Has anyone else noticed the increasing intensity of defenders

Deli

I’ve fallen off the game hard lately, but got on today to see how it is
And it seems like the defenders speed and intensity has been amplified a lot

This game used to be considered a “stress reliever” on the App Store - but now it seems to just stress me out

Strangecraft069

Try fighting easy content, the boredom is far more stressful 😴

Noobda

Deli said:

I’ve fallen off the game hard lately, but got on today to see how it is
And it seems like the defenders speed and intensity has been amplified a lot

This game used to be considered a “stress reliever” on the App Store - but now it seems to just stress me out

I agree.

0casual0

Black Cat gave me a lot of trouble with how fast she moves around. She is super aggressive. She actually wipe my whole team once in Cav EQ.

Horror_punk

Today in aw the defenders attacking before I complete my full combos

Bulmkt

It also feels harder to bait out specials

magnus_xix

Sounds like a skill issue

Squirrelguy

Deli said:

magnus_xix said:

Sounds like a skill issue

I hope you’re trolling because the agree to disagree ratio on my post shows you’re the minority.

—- if a mod is reading this and can “send to game team”
The incessant “innovation” and increase in node convolution is making the game far too complex. Y’all really had a wheel and turned it into a square then wondered why the car didn’t run as good.

Y’all need to pull back some, or - make new sections of the game instead of modulating the existing content. It shows that, frankly- the game team is largely incompetent at understanding the premise of what made the game a hit in the first place.

Can you give an example of defender speed and “intensity” increasing a lot? Also, what level of the game do you play? Most of the lower level content has fairly simple nodes and combos, and as far as I know, the only more difficult and aggressive AI is in endgame content.

You also keep using general terms like “innovation”. Do you not want the game to ever improve? Or is there a specific change that you don’t appreciate?

I know a lot of summoners who enjoy the game because of the constant improvements and updates. Not saying I fully disagree with you, I just don’t feel like you’ve pointed out any specific problems.

Morpheus_123

The intensity varies GREATLY across different game modes and difficulties. If you quickly skip from a Cav EQ fight to a 3* arena fight, it’s like playing 2 completely different games.

I don’t think this is anything new though, the harder content has always had faster, more aggressive defenders.

Musikmen

Cav EQ AI on iPhone seems outrageous for defenders since the update - the worst I've seen in a few weeks. Not really that much fun to play so far this month

Immortal

Deli said:

magnus_xix said:

Sounds like a skill issue

I hope you’re trolling because the agree to disagree ratio on my post shows you’re the minority.

—- if a mod is reading this and can “send to game team”
The incessant “innovation” and increase in node convolution is making the game far too complex. Y’all really had a wheel and turned it into a square then wondered why the car didn’t run as good.

Y’all need to pull back some, or - make new sections of the game instead of modulating the existing content. It shows that, frankly- the game team is largely incompetent at understanding the premise of what made the game a hit in the first place.

With inflation and stimulus check spent, decreasing the units per crystal would make be great! Fiening for that dopamine fix…but crystals are unaffordable…

Rasilover

It’s so hard to bait specials. Especially when using characters with far backdashes which the big characters have

Bugmat78

What always pisses me off is the fact that I can knock down a defender, immediately dash back, but they are back up and dashing forward to clip me faster than I can finish that dash back.

It defies physics, logics and it's basically cheating. I have literally seen my dash slow down to allow this springboard Ai to get knocked, down, recover, catch up and combo me.

BallerBen

I've noticed the defenders are blocking way more sp2 than normal. I'm really good with CGR and never had an issue going from combo to sp2. All of a sudden lately, sp2 is being blocked. In AQ and AW.

GinjabredMonsta

I've also noticed that sometimes the defender recovers so quick to block specials. I'll fo a couple hits and pop a special and they are instantly blocking. I feel it's not safe to do a special unless I do a whole 4 or 5 hit combo these days

Squirrelguy

Lol apparently I'm in the minority here. Maybe my phone just isn't encountering these issues. Sounds like a pain though.

Cynchotic

Absolutely! I believe the main ones who say they don’t see it are the ones that just have everything about this game down and fight like beast (this opinion comes from watching, listening to YouTubers). I suck and I know I suck, so that 30 seconds taken is very noticeable for me. I, at 10000 HR, taking out 6000-7000 HR defender wasn’t that bad or stressful. Now, I’m throwing way more hits (when allowed) while they throw less and and finishing with way less health, if not getting knocked out. I do not like long fights due to wrist issues, so I’ve always watched number of hits.
You know, if kabams goal was to change up the intensity, and challenge of the fights, I really would not mind that much ONLY IF THEY WOULD JUST BE HONEST ABOUT IT. Gees, it seems as if everything is so secretive anymore. The communication is way low now. Is there any good intentions that come from be secretive? Heck, if they wanted to completely change the game - make it cartoonish (haha) - I would have more respect and talk less **** if they would just be straight up with.

FloorKiller

I love the new AI "evading without dexterity triggering" move. Like sliding out from hit. So-called "pixel perfect". But AI can do without triggering dex. Very nice & convenient, Kabam! 👍👍👍

FloorKiller

Oh, forgot to mention also the classic "AI recovered & contraattack after being hit by special faster than you try to press block" 🤣🤣🤣 Logic?! Nah, not in this game 😂😂😂

IRQ

FloorKiller said:

Oh, forgot to mention also the classic "AI recovered & contraattack after being hit by special faster than you try to press block" 🤣🤣🤣 Logic?! Nah, not in this game 😂😂😂

My fav is being parried by an opponent that's been doing nothing but holding block for the last 1-2 seconds. Good thing parrying defenders are so rare outside arenas and AW.

DarkEternity

FloorKiller said:

I love the new AI "evading without dexterity triggering" move. Like sliding out from hit. So-called "pixel perfect". But AI can do without triggering dex. Very nice & convenient, Kabam! 👍👍👍

You can do that too…

DarkEternity

JoshKosh557 said:

Can anyone send videos of these things happening? Like I’ve had some of these issues but I’m low key skeptical of some of the things listed.

Yeah, I mean, it’s true the AI has gotten faster and definitely a lot harder but you can usually react to literally everything the AI does. I think a few of the issues mentioned are simply from a misunderstanding of how the AI operates. For example, getting hit when you dash back is because the enemy AI hits you as you’re in the middle of dashing back. This simply means you either dashed back at an in-opportune moment or dashed back too early. Reminder that you are not immune to attacks while dashing, especially if you time it wrong (with the controls issues this is more prevalent, these AI changes might just be a misunderstanding where some sort of control issue is messing with your dex, reminder that this has been addressed and will eventually be fixed).

TheBair123

what i find happening to me the most is the ai will be walking towards me and i go to dash in and they just throw a light out of nowhere and intercept me