's spellcraft benefaction |
| 1705s | will let you pass any non-golden minion |
| 1707s | in play to your teammate keep in mind |
| 1710s | though this can Target the shop so |
| 1712s | minions can be sent from there as well |
| 1714s | as sent from your own board passing |
| 1716s | without using the portal like this |
| 1718s | doesn't cost any gold so it's pretty |
| 1721s | nifty other than benefactor we've got a |
| 1723s | hero that lets you do so too Madame Goya |
| 1728s | can't argue with that hero power name |
| 1730s | it's pretty dang efficient to |
| 1732s | effectively buy and pass a Minion for |
| 1735s | just two |
| 1736s | gold oh and passing with efficient |
| 1739s | exchange or benefactor also triggers |
| 1742s | passenger if you're thinking something |
| 1743s | like H passenger seems like it can be |
| 1746s | awfully strong for a tier one you're |
| 1749s | you're absolutely right and if your |
| 1751s | teammate has one you're going to love |
| 1752s | this next hero fidus floop with glorious |
| 1756s | floop I can't believe I said that you |
| 1758s | can choose a friendly minion during the |
| 1760s | recruit phase at the start of your next |
| 1762s | combat it transforms into your |
| 1764s | teammate's highest attack minion |
| 1766s | Mitchell thank you so much for |
| 1767s | introducing that hero so I didn't have |
| 1769s | to attempt to say its name again don't |
| 1771s | worry our last hero is somebody who you |
| 1773s | can't possibly |
| 1775s | mispronounce because he doesn't have a |
| 1776s | name at all that's right this is the |
| 1779s | nameless one he straight up copies your |
| 1782s | teammates hero power so you could be |
| 1784s | playing double gallix double Milhouse or |
| 1787s | even double grey Bal if you're that type |
| 1789s | of person hey leave gy Bal |
| 1792s | alone speaking of copying off your |
| 1795s | teammate the last minion were revealing |
| 1798s | today is Sandy at the start of combat |
| 1801s | she transforms into a copy of your |
| 1803s | teammate's highest health minion just |
| 1806s | hope she doesn't get sniped by |
| 1808s | tavish and that's all the Duos minions |
| 1810s | we're revealing today there are more but |
| 1813s | you'll just have to discover them for |
| 1814s | yourself on the show floor or by |
| 1815s | watching the |
| 1816s | streams even with all these minions |
| 1819s | we've not made any cuts to the live |
| 1821s | minion pool that's playable in today's |
| 1822s | demo balance-wise it was a concern that |
| 1825s | it' be way tooo easy to find the minion |
| 1827s | you need when you've got two players |
| 1829s | looking for them but the larger pool is |
| 1832s | a way to offset that and when you're |
| 1834s | hunting for minions for the whole team |
| 1836s | communication is critical which is why |
| 1839s | we've made one more Duos exclusive |
| 1840s | mechanic the Ping system no the maage |
| 1843s | hero power isn't coming to bgs don't |
| 1845s | worry it's fine pings are emotes that |
| 1848s | you can use to communicate with your |
| 1849s | partner in today's demo you'll be |
| 1852s | sitting next to your teammate and can |
| 1854s | talk about your strategy in real time |
| 1856s | but we made pings because this won't |
| 1858s | always be the case when Duos goes live |
| 1861s | maybe you don't have the opportunity to |
| 1862s | do a voice call maybe your teammate |
| 1864s | speaks a different language maybe you're |
| 1866s | playing at work you don't want people to |
| 1868s | know don't worry we won't tell if you |
| 1870s | don't during the recruit phase you can |
| 1873s | right click on a minion and those four |
| 1874s | options will appear it's a blue portal |
| 1877s | yellow question mark green check and red |
| 1879s | X left click a ping to select it and |
| 1881s | both you and your teammate will see the |
| 1883s | Ping On The Minion if you ping on |
| 1885s | something on your own board the teammate |
| 1887s | will get a little preview of it through |
| 1888s | that portal in testing I often use the |
| 1892s | question mark on a minion in my shop to |
| 1893s | ask Mitchell hey you think I should buy |
| 1897s | this and he would respond with either a |
| 1900s | check or an X to say yes or no |
| 1903s | respectively or maybe even the portal to |
| 1905s | be like pass it to me instead okay |
| 1907s | greedy I can also ping while spectating |
| 1911s | Mitchell's board look this green arrow |
| 1914s | pointing sideways on the imprisoner |
| 1917s | indicates that I would get a triple if |
| 1919s | Mitchell passed it to me and this is |
| 1922s | where I'd see Gia aggressively pinging |
| 1924s | that minion in my shop okay don't worry |
| 1927s | I guess I can pass it to her no no no |
| 1929s | wait wait wait I have a better idea I'm |
| 1931s | going to tear up next turn and I want |
| 1933s | Mitchel to freeze the minion until then |
| 1936s | how to let him know well I can simply |
| 1939s | ping the freeze button yep in Duos mode |
| 1943s | you can ping pretty much any card or |
| 1945s | button you can interact with as long as |
| 1948s | it's during the recruit phase I could |
| 1951s | ask my teammate hey should I refresh or |
| 1954s | tell them don't tear up this turn or if |
| 1956s | I want to be a real agent of chaos ping |
| 1959s | them the portal on their hero |
| 1961s | power to clear a ping you can either |
| 1964s | right click then click away or wait till |
| 1967s | combat automatically erases them now |
| 1970s | there's one last emote you already know |
| 1972s | from traditional Hearthstone but we're |
| 1974s | going to steal it real quick thank you |
| 1977s | for listening thing working on Duos oh |
| 1979s | yes thank |
| 1983s | you I'm just so |
| 1986s | excited working on Duos has been an |
| 1988s | absolute joy and I'm so excited to get |
| 1990s | to share this new way to play with |
| 1992s | everybody here yeah in play tests I said |
| 1995s | multiple times that Duos is the most fun |
| 1998s | I've ever had playing Battlegrounds so |
| 2000s | it's a real pleasure to finally invite |
| 2002s | everybody to try the mode but remember |
| 2005s | this is an exclusive early demo and a |
| 2008s | lot of designs could still change |
| 2010s | between now and when we officially |
| 2011s | launch it but you can try everything we |
| 2014s | have so far right now in the demo area |
| 2017s | you can line up with a friend or maybe |
| 2019s | make a new one playing Duos and when |
| 2022s | you're done please fill out the survey |
| 2024s | to let us know what you think your |
| 2025s | feedback is very valuable to make sure |
| 2027s | Duos is the best it can possibly be when |
| 2029s | it launches next year and to everyone at |
| 2031s | home you can still check out Duos by |
| 2033s | watching your favorite streamers today |
| 2035s | and tomorrow check out our blog post for |
| 2038s | more details thank you so much for |
| 2039s | joining us today have a great BlizzCon |
| 2042s | and we'll see you in the |
| 2055s | tavern |