I like these changes to MD But while we're changing masteries wouldn't it be cool to also look at the other class masteries? I only use MD because it's the best one and makes an already great class even better but I can't say the same for the others. If each class had one as good as mystic dispersion I could invest based on my favorite champs or classes.
I love the skill and mutant classes, theyre diverse, offer a lot of utility and hit hard. Plus they have all my favorite marvel characters. Adjusting Pure Skill (PS) to increase ability accuracy even by like 10% at Max rank as well as critical armor penetration would be awesome for so many characters.
Most importantly I think it champs who have these masteries should show it in the fight. A little mystic class icon under their health bar would help to inform attackers what they're about to get into rather than having to use dexterity and watch to see if the power bar goes up.
Just some thoughts I've had. Love the game. Peace.
I purchased many of my mastery cores using units through gifting last Christmas. Why are gifted cores being refunded loyalty only? Why wouldn't they also be refunded based on how they were purchased. Please change this as the gifting events are part of the game and we should still be able to be compensated the way we paid. You cannot even gift the cores using loyalty. its like we are being punished for participation in your event. Again please change the gifted cores to a unit compensation. @Kabam Miike
MD was the only thing saving the value of Mystic defenders. I actually like the change but my R4 Dorm is going to be useless on defense now. I’d have never taken him up.
I appreciate the change and my refund on units. What I really want back are my four T2As though.
And anybody saying these changes aren’t significant to warrant at least one class specific RDT are being disingenuous or they’re just uninformed. This is a huge nerf to that mastery and the class that depended on it for maximum value.
MD was the only thing saving the value of Mystic defenders. I actually like the change but my R4 Dorm is going to be useless on defense now. I’d have never taken him up.
I appreciate the change and my refund on units. What I really want back are my four T2As though.
And anybody saying these changes aren’t significant to warrant at least one class specific RDT are being disingenuous or they’re just uninformed. This is a huge nerf to that mastery and the class that depended on it for maximum value.
Wonder why they just didn't change the dex mastery to not trigger MD, this would have saved everyone the trouble of asking for (Rightfully so) RDT, it would have saved hours of man power on the developers side and no-one would have really been that bummed about it.
You can't deny that a lot of people specifically ranked mystic champions because of how Mystic Dispersion interacted with Dexterity. A lot of R4 Juggernauts/Dorumamu/Magik's that will be significantly weaker on AWD with the new changes.
4/55+ Juggernaut gave lots of skilled AW players trouble on node 55 in tier 1-5 AW. He won't anymore.
I think Juggs gets hit the hardest. In my experience he relied heavily on forcing people back to the wall and made them evade constantly.
Dorm won't be as effective, but he will still trigger his degen and I think his aggressive play style can catch people more than Juggs.
Wonder why they just didn't change the dex mastery to not trigger MD, this would have saved everyone the trouble of asking for (Rightfully so) RDT, it would have saved hours of man power on the developers side and no-one would have really been that bummed about it.
Not true. That still lessens the effectiveness of Mystic defenders. They were difficult because you couldn’t dodge them without giving them power. There would still be reason to complain.
@Kabam Miike Will players who used rare in-game resources like 5* awakening gems and 5* signature stones on mystic champions have the option to get those resources returned? Your previous statement on rank down tickets meets the criteria you stated is necessary for those to be issued:
We don’t have any plans to distribute Rank Down tickets as this is resolving a bug and not changing an intended fundamental Champion mechanic in a significant way.
I used a 5* generic awakening gem and 5* signature stones on Dormammu 15 days before the MD/Dexterity beta testing was announced. Had I known the approved MD/Dexterity nerf was being considered, I would not have chosen to use these rare in-game resources on Dormammu:
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We don't have any plans to issue Rank Down tickets or refund any other resources for this change. However, Dormammu was a Champion that we kept a very close eye on while coming up with proposed changes, and his effectiveness in the Beta before we committed to these changes.
We're going to continue to keep a close eye on all Mystic Champions after this change, and Dormammu in particular, as this change goes out into the wild.
