In Hearthstone there are likely some nerfs coming again. The classic cards are a thorn in the developers’ side.
The big goal of the Hearthstone developers is to keep the game fresh every year by implementing new cards and rotating others out. Once “removed” cards can still be used in the “Wild” format, which has few restrictions. However, only certain sets are allowed in the “Standard” format – typically this includes the expansions from the current and last year as well as the basic and classic cards. But now these approximately 400 basic/class cards are becoming a problem for the developers.
Back then, players remarked that the classic set should simply be sorted out as well to force all players to try really “new” things. At the time, this was denied, as the classic and basic cards are an entry point for players into Hearthstone and convey the typical Warcraft flair.
Ben Brode, however, realizes that these cards are the most powerful that the game has to offer, and thus the danger exists that each expansion only brings minor changes to “evergreen” decks while the meta around it changes little.
Therefore, Brode already warns players that there might be new nerfs to the classic cards in the spring – possibly some will even be completely shifted out of the set and will only be useful in “wild” play.
Players naturally take this with mixed feelings. While one side welcomes these changes because they would benefit the game, others suspect behind it Blizzard’s big money conspiracy that simply aims to force all players to constantly buy new cards in order to have any chance of climbing the ranks.
Brode denies this, stating “There have always been free-to-play players who have reached the Legend rank without spending money. This will still be the case after the nerfs.”
The developers would like to talk more with you, but you are only complaining.
