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In interviews I've done in recent years, the key phrase that I kept hearing was "class identity," a lot of which was based on the Basic and Classic sets. So those are two of the biggest things driving this is just, we want players to be on a much higher starting block than they were before. I think for us, one of the biggest things over the past few years is that new players are coming into Hearthstone, "Where do I start, how do I begin, and what am I up against?" What sort of experience, what sort of collection are we putting them up against? And we want them to be able to build these decks a lot more easily and have decks that are more competitive too. We realized we just want to make the first time player experience, you come in and you unlock cards, just much easier. So I think we've been talking about this for quite some time. So we're just in a really good place in terms of our team size to be able to take on a big project like this.
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I've been on the team for about three and a half years now and ever since I joined, it's been a topic of conversation where I'd say, "When can we do it? How can we do it? What's it going to take?" And the team's really grown a lot of over that time as well. It was one of the things that we've been talking about for quite some time. So I want to start by asking for some background on how you reached the decision to make such a foundational-level change to the game.ĭawson: Yeah. The Core Set is a pretty significant change. Hearthstone's New Core 2021 Set Revealed.Hearthstone Mercenaries, New RPG-Like Mode, Coming This Year.Hearthstone's Next Expansion, Forged In The Barrens, Adds 135 New Cards.Now Playing: Hearthstone Forged In The Barrens Trailer | BlizzCon 2021 By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's