So back in the day when Pirate Warrior reigned supreme Blizzard decided that Fiery War Axe was too as too strong. They upped the cost from 2 to 3 and gave the lamest explanation as to why it became worst than every 3/2 weapon printed up to that point.
Ben Brode even doubled down on the lame explanation with the following quote from an interview.
“I, like a lot of players, have memorized every Hearthstone card. If I show you a picture of Arcanite Reaper, I bet you don’t have to read the card to know that it’s a 5/2 weapon. Art becomes a shortcut to game mechanics. When we change the underlying game mechanics without changing the art, players who don’t read their cards every time they play a game won’t notice that one of the words on the cards has changed.“
If Mana Durability and Attack Changes can be deceptive to regular and returning players alike what is a complete Art Change going to do to returning players?
Now that Blizzard has decided to start censoring old card art we might see many more cards being censored.
Changing art on cards arbitrarily is a dangerous precedent, especially if the motivation is to appease other nation’s governments. We need to give Blizzard grief for this.
So back in the day when Pirate Warrior reigned supreme Blizzard decided that Fiery War Axe was too as too strong. They upped the cost from 2 to 3 and gave the lamest explanation as to why it became worst than every 3/2 weapon printed up to that point.
Ben Brode even doubled down on the lame explanation with the following quote from an interview.
“I, like a lot of players, have memorized every Hearthstone card. If I show you a picture of Arcanite Reaper, I bet you don’t have to read the card to know that it’s a 5/2 weapon. Art becomes a shortcut to game mechanics. When we change the underlying game mechanics without changing the art, players who don’t read their cards every time they play a game won’t notice that one of the words on the cards has changed.“
If Mana Durability and Attack Changes can be deceptive to regular and returning players alike what is a complete Art Change going to do to returning players?
Now that Blizzard has decided to start censoring old card art we might see many more cards being censored.
Sexualized Art
Duskfallen Aviana [/card],[card][card]Frost bolt[/card], Counterspell, Sinister Strike, Master of Disguise, Crazed Chemist, Whirlwind, Warsong Commander (stop Blizzard she is already dead), Arathi Weaponsmith, Elven Archer, Pint-Sized Summoner,Heroic Innkeeper
Violent Art
Arcane Shot, Explosive Shot, Shadow Word: Death, Cold Blood, Lightning Bolt
Changing art on cards arbitrarily is a dangerous precedent, especially if the motivation is to appease other nation’s governments. We need to give Blizzard grief for this.
There is already an older and lengthy thread on this subject over here: https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/235022-exclusive-new-nerfs-eviscerate-secretkeetper-bite
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