I had the same thoughts. I remember years ago when the Dev's said they would not add another class because it would be too hard to catch up to the other 9. The changes to Priest seem way too strong. It definitely feels like an April Fool's joke, but without seeing the full vision of the next meta, it is hard to know. The power of the other (now 9) classes may be too high for priest to contend with in the new and upcoming meta, so the changes were necessary.
I guess we will find out in a few hours what Blizzard has in store for Hearthstone.
Demon Hunter hero power gives hero +1 attack for 1 mana.
Very good card, could see it getting nerfed in the future though, perhaps down to a 1-cost 2/1 with same ability. Depends on the balance of the rest of the Demon Hunter cards.
I agree, unless they do some interesting combinations, Demon Hunter is going to be way behind the pack in wild.
One of the few ways I can see them balancing this out, is to literally change some of the Hunter and Warlock cards to be similar to the Karazhan expansion where they could be used in Hunter and Demon Hunter, or Warlock and Demon Hunter. This would give them more viability in wild. Otherwise, they would need to create at least 100 additional cards just to throw into wild for the Demon Hunter, on top of the standard rotation of cards, plus the base deck, plus the 100+ expansion cards. That is a lot for Blizzard to try to do just to add one more class.
I am a little surprised, however, that they didn't decide to go full-force into it and make Monk and Death Knight full-fledged classes as well.
I'm not sure how I feel about the class bundles. I like your idea that it could be used as a gauge for interest, however I feel it is too late in the season to get an accurate depiction.
Personally, I didn't buy the mage bundle because I already had all of the mage cards, and I didn't see the monetary investment worthwhile for what could have been only a couple hundred dust. I have bought the other bigger bundles that felt more worth the cost in the past, but a class-only bundle seems like a bad idea.
I could see them giving us the 30ish cards for a DH base deck, and then using a 1-time story mode to unlock additional cards for the DH, then having DH cards available in the packs with the other 9 classes (usually it is 11 unique cards per class I think). So this expansion I wouldn't be surprised to see well over the 155 that we saw last expansion (I think it was 155) just to balance out the new class with the previous 9.
I had the same thoughts. I remember years ago when the Dev's said they would not add another class because it would be too hard to catch up to the other 9. The changes to Priest seem way too strong. It definitely feels like an April Fool's joke, but without seeing the full vision of the next meta, it is hard to know. The power of the other (now 9) classes may be too high for priest to contend with in the new and upcoming meta, so the changes were necessary.
I guess we will find out in a few hours what Blizzard has in store for Hearthstone.
1-cost 2/2 with a +1 when hero attacks.
Demon Hunter hero power gives hero +1 attack for 1 mana.
Very good card, could see it getting nerfed in the future though, perhaps down to a 1-cost 2/1 with same ability. Depends on the balance of the rest of the Demon Hunter cards.
I agree, unless they do some interesting combinations, Demon Hunter is going to be way behind the pack in wild.
One of the few ways I can see them balancing this out, is to literally change some of the Hunter and Warlock cards to be similar to the Karazhan expansion where they could be used in Hunter and Demon Hunter, or Warlock and Demon Hunter. This would give them more viability in wild. Otherwise, they would need to create at least 100 additional cards just to throw into wild for the Demon Hunter, on top of the standard rotation of cards, plus the base deck, plus the 100+ expansion cards. That is a lot for Blizzard to try to do just to add one more class.
I am a little surprised, however, that they didn't decide to go full-force into it and make Monk and Death Knight full-fledged classes as well.
I'm not sure how I feel about the class bundles. I like your idea that it could be used as a gauge for interest, however I feel it is too late in the season to get an accurate depiction.
Personally, I didn't buy the mage bundle because I already had all of the mage cards, and I didn't see the monetary investment worthwhile for what could have been only a couple hundred dust. I have bought the other bigger bundles that felt more worth the cost in the past, but a class-only bundle seems like a bad idea.
I could see them giving us the 30ish cards for a DH base deck, and then using a 1-time story mode to unlock additional cards for the DH, then having DH cards available in the packs with the other 9 classes (usually it is 11 unique cards per class I think). So this expansion I wouldn't be surprised to see well over the 155 that we saw last expansion (I think it was 155) just to balance out the new class with the previous 9.