How balanced should champs be? (If every champ is god-tier then, no one would be)

Just wanted to spark some conversation. Remember Incredibles...the main villain wanted to make everyone super powered because if everyone had super powers, then everyone would be "equal". I wonder how this fits into champ design. I remember when I pulled Thor Rag from my 6 star crystal. It was certainly a disappointment because at the time Black Bold was my best 6 star champ out of the 5 I had (though I was able to pull a Killmonger at a different time). Point is, as bad as it feels to pull a "trash" champ, it's also great to pull champs like Namor, Ghost, Human Torch, Blade, and Starky and others. I don't think any champ should be so ineffective that they are only useful for arena fodder, but I think if every champ was tip-top tier then the excitement of chasing champs would be diminished some. What do you guys think?

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LeNoirFaineant

"The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal." Bonus points if anyone gets the reference without googling it.
Harrison Bergeron

Correct!

LeNoirFaineant

"The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal." Bonus points if anyone gets the reference without googling it.
that story leaves me with a bad feeling in my stomach.

Really? I haven't read it in a long time but I find it applicable all the time. Gotta love the Handicapper General.

Imran

I knew this kind of post coming. Lol, people never satisfied.

GMAX77

I knew this kind of post coming. Lol, people never satisfied.

I don't understand what is meant by people never satisfied. Could you please explain a bit further?

GNASTY

Just need a repeat of 12.0. That’ll level the playing field and bring balance to the contest once again.

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GAMEOVERJames

I think one of the enjoyable things in this game is to build your own favorite team (for AQ/AW/Story Quest). Different players have different preferences so their teams should not be the same. But if there are only 10% of champions usable in this game, the teams that can be built for AQ/AW/Quests will also be relatively limited.

YEETguy

All champs should be god tier. At this point I would love if all the way too hard nonsense had more counters. Overly hard does not equal fun. An easy game would be much more enjoyable.

Notsavage19

All champs should be god tier. At this point I would love if all the way too hard nonsense had more counters. Overly hard does not equal fun. An easy game would be much more enjoyable.

No, absolutely not. An easy game would turn boring quickly. Challenge is what makes games enjoyable. Also, if all content or "hard nonsense" had multiple counters, there really wouldn't be a need for new champions. Take the GM fight, for example. Everyone praises it for it's accessibility to all champions, meaning that all champions can complete the fight. There are no roster limitations. However, it is a very bad decision to shape all content after the GM boss. This is because since the fight can be done with anyone, there would be no need to introduce new characters with new abilities.

Reference

I don’t think Kabam will make every champ equally good, or otherwise no motivation for buying crystals or grinding champs.

The street fighter type champ system is good for player as every champs can shine in arcade mode, and this makes the fight more skill based. Unfortunately this system is against the benefit of mobile game developers.

Although I saw many occasions that teammate with 6*r3 god tier champs die in first few fights in AQ AW, I still think Kabam won’t remove that differentiations.

Reference

I think one of the enjoyable things in this game is to build your own favorite team (for AQ/AW/Story Quest). Different players have different preferences so their teams should not be the same. But if there are only 10% of champions usable in this game, the teams that can be built for AQ/AW/Quests will also be relatively limited.

Few years ago Kabam did trying to promote this behaviour by removing the “diversity” score from AW, yet they retreated after strong back fire from players community.

YEETguy

Not savage, as someone who has played this game for years and years, my experience is that breezing through act 4 was more fun than trying to explore act 6. A whole lot of things are just there to make you wait for a specific counter or spend a lotta units.

Notsavage19

Not savage, as someone who has played this game for years and years, my experience is that breezing through act 4 was more fun than trying to explore act 6. A whole lot of things are just there to make you wait for a specific counter or spend a lotta units.

And as someone who has also played for years and years, I agree that Act 4 was easy. That's because it's Act 4. Honey, this is Act 6. Last time I checked, 6 is greater than 4. Making Act 6 as easy as Act 4 really just defeats the purpose of progression. You could just nuke through that content with 6*s. What fun is that? The fights that require specific counters are there for a reason. That reason is so that Kabam can continue putting out new champions.