Silver surfer...the biggest disappointment of 2019

CodeOmega · December 2019

Let’s break this character down. Overall the best thing he has going for him is his amazing prestige. If you’re not in a top ally, you probably don’t care too much. Overall if you play him well and rotate the buffs, his damage output is mediocre. He is not suicide friendly at all, but his immunities to shock and incinerate allow him to take on freezer burn and shock nodes. He is definitely no god, (probably a high demigod) using Seatin’s tier list. The problem with this champ is that he just causes disappointment after all the hype surrounding him. People have wanted Ss in game since it’s release, and being teased again and again and getting this mediocre champion was not an exciting prospect. Overall, not a bad champ. The expectations just didn’t live up to the final product.

issamaf80 · December 2019

Remember sentry

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE · December 2019

I mean a demigod tier champion is still great. This might just be a case that you let your expectations get too high

NCB_pt · December 2019

He is better than War Machine.

designsoda · December 2019

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE said:
I mean a demigod tier champion is still great. This might just be a case that you let your expectations get too high

Or the expectations matched the popularity and power level of the character and the game didn't meet it.

Now sure, it's entirely possible some people wouldn't be satisfied unless Silver Surfer were game breaking, but as it is this is another Sentry situation.

designsoda · December 2019

Also keep in mind Kabam hyped this character a year in advance. Expectations were being set high by Kabam themselves.

Nojokejaym · December 2019

I’m surprised guys expected more than this lol, never get your hopes up you most likely will be disappointed.

MarzGroove · December 2019

designsoda said:
Also keep in mind Kabam hyped this character a year in advance. Expectations were being set high by Kabam themselves.

Kabam teased. You did the hyping.

designsoda · December 2019

MarzGroove said:

designsoda said:
Also keep in mind Kabam hyped this character a year in advance. Expectations were being set high by Kabam themselves.
Kabam teased. You did the hyping.

Riiiiight.

Kabam Miike · December 2019

Hey there,

Sorry to hear that your are disappointed in the Silver Surfer Champion. While we understand that everybody has expectations for every new Character that is added, we are not going to be able to live up to the expectations for everybody. Every Character is somebody's favourite, and we always do our best to make Characters that everybody can be excited about, but will not be able to hit that mark for everybody.

Different Characters and their Kits will appeal to different players, some will be more useful to people in certain progression points than others.

We didn't mean to "hype" him, and I don't think we really did. He's been a part of the Story all year long, and has shown up as part of it.

designsoda · December 2019

Mike it's fair enough that different characters have different uses. And hyping up characters isn't bad. Isn't that part of Kabam's job? But saying you didn't hype a character by pointing out he's been a part of the story all year long? Huh? That makes no sense.

Anyway it's not the end of the world either way. It is what it is.

Kabam Miike · December 2019

designsoda said:
Mike it's fair enough that different characters have different uses. And hyping up characters isn't bad. Isn't that part of Kabam's job? But saying you didn't hype a character by pointing out he's been a part of the story all year long? Huh? That makes no sense.

Anyway it's not the end of the world either way. It is what it is.

Maybe we have different definitions of Hyping something, but I don't think we have talked about Surfer as a Character at all this year. We've just said he exists, and that he's coming.

XxLoganTDCxX · December 2019

I am making my usual Champ Reviews as normal. Expect Silver Surfer soon.

designsoda · December 2019

Kabam Miike said:

designsoda said:
Mike it's fair enough that different characters have different uses. And hyping up characters isn't bad. Isn't that part of Kabam's job? But saying you didn't hype a character by pointing out he's been a part of the story all year long? Huh? That makes no sense.

Anyway it's not the end of the world either way. It is what it is.
Maybe we have different definitions of Hyping something, but I don't think we have talked about Surfer as a Character at all this year. We've just said he exists, and that he's coming.

Sounds like we do. Anyway we can now see that he is indeed a character that exists in the game.

XxLoganTDCxX · December 2019

Check out my review on him:
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/172402/silver-surfer-champion-review/p1?new=1

Greywarden · December 2019

If everything matched everybody's expectations we'd have 120+ OP God Tier champs. I personally love Silver Surfer from the comics and I'm obviously disappointed he's underwhelming but hey what can you do, they can't all be Corvus or Cap Marvel.

fyi nobody liked Corvus when he initially came out either lol not saying Surfer is that level, just a funny observation.

