专访BB与Mike Donais，渡鸦年是这个样子的

最近炉石传说掌游宝对暴雪炉石团队进行了专访，针对渡鸦年、新版本和退环境提出了诸多问题，感谢网易暴雪的大力支持以及受访者的精彩回答。
本次接受采访人员：

作为暴雪游戏《炉石传说》的游戏总监，Ben Brode的工作涉及游戏设计的各个方面，同时也为负责卡牌设计、酒馆大乱斗、活动、任务、系统和UI的不同团队提供支持。
Brode于2003年加入暴雪娱乐，并在2008年成为《炉石传说》团队的助理游戏设计师。为团队效力期间，他曾担任过许多职责，从客户端工程师到卡牌插图的裁剪和色彩修正等等。从“纳克萨玛斯的诅咒”直到“上古之神的低语”，Brode都是卡牌和冒险模式的初始设计负责人。2016年，Brode接任首席设计师一职，并最终升迁至游戏总监。
Brode早期曾在暴雪担任多种职责，包括质量保障、产品制作及产品授权，并在暴雪嘉年华上担任发言人。
业余时间里，Brode喜欢炉石说唱。

Team5的主要游戏设计师, 致力于卡牌、冒险模式的设计和平衡。Donais 于2013年加入暴雪娱乐, 此前曾担任魔兽世界卡牌游戏的设计总监。他是一名高级游戏设计师, 曾帮助设计万智牌和龙与地下城, 以及其他项目。
接下来是详细访谈内容。

Q：每一年的主题是怎么确定下来的呢？
How is the theme selected each year?
A：我们会一起头脑风暴，为新一年的主题想个名字。我们喜欢以一些带有奇幻色彩的野兽的名字并参考即将到来的一年里一个扩展包的内容来命名纪元年。
We brainstorm a name for the Hearthstone New Year as a group. We like naming our Hearthstone Years after legendary beasts that reference at least one of the expansion themes in the upcoming year.

Q：退环境的牌今年较去年少了一半，这是出于什么考虑呢？
Compared with last year, there are only half the number of cards that entered the Hall of Fame this year. Why?
A：我们并非每年都规定需要有多少卡牌要退环境，但是我们会根据设计标准模式的目标来挑选一些特定的卡牌退环境，这个设计理念就是有趣且不断变化。与此同时，我们也希望经典模式有许多好的卡牌给大家使用，这样玩家们可以继续玩他们最爱的老牌组。
We don’t have a set number of cards we promote to the Hall of Fame every year, but rather, we like to identify specific cards for promotion based on our goals for Standard, which is to create a format that is fun and constantly changing. At the same time, we also want Classic to have lots of great cards for everyone to use and so players can keep playing some of their old favorites.

Q：一年三个扩展包的模式已经实行了一年，你觉得这是一个合适的方案吗？渡鸦年会有所调整吗？
Three expansions a year has been going on for one year now, do you think it is a suitable plan? Will there be adjustments in the Year of the Raven?
A：猛犸年过得很不错！我们的主要目标是保持环境的新颖，以及有更多新卡牌让玩家能更长久地快乐游戏。我们能看到环境的变化是前所未见的。
The Year of the Mammoth has been great! The main goal was to keep the environment fresh with more new cards so that players had more fun for longer. We saw the meta change more than ever before.
另外，从“冰封王座的骑士”开始，我们结合了扩展包中所有最优秀的元素，推出足足130多张卡牌的扩展包，加上单人模式任务。绝大多数玩家都喜欢这样，但我们也会继续探索其他的方式。
Also, starting with Knights of the Frozen Throne, we combined all the best parts of expansions with Adventures by releasing singleplayer missions alongside a full 130+ card expansion. Most players love this and we’re continuing to experiment with that in different ways.

Q：猛犸年出现了任务、进化、传说武器、英雄牌、吸血、招募这些新机制，那么渡鸦年的创新想必不会弱于猛犸年，这会给你们带来哪些挑战？任务、英雄牌、传说武器以后还会出现吗？
The Year of the Mammoth had new mechanics like quest, evolve, legendary weapon, life steal, and recruit. New innovation in the Year of the Raven will surely trump the Year of the Mammoth, what challenges will you encounter? Will there be more quest, hero cards, and legendary weapons?
A：一些机制，比如发现和吸血，都深受玩家喜爱，使大家不断去尝试更多卡牌。所以我们也计划继续增加这些机制。
Some mechanics like Discover and Lifesteal are loved by the players and lend themselves to fitting on more cards so we are planning to continue including those.
同时，在渡鸦年我们也会推出更多新的有意思的东西给大家去探索，包括新的机制和关键词。请大家保持关注——很快今年第一个扩展包的消息就会发布了！
At the same time, there will be lots of new and awesome stuff to explore in the Year of the Raven, including new mechanics and keywords. Stay tuned, though – you’ll hear about the first expansion of the year very, very soon!

