Hearthstone designers’ Q&A: Pirates, Standard in Arena, boosting Wild, and card nerfs

Hearthstone could be seeing some big changes, we learned, as two of its most important developers talked to players on Twitch today.

Game director Ben Brode and game designer Dean Ayala answered questions from fans during a Q&A livestream for the leading digital card game. This comes after the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion launched in early December. The set’s new cards have created new decks and strategies. Some fans are concerned about some cards being too powerful (hello, Patches), while others want to see some updates to the Arena mode, which has players compete with decks they draft from random card choices.