Kabam, why can’t we reply to the balancing posts directly?
EdisonLaw
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Instead of creating a new thread to talk about champion balancing, why are we not allowed to reply to those balance update threads directly? Wouldn’t that make discussions a lot easier?
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Honestly I don’t envy Dork. He’s gonna have to go up there tomorrow and endure the onslaught of people complaining about Serpent’s (lack of) balancing even though he has no part in that. Chat’s probably gonna be full of vitriol and he’s just gonna have to ignore it all and pretend nothing’s happening because he has a job to do which is presenting new information, not addressing the balancing team’s decisions.
Question. If they change their objectives because people want it, what does that open them up to long-term?
Kt1 saying champs need an offense bump means literally nothing. Ignoring the fact that he's usually overly negative about everything in the game, he's not on the design team and doesn't know how they were designed to function. It's very easy to say they need more damage but most of the champs he's saying that about don't even need it.
Except they have been nerfing defenders that need it. Bullseye got a defensive nerf however slight and also we've had multiple counters to him since he released. Serpent is a rough defender and probably overturned in battlegrounds, but he's not on the level of hercules and kitty who can literally steamroll content
They listen to Players, but that doesn't mean complying with exactly what people want all the time. Sometimes things are introduced that we just have to grow into.
The current balance program has never been used to make major changes to Champs. Minor tuning has always been what they've done with their checks and balances.
Miike isn't here to defend himself so I don't have anything to say about the Herc comment. I can say for certain he wanted Herc nerfed, and spoke on that many times.
No one said they're not listening, but that doesn't always mean they do whatever we want. Ultimately it's their call. If having someone like Serpent is the direction they want to go, then that's the final say.