Hercules bug adjustment

Greywarden

Totally understand that some bugs take longer to catch/fix than others but when something is fixed it's always communicated. The Hercules sp3 tanking fix without any mention anywhere is a bit frustrating. Obviously that is/was just one part of his kit but a lot of people had that in mind when buying his crystals and the fix comes after his crystal is over, conveniently. I know that kabam is dealing with a lot right now with just trying to make the game work but as the community has always stated before one of the major things we have always wanted is communication.....

if this adjustment was made months or a year after release I would think that no compensation should be necessary but he was released a few weeks ago and a part of his kit is different, again with no mention. His sp3 tanking ability was even part of his showcase.

GroundedWisdom

That's a never-ending argument. If they fix a bug immediately, it's called a cash grab. If they fix it later, they say it should be left.

TrashyPanda

It's shady imo, and further lowers my confidence in corporate.

I don't think the sp3 tanking was intentional, but the wording was vague enough to make the belief understandable. Reasonable, even. Especially when sp3 tanking was shown off multiple times in CCP showoff previews, which further reinforced the belief. Surely somebody at Kabam tested sp3 interaction, right?

The ability could be considered a selling point, but I don't remember any disclaimers that he was bugged when his crystals were sold. In the least, this shows negligence and lack of care, at most, it shows inconsiderate greed.

Personally I think it would've been better PR to acknowledge that the ability was badly worded, and to just leave the ability in. If people have to worry over every featured Cav they buy, they'll just stop buying Cavs.

Well, I'll certainly be more hesitant buying Cavs in the future, at least. Especially if "stay quiet and silently 'fix' the thing after we gottem" is Kabam's modus operandi. Not to mention all the 'silencing' that went on.

Greywarden

Totally agree, I'm more upset at the ZERO communication about it. Communication has been the weakest part about this game since day one.

naikavon

For sure, bad optics regarding the handling of herc. In the end it's irrelevant if it was incompetence, dishonesty, greed or an oversight. At some point, they realized he wasn't working as intended and said nothing. None of us will know definitively WHEN that was, but the optics kind of render it immaterial.

I don't trust this company anymore. That's the long and short of it. They can earn it back, but it will take sustained effort on their part and to be frank, lately it seems they quit trying.