XxLoganTDCxX · December 2019

Greywarden said:
If everything matched everybody's expectations we'd have 120+ OP God Tier champs. I personally love Silver Surfer from the comics and I'm obviously disappointed he's underwhelming but hey what can you do, they can't all be Corvus or Cap Marvel.

fyi nobody liked Corvus when he initially came out either lol not saying Surfer is that level, just a funny observation.

Nobody said that they think every champ would be god Tier.
If they were all god tier, there wouldn't be a god tier (technically)
But Silver Surfer is a huge fan favorite, and he has been teased for a year now.

issamaf80 · December 2019

XxLoganTDCxX said:

Greywarden said:
If everything matched everybody's expectations we'd have 120+ OP God Tier champs. I personally love Silver Surfer from the comics and I'm obviously disappointed he's underwhelming but hey what can you do, they can't all be Corvus or Cap Marvel.

fyi nobody liked Corvus when he initially came out either lol not saying Surfer is that level, just a funny observation.
Nobody said that they think every champ would be god Tier.
If they were all god tier, there wouldn't be a god tier (technically)
But Silver Surfer is a huge fan favorite, and he has been teased for a year now.

yeah what about the sentryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

KDoggg2017 · December 2019

I am currently underwhelmed with Surfer but if I'm being honest, I felt the same way about Doom and Claire initially.
Kabam has learned the art of developing characters who are nuanced and have depth in their playstyle. The developers have gone on record as saying nobody has figured out how to tap into the true potential of Doc Ock and Elsa Bloodstone yet.
Hopefully Silver Surfer falls in that category.

Ankalagonn · December 2019

It's kinda well known that high prestige champs are just "ok" champs. That has been the pattern since almost the beginning of the time. I remember Phoenix when she came out.

designsoda · December 2019

KDoggg2017 said:
I am currently underwhelmed with Surfer but if I'm being honest, I felt the same way about Doom and Claire initially.
Kabam has learned the art of developing characters who are nuanced and have depth in their playstyle. The developers have gone on record as saying nobody has figured out how to tap into the true potential of Doc Ock and Elsa Bloodstone yet.
Hopefully Silver Surfer falls in that category.

Yeah I'm hopeful there are depths to explore here. And kudos to developers that have designed characters that take some thinking to unlock their full potential.

Demonzfyre · December 2019

designsoda said:
Mike it's fair enough that different characters have different uses. And hyping up characters isn't bad. Isn't that part of Kabam's job? But saying you didn't hype a character by pointing out he's been a part of the story all year long? Huh? That makes no sense.

Anyway it's not the end of the world either way. It is what it is.

I dont remember Kabam ever hyping Silver Surfers abilities and gameplay. They hyped his arrival, never his utility.

Weaver1983 · December 2019

My only hope is the 3 month rebalancing effort. Tweak up his fury a good chunk, so he actually has decent damage and maybe we'll see people change their minds.

From my math, at 5/65 sig 200, he gets around 3700 extra attack total from his furies, with SP3 aptitude buff active. That's the equivalent of one decent RNG Hyperion heavy. Need to get those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.

designsoda · December 2019

Demonzfyre said:

designsoda said:
Mike it's fair enough that different characters have different uses. And hyping up characters isn't bad. Isn't that part of Kabam's job? But saying you didn't hype a character by pointing out he's been a part of the story all year long? Huh? That makes no sense.

Anyway it's not the end of the world either way. It is what it is.
I dont remember Kabam ever hyping Silver Surfers abilities and gameplay. They hyped his arrival, never his utility.

Oh... it's you. Hi. It's all going to be alright. It's just a game. Kabam will be fine. Hyping stuff is cool. It's fun to get excited about fun stuff. Sometimes people will be disappointed and it's ok.

NiteAndDae · December 2019

I think he is fine, considering the high prestige (think Thor Ragnarok). He is balanced in that he does well for a few things, and so-so for others. If he was the highest prestige and crushed everything, what would be the point of other champs? The heavy phase mechanic is something new and could have loads of uses. Can he phase through a special 1,2 or 3?

RoninMan · December 2019

Ankalagonn said:
It's kinda well known that high prestige champs are just "ok" champs. That has been the pattern since almost the beginning of the time. I remember Phoenix when she came out.

Except Doom completely counters that argument.

KattohS · December 2019

Sooo every champ released now has to be “god tier” status??

Imagine when the planet eater arrives.

Silver surfer...the biggest disappointment of 2019

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