Why there is no old champs getting buff recently other than hulk
Rahul_1423
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The so called balancing program is supposed to be as minor nerfing and adding some mechanics to other champ but now kabam treating it as bug fixes. Long time ago there were 2 champ buffs each month but now its long gone
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All in all, I think the current system is a good one. While the balancing program gets a lot of hate, I personally think that it's good that Kabam tries to not let any subpar champions through. Making sure that the new champs are up to par makes sure there are less champions in need of a buff down the line. It's a shame that there isn't the same cadence in the buff program that we saw a few years ago (it was always a treat to see which old champions got buffed, and the current system doesn't have that magic even when we do see buffs), but I think this system is ultimately better for the game long-term.
However, due to how Future Ant-Man currently performs, they are taking the opportunity to explore different values that make glancing less punishing when you're fighting him. Instead of 50% damage reduction, they're looking at 20%. Instead of -100% ability accuracy reduction, they're looking at -40%. That means that you'll deal 30% more damage and your abilities will trigger 60% more often when fighting him compared to how he'd function if they simply implemented glancing how it normally works in the game. They could probably just fix the bug with the normal set of values, but that has the potential to make him a nightmare to fight. What's worse is, if they just implemented the normal values and called it a day, they would have decided against rebalancing him based on faulty data since they'd have no idea how difficult he'd be to fight in his unbugged state.
In other words, they are rebalancing his glancing mechanic while they are fixing the bug, and seeing how these changes affect the champion before releasing him into the wild. They are basically both buffing and nerfing him at the same time (nerfing the buff, so to say). They are making him a much trickier defender than he is now but a much less tricky defender than he was supposed to be, and they're taking their time to make sure that they find the right balance there.
I think that's the right call in the end. They are introducing an untested variation of the glancing mechanic into the game, and I think that deserves to be tested fully before being released properly. Otherwise there can be some really gnarly consequences down the line.
I'm still bummed that there isn't a "proper" buff alongside this, but I see where Kabam's coming from and why they are treating this as much as a rebalancing as a bug fix.