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My issue isnt even the "buff". Its his kit to begin with. He's basically created to kill Photon. Problem is he's not good against the science class in general. He puts debuffs on himself but doesnt remove debuffs which is a no no for some science champs bc they benefit from you having debuffs on said champ. Hes not good against the mystic class in general bc he still gains buffs. Throw mutant out of course. This is the issue with these super restrictive defenders. We need tough defenders but with the game going in the direction of needing a hard counter for these newer defenders to have success, the new attackers/counters that come later can sometimes end up being a good counter for that champ and not necessarily good in other places in general. Some are but this is how we end up with a Patriot or Falcon Joaquin. Im not ranking up Patriot up just to kill Photon and not really have use for him anywhere else. Wish he had more utility like an anti evade mechanism of some sort. Just my opinion. Everyone is respectfully entitled to theirs.

I re-read his kit today before I took my sig 60 Patriot for a spin, and it really is ridiculous how directly it matches Photon. Seems like a joke almost. Vigilance if you parry, steadfast for unblockable specials, can’t reduce his regen, applies weakness to the opponent to reduce block damage, etc etc. I really don’t know if DLL designed him over a weekend or what.

And the whole reversal mechanic still seems like it’s supposed to be some kind of big deal, but it’s just a gimmick. All I want is to gain the fury and precision so I can do some real damage. But to do it I have to back off, charge a heavy, hope the AI cooperates, and then after they get back up, you have to get another opening to actually use those juicy buffs.

I think DLL is brilliant and ive watched and listened to him for quite a while now. He seems to put more into and get more excited about defenders. What I gather from him is he wants very tough, restrictive defenders in the game and strong attackers that counter said defender. I asked him why we're getting so many restrictive defenders and his answer was because new attackers need targets. When is enough enough? The issue is they give these new defenders so many defensive abilities that when they create a counter it can sometimes come off gimmicky and not useful beyond being a counter to that specific defender. They're also trying to force us to use older champs that we normally dont have ranked up to counter a new defender. Im still not ranking them up to counter your restrictive, overtuned defenders. I respect all the devs but im not totally sold on the direction we're headed. The games not so fun to me right now.

Yeah, he’s a great designer, which is what makes Patriot so odd. He’s faster sure, but still just feels like a Photon counter and not much else.

Overall, I think they are in a tough spot with champ design. They’ve got 300 under their belts and they’ve clearly gone all in on RPG as the defining characteristic of new champs. One champ counters another, then the next one counters the next one, on and on. New debuffs, new buffs and counter-buffs. I think it’s working to some extent and 2025 designs have been mostly fun. But eventually they’re gonna run out of runway and the snake is gonna eat its own tail.

What I’d really like to see is some kind of new game-wide mechanic that is accessible to all champs and opens up some new space in the gameplay — something truly new that’s not just another layer of RPG details.

How long’s it been since we saw a new mastery?

@World Eater not even close. Solvarch is BAD. Mine is 7* R3 and can’t finish any ROL fight in under 2 minutes but storm.

Because nobody in ROL has energy damage on basic attacks, you're basically using him in the matchups where he doesn't work. It's like using Sinister against a robot or someone with degen resistance and then sayin Sinister is BAD lol.

When you use him against a mutant, or someone with energy damage on basic attacks he's is VERY good, I did that Storm in 1:15 at r1. He can do the same to Onslaught, Jean, Capt. Britain, Sinister, Cassandra, Dust, Apoc + anyone with energy damage on basics like Zola Maw and Shuri. Bullseye and Spider Woman definitely a big no because he has no way to keep his damage up, but for everything else I mentioned he will be great as long as you know how to use him.

What do we get on update day? Buffs and EQ, we didn’t even get a side quest this time.

But a weeks time we get the rebirth event, act 8 crucible and BGs all starting on the same day?

Last month had a similar deal where content was offset by a couple weeks, i mean sales and stuff usually start whenever independent of update schedule, but one of either Rebirth or Act 8 Crucible should really have dropped this Wednesday.

I just feel like not only does it PACK one week full of content but it also makes updates feel, well, unimportant.

Update day used to mean something, everyone would play together and you’d be watching a YouTube stream, talking with friends, i mean I remember coming back from school and I would go over to a friends house on update day to play the new events and stuff.

Now with everything going on in the game “update day” just means EQ and (not even all the time) some lacklustre side quest (which is impossible to grind out in one day these days so thanks for that too kabam)

Oh well, I guess like most complaints kabam aren’t gonna do anything about this one, and will continue to release whatever they want whenever they want, I mean look at poker huh, what a nightmare event that was