As someone who has spent a lot of money buying packs to put together an array of Rogue decks, among others- I’m curious to know if we can expect much if any dust refund for the major Rogue Class nerf.
The issue is that these upcoming Rogue changes, mainly due to the Preparation nerf, will significantly hamper every single Rogue deck ever made. Not just the “problem deck” that was Tier 1 and got nerfed because it reminded the community just a little bit too much of the Love It/Hate It face-y Pirate Warrior meta.
But as someone who invested a lot of money in a variety of Rogue specs, and especially Golden Copies of my favorite cards, it’s painful to watch my financial investment get devalued arbitrarily. It’s like some dude at the NYSE pushed some button and I randomly watched my stock portfolio or bank account instantly drop by a quarter of value.
I guess my main point is that I feel very frustrated by these changes- and I disagree that nerfing every Rogue deck in existence is the correct answer here when there are other ways to nerf the Pirate/Togpick Rogue that has a good winrate right now.
Rogue Class has generally been agreed as historically the worst class in the game- I really wish the designers had given the class at least more than a few weeks in the sun before relegating it back to “unloved status”.
We may, or may not get a tiny bit of dust back, just for prep- but I doubt we’ll get compensation for all the cards that rely on prep so make certain builds pop- and all the money I spent putting those together feels like it vanished into thin air.
well, i hate to be that guy but, this is nothing new to the game, if a deck is performing too well, you can expect a nerf coming, if you decided to craft it even knowing that after a month or so of every expansion they nerf overperforming decks, then it was your choice to craft it because it was the most powerfull thing.
It happened with shudder, it happened with a lot of decks, and its not like you didnt get nothing, the rogues climbed the ladder like hell with it, and the legendaries that the deck used are all usefull for other decks
Member when they gutted charge out of warrior and its basic set was complete garbage. And then they nerfed war axe. Yea I think you got the wrong read on that.
Also of note warrior still rose to the the top. So the doomsaying may be a bit off.
First off: Spending money on packs makes you in no way more deserving of playing certain cards/strategies a.s.o… People payed dust on rogue decks and they will be pissed as well. The bank account reference makes NO SENSE because you can’t exchange this account for money so nothing will drop in value.
Second: All rogue decks? Because of Prep? You mean all netdecks because so far the only roguedecks I used that needed Prep were Miracle Rogue (which is a netdeck archetype) and my own Steal-Rogue in Wild. My wild deathrattle rogue could use my Preps but it isn’t dependant on it. When you craft all cards for one deck, you basically sign up for stuff like this to happen.
And lastly: Blizzard would insanely incompetent if a topic like this would keep them from balancing their game. So rogues are everywhere but just because you spent money on the game all other players that f.e. invested to craft mage decks should keep on playing in a warrior/rogue-dominated meta?! Pretty selfish, huh?!
Rogue isn’t druid. You really can nerf to hearth content and rogue will still return.
Tempo will probably return to hokthusk builds and only god knows what rogue decks lackey rogue overshadowed.
With that said I need to say that blizzard could at least do some effort to make stuff feel a little more fair when they do nerfs since decks aren’t made of a single card like they do with HoF for example.
This is the equivalent of asking for a refund because you hated the movie you paid to watch.
I’ve seen players/posters predict a Prep nerf for quite a few months now. I saw this coming a mile away and so did quite a few other players/posters.
I’ve played so much Hunter and I wasn’t happy about the Hunters Mark nerfs. Candleshot+Hunters Mark was a key removal in all my Hunter decks.
Paladins were not happy about the Equality nerf but Paladins are still around.
Finally, I sincerely doubt this one deck cost thousands of dollars. If you’re smart with your resources, you can craft any deck you want without spending a dime.
Still, if you need someplace to spend your millions, you can always drop some $$$ on my account. I sure wouldn’t mind. I love the game and don’t plan to stop playing anytime soon.
Well prep effects evry rogue spellt pretty much though its far bigger then equality. But dont need refund but evry rogue spell or almost made like 1cheaper or the idotic nerf reverted
Edwin is far from only impact. Sprint needed 3mana prep to be playable now it most likly wont ,raiding also wont see use anymore.and others spells that needed prep. The class is dedigned around 3mana prep like druid was designed around ramp