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Thanks for that. About the other part? Final? No issues?
1: Communicate ahead of time before more people rank him up while unaware of the change, and
2: Supply RDTs as this is a disadvantage for shocker.
Even though Shocker wasn’t directly changed, his impact in the contest was. I think it’d be a very poor justification to not give RDTs if they decide to use that as a reason.
And I understand that he’s still an amazing champ post-nerf but in a competitive game mode like battlegrounds, every minor difference matters. I spent days trying to decide to rank up shocker or guardian and ultimately went with shocker, a big part of that being because he counters maestro. The nerf changes that, and thus part of the reason I ranked him.
I think that’s what started stirring the pot, and if this was a live fix last Friday, that evening’s conversation on Discord probably caused it.
Miike and Jax didn’t know the change went live so they couldn’t warn us ahead of time.
Because it’s not a direct nerf to shocker there are no plans for compensation at this time.
I've spent a lot of today trying to track down exactly what happened and why.
First, I want to apologize for this fix going live without notice. We (Jax and I) were not aware of it, so we were not able to tell you about it before it happened. We've found the communications breakdown here and are working to ensure that it doesn't happen again.
This situation was caused by a Bug that went live late last year. This was not live when Shocker was released, or when he was going through his balance process. The gist of it is that glancing was measuring the opponent's attack too soon and was thus reducing it by too little if Champion's Attack rating was also being increased at the exact same time, which is the case with Shocker.
This was a bug fix that affected Glancing, and not a direct change to Shocker. It also does not affect Shocker's effectiveness against other Enemies. I know we've seen some folks talking about his damage changing against Champions with Armor Ups applied, and that should not be the case. We are keeping an eye out for that, but I think that this was a false flag.
I know that this affected Shocker directly, and there will be more conversations about him in the near future, but it is the end of the day on Friday, and it won't happen until early next week. I will be personally ensuring that we keep an eye on him, and especially his usage.
Once again, I am very sorry that this bug fix went out without any communication. That should not have happened, and we will work to ensure it doesn't happen again.
I think they’ve been on a roll recently and this would be a weird hill to die on
The repeating systematic lack of communication is the biggest issue in my opinion. The players pay the bills here. Give us the option to rank him down. We’ll see how many actually do. If it’s restricted to just shocker, what harm in issuing RDTs?
It is concerning that earlier in this thread the person saying it will just be in the May patch notes it's supposed to be an acceptable response. Such a situation is just another example to players of Kansas being able to change champs/interactions without apparent regard to the impact on how players have utilized previous resources into a champ.
I'm just glad I hadn't ranked up my 7* shocker yet. I hope with the angst over the weekend, Kabam comes back next week to make it right for those players who did rank him up already.
Due to this, giving out RDTs would be a great way to apologize to the community on a bug that is their mistake. I think in this case they’re most definitely warranted. Shocker countering glancing was a one of a kind mechanic that couldn’t be found elsewhere. I can’t speak for everyone but this was a huge selling point for me when ranking him. Without this, he’s another good tech that ends fights in sp1 to sp2 and doesn’t crit. Sure he’s not a bad champ that’s still great, but I can find that elsewhere. The very mechanic that made him unique is what’s being removed, which is why I think RDTs should be given.