Blizz 'nerfed' Bad Luck Albatross by making it 4 mana cause they are still the same lazy af company that can't think of creative nerfs and priest still abuses the shit out of this card. I was just trying to play a Big Demons DH on ladder and got queued into a Priest that got an Albatross on turn 3 with coin and then used Grave Rune and Shadowy Figure [/card] and [card]Psychopomp and Ameth and then another Grave Rune and then after all that bs he just had 2 Plague of Death back to back. Drawing birds for 7 turns in a row was super fun as well btw.
**EDIT: Oh anf forgot to mention I faced the same bs yesterday playing Rogue and I literally had to play one bird and then Flik my own 1/1 to not draw the other like 12 birds I had in my deck, fun and interactive card.
They honestly should have nerfed it to only put one bird in your deck.
The card should be a battlecry and have lower stats, that way priest can't abuse it by reviving it 7k times
This is actually the best possible Solution, by making the effect a Battlecry, they could have left its Mana cost at 3, since nobody cares about a 4-3 for 3 Mana with a Battlecry. (its the same like the Freeze dude)
By having it a Deathrattle however, the abuse potential is just too overwhelming.
What did you expect? For Blizzard, even broken cards are not a problem, unless they become too popular. What must be done then? Of course, the cost must be increased, which will reduce the popularity - solved!
Maybe make them 5 mana? The deathrattle is good and should not be changed.
Maybe make them "Can't be targeted by spells or hero powers" so Priests can't buff them? Only ress them and then you can put some anti-ress cards in your deck.
Making it a battlecry would mess with those decks that have a means to counter it via Polymorph/Hex though....
And how many decks run those cards atm? I count one.
And by making it a battlecry it would retain the intended use of the card, to counter highlander/pure/spell decks. (which in itself is a really fucking bad idea. Create powerful deck archetypes to just create a stupid countercard that shuts down all these decks completely) but priests cant use their abusive fucking resurrect and shuffle 30 1/1s in your deck strategy.
Such an easy fix.
And for those who complain about Wild. Nobody fucking cares about Wild. The balance is whack there anyway and running that combo would make you lose the game 10 times out of 10 anyway.
I play no dublicate paladin with prince liam and hakker the soulflier, and getting couple random legendaries have been fun. Atleast with this deck I dont mind the albatross.
Blizz 'nerfed' Bad Luck Albatross by making it 4 mana cause they are still the same lazy af company that can't think of creative nerfs and priest still abuses the shit out of this card. I was just trying to play a Big Demons DH on ladder and got queued into a Priest that got an Albatross on turn 3 with coin and then used Grave Rune and Shadowy Figure [/card] and [card]Psychopomp and Ameth and then another Grave Rune and then after all that bs he just had 2 Plague of Death back to back. Drawing birds for 7 turns in a row was super fun as well btw.
**EDIT: Oh anf forgot to mention I faced the same bs yesterday playing Rogue and I literally had to play one bird and then Flik my own 1/1 to not draw the other like 12 birds I had in my deck, fun and interactive card.
They honestly should have nerfed it to only put one bird in your deck.
The card should be a battlecry and have lower stats, that way priest can't abuse it by reviving it 7k times
I'll take the 7 albatrosses over 7 infiltrators or 7 catrina muertes.
If you are playing as DH and you cannot kill it before he puts grave rune on it, it's on you.
You want some cheese with your whine?
This is actually the best possible Solution, by making the effect a Battlecry, they could have left its Mana cost at 3, since nobody cares about a 4-3 for 3 Mana with a Battlecry. (its the same like the Freeze dude)
By having it a Deathrattle however, the abuse potential is just too overwhelming.
Making it a battlecry would mess with those decks that have a means to counter it via Polymorph/Hex though....
How does that fix the problem? It could still be abused in Wild. Res Priest + Brann Bronzebeard. Whoops
Psychopomp is also still a thing in Standard...and Body Wrapper
Make Albatross 10 mana 10/10. Maybe you will have enough time? Lol
What did you expect? For Blizzard, even broken cards are not a problem, unless they become too popular. What must be done then? Of course, the cost must be increased, which will reduce the popularity - solved!
Maybe make them 5 mana? The deathrattle is good and should not be changed.
Maybe make them "Can't be targeted by spells or hero powers" so Priests can't buff them? Only ress them and then you can put some anti-ress cards in your deck.
Problem solved.
I have solution to albatros without changing effect stats etc.
Just give tokens
Battlecry: This gain +1/1 for each albatros in your deck.
This effect would solve the problem but blizz never uses constructive solutions
And how many decks run those cards atm? I count one.
And by making it a battlecry it would retain the intended use of the card, to counter highlander/pure/spell decks. (which in itself is a really fucking bad idea. Create powerful deck archetypes to just create a stupid countercard that shuts down all these decks completely) but priests cant use their abusive fucking resurrect and shuffle 30 1/1s in your deck strategy.
Such an easy fix.
And for those who complain about Wild. Nobody fucking cares about Wild. The balance is whack there anyway and running that combo would make you lose the game 10 times out of 10 anyway.
The 1/1's should draw themselves. Card still disrupts but for a much shorter amount of time.
Holy shit, people in this community....
I play no dublicate paladin with prince liam and hakker the soulflier, and getting couple random legendaries have been fun. Atleast with this deck I dont mind the albatross.
Or maybe change the text to 'Every time this minion takes damage shuffle 2 1/1 Albatrosses in your opponent's deck'
And let Warriors start having fun instead of Priests ;)
Nobody gives a shit about Wild and balance isn't done for Wild, why even bring it up
That's the hearthstone philosophy, favor the newbie and standard players (what are actually same thing)
HS really should use more effort to wild..