After the Game Director offered insight into Team 5's stance on the three topics, several upset Hearthstoners replied with videos.
People are upset about Shaman's strength. A glance at Hearthstone's subreddit is all that it takes to notice this. Thrall (and Morgl) have been leaving their marks on the ladder for quite some time now, to frustration of Hearthstone's community. In addition to Tempo Storm's Meta Snapshot and the Data Reaper Report from Vicious Syndicate, pros shared stats of their ladder experience at the end of January, showing how stale the current meta is.
Taking note from the criticism on their silence during previous stale metas, Blizzard is communicating more with the community this time around. Several members of Team 5 took to forums to explain what's going on, and even a live Q&A was hosted by Ben Brode and Dean 'Iksar' Ayala. Three days ago Ben Brode took to Blizzard's forums to shed light on Hearthstone's current situation in a post called 'The Meta, Balance and Shaman' (if you haven't read it, do so). In it Brode explains some terms, talks about player experience and provides some statistics regarding Shaman decks.
Brode's post received a lot of attention. While the majority of the community appears to be thankful for the fact that Blizzard is communicating more, the philosophy shared by the developers isn't as praised. The conservative approach to making card changes is being called out, as well as Team 5's definition of the already infamous term 'fun'. Another frowned upon statement is that the earliest patch Blizzard has planned won't happen until the end of February, meaning at least another month of 'Shamanstone'.
Several famous Hearthstone personalities have taken to YouTube or Twitch to share their thoughts on the current meta and Ben Brode's post. Blizzcon 2015 finalist Hotform shares a game he played as Reno Mage (considered a decent counter to Aggro Shaman), analyizing the entire game. Despite his best efforts, making the most optimal play every turn (including playing [card]Reno Jackson[/card] on turn 6, with 1 health left), he still succumbed to the Shaman's strength on turn 9. Hearthstone's most famous streamer and rater of things that are pretty good, Kripparian, spoke at length about all problems in his 20-minute long video. Two more emotional posts came from YouTuber Asmodeus and 2016 Winter Champion Amnesiac. Both go over Brode's post, highlighting some of the part that stand out to them.
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