If Kabam decides to nerf a champion via the buff program, should we expect rank down tickets?
SkyLord7000
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Not saying it’ll happen often. But it would suck to awaken and max a good champ only for Kabam to slap a nerf on right after. Does Kabam have a way to *refund* players when this happens?
If Kabam decides to nerf a champion via the buff program, should we expect rank down tickets? 164 votes
Yes, should be expected
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96 votes
No, It was your choice to rank the champ
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I think the main thing for me right now is about what is the process for when a champion gets balanced in a downward trajectory.
Let’s say for arguments sake that Quicksilver is deemed too powerful, and his whiplash debuffs are changed to do half as much damage. (I don’t think this is necessary or likely, but it’s just for this hypothetical)
By now, plenty of people have rank 3 and rank 4 Quicksilver’s. Do all of those people get QS rank down tickets? I feel that they should, they clearly ranked a champion up that was different to how they are post balancing.
What about sig stones? I can understand why Moleman didn’t have the extra effort in of returning sig stones because this was theoretically a one off, no other champ has an 18 month outstanding bug.
But with this balancing program there’s a chance that balancing could become a regular thing, and champions could see nerfs potentially twice a month. I think there needs to be a look into tech to allow sig stones to be quickly compensated should a champion be nerfed.
Clearly we are 0/4 for any champ changing so far, and we don’t know what nerfs would look like, but surely there needs to be more communication about what the process will be unless you want nobody touching a champion for 6 months until they’re given the green light.
If a champion is balanced down, it should be up to the player if they still want the champion invested in. I don’t particularly like the idea of RDTs becoming a regular part of the game, but with Kabam opening the door for regular nerfs/buffs - for every nerf that this program has (hopefully as few as possible), there needs to be an equal number of RDTs that give back sig stones, cats, iso etc. Otherwise this program will be an unmitigated disaster.
We cannot plan for or be hyped for new champions if there’s a chance we invest in them and then they’re nerfed 6 months later without any mitigation for the player who ranked them. New champions that are really good will just not be ranked out of fear.
I love the opportunity that this program gives to designers to be braver with designs, try new things in the hopes that it works, but if it’s too OP then they can be toned down later. I think it’s great to bring underwhelming champs up to a level as well and I can’t wait to see what they do with Gorr. But there needs to be a bump in communication about what the process is, and what happens if there is a nerf.
It does really depend on the kind of adjustment they make. Is it a change that slightly lowers the damage a champ does. Or the healing or what have you. No, we should not get rank down tickets.
But if they remove a very big portion of the champs utility. And that utility is one of the main reasons people use the champ. It should atleast be considered.
It's blatantly unethical at that point. If you're still defending it, you're just siding with the business over the consumer for no legitimate reason.