Ben Brode: Purify Will Not Appear in Arena
Ben Brode has clarified that Purify will not be appearing in Arena in the latest episode of Hearthstone Designer Insights. We've recapped below!
- The card was not intended to be powerful.
- Internally they tried Silence any minion but they're trying to cut back on Silence to see what the game feels like without it.
- Purify was 1-mana at one point but was changed due to play testers using it just to cycle through cards.
- Ben acknowledges they messed up with the timing on Purify with the community's current views on the Priest class.
- Purify is good for the game, but maybe better in a set with flashy, exciting Priest cards.
- Ben has hopes for Dragon Priest.
- Purify will not show up in Arena. This is due to them not having a system in place where they can balance card appearances individually but do have one which can remove cards completely from the draft. "It won't solve Arena balance but it's a step in the right direction".
What about shaman?
And druid?
> Purify was 1-mana at one point but was changed due to play testers using it just to cycle through cards.
Thats how it should have been be!
They are so wrong. They know it. What makes me even sicker is that Yong Woo explains he's a main priest player and excited about these cards just before announcing these craps. 2 out of 3 are good cards but not in the current position of the priest class. I think they just don't know what to do with this class. I'm so disappointed because it was my favorite one...
Leave Ben alone
If we removing card from Arena, why not removed: Inner Fire, Power word Glory, Convert, Confuse, flash heal, embrace the shadows and other sh*ty cards? Looks like they trying get rid of us. Only reasonable solution - Full rework. And it's only first step. Next - changing rarity of others class cards or changing % getting them on the Arena.
Not much. But at least he admits, that it's a wrong time to give priest purify.
It also will never see play in constructed. But not because it's such a bad card, "Purify is [too] good for the game". At least that's how they will lie to themselves at Blizz.
Not enough.
They can improve the card easily using the existing image, name, cost, everything.
Here is an example:
Ancestral Healing
I hear to your screams, unlike Blizzard.
Here is an updated version. For 2 mana it's a bit strong maybe, but ...
So every priest run you will get 5+ Priest of the Feast. Honestly it's not that bad for poor arena Anduin.
Although wasting a chance to make priest better to make the worst card in game... Cycling for 1, wow, so broken, Power Word: Shield does the same, benefits you and at the same time does not require a friendly creature (you can target enemy if you're desperate). Cycling for 1 while doing usually negative thing is so broken.
My thought exactly. Now, I CAN see how 4 1-mana cycle cards in deck is kinda too much, but nevertheless I dont see it as "broken" in current meta-game at least. Mostly because of drawback - what will you cast Purify on in combo deck? Loot Hoarder? Acolyte? Pyro?
Just allow Purify to silence also enemy minions and problem solved.
It would be decent tool to counter cards like Sylvanas Windrunner or Tirion Fordring
Blizzard sucks and brode is a joke
I would have been happiest if they just swappedPurify out for another Priest card, but whatever, I guess this will have to do.