**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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I do think it goes both ways though, someone will always be affected, either that or the game dies.
Or Loki’s buff steal?
Or gladiator Hulks ‘face me’?
We need to make our voices heard now rather than when it affects a champion we personally have invested in.
It could be too late for Hoods fate seal, but it might not be for other champions in line for a buff.
It’s okay, this community is for disagreements and shared opinions , I just didn’t think it was fair to suggest I didn’t know the game . A little background , I’m in a Map 7x5 ally and have all content done and about 14 R3 Champs.
But to put it into perspective starky has a chance to evade all specials by 63% and it always feel pretty safe.
But it is also true that this is a necessary evil, something that should only be done when it is necessary, for the simple practical reason that if the devs are capricious with this type of behavior, player confidence in the game will erode and that is also bad for the game. On a purely practical level, we want players to be engaged with the game, and invest their time and resources into the game. And that requires trust that those investments will be respected. They are not sacrosanct, but they should be acknowledged.
If a player says the devs should never nerf anything, never change anything in a way the player dislikes, always do the popular thing, that's silly,. and no one has said that more often or more consistently than I have. But I'm not saying any of that here. What I'm saying is that when changes happen they should avoid damaging player investment when possible and practical, and for the basic fundamental reason that respecting players investment is better for the game overall.
And if you think it is presumptuous of me to assume that Hood has lost his ability to remove buffs when the only way he had to remove existing buffs was taken away then sure, I'll accept that judgment. I presume a lot of things that are only 99.99999999% certain rather than 100% certain. Furthermore, the fact that you can read my entire post and still think this is about whether Hood is better or worse is due to another one of my presumptions, this time of literacy.
Well if we are discussing permanent buffs I can only think of a few , resistor fury , cruelty on nodes.
Vision AA , Annhilus. Overall, I would agree with you that he is less effective against permanent buffs, most of the troublesome buffs in game are can be staggered.
Torches balance update actually did significantly more for him as a character, being able to reverse healing and keep his temperature up is what has allowed him to excel in new matchups I bet he is at the top now. Kabam showed this with data. I’m
Not a fan of torch, but as both can’t deny how powerful he has become , especially with regen reversal and magneto bosses and other energy matchups. Lots of people used him for a legend run.
The Hood buffs don’t change my roster too much , but I do have him as R2 , and I never really used him for anything other than synergy and on occasion for some fun. This is a good benefit to me. I again , understand how it can affect some people , but some of those permanent buffs we talk about aren’t trickled throughout the game snd that challenging. There are typically better options. I respect the material used and I debate over and over about my champions. If it’s overall a bad buff Kabam would give compensation , I’m sure.
This is a comparison of Hoods new invisibility vs projectiles. As you can see, 3 hit is the cut off point when New Hood is worse. After that, he quickly becomes unreliable.
At 6 hits it’s 50% vs 4% that’s insane.
Remember the hard to evade specials that hood is good for are the 4+ specials, there’s only one special. I can think of that can’t be evaded easily thats 3 hits and that’s annihilus. Who Hood won’t even be good against now since you can’t nullify his rod anymore.
I literally do not care if he ends up stronger or not for me. That's not my problem. My problem is the devs are trying to make Hood stronger for me at the expense of completely changing him for the players who already invested in him. If I test him and he's better for me, I don't want that improvement at the cost of his core capabilities being ripped out of him that other players were relying upon. And if I test him and he's not better for me, then that just adds comedy on top of tragedy.
To repeat and emphasize: I am not judging the changes. I am judging the necessity of the changes. They were not necessary. The devs should not be doing things that are not necessary that will cause pain for players, especially players doing literally exactly what they want players to be doing which is trying to find uses for the champions rather than only paying attention to tier lists.
Here's the bottom line. We have players like Cat Mudock who found a diamond in the rough with Hood and put their money where their mouth was and invested time and resources to make that champ work for them. And we have players who say they are fools because everybody knows who the best champs are. Everyone has to decide which of those attitudes we want to encourage and support. I've chosen my side. Everyone else has to choose theirs.
29 buffs so far , out of the 29 buffs I can name about 7 that have dominated the Meta. Of course there will be changes that are unfavorable, can you really sit here and see these champs haven’t been great for the game? Objectively you cannot.
Colly
Magneto
She hulk
Venom
Red hulk
Carnage
Mole man
Kingpin
Falcon
These were champs that were once a bust when you pull them, now they are favorites of many people.
Sure, permanent buffs may not be an everyday issue needing to be addressed. That doesn't change the fact that some people used Hood to deal with them previously and no longer will be able to do so. I'm not going to downplay this issue just bc it's something that will practically never affect me personally.
Yes , but you would get double the power back , but yes you lose a higher percentage to steal power back , but since all SP2 are bullets you can essentially Do M*LLLM* SP2 and your chances are a lot higher to steal power back and be right back at an SP2.
I would have to test this though.
You are right it doesn’t change the fact that people use them to deal with him, but now he will on paper be a much better character for them overall. I’m not downplaying the issue , I’m just suggesting that we wait until we see what the effect is instead of guessing , including my self this could be a lot like Diablo and be overall trash
Current Hood would dodge 90% of those Doom projectiles. New Hood would dodge on average 76% of them, and disproportionately take more of the last two than the first two. In terms of incinerate debuffs specifically Current Hood would eat 10% of those, while New Hood would eat 40% of those (20% of the first incinerate projectile, 40% of the second, 60% of the third).
I can only speak subjectively, I do know Hood was always considered underrated, but he doesn’t have any core damage mechanics to make him a reasonable option anywhere. If we are discussing mid game players , there are many 4* that can do a better job than Hood can. Now when we get into act 6 someone mentioned a 6.4.6 mystic path that I just reviewed , but will test soon.
This is why I would side with a more "democratic" approach other than waiting to be surprised by the champs picked to be buffed / tuned up (tuned down?).
C'mon, Let us vote on it. Then lay out the plans for that champ and see what we think about it before work even starts on it. We all know we are the testers anyway. Wouldn't it be wiser to save save Devs' time and player frustration???
Unless the big picture is to always have a big percentage of champions that will largely be unused by the player base. And I get that some champs have to be better than others but don't mess up the Decent champs to make up for "some" buffs of the trash pile that were successful (I say some coz rip DDHK, meh YJ).