So, during new year announcement, Blizzard showed us new Priest cards in Classic and Basic. It was great news, but later I was disappointed that they didn't really told us that they are going to revamp other classes. Because, why not? There is a lot of talk about lack of card draw in some classes and that it's impossible to compete with classes that do have card draw. That is a serious problem, card draw shouldn't be a class weakness or power. A class without card draw is a dead class. HOFing more neutral card draw only made things worse. That problem could, and should be resolved by changing Basic and Classic cards.
Another point towards revamping Basic and Classic sets is class identity. Few months ago Blizzard told us the power, limitations and weakness of every class. The problem is that the Classic and Basic set don't really correspond with this. For example, Hunter, Priest and Rogue. The all have deathrattles as their strength. But there is no deathrattle support in Classic set. Another example, Paladin. Its strenght is minon swarm and it doesn't have a single one drop in its Basic and Classic set.
This could also be a great opportunity to bring some new keywords to Classic. I think that some classes should have rush minions. Some classes should have some lifesteal cards. I think that we can agree that discover is a core mechanic in Hearthstone and also should be included in Classic and Basic.
Another problem is that most of the classic set is completely useless. The power level of the cards is not the same as 6 years ago. And after rotation, when a lot of classes lose their most valuable cards, you can't really rely on Classic set. It's ok to have staple, powerful cards in Classic. Blizzard HOFed almost all cards that were good and left the set with garbage. And now, some classes are completely dead, because they don't even have the basic tools to create competitive deck.
I think revamping priest set was a great idea. It's probably the only reason that the class doesn't completely suck. It got good enough anti aggro buffs and its most hated deck (Resurrect Priest) is the only deck that can survive against DH more than a few turns. I think that even when they lose their resurrect package, the class will be fine in the future. Props to Blizzard for the buffs.
Edit:
Another huge point comes to my mind. They are going to make a Basic and Classic set for Demon Hunter from available cards. Even if they choose the worst cards, Demon Hunter will have the strongest Basic and Classic set. It will be completely unfair with comparison to other classes. They will have Basic and Classic set that meets todays standards, while all other classes will have crippled (a looot of nerfs in the past) and weak sets with cards that were made six years ago.
