For some players, it is the worst “nerf” in Hearthstone. Because the lovely Jaina Proudmoore is now dressed more modestly.
A new patch in Hearthstone is live and brought many changes with it. In addition to a cool new card back, there are also some nerfs to old cards. However, it didn’t take long for fans to discover another “nerf” to one of the oldest characters ever: Jaina.
Jaina is now more covered: Actually, it is just a very small change to the representation of the hero Jaina, but it caught the attention of many players right away. Jaina has now been given a undershirt to cover her cleavage a bit more and significantly reduce the neckline.
Fans react outraged: The players are reacting negatively to this adjustment, and corresponding posts in the Hearthstone subreddit are popping up everywhere. Many are wondering why a bit of cleavage on Jaina is such a terrible thing, when other characters, like Garrosh, are present in the game with bare upper bodies. This has led to images like this one, which speaks of a “Garrosh nerf”:
Players respond with sarcasm: As expected, the adjustment was of course a fitting reason for a lot of mockery and ridicule. A corresponding post on Reddit has now received more than 6,500 upvotes. In addition, there are plenty of sarcastic comments pouring in:
- “That’s why I hate video games, because they are just trimmed for the female fantasy.”
- “Calm down, guys. She’s only wearing that because it’s winter.”
- “This has really bothered me for years, and that’s why I stopped playing Hearthstone. Now I can give the game another chance and maybe even make it to Legend without being overwhelmed by my impulses. Thanks, Blizzard!”
A small “workaround”: The Hearthstone community wouldn’t be the Hearthstone community if they didn’t find a “workaround.” Because the Death Knight variant of Jaina has not been given an additional piece of fabric.
For many players, this is probably “the worst nerf to the classic set of all time.” Let’s see if the Jaina fans will recover from this.
A similar outcry already occurred in World of Warcraft when Sylvanas was adjusted.
