this would have been a reasonable response from the start. coming after the fact, i'm afraid the damage is already done. as others said above, they've shown their cards. specifically, i do NOT believe this bit for one second: "The specific views expressed by blitzchung were NOT a factor in the decision we made. I want to be clear: our relationships in China had no influence on our decision." does anyone doubt that if a player used a post-match interview to talk about global warming or gun control or transgender bathrooms or some other lunacy that blizzard would not only not punish that player, but indeed celebrate them? they've exposed themselves as liars and hypocrites, and i doubt i'll be back even after this course correction. but this statement does at least open a crack in the door that their ham-handed actions slammed shut, so they deserve some credit for that at least.
it will ofc make the deck alot worse but it will still be a nice cards but not insane
what the fuck are you on? no it doesnt make the deck worse.
Obviously it does a lot. Having this card 2 turns later makes it a lot worse.
Passing up turn 9 is bigger deal then doing on turn 7 because the opponent will normally have a stronger board and additional he has 2 more turns to finish of the warrior. Keeping it in your starting hand is also a lot riskier now. Hero power can safe you far later.
Dont know how someone would not see that this makes controll warrior quite a bit worse.
my advice is just move on: you can't fix stupid. no point in responding to these genius game balancers who for some reason haven't been hired by blizzard yet (and that says something...)
yeah, to make it 9 mana you're saying its hero power is as good as Gul'dan and Jaina to forbid using it on the same turn as playing it (sans coin), which seems questionable at best, and more likely outright absurd. on top of that, its battlecry is infinitely worse than Gul'dan or Jaina
If by "questionable" and "absurd," you mean "obvious" and "irrefutable," then yes. Boom's Hero Powers are more broken than any DK's.
Jaina has to work pretty hard to generate her extra minions, and she doesn't get to discover them.
Combined with the rush effect, Boom's HP can accomplish far more removal than Gul'dan's, and he gains only slightly less health over time. Gul'dan's ability to go face is meaningless compared to Boom's ability to create permanent board advantage.
just lol. even if that were remotely true, the randomness alone makes it worse. consistency is king.
SMH they nerf this Dr. Boom but not the one that really deserved it at the time (obviously things change, but even though i'm being slightly tongue in cheek, talking context here, old Boom was way more OP relative to the available cards than new Boom)
also not thrilled with the reversion of extra arms and pocket galaxy. if they were unplayable before and too good after being buffed, why not try to meet somewhere in the middle rather than change them back to their old unplayable state?
yeah, to make it 9 mana you're saying its hero power is as good as Gul'dan and Jaina to forbid using it on the same turn as playing it (sans coin), which seems questionable at best, and more likely outright absurd. on top of that, its battlecry is infinitely worse than Gul'dan or Jaina
best case scenario, this nerf is on par with Anduin after the Raza nerf, making it an ok card, but not top tier (but again, i don't think Boom is really all that close to Anduin pre-Raza nerf to start with, or with Gul'dan or Jaina). more utility/value than anduin on subsequent turns (but still less single-turn combo/burst potential), but much, much worse the turn you play it. setting up a turn where its even viable to play Boom will not be without challenges
i dont know what i expect or why i bothered to preorder. ive opened probably an average of 180 packs every expansion since launch, and have yet to hit the average 1 in 20 legendary pull rate in any expansion. got a legendary in my 1st pack and then 2 in the remaining 74 that i opened. sigh.
some of these cards look really interesting, but i've barely played the last several months (really since before RoS, but the last 4 months have seen extremely light play from me - I didn't even play 5 ranked games to get the card back one month, and missed getting a Tavern Brawl pack one week, both for the first time ever. i used to consistently get rank 5 at the minimum, i've barely gone as high as 10 in recent months) so idk. i bought the 50 pack pre-order last time and didn't play. have only gotten around 2k gold in the time since i stopped buying packs (and not as many as i have for past expansions), haven't bought the Dalaran Heist. are the chances any better that i play more this time around, or is the game basically dead for me?
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this would have been a reasonable response from the start. coming after the fact, i'm afraid the damage is already done. as others said above, they've shown their cards. specifically, i do NOT believe this bit for one second: "The specific views expressed by blitzchung were NOT a factor in the decision we made. I want to be clear: our relationships in China had no influence on our decision." does anyone doubt that if a player used a post-match interview to talk about global warming or gun control or transgender bathrooms or some other lunacy that blizzard would not only not punish that player, but indeed celebrate them? they've exposed themselves as liars and hypocrites, and i doubt i'll be back even after this course correction. but this statement does at least open a crack in the door that their ham-handed actions slammed shut, so they deserve some credit for that at least.
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i'll consider it if you give me a reason :P
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my advice is just move on: you can't fix stupid. no point in responding to these genius game balancers who for some reason haven't been hired by blizzard yet (and that says something...)
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if you honestly think boom is better (or even as good) as the top DKs from KFT, then there's really no discussion to be had here. have a nice day.
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just lol. even if that were remotely true, the randomness alone makes it worse. consistency is king.
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SMH they nerf this Dr. Boom but not the one that really deserved it at the time (obviously things change, but even though i'm being slightly tongue in cheek, talking context here, old Boom was way more OP relative to the available cards than new Boom)
also not thrilled with the reversion of extra arms and pocket galaxy. if they were unplayable before and too good after being buffed, why not try to meet somewhere in the middle rather than change them back to their old unplayable state?
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yeah, to make it 9 mana you're saying its hero power is as good as Gul'dan and Jaina to forbid using it on the same turn as playing it (sans coin), which seems questionable at best, and more likely outright absurd. on top of that, its battlecry is infinitely worse than Gul'dan or Jaina
best case scenario, this nerf is on par with Anduin after the Raza nerf, making it an ok card, but not top tier (but again, i don't think Boom is really all that close to Anduin pre-Raza nerf to start with, or with Gul'dan or Jaina). more utility/value than anduin on subsequent turns (but still less single-turn combo/burst potential), but much, much worse the turn you play it. setting up a turn where its even viable to play Boom will not be without challenges
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i'd wait until the week before the next expansion drops, legendary rates are sure to be increased about that time
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i dont know what i expect or why i bothered to preorder. ive opened probably an average of 180 packs every expansion since launch, and have yet to hit the average 1 in 20 legendary pull rate in any expansion. got a legendary in my 1st pack and then 2 in the remaining 74 that i opened. sigh.
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some of these cards look really interesting, but i've barely played the last several months (really since before RoS, but the last 4 months have seen extremely light play from me - I didn't even play 5 ranked games to get the card back one month, and missed getting a Tavern Brawl pack one week, both for the first time ever. i used to consistently get rank 5 at the minimum, i've barely gone as high as 10 in recent months) so idk. i bought the 50 pack pre-order last time and didn't play. have only gotten around 2k gold in the time since i stopped buying packs (and not as many as i have for past expansions), haven't bought the Dalaran Heist. are the chances any better that i play more this time around, or is the game basically dead for me?
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baby star aligner, but arguably harder to pull off for a worse reward (unless your opponent has no minions or just one with 5 or less health)
still, a super cool card, even if it almost certainly will see no play barring some cheap faceless manipulator type card yet to be revealed
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if they didn't print badly-statted 10-drops during the days of spiteful summoner, they're not going to do it for conjurer's calling
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what on earth are you banking that you want an immediate 2/2 copy of rather than putting it in your deck?
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my body is ready
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