Iksar said:Ultimate Infestation: Changing a card like Ultimate Infestation we think would have a bigger impact on player sentiment than actual play rate or win rate statistics. It’s a big, flashy, cool design but it hasn’t appeared to be statistically responsible for Druid power or popularity. Power level aside, having such a powerful card draw effect in Druid is something we are wary of in Druid because we wouldn’t consider it part of their identity as a class. Partially for that reason and for sentiment reasons it is still part of discussions in terms of what to do with Druid should population and power level continue to rise.
Quoted from the Iksar comments on Druid from Sunday:
"Having such a powerful card draw effect is somethign we wouldn't consider part of their identity as a class."
So, what is he saying, that either the "draw 5 cards" part of the card was a typo and they didn't mean to, or they purposely put in cards that are counter to the identity of the class...?
Maybe I'm being nitpicky... but seriously, this sort of public statement about cards does so much damage to my personal opinion of them as a team.
druid is the herpes of Harthstone!.
I can't view that link at work, but Win Rates shouldn't be the metric. Play % is a better statistic imo. We're at 30-45% druid participation (depending on rank). So a lot of games are druid vs druid which obviously means 50% win rate, and people are trying to tailor their decks against druid.It's kind of like Iksar was saying, you can find stats to support what you want. The following link paints a different picture
Deck Win Rates - Hearthstone Meta Stats
Arfus's ability should have been in line with the Lich King in that it was at the end of turn rather than Battlecry. He ends up being a very weak Legendary due to the random factor. They could have even have allowed for a discover component since it only activates once. The power level to rarity feels way off on this expansion.
View attachment 151924 I've been dicking around with a few decks, but honestly Jade Druid is pretty disgusting.
Here are my stats post rank 5. I play other decks, lose stars and play Jade Druid again... but it's just not fun. People justifying Ultimate Infestation as not being utterly overpowered are retarded. UI with jade idol against decks that do not run Geist, for whatever reason, is a crazy combo. One or the other needs to get nerfed. Probably both. The Jade archetype has been AIDS for Hearthstone since it's introduction. We don't need decks like it.