Descent of Dragons Balance Changes Coming - Including Shaman Changes
Blizzard posted a message that Balance Changes are planned for somewhere in the next week, with a specific mention of changes to Shaman. Read the full statement below:
Quote from BlizzardHey Folks,
Just to give a heads up - we’re working on a balance update that will arrive within the next week with card adjustments for Descent of Dragons, including some changes aimed at Shaman. Any cards that are affected will be given full Arcane Dust refunds.
Stay tuned for more details next week.
Cheers,
The Hearthstone Team
This is unacceptable, the worst balance after a expansion of all time.
The expansaion is fine until you begin to match against Shamans. What are they thinking??? Multiple broken things put together in one class.
5 mana 10/12 taunt + The best invoke cards + The best invoke effect + the best Galagrond Effect + Shudderwock
Let's the nerf hammer strikes hard and soon. Not soontm.
TBH not that many cards need a nerf right now. If they did something like:
1) Mogu Fleshshaper - make him 6 cost 3/3, less free trades, mutating into 7 mana creature is far less powerful
2) Dragonqueen Alexstrasza - swing turn are way too insane right now. Either make new dragons cost (2) or cost (5) less so people couldn't just win off of one card.
3) Anubisath Warbringer - new deathrattle highroll rogue is braindead cancer. It might not have big winrate but it's disgusting. Nerf it to 8 cost 8/6 deathrattle give minions in hand +2/+2 would do the trick while still keeping most of the card intact.
4) Galakrond, the Tempest - it's obviously super powerhouse card when you invoke 4 times but as is it's fine for shaman to have it. What's really broken is that for 9 mana with Shudderwock you get not only board full of rush elementals but also an Arcanite Reaper so you can't neither clean the board or sit behind taunts, you are guaranteed to take face damage. But with proposed Mogu nerf I think only moving 5/2 Claw from the battlecry to the hero card itself kinda like Lord Jaraxxus will be enough.
There is literally NOTHING fun in playing Hearthstone right now. That all i would say.
Good night.
I reccomend crafting a budget wild deck. Even if you don't play Wild much, it's always a breath of fresh air to escape a bad meta every now and then.
When are the nerfs coming?
Sick of that cancer Shaman deck....7 outta 10 games is against that cancer!!! Not fun this way
shaman decks made people excited at first days of launch. not all best decks have been revealed yet. Imo, blizzard should not be in hurry for nerfing shaman. If they do that shaman may be unplayable in future.
Please don't bring up cards that have nothing to do with Galakrond. The only thing to be nerfed is the size of the rush minions on Galakrond battelcry. They should be 6/6 to be manageable. The rest is fine.
Or should I get started with rogue shuffling 8 freaking Kronx in their deck?
Just send shaman to wild and be done with it, standard people would rejoice!
It's just weird. Like...do the people making cards for different classes talk to each other? How does Shaman get Corrupted Elementalist and Invocation of Frost (also a very good card) while Warlock gets Dragonblight Cultist and Fiendish Rites??? Warlock's invoke cards are shit. Fiendish Rites is ok if you've got a somewhat wide board but garbage if not. Dragonblight Cultist is a piece of shit. Oh you spent 3 mana for a 5/1 and two 1/1s? Cute. Allow me to ping that 5/1 easily as if it never existed. Meanwhile....Corrupted Elementalist??? Are you fucking joking? Do these people talk to each other?
Not to mention Warlock Galakrond's battlecry is extremely meh. You played your Galakrond and summoned two 8/8s with rush? Well let me retaliate with my....Void Terror and...Witchwood Imp...and Fellstalker and Witchwood Piper. Fear me.
The other classes' invokes: get a lackey, get a random Priest card, summon two 1/1s (off of shit tempo cards), deal 3 with your face
Shaman: deal 2 free damage on board immediately...twice...or four times
Oh and then there's Dragon's Pack. Yeah just a little cherry on top. Oh and infinite Shudderwock from Faceless Corrupter/Barista.
