News Realms Remove Ads - Go Premium! Sign In or Register

Bluetracker

Tracks Blizzard employees across various accounts.

I’m seeing a lot of discussion about the impact of the recent nerfs and buffs (or lack thereof) in the meta. As usual a lot of it revolves around @HSReplayNet’s data, so I’d like to share some of my thoughts and additional data on the matter. 1/6 https://t.co/d0HaEvnBYY

I’m seeing a lot of discussion about the impact of the recent nerfs and buffs (or lack thereof) in the meta. As usual a lot of it revolves around @HSReplayNet’s data, so I’d like to share some of my thoughts and additional data on the matter. 1/6 https://t.co/d0HaEvnBYY

  • TiagoTaparelli
    Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
    I’m seeing a lot of discussion about the impact of the recent nerfs and buffs (or lack thereof) in the meta. As usual a lot of it revolves around @HSReplayNet’s data, so I’d like to share some of my thoughts and additional data on the matter. 1/6 https://t.co/d0HaEvnBYY

    • TiagoTaparelli
      Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
      I think @WickedGood hit the nail on the head as far as mismatched expectations being behind a lot of player’s frustration. I believe this patch was meant to nudge the meta in the right direction, not significantly change it. This is what the mini-set will be here for. 2/6 https://t.co/A7irZumLCy

      • TiagoTaparelli
        Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
        If that was the intended goal, I’d say the patch was reasonably successful. Looking at Legend-only data: - Paladin and Mage’s popularity decreased substantially - Druid and Demon Hunter had a significant uplift in winrate & popularity - Matchup polarization improved overall 3/6 https://t.co/1pyF0I4BFd

        • TiagoTaparelli
          Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
          That doesn’t mean there aren’t things that need to be improved: - Shaman remains unplayable at most (if not all) ranks - Paladin is still way too strong and consistent across the board - Many of the new archetypes failed to gain a significant foothold in the meta 4/6

          • TiagoTaparelli
            Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
            With all that said I’d love to hear from the HS team if that was truly their goal with this patch, and whether they believe that goal was achieved. @Celestalon @IksarHS @GW_Alec 5/6

            • HS_Alec
              Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
              @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS Paladin a little stronger than we’d like but everything else is hitting on the intentions. Most of the buffs were to set up classes for the future or do some cost correction. Player expectations surrounding patch can be hard to manage (people have different spice tolerance 😅).

              • HS_Alec
                Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS But we can see that and adjust how some of the communication goes out. We’ve been fairly consistent in the way we balance over the last year or so (lighter touches, usually don’t kill decks) and can do a better job of getting that message out.

                • HS_Alec
                  Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                  @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS In the end though our expansions and mini sets will act as opportunities for bigger landscape shifts. Less likely to see that in our frequent balance changes unless something is very off.

              • ZeddyHS
                Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                @GW_Alec @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS To be fair your tweet indicating it would be "spicy" heightened expectations a lot and could partially be attributed to why people feel let down. Not trying to hate on you just putting that out there.

                • HS_Alec
                  Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                  @ZeddyHS @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS No hate detected ❤️

              • B00ZYKING
                Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                @GW_Alec @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS Did the team not anticipate the resurgence of Secret Libram Paladin by the nerfs? Arguably First Day wasn't a nerf for that deck, and it seems the only thing depressing it was Aggro/Secret Paladin. It was already a deck with a high win rate, just waiting to be unleashed.

                • HS_Alec
                  Posted 4 years, 9 months ago (Source)
                  @B00ZYKING @TiagoTaparelli @Celestalon @IksarHS We did, reason we touched First Day of School instead of something like Conviction. Things are still early so we'll see how that particular change ends up over time.
Tweet