Why nerf special power boosts?

shield311 · January 31

just everything is being nerfed atp

Bendy · January 31

This sucks for me finding out about this as i use the mystic one for serpent as using sym and now its gonna be more annoying

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RottenSwamps · January 31

ong vro

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Buttehrs · January 31

Those boosts kinda always were a bit OP though.

CoMinow · January 31

Because they don’t like it when players enjoy something

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Priyabrata · January 31

"Too op" this is just such bullcrap, why the goddam f do they have to Nerf everything, most bosses now have some form of damage reduction node or inbuilt protection in their kit, besides they're not usable in Everest content either, so the only place was either story or aw why do they have to do this

Pikolu · January 31

Priyabrata said:
"Too op" this is just such bullcrap, why the goddam f do they have to Nerf everything, most bosses now have some form of damage reduction node or inbuilt protection in their kit, besides they're not usable in Everest content either, so the only place was either story or aw why tf do they have to do this

Bosses like Orochi who could be cheesed by a variety of champions with powerback boosts?

Champions like Prof X who get to sp3 and just win with sp3 spam?

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for a change to happen. Kabam has disliked powerback boosts for a really long time. My guess is Orochi was the final nail in the coffin for them.

captain_rogers · January 31

I'm baffled by how they prioritize stuff lol.

SlayerOfGods · January 31

Lots of comments being removed lol

Bendy · January 31

Pikolu said:

Priyabrata said:
"Too op" this is just such bullcrap, why the goddam f do they have to Nerf everything, most bosses now have some form of damage reduction node or inbuilt protection in their kit, besides they're not usable in Everest content either, so the only place was either story or aw why tf do they have to do this
Bosses like Orochi who could be cheesed by a variety of champions with powerback boosts?

Champions like Prof X who get to sp3 and just win with sp3 spam?

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for a change to happen. Kabam has disliked powerback boosts for a really long time. My guess is Orochi was the final nail in the coffin for them.

Surely they could have locked for certain things like special bosses

Ourobøros · January 31

SlayerOfGods said:
Lots of comments being removed lol

Not removed, shadow banned players

RottenSwamps · January 31

pluh

Priyabrata · January 31

Pikolu said:

Priyabrata said:
"Too op" this is just such bullcrap, why the goddam f do they have to Nerf everything, most bosses now have some form of damage reduction node or inbuilt protection in their kit, besides they're not usable in Everest content either, so the only place was either story or aw why tf do they have to do this
Bosses like Orochi who could be cheesed by a variety of champions with powerback boosts?

Champions like Prof X who get to sp3 and just win with sp3 spam?

I'm honestly surprised it took this long for a change to happen. Kabam has disliked powerback boosts for a really long time. My guess is Orochi was the final nail in the coffin for them.

Nah you did NOT just try to pin the poor design of that boss fight on people using power back boosts.

If kabam didn't want something like that to happen they could have prevented it in a HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS. It's their own damn fault for creating an opportunity where this (champ-boost) interaction could work.
And the community dealt with that poorly designed boss fair and square.

ChrisBosio · January 31

What a huge L. It feels less like a sandbox and more like a single path forward in every aspect of the game now. Block herc, no cheese, 7* or class gates, Same rewards each week/month, every 3 months a $700-$1000 event, use X champ or you can't do the content, etc. Champ and Boss designers absolutely crush it every step of the way but Netmarble gotta get there's.

SirGamesBond · January 31

L

DerpyEagle · January 31

Rarely used power boosts but come on they weren’t game-breaking lol.

KnightZero · January 31

Massive L unless war changes.
Kabam has created a scenario where players need to use pbb in war
There are players who will deny it and talk about it overriding skill, but sometimes nukes are your only safe answers in war due to restrictive tactics and nodes.
If Kabam wants to take such decisions, they need to have a plan to change the nodes that rely on these boosts especially war.

Gamer · January 31

There definitely neeede that’s nerf war mode was trivial with them. At least you’re stil getting 1 bar

Cpt_Awesomeo55 · January 31

I have never said it but this may actually be worthy of some level of comp or rank down. So many champs are really hurt by this interaction. Any champ with high/guaranteed crit rate, heavy prowess champs, reduced power cost champs. That is a lot of champs that were ranked up specifically for this interaction.

KnightZero · January 31

Gamer said:
There definitely neeede that’s nerf war mode was trivial with them. At least you’re stil getting 1 bar

Change war first.
War wasn't trivial with pbb. Maybe at high P1 and Masters, but there are other levels in the game as well where people either aren't as skilled or don't have every possible champ and without using pbb, many matchups become really hard.

EdisonLaw · January 31

Will we get compensation?

ThēMandalorian · January 31

The Ls keep on coming and it's never for the positive of what the community wants.

Please STOP trying to fix things that aren't broken and FIX what IS broken Kabam!

- Mando

Eakomo · January 31

the boosts were clearly mainly geared for war, and rarely useful in most other content.
so if the problem is war, why wasn't the first step to ban them there and make war boosts with the 50% boost they want to implement and keep power back for other game modes?

or is beating orochi suddenly so game breaking that the whole system needs to be removed?

Harryatomix · January 31

Eakomo said:
the boosts were clearly mainly geared for war, and rarely useful in most other content.
so if the problem is war, why wasn't the first step to ban them there and make war boosts with the 50% boost they want to implement and keep power back for other game modes?

or is beating orochi suddenly so game breaking that the whole system needs to be removed?

Elden Ring handled this amazingly, they had a system to give buffs and nerfs separately to PVP and PVE content. Why can''t Kabam do the same.

Siliyo · January 31

What was the internal discussion like? Yes, many players utilized power back boosts. I suspect this got major traction when Corvus and Ghost were first introduced. I also suspect there’s at least one reason many players (especially high end AW players) use power back boosts. Are those reason(s) being addressed? If so, how?

ShaggyM · January 31

This was the most disappointing news for me in a series of bad news recently.

Chuck_Finley · January 31

Does Kabam have a quota on how many unpopular decisions they have to make before the 1st quarter is up? If so, are we getting close to that number?

Why nerf special power boosts?

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