Oh and that whole sliiiightly oppressive quest they have that doubles their battlecries. Yeah that was a good idea.
Oh and Mogu/Mutate.
Oh and Evolve. Oh that's gone? Hm guess I'm not over the PTSD. It's like it's right here in my living room happening all over again. Bringing that back was awesome. Then laying Galakrond Shaman on us right afterward. Nice one-two punch there.
Like just.....fucking get your SHIT together and keep this game within the bounds of sanity so that we can have fun playing a variety of decks in a diverse meta with all these cool cards you've given us. Is that really too much to ask?? Is that REALLY too much??? Cuz that is ALL that I am fucking ASKING FOR!!!!
I haven't stopped giving of my money, my time, or...honestly...my love for this game. I was and still am stoked for DoD. It has a lot of potential. They really need to take charge and balance the game frequently and fine tune it to get it to where we all deserve it to be! Including the devs.
Of course some fuckface in a suit who doesn't care about any of this is the one pushing the faceless, heartless, entirely profit focused agenda of Blizzard's that is ever at odds with perfecting the game...what could be the greatest game in the world by far if they strove for greatness and sacrificed a few pinched pennies to get there. I'm sure the devs have to squeeze blood from those stones just to do as much as they have. I just hope somehow the seas will part and they can just give the game the treatment that it needs. Make Hearthstone truly great Blizzard!
/rant
Perfectly said, I mean it! I have been a Paladin main since the start of this game and still doesn't have an Archetype. Paladins got so many trash cards, 1-Health, Mech, Murlocs, No-Neutrals (PLEASE CONTINUE THIS), Dragons, Healadin, Self-Damage, like what in the actual fuck decide on a thing and carry with it.
Shamans been shafted for a long time now calm down
I feel your pain, I’ve been a Priest main and have over 5000 wins. But Priest is the worst of the worst. Mind Blast got HoF, the legendary are useless, they gave steal cards to rogue and the base set is bull@*$!. In general all of these repeat your everything cards are just cancerous.
@Sigma_Nan Blizzard has always been unwilling to buff cards. They finally did with the Rise of the Mechs event and overall that was a great step. Luna's was a mistake but it was progress. The game can never be balanced without buffs. Priest right now is a prime example. I hope that somehow gets through to them.
HS is for kids, people new to card games and those with WINNING IS ALL I CARE SYNDROME so they can play easy brainless decks for EZ win. Always been like that. If you prefer more skillful games switch to magic or eternal.
HS IS ONLY FUN TO WATCH
just logged in, to vote this up.
The answer is easy - they have to fire their entire Balance-team. they demonstrated, that they have no clue of game-design/-balance at all, so go back to your marketing-sales-offices and leave the gamers happy
Yeh, wth happend to paladins theme for the last expansions?...Fkn murlocs, mechs or throwing a cat in your opponents face for 25 dmg.
The Paladin vanilla-theme is actually so cool. Knights in holy armour protecting you, divine shield, healing and minions like Tirion who has that "haaaaleluja" vibe when played...Like anti-evil stuff
The buffs in Rise of the Mechs were not meant to "balance" things. They wanted to shake up the Meta without releasing new cards (think: experiment). They didn't buff bad cards, so that they became playable - because that would have no effect on the Meta. Instead they buffed good cards, that became OP. LPG, Extra Arms, Crystology.
There will be no buffs. There will be an adventure in January. Maybe Priest will get a good card then. It would be a start. But for now, Priest is DOA, and that ain't changing anytime soon.
Hello changes, where are you?!?
They are THIS WEEK, of course they won't come at 00:01 on monday. Blizzard usually operate on wednesday-thursday, come back then.
they need to put shudderwok in Hall of fame and nerf the 2 5/6 taunt for 5 and i think shaman will became manageable. the galakrond is strong but at this stage you probably have a board clear to deal with it.