QftQ – how would you feel about the upcoming saga having a flooded cavern zone? Or is underground + underwater a bit much?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Given people’s reactions to Zaralek Cavern… I don’t know. A lot of people called it claustrophobic. If we add to that what people’s reactions were to Vashj’ir… sweet Yogg, I feel like this wouldn’t be the most popular idea ever.<\/p>\n
Zones that “penalize” you for being there in some way tend to be very unpopular — the Maw instantly comes to mind. While just being in a cavern isn’t a penalty in itself, it can be perceived<\/em> as one. And being underwater, despite all the workarounds that the developers found — such as giving you Sea Legs<\/a> and the ability to ride aquatic mounts as fast as if they were flying mounts — players still felt somewhat oppressed by the underwater environment.<\/p>\n Personally, I’d be okay with the idea if it was something like a pocket zone. Maybe a small place that you explore quickly, with a single questline there. Even better if there were bonuses that made you want<\/em> to be there — maybe this underground underwater zone could have your character move really fast, or be able to cast while moving, or get a ton of health and mana regeneration… anything in order to try to give players a positive feeling rather than a negative one.<\/p>\n …buuuut, if I had to decide whether to implement such a zone or not, I’d ultimately veer away from it.<\/p>\n Late Q4tQ: Ysera vs. Godzilla.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Godzilla roars and lets loose his atomic breath. He seems to have the upper hand…<\/p>\n …until Ysera opens her eyes. It’s godzover, lol. lmao even.<\/p>\n Q4tQ When playing Hearthstone Battlegrounds do you plan your strategy once you know what tribes are in the game, or do you wait and see what cards you’re able to get in the first few turns before committing to a plan?<\/p>\n Corollary Q4tQ: When quests are active, do you use the quests as the foundation of your plan, or do you choose the one that works best with your current strategy?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It varies. Some heroes only really work with specific minion types, so when I get one of those, I have to stick to the plan right out of the gate. But if the hero I picked is more flexible, I simply try to make the strongest possible comp for the first few turns, and then let RNG and the flow of the game dictate where I go. Sometimes I’ll end up sticking to that, while other times I’ll be offered a Bream Counter<\/a> and a Bassgill<\/a> at the same time all of a sudden, so whoops, guess we’re playing Murlocs now.<\/p>\n For quests, most of the time I pick what I think the strongest one is and adapt my strategy to it, rather than picking a quest that I think will work with what I’m already doing. But, again, there are exceptions.<\/p>\n If you were a pirate, what would you name your ship?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The Red Death.”<\/p>\n My crew would wear red masks.<\/p>\n Q4tQ: So a mage (Jaina), rogue (Vanessa), and hunter (Alleria) walk into a bar…<\/p>\n How does the rest go?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “This bar is full of demons,” said Alleria. “We should kill them all quickly.”<\/p>\n “Wait,” said Jaina. “These demons wouldn’t just show up here in Orgrimmar for no reason; they’re plotting something. It’s not our business to decide what gets done here, but we need to give our hosts a chance to learn something, at least. Vanessa?”<\/p>\n
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