Card Balance Updates August 26th
These are the patchnotes for the Balance Patch announced last week, which does not only have balance changes to several Standard cards and Barnes, but also bug fixes and optimizations for Zephrys the Great as we posted about last week.
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Quote from BlizzardNow that Saviors of Uldum is live and new cards have been introduced, a few decks have surfaced which we feel need to be addressed in order to make for a better ladder experience for Hearthstone players. Read on for more details on today’s balance adjustments:
Card Changes
Mage
Conjurer's Calling – Mana cost increased from 3 to 4
Luna's Pocket Galaxy – Mana cost increase from 5 to 7
Warrior
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius – Mana cost increased from 7 to 9
Priest
Extra Arms – Mana cost increased from 2 to 3
Neutral
Barnes – Mana cost increased from 4 to 5
As with previous changes, players will be able to disenchant these cards for full Arcane Dust value for the two weeks following this update.
For insight into why we’ve decided to make these specific card changes, check out our announcement blog here.
Game Improvements & Bug Fixes
- Fixed several bugs involving weapon removal:
- Acidic Swamp Ooze was sometimes not offered against 1-Durability weapons.
- Harrison Jones was sometimes offered against 1-Durability weapons when he could not be played that turn.
- Weapon removal cards were not offered against 0-Attack weapons.
- Weapon removal cards were not offered when it would prevent your opponent from having lethal on their next turn.
- Fixed several bugs involving certain cards not being offered:
- Fixed several bugs involving Hero Powers:
- Hero Powers were sometimes assumed to be usable, even if they had already been used that turn.
- The current cost for Hero Powers is now considered, instead of assuming a cost of 2.
- Damage and healing modifiers on hero powers are now accounted for.
- Upgraded Hero Powers (such as through Sir Finley of the Sands, or Justicar Trueheart) are now considered.
- If your Hero Power has been replaced, Zephrys the Great will no longer assume your base Hero Power is still usable.
- Fixed a bug where Betrayal was not appropriately counting as a single-target removal option when it would only damage one target.
- Fixed a bug where Alexstrasza was being offered based upon the opponent’s combined Health and Armor, instead of only their Health.
- Fixed a bug where silence cards were not offered to unfreeze your own minions for lethal.
- Among potential lethal options, silence cards will now be favored, in order to help minimize potential interference from Deathrattles or other unique card effects.
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great did not properly consider multiple Deathrattles on the same minion (most commonly from Magnetic minions).
- Improved Zephrys the Great’s evaluation of the value of healing this turn vs next turn.
As a wild player who hates standart concept,
Conjurer's Calling is precise nerf.
Luna's pocket galaxy's cost could be 6 i guess 7 is too much.
Dr boom also could be 8.
Extra arms, I dont think it was a big matter. 2 mana gives 2/2, 4 mana gives 4/4 not a big deal. Again a nerf for stpd standart balancing
Barnes, I hate big priests, i hate priests actually, but if you want to lower their win rate, just nerf other essential spells of big priests, not a neutral legendary card. Or make barness 2/3 or even 1/2 but keep the same mana. Barness also used by hunters, rogues and this minion was a fun to play, now it is gonna be dust.. Big priests were tier 2 anyway before this nerf. But it is good to see blizzard make something for wild concept at last.
Sorry for terrible english
Lunas Pocket galaxy I will surely dust now. 6 mana would be perfect.
Big Priest all resurrect spell should had been increased with 1 mana cost.
Dr boom at 9 is perfect for Odd Warrior in wild
yeah i forgot that.. it is true, they thought that i guess unlike me :)
Goodbye Barnes, you will not be missed
Are we able to disenchant them for full value like normal, for two weeks, or something's changed?
Yes we are
figured i'd start this here and now....maybe blizzard will listen if enough people complain.
BUFF EXTRA ARMS TO 2 MANA
I think Blizzard will just silience you like Lich King does in KoFT encounter.
Don't you think Purify was a great card XD
Hate u community :s I always enjoyed playing Barnes, never played big priest but it feels good to get sylvanas or tirion.
Do u really thing these cards best choices for nerf? Secret mage or cyclone mage decks bigger problem but you nerf Luna's Pocket Galaxy? They should be more careful about these. Cost from 7 to 5, than 7 again -_- Extra Arms nerf also unnecessary.
I'm happy with Conjure and Dr Boom nerf
Sorry for garbage English ^^
Secret Mage is only good in Wild and Cyclone Mage has a nerfed Conjurer's Calling.
agreed totally.
I didn't get the dusts, someone else with the same problem?
You don't get dust, you just can dust these cards for full value, for example you can dust Dr. Boom for 1600 instead of 400
The cards do not go to the Hall of Fame, meaning that you do not automatically get free dust while keeping the card. You can, however, get the full enchantment dust value instead of the regular lower disenchantment dust value by disenchanting the card.
right...is not hall of fame, my mystake :D thanks
Very happy with Barnes nerf. I do not play wild and now I'm getting 1600 dust.