Please be a little more transparent. What do you mean “we’re going to keep a close on on all champs, and Dormammu in particular.”
So you watch him be shelved on defense because he is significantly nerfed by this decision and then what??
I surely would NOT R4/R5 him given these changes. And I do think those that did, deserve RDTs
Kabam team please stop making this game unplayable all this changes are not healthy for all many us rank up champions based on MD now for war strategy u name it can u guys address what will happen with all those champions refunding MD cores only won’t help us for anything
@Kabam Miike Will players who used rare in-game resources like 5* awakening gems and 5* signature stones on mystic champions have the option to get those resources returned? Your previous statement on rank down tickets meets the criteria you stated is necessary for those to be issued:
We don’t have any plans to distribute Rank Down tickets as this is resolving a bug and not changing an intended fundamental Champion mechanic in a significant way.
I used a 5* generic awakening gem and 5* signature stones on Dormammu 15 days before the MD/Dexterity beta testing was announced. Had I known the approved MD/Dexterity nerf was being considered, I would not have chosen to use these rare in-game resources on Dormammu:
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There is no "bug" you're straight up changing gameplay to take away advantages of certain characters. I've had MD ranked up for well over a year now and developed my team in such a way where I rely on mystic champs. You're stripping my team away where my advantages no longer hold strong and that is not fair.
Why didn’t you just remove the Precision Buff from Dexterity?
This is something we considered, but we want to maintain the relationship of 2 of the most popular masteries (Dexterity and Parry) being tied to a Buff and a Debuff
This is so they can continue to screw players over with masochism and buffet. Nice...classic Kabam.
We improved mystic characters because of dm. Concerning myself magik to r5, I spent all my loyalty to buy and dup unstoppable colossus, and used an awaking gem for mephisto.
Seriously guys, i wouldn't have do this if i knew you will nerf md.
So it would be normal to get back, rank down tickets and a 5* gem
I ranked up my hulk rag to 4-55 just for dormmammu. With current dextirity, hulks face me ability gets active almost always and this reduces taken damage by %80 and gives him more attack. I think after the update hulk rag wont be as usefull as him designed.
According to Mike they're for significant changes to fundamental champion mechanics. This nerf is a significant change, and masteries are champion mechanics.
I purchased many of my mastery cores using units through gifting last Christmas. Why are gifted cores being refunded loyalty only? Why wouldn't they also be refunded based on how they were purchased. Please change this as the gifting events are part of the game and we should still be able to be compensated the way we paid. You cannot even gift the cores using loyalty. its like we are being punished for participation in your event. Again please change the gifted cores to a unit compensation. @Kabam Miike
You didn't spend units on those Cores if they were gifted to you. You're lucky they're giving Loyalty for Cores obtained that way. Or am I misunderstanding and you want the person that gifted you the cores to get their units back?
According to Mike they're for significant changes to fundamental champion mechanics. This nerf is a significant change, and masteries are champion mechanics.
Whats idiotic is how long it took to make these changes. Like everything else, you ignore the player base for months and months and months, then once they adjust to your idiotic system you change it and won't compensate for rank ups, etc. Personally I don't need rank downs for this change, but I don't blame players who are upset about it.
According to Mike they're for significant changes to fundamental champion mechanics. This nerf is a significant change, and masteries are champion mechanics.
I like and respect you as a player but you are wrong here. MD is a add-on that you make a choice to invest in. Dorm is still Dorm if you take away MD. Even with the changes, he will still be good. They took away the effect Dex had on MD and that's it. It all acts the same it just won't make the mastery overpowered like it used too.
As for RDTs...OK. In the big picture, it is entirely possible for both sides to be right about their position.
Mystic Dispersion is a Mastery. No character was changed. So yes, I understand where Kabam is coming from -- that is not an incorrect application of rules and logic.
However, the player base who R4'd and especially R5'd mystic characters...while the characters themselves didn't change, it is not realistic to state that mystic characters were not ranked up because of how the game was, with no particular feel that the mastery would be changed.
