Heroes of the Storm 2.0 Plans

The Heroes of the Storm website announces plans for Heroes of the Storm 2.0, an overhaul of Blizzard's free-to-play MOBA. This will go live in the next patch, but is also now in beta testing on the PTR. Word is: "Since launch, we’ve added tons of content to Heroes of the Storm. Now, we’re ready to take the game to the next level with a more powerful progression system, reward-packed Loot Chests, an innovative new Battleground, and, of course, heaps of rule-shattering heroes." Information on this will be doled out in portions, and they currently offer an article on a new progression system and a new reward system, adding loot chests, sprays, announcers, and more. They also have a Cassia profile for a new hero, showing off an assassin described as an Amazon Warmatron. They have locked articles with dates for two Reddit Q&As, a Heroes timeline, two more hero reveals, a launch event, and more. Here's an overview video and some details:
The first major update coming with Heroes of the Storm 2.0 is a massive overhaul of our leveling and progression systems! In our next patch, we’ve decided to make progression more straightforward by removing the Player Level cap and transforming it into the sum of all the Hero levels you’ve gained. We’ve also removed the Hero level cap so that your ability to continue progressing is near limitless.

As a result, the XP you’ll earn by completing games will now only affect your Hero progression. Whenever you gain a new Hero level, your overall Player Level will increase as well.

Uncapping progression helps us accomplish our goals to make progression more frequent and more meaningful. It also gives us enough flexibility to reward you with some sweet in-game loot every time you level up one of your Heroes!

We’re rolling out game-changing additions to make Heroes of the Storm a new, even better experience: stronger player progression in the form of Loot Chests; innovative new Battlegrounds from more Blizzard universes; new mechanical twists on over-the-top brawls; and, of course, tons of rule-shattering Heroes.