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Not a very big deal in my opinion, but makes my life as a completionist that much more stressful :)

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I understand that people are focused on discussing how playable the card is, but maybe we should focus on how Team 5 really just doesn't care about skill-defining cards and matches. Early game RNG that requires no talent...You've knocked it out of the park again Blizzard

 Or we could focus on how the people complaining about RNG all time don't actually understand Hearthstone at all.

I peaked at Top 60 legend NA in December 2016, so I think I have a fairly reasonable understanding of the game.

I understand random effects can be fun and interesting, but I wish they would avoid making them competitively viable. While this card isn't as random as the likes of Swashburglar, I don't like seeing important, hard-fought matches being determined by elements of the game neither player has control over.

 RNG is a fun mechanic that you should be prepared for, knowing every card in your opponent's deck isn't very fun. For example, when going against shaman you know every card since it will usually be jade. Also RNG increases the diversity and can sometimes give you an edge you need to get an advantage or catch up. Being free to play, steal and discover cards are huge since it allows us access to cards we might not have. Complaining about RNG, which is a game mechanic, is the same as complaining over what cards your opponent might or might not have put in their deck/hand you just don't know for sure.

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I understand that people are focused on discussing how playable the card is, but maybe we should focus on how Team 5 really just doesn't care about skill-defining cards and matches. Early game RNG that requires no talent...You've knocked it out of the park again Blizzard

 Or we could focus on how the people complaining about RNG all time don't actually understand Hearthstone at all.

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Why is everyone already hating on it? It's just priest's version of Swashburglar and not even as a battlecry and instead of being a pirate aka Patches' buddy for life, it has the elemental tag and I'm damn interested to see what elemental priest potentionally can do

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Nerfs Awaken the Makers but great card regardless.

How is this a nerf to the quest?

I understand that people are focused on discussing how playable the card is, but maybe we should focus on how Team 5 really just doesn't care about skill-defining cards and matches. Early game RNG that requires no talent...You've knocked it out of the park again Blizzard

I beg to differ. Making balance changes one month after a new expansion seems irresponsible unless the meta is not in a catastrophic state. It takes time to modify cards, re-write code, and actually release a patch. With new decks gaining popularity and being fine-tuned one month after release, play-testing becomes more complex. 
Could they have done something sooner? Probably

That being said, they're addressing this issue much more quickly than anything in the past. We should be happy about this change, and not bash them for it.

I agree that they're favoured vs Midrange Jade Shaman, but I believe this nerf targets aggro shaman more so than midrange Jade. I should've been more clear :) 

It will help that problem though. This will be a pretty big kick in the teeth to aggro shaman. If the new STB is unplayable, I doubt Shaman will play South Sea deckhand just for the patches effect. In addition, 1 mana changes greatly impact aggro decks that are mainly built around playing out efficient and overpowered cards (think about how the execute nerf impacted dragon warrior). 

Yeah, but it only affects the matchup against rogue, warrior, and other shamans. Shaman is already favoured in both those matchups, so it'll be interesting to see how this impacts the percentages.

Implementing these changes immediately would be incredibly unfair to pro players. NA decklists for Winter prelims next weekend have already been submitted, and these changes could greatly impact deck choices and class performance.

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With a comment like that, you clearly have no idea how the system works.... With the triclass cards showing up at a greater percentage rate, it makes epics and legendary cards probability of being drawn even more so than it already was intended to be. Use your head abit more before immediately writing down your lame opinion for everyone to downvote... 

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Why are people getting so many extra fucking packs? lol that's bullshit, really.

So what if you got more tri-class cards? You still get legends, epics and rares for that, WHICH CAN BE USED AS DUST.

Now you get even more dust than everybody else. lel

 

33 % more packs is insane, really, just insane to give extra. Triclass legs, epics and commons are some of the best cards in the game lel. And you give people 33 % more becuase they cry about that? wtf

 

Even though I did not receive any extra packs, I'm glad Blizzard was able to admit that they messed up, and that they actually took action. Although some of us may feel slighted, those who opened packs before the patch deserved reparations of some form or another.

Well done Team 5!