Kabam, it’s time to stop being afraid of champs
ShoNuff29
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This goes for Herc, Magik, Ghost, Scorpion, etc… and even Quake. The game is so niche now, no 1 champ is going to “break” anything. So much content we have to bring in Saga champs, 1 champ only, specific hash tags, specific classes, etc… that it shouldn’t be a concern anymore. Often, some of those restrictions are combined. These types of content are also the one with the highest rewards. It made sense when Story content was the main “end game” focus, but now content like AoA, WoW, Carina Challenges, Crucible are all areas where many focus their time and effort and all are champ restricted. You also are making the champions (defenders and attackers) more niche to do something specific and then counter something specific (which is a little annoying but that’s a different convo). It’s time to give us ALL our champs and let us use them. If you’re worried about Magik in AW, just blacklist her. Worried about Herc in story content, give the Boss fight have a #God ban. The “reasons” don’t make sense anymore. It’s time to set them free.
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As for champions like Magik and others, they’re fine and should be introduced. Some of them will eventually be released as 7-stars, but the question is when. Take Blade, for example: when he was finally released, nobody cared. He’s not even viewed as a Top 10 or Top 20 champion in the Skill class, let alone the entire game. Kabam often waits too long to release these champions, overhyping or exaggerating their “OP” or “broken” potential. (Content Creators are at fault here as well) By the time they’re released, they have little value or relevance to the current game meta. Newer champions with better mechanics and higher damage potential have already taken their place.
What I believe though is: if these champions are primarily a defensive threat, they’d have been released without much hesitation. But if they also possess “significant” offensive value, they are viewed as a threat to game balance. For instance, if Magik had Limbo but no real power control, she’d probably already exist as a 6-star or even a 7-star because we already have champions with stronger defensive capabilities.
its why they do rarity locks instead until nerfed now, but the players wont allow that (2023) stream with mike and jax last day of the big giveaway answered this, saying they had notes of the nerf that would make them open for newer stars, the nerf on quake they said was to fix the bug she has with her evade and concussion changes to physical resist debuff meaning more damage but cant take fights she normally would but still same results on some that it doesnt matter on.
And when someone posted a forum post poll it was 50/50 on nerf or dont nerf and they want the community to agree on the nerf or they be locked forever or they just do it anyway but i think this is down to the community at the time no clue if it still is or if they are looking into this more. But im personally still down with them being nerfed if its what they say ghost level useful
Edit: link to the thread where mike spoke about the change to quake would be
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/355354/quake-and-magik-6/p1
It’s not gonna happen,.,get over it already. There’s over 250 other champs in the game and growing to choose from.
It's not saying that your opinions don't matter. It's saying that your opinions aren't always right.
Plus that quote is taken out of context as it was in relation to his anecdote regarding the first offer he devised and how it was panned on the boards but that view wasn't reflected in the sales at all as it was very successful.
He should have probably have put an always in that quote though so it doesn't seem quite so dismissive lol
“Players engaged in our social channels are not ALWAYS a representative sample of our player base.“