New Idea[s] for Monthly Buffs
YungLampshade69V2
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So with monthly champion buffs being down to one per month, I think a new way to update champs that is easier/quicker for Kabam is somewhat warranted. I thought about it a bit, and realized a lot of lower 'tier' champions are about 1 good synergy with a reasonably good champ away from being useful. (Tier lists are all opinionated, so remember to use your own opinion on champs)
Earlier examples across the history of the game that prove this theory include OG Abom, Cable, and Air Walker. 3 champions that were bad out of the gate. For Abom came the Red Guardian synergy, for Cable came the Apocalypse synergy, and for Air Walker came both the synergies of Peni and Sauron. All were pretty much useless in modern gameplay until their synergy/synergies came along.
That's basically the idea off this proposal, but there are many ways that synergies can be buffed, so I'd like to go through the ones that pop into my head:
At the bottom of this spectrum would be "synergy roster updates". For example, take Blade- He's great against Interdimensional Beings by himself, but with his synergies he becomes a really really solid champ. The only problem is that half of his buff partners have somewhat fallen off offensively, and the other half were never good to begin with. For this example, the buff would be to add Hood to Blade's Dormammu/Mephisto synergy, add CGR to the Ghost Rider synergy, and add at least Stealth Spidey, if not Spidey99 to the Stark Spidey synergy. The idea of this category is to make useful synergies better, by adding better/more modern champs to their existing synergies that are already useful. Obviously Blade is a pretty good skill champ even now, that would boost him up a lot- just the first and easiest to program( I assume ) idea that came to mind. I feel like these would be the easiest to implement, but I don't know jack-shizznit about programming.
Next would be giving a new synergy to a new champ that connects to an outdated/underused champ, that helps only/mainly the older champ. My best example of this is how Hit Monkey's synergy with Black Bolt made BB much more viable. Synergies similar to that- mostly one way, because Hit Monkey doesn't need the Bolt synergy, but BB needs the HM synergy. Another example is Peni's synergy with Mysterio. The idea would be good for short term community votes, or taking input from players. This type of synergy buff is also the best one to tie into a regular buff, or a new champ release.
After that would be the same thing, but the synergy would be between two champs that need buffs. This gets into more unknown territory, but in my mind it would be like adding a synergy to Cyclops AND OG Iron Man that makes both champs usable for AT LEAST questing purposes. Probably the hardest to program, but also probably the most 'hype' option as well.
The last thing would be completely new synergies specifically tailored to one champ. My example for this would be Howard The Duck. I love using him after his buff when I can use Auto-Masher, but when I don't have it, its a hassle. If he could get a completely new synergy that refreshes the auto-masher after a fight, or made it so that auto-masher is passively active every fight, he'd be one of my favorite tech champs to use.
Thank you if you've read all this way, and if you're a Kabam employee- please consider some of these ideas to go alongside of monthly champion buffs. I think it would be nice to get a guaranteed "synergy buff" every month alongside the more complex full champ buffs.
I have no idea if its feasible, but I'd love it if we got a random rotation of these types of synergy buffs along side of the regular monthly champ buffs.
Edit: I almost forgot the ultimate form of this buff- a team buff. For example, if Groot finally got a buff, I think most GOTG members (at least Rocket, Drax, and Nova) should get A LOT of new decent-at-best synergies.
Earlier examples across the history of the game that prove this theory include OG Abom, Cable, and Air Walker. 3 champions that were bad out of the gate. For Abom came the Red Guardian synergy, for Cable came the Apocalypse synergy, and for Air Walker came both the synergies of Peni and Sauron. All were pretty much useless in modern gameplay until their synergy/synergies came along.
That's basically the idea off this proposal, but there are many ways that synergies can be buffed, so I'd like to go through the ones that pop into my head:
At the bottom of this spectrum would be "synergy roster updates". For example, take Blade- He's great against Interdimensional Beings by himself, but with his synergies he becomes a really really solid champ. The only problem is that half of his buff partners have somewhat fallen off offensively, and the other half were never good to begin with. For this example, the buff would be to add Hood to Blade's Dormammu/Mephisto synergy, add CGR to the Ghost Rider synergy, and add at least Stealth Spidey, if not Spidey99 to the Stark Spidey synergy. The idea of this category is to make useful synergies better, by adding better/more modern champs to their existing synergies that are already useful. Obviously Blade is a pretty good skill champ even now, that would boost him up a lot- just the first and easiest to program( I assume ) idea that came to mind. I feel like these would be the easiest to implement, but I don't know jack-shizznit about programming.
Next would be giving a new synergy to a new champ that connects to an outdated/underused champ, that helps only/mainly the older champ. My best example of this is how Hit Monkey's synergy with Black Bolt made BB much more viable. Synergies similar to that- mostly one way, because Hit Monkey doesn't need the Bolt synergy, but BB needs the HM synergy. Another example is Peni's synergy with Mysterio. The idea would be good for short term community votes, or taking input from players. This type of synergy buff is also the best one to tie into a regular buff, or a new champ release.
After that would be the same thing, but the synergy would be between two champs that need buffs. This gets into more unknown territory, but in my mind it would be like adding a synergy to Cyclops AND OG Iron Man that makes both champs usable for AT LEAST questing purposes. Probably the hardest to program, but also probably the most 'hype' option as well.
The last thing would be completely new synergies specifically tailored to one champ. My example for this would be Howard The Duck. I love using him after his buff when I can use Auto-Masher, but when I don't have it, its a hassle. If he could get a completely new synergy that refreshes the auto-masher after a fight, or made it so that auto-masher is passively active every fight, he'd be one of my favorite tech champs to use.
Thank you if you've read all this way, and if you're a Kabam employee- please consider some of these ideas to go alongside of monthly champion buffs. I think it would be nice to get a guaranteed "synergy buff" every month alongside the more complex full champ buffs.
I have no idea if its feasible, but I'd love it if we got a random rotation of these types of synergy buffs along side of the regular monthly champ buffs.
Edit: I almost forgot the ultimate form of this buff- a team buff. For example, if Groot finally got a buff, I think most GOTG members (at least Rocket, Drax, and Nova) should get A LOT of new decent-at-best synergies.
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Kabam said themselves that they’ve never really had that freedom. I think this would be the best way to get it!