Q：渡鸦年会对休闲模式和排名模式有所改动吗？
Will there be any changes to the casual and ranked modes in the Year of the Raven?
A：休闲模式和排名模式对我们来说都很重要，大部分玩家的时间都花在了这两者之上，但目前我们对这两个模式都没有什么新消息可以分享。
Casual and Ranked Play modes are important to us and it’s where many of our players spend most of their time but we have nothing new to announce right now.

Q：渡鸦年会继续出现类似双职业竞技场和狂野竞技场这样针对竞技场的活动吗？
Will there be events similar to the dual-class arenas and wild arenas in the Year of the Raven?
A：我不想破坏给大家的惊喜，但今年我们会举办更多新活动，也会让一些大家喜爱的旧活动回归！
Although I don’t want to spoil any surprises, we’re excited to do more events this year while bringing back old favorites!

Q：渡鸦年会为了吸引更多的玩家进入狂野模式而做些什么吗？
Will there be changes in the wild format to attract more players in the Year of the Raven?
A：狂野模式每年都更加好玩，因为玩家可以不断结合旧卡牌和新卡牌创造出我们意想不到的新玩法。创新组合的数量在猛增，能挖掘所有这些卡牌的潜力来创造新的组合也是很有意思的事。
Wild gets better every year because players can combine old cards with new ones in ways we never expected. The amount of crazy combinations just keeps going up and it is really fun to dig through all the cards to find those combinations.
在有必要的时候，我们也会继续为狂野模式进行针对性平衡（比如针对海盗、缚链者拉兹、熔核巨人的削弱恢复以及恐惧战马的调整等）。但是，我们会尽可能不改动卡牌，因为狂野模式的设计理念就是让大家去玩他们喜欢的旧卡牌和牌组。
We will continue to balance specifically for Wild (Patches the Pirate, Raza the Chained, Molten Giant un-nerf, Dreadsteed) when we need to. That said, we want to leave cards unchanged when we can because the point of Wild is for people to play with their old favorites.

Q：渡鸦年会进一步采取措施降低新玩家入门门槛吗？
Will there be anything implemented to lower the new player entry barrier in the Year of the Raven? (Make them more easy to start on and play)
A：虽然《炉石传说》每年的开始对于所有玩家来说都是件值得高兴的事，这也正是新玩家入门的最佳时机，因为环境的轮换使新玩家在进入标准模式时无需再去收集之前多年来发布的那些旧卡牌。
Although the start of every Hearthstone year is an exciting time for all players, it’s the best time for new players to start because set rotation allows for new players to jump right into Standard without having to collect years’ worth of cards.
猛犸年的免费单人游戏内容——“冰封王座的骑士”和“狗头人与地下世界”的任务也会向新玩家开放。渡鸦年的第一个扩展包也包含单人游戏内容。
Free singleplayer content from Year of the Mammoth is also available for new players – the missions in The Frozen Throne and Kobolds & Catacombs. The first expansion of Year of the Raven will also feature singleplayer.
针对渡鸦年，新玩家只需在标准模式赢得10场比赛即可免费解锁露娜拉皮肤，更新后的日常任务更容易完成，增加大家的整体金币收入。
For Year of the Raven specifically, new players can unlock Lunara for free just by winning 10 games in the Standard format and updated Daily Quests are easier to complete and grant more gold overall.

Q：渡鸦年会出现新的日常任务吗？不包括类似挑战地下城首领这样的推广任务。
Will there be new daily quests in the Year of the Raven?（Broaden the quest pool ） Not including promotional quests like defeat dungeon bosses.
A：作为渡鸦年的第一步，我们会更新日常任务，使它们更加容易完成，所有40金币的任务将会改为奖励50金币。这也并非全部——请大家继续关注我们未来发布的日常任务更新。
As a first step for the Year of the Raven, we will update Daily Quests to make them easier to complete and all 40 gold quests will now award 50 gold instead. We’re not done yet though – keep an eye out for more updates to Daily Quests in the future.

以上就是这次访谈的全部内容，感谢网易暴雪对这次采访的大力支持，让我们共同迎接即将到来的渡鸦年吧！