Hearthstone Balance Changes Incoming - Information Coming Next Week
In a tweet this afternoon, the Hearthstone team has announced they have reconsidered their stance on balance changes before the next set. More information will be made available in an update next Monday, October 15.
What changes would you like to see?
Quote from @PlayHearthstoneWe've been discussing a couple of card balance changes to make next week. We'll have more information to provide on October 15.
Honestly, they should do something about the Aviana+Kun combo altogether. If they nerf Star Aligner druid, then it will just be replaced by either Togwaggle or Malygos Druid in Wild. They need to do something about the core combo druid cards, otherwise the Druid combo decks will just replace one another.
I hope they nerf something to refresh the meta, not to kill something.
sometimes those things go hand in hand (Witchwood balance patch)
I don't know if nerfs are sufficient when core design problems exist. Fortunately, some of those problems will be rotating out next spring (Quests and DKs). Baku and Genn will remain... but so long as their decks don't create as many polarized matchups, then their main issues will be boring deckbuilding and repetitive gameplay. Perhaps those will be big enough problems that people will choose other decks! We'll see.
Check Vicious Syndicate's article on polarized matchups to see which decks need to get rekt. Short answer: Quest Rogue and Odd Warrior.
You forgot 1 hour games when playing odd warrior mirrors :D
My money is on 6 mana Giggling Inventor so that the cancer will just move from odd decks to even decks... and nothing will be done about druid because they're "currently happy with the current metagame" (their words)
Dead in 5 turns to aggro.
Dead in 9 turns to a combo.
Blah.
"I've got a bad feeling about this." - Obi-Wan Kenobi
I just hope they won't nerf classic cards again...The classic set is supposed to be the core of the game and in my opinion it should have some powerful cards so that people that are f2p or low budget can still make decent decks even without all the new cards. I am not f2p but still I would like to see that my money and time have value and my classic cards are not getting worse and worse every expansion because of nerfs that should have been implemented before the release of newer cards to said newer cards!
For example because of patches and the pirate synergy we "lost" fiery war axe, which was good but not oppressive outside the pirate decks, I hope Team 5 understands that that's dumb. Nerf the "problematic" cards (ex. The caverns below, giggling inventor etc.) not irrelevant cards that are just used in decks with the problematic cards.
sorry, but Fiery Winaxe was always problematic. Pirate Warrior was just the last drop. Warrior had been ruling the meta before with stuff like Control, Grim Patron, Dragon, Tempo, etc....
It basically meant that every tempo or minion based deck (which was most decks back in the day) could not build a board in the early turns. Mana Wyrm? dead. Scavenging Hyena? dead.
ONe of the biggest reason why Midrange Shaman was big in Kraken was because of Totem Golem, which was the only 2-drop that didn't die to Winaxe.
Right now, Waraxe wouldn't be as much of a problem (on one hand because Warrior isn't represented outside of the odd variety, and on the other because the meta isn't that focussed on early curves anymore. Waraxe into Devilsaur Egg isn't that great of a play) but if that changes it would go back to infamy again.
There are plenty of classic cards that deserve being looked into (like Mana Wyrm)
You guys just know nothing about star aligner druid just moaning on random , that deck a lot of games need to draw for a while it's not instant win , winrate of that deck isn't op.Leave wild alone there is no problems in wild for serious players.Nerf cards in standard , don't mess up with wild again like u did with naga.Attempt to nerf-buff her was idea to make even lock with giants , and it's complete failiure...I REPEAT don't mess up with wild there is no many players in wild.
You're in a really small minority. The biggest issue with Melon isn't the winrate of the deck, it's how it's warped the meta around it because how oppressive it is to any decks that have a long term game plan and how unfun it is to play against. A single melon (which there are two of in the deck btw) reads "assemble full combo," which is playable with ten mana, which reads "turn 5-8" for druid. Put that together? To beat druid you need to kill them before turn 5-8 a majority of the time. If you play combo disruption, the game becomes who draws better; you draw the rat before he draws the melon, or RIP. Now guess which class is much better at drawing? That's right, druid. And rat isn't even guarenteed to kill the combo.
"Oh, but it's a combo deck so just be aggressive." Let's not even talk about the stall and armor gain ability of druid. Put all these together and Melon is simply not balanced in wild.
"I REPEAT don't mess up with wild there is no many players in wild" - have you considered there might be a reason for that right now? I for one stopped playing wild because of melon.
I'll let Danehearth say the rest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HweK2vM_3oY
I'd rather see melon nerfed, but Aviana and Kun are also valid picks. That's another whole discussion to be had.
Ladder on wild is aggro:hunter,pala,shaman and some zoo lock , mid-late:priest,rogue,lock,and combo druids so basicly u have prety much so basicly u have 4 bad matchups and bad matchup is mirror to , there is combo for maly-togs in standard there always will be combo decks , thing is there is no need to nerf it, star aligner is playable card only in wild right now and in 1 deck so there is no reason to nerf card , yeah you will say nerf aviana and kun if u nerf aviana instant useless , they maybe will put her on 10 mana so people need to put inervate in decks.WHY?Because people just "thinks" that star aligner druid is OP.Nobody moaning about Maly druid (wild version) wich is prey much similar to Star Aligner druid , have some better parts , some worse.But no There is no such a combo like star-aligner combo ;)
Kun Fix
"playing cost" would make more sense. You don't cast minions.
I hope the balance changes will be fair and fully addresses the issues of both Wild and Standard. *fingers crossed*
Are they finally gonna nerf quest rogue? Kappa
How more often should they nerf quest rogue?
until it stops abusing the meta
Fingers very much crossed for a massive dust windfall here! Got 9 copies of Giggling Inventor, 3 copies of Juicy Psychmelon and even a golden Star Aligner on the off chance they nerf that somehow. Could be a very good day!
Knowing my luck it will be Aviana or Kun the Forgotten King though as I have neither of those...