i do strongly agree big priest has become too powerful in wild, but i dont know if that will really be a good nerf.
The problem is that barnes is not a problem in other classes, just in priest if you get him turn 3-4 and you loose on that turn.
Barnes is a problem in big rogue and spell hunter, but big priest is played much more and they also have resurrect cards. Most decks can't deal with a turn 4 Barnes so expect him to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
We all hate Barnes, but his days are numbered. The devs have him at the top of their "watch list" and are likely to nerf him a few weeks after the expansion. I expect Barnes to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
What about a logical solution like Barnes summoning a 1/1 that has the text of a minion in your deck. Problem solved. You res a 1/1 but you still benefit from having strong minions in your deck.
i do strongly agree big priest has become too powerful in wild, but i dont know if that will really be a good nerf.
The problem is that barnes is not a problem in other classes, just in priest if you get him turn 3-4 and you loose on that turn.
Barnes is a problem in big rogue and spell hunter, but big priest is played much more and they also have resurrect cards. Most decks can't deal with a turn 4 Barnes so expect him to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
We all hate Barnes, but his days are numbered. The devs have him at the top of their "watch list" and are likely to nerf him a few weeks after the expansion. I expect Barnes to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
The thing is Big Rogue and Spell Hunter aren't high power decks so the card is only heavily polarizing in Big Priest.
What about a logical solution like Barnes summoning a 1/1 that has the text of a minion in your deck. Problem solved. You res a 1/1 but you still benefit from having strong minions in your deck.
If Blizzard nerfs Barnes this way, Barnes will be useless in big priest as the last thing you want to do is resurrect a vanilla 1/1. Bumping him to 5 or 6 mana keeps Barnes relevant in big priest and other "big" decks, just gives other decks more time to answer Barnes. Turn 4 Barnes is broken, but at turn 5 or turn 6, much easier to answer.
Barnes is a problem in big rogue and spell hunter, but big priest is played much more and they also have resurrect cards. Most decks can't deal with a turn 4 Barnes so expect him to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
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We all hate Barnes, but his days are numbered. The devs have him at the top of their "watch list" and are likely to nerf him a few weeks after the expansion. I expect Barnes to get bumped to 5 or 6 mana.
What about a logical solution like Barnes summoning a 1/1 that has the text of a minion in your deck. Problem solved. You res a 1/1 but you still benefit from having strong minions in your deck.
The thing is Big Rogue and Spell Hunter aren't high power decks so the card is only heavily polarizing in Big Priest.
If Blizzard nerfs Barnes this way, Barnes will be useless in big priest as the last thing you want to do is resurrect a vanilla 1/1. Bumping him to 5 or 6 mana keeps Barnes relevant in big priest and other "big" decks, just gives other decks more time to answer Barnes. Turn 4 Barnes is broken, but at turn 5 or turn 6, much easier to answer.
I like summoning Barnes with my Shadow Essence when mulligans go to crap.