With the upcoming HearthStone expansion “The Grand Tournament“, there are some new features and changes – but one is missing: a tournament mode. Why is that?
Not the Right Time for a Tournament
At polygon, they conducted a brief interview with the Game Director of Hearthstone, Eric Dodds, and asked him why “The Grand Tournament” brings so many innovations, but not the long-demanded tournament mode. He found the question “interesting” and mentioned that one must wait for the right moment for everything – and that moment simply hasn’t come yet.
In all decisions, the developers ask themselves: “What is the right and most important thing for the game at this moment?” According to Dodds, they currently do not consider a “serious and competition-oriented” mode to be important, but rather a silly and wacky one, like the weekly card chaos.
Moreover, it is perfectly fine if the card chaos does not appeal to all players every week – if a different group enjoys the rule variations each time, the developers have achieved their goal.
Despite all this, they still do not rule out a tournament mode – for now, they are letting the community host tournaments themselves.
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