Hearthstone’s top game designer explains Quest Rogue change

Blizzard Entertainment announced Wednesday that it would make a change to one of the most controversial cards in Hearthstone: The Caverns Below, the Rogue Quest card from the Journey to Un’Goro set. The studio felt players were achieving the quest too quickly, earning a powerful reward that was impacting the card game’s balance.

In the release, the Team 5 development group (which works on Hearthstone) said that “The Caverns Below is uniquely powerful versus several slower, control-oriented decks and played often enough that it’s pushing those decks out of play. This change should help expand the deck options available to players both now and after the release of the next expansion.”