**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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That’s like saying Dr. Strange doesn’t need a damage update , or ghost rider doesn’t need a moderate update. Of course they do.
But even if we don't have general agreement yet where the line is, we should at least be starting the conversation of whether there should be a line at all. Hood is a good test case for that discussion, because it is a very unambiguous change. Hood did have an unambiguous core set of use cases, and it did have a passionate group of players using him in those cases, and the update changes unambiguously removed key elements of the abilities that address those use cases. If there's a line at all, I think the Hood changes should definitely be over that line. Conversely, if Hood is not over the line, I don't think anything is safe.
But this? This is a disservice to what Hood stood and was used for within the game.
Taking away what made him unique and fun to play for more damage (which, if you want that you could look to other boring Meta champs like Doom or BWCV) doesn't make this right.
This buff is wrong. Terrible.
I’ll check back tomorrow. Have a good evening
The devs are saying that with all of the new additions Hood would be too strong so they had to eliminate Fate Seal. But the trivially obvious alternative was to first leave Miss alone (because according to the devs, that's an improvement). This would reduce Hood's overall strength. And if that was not enough, they could then reduce Hex damage until Hood's overall value was where they wanted it to be. If Hood without it is too weak, and Hood with it is too strong, there must be a middle ground value for the Hex damage that places Hood within balance limits. And it probably doesn't have to be a lot of reduction, because leaving Miss along already reduces Hood's value significantly (according to the devs own statements).
The only other possibility that is consistent with the facts is the devs felt that Hood was already too strong with his buff control, so that had to be nerfed independently of adding more damage. But that seems extremely unlikely to be true. And if this were true, it would be illogical for the devs to make changes that they claim improve Hood's stagger capabilities. That's nonsensical.
Can't see why they didn't just give Hood a damage bump instead of this mess of a rework no one asked for.
1. The people actively using Hood are a minority. I'm pretty sure the devs know this.
2. Not everyone who has expressed concerned is looking out for their own skin. For example, the Hood changes are unlikely to hurt me much: my roster is sizeable and I have multiple answers to almost any fight, and I haven't invested resources to rank Hood up higher than r4. The changes are not going to cost me anything. I've explained why I care several times now, and it isn't because the change is going to hurt me specifically. In the grand scheme of things, changes like this are far more likely to help me than hurt me.
3. You should consider that one difference between you and the player who wrote nine pages of analysis on Hood is that player cared enough to write nine pages of analysis on a change they have every reason to believe will not get reversed. They had every reason to believe their objections would be overlooked as well, but they were motivated to lodge them nevertheless. Passion does not equal credibility, but those nine pages contain careful research and analysis, not just whining. And objective analysis still counts for something, at least for some people.
But when someone like Hood who was perfectly fine to begin with is meddled with too much and having things added that makes the character overly complex isn't ideal. It used to be sp2 for buff control and invisibility enter + for regen.
Now, he's completely different and complex. Was this needed at all? No.
It was a big difference with say Spidergwen or Shehulk for a examples. While Hood always was solid, They were considered "memes" mostly back then. Look at them now. They were done right in being brought up. This Hood "buff" has gone the entire opposite direction.
Should I bother to taste what the new recipe is like since the only reason I want to eat that is it has a little ingredient A?
It’s like going to get your sandwich and they say hey I know your sandwich you like the crunchy peanut butter and jelly one. We upgraded from store bought Jam to making our own, it’s healthier for you and it’s homemade and it allows us to sell more sandwiches to the health minded couple. If we continue to sell store bought jam, we would lose a lot of health conscious customers.
After that it’s your choice to buy the sandwich or not. Who knows it may taste great.