Monday, September 11, 2017

News:: Blizzard pulls Restrictive Synergy changes from Hearthstone after complaints

A recent change to Arena mode made alongside the release of Hearthstone's latest expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, is to be rescinded after a mountain of negative feedback.

The "Restrictive Synergy" rule, implemented in the latest update, limited the first few deck draws for each player to specific synergy types, as opposed to the completely random draws that were made in the original ruleset.

Players complained that this new rule essentially "locked you in" to building an attack deck based on the synergy of your starting cards, rather than having the freedom to adapt and change as you built your deck. Whilst this may have even been the very intention of the new rule, a lot of fans felt it took away from the evolving playfield, making the game a more linear playing experience.

Replying to a complaint of Hearthstone's Reddit page, game designer Mike Donais said that the original randomiser method of card-drawing will be reimplemented in the very-near future, although no specific date was given.

Hearthstone new rule rollback [Reddit]

Blizzard pulls Restrictive Synergy changes from Hearthstone after complaints screenshot

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