I don't need a RDT and am not asking for one. But I do think that maybe Kabam should reconsider the hard no and issue one to people who ACTUALLY HAD POINTS in Mystic Dispersion as of last night.
That's fair, to me. People who actually used it can make a choice, because sometimes the strictest letter of the law isn't the best application of that law.
People who actually used Mystic Dispersion should, in my opinion, get one RDT. And, again, I had points in it but did not use MD, so I wouldn't get one.
MD was the only thing saving the value of Mystic defenders. I actually like the change but my R4 Dorm is going to be useless on defense now. I’d have never taken him up.
I appreciate the change and my refund on units. What I really want back are my four T2As though.
And anybody saying these changes aren’t significant to warrant at least one class specific RDT are being disingenuous or they’re just uninformed. This is a huge nerf to that mastery and the class that depended on it for maximum value.
Tickets aren't for changes to Masteries.
Tickets are for whatever they deem them necessary for. Like a gift during the holidays last year.
If you and another team mate were gifting cores back and forth they were bought with units not loyalty and gifting back and forth = more points in gifting events. So why loyalty when actual units where used for those purchases?
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Pure skill still isnt working i believe.
I appreciate the change and my refund on units. What I really want back are my four T2As though.
And anybody saying these changes aren’t significant to warrant at least one class specific RDT are being disingenuous or they’re just uninformed. This is a huge nerf to that mastery and the class that depended on it for maximum value.
AQ Boss didn’t have MD and wasn’t awakened. So he’s unaffected by these changes.
MD is still fueled but expiring buffs. She will still fuel MD as she did before.
Tickets aren't for changes to Masteries.
I think Juggs gets hit the hardest. In my experience he relied heavily on forcing people back to the wall and made them evade constantly.
Dorm won't be as effective, but he will still trigger his degen and I think his aggressive play style can catch people more than Juggs.
Not true. That still lessens the effectiveness of Mystic defenders. They were difficult because you couldn’t dodge them without giving them power. There would still be reason to complain.
Please be a little more transparent. What do you mean “we’re going to keep a close on on all champs, and Dormammu in particular.”
So you watch him be shelved on defense because he is significantly nerfed by this decision and then what??
I surely would NOT R4/R5 him given these changes. And I do think those that did, deserve RDTs
Asked the same thing couple pages back. They skipped over the question. I'd like to know this as well
There is no "bug" you're straight up changing gameplay to take away advantages of certain characters. I've had MD ranked up for well over a year now and developed my team in such a way where I rely on mystic champs. You're stripping my team away where my advantages no longer hold strong and that is not fair.
This is something we considered, but we want to maintain the relationship of 2 of the most popular masteries (Dexterity and Parry) being tied to a Buff and a Debuff
This is so they can continue to screw players over with masochism and buffet. Nice...classic Kabam.
Seriously guys, i wouldn't have do this if i knew you will nerf md.
So it would be normal to get back, rank down tickets and a 5* gem
According to Mike they're for significant changes to fundamental champion mechanics. This nerf is a significant change, and masteries are champion mechanics.
You didn't spend units on those Cores if they were gifted to you. You're lucky they're giving Loyalty for Cores obtained that way. Or am I misunderstanding and you want the person that gifted you the cores to get their units back?
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The Champs haven't been changed at all.
I like and respect you as a player but you are wrong here. MD is a add-on that you make a choice to invest in. Dorm is still Dorm if you take away MD. Even with the changes, he will still be good. They took away the effect Dex had on MD and that's it. It all acts the same it just won't make the mastery overpowered like it used too.
Mystic Dispersion is a Mastery. No character was changed. So yes, I understand where Kabam is coming from -- that is not an incorrect application of rules and logic.
However, the player base who R4'd and especially R5'd mystic characters...while the characters themselves didn't change, it is not realistic to state that mystic characters were not ranked up because of how the game was, with no particular feel that the mastery would be changed.
I don't need a RDT and am not asking for one. But I do think that maybe Kabam should reconsider the hard no and issue one to people who ACTUALLY HAD POINTS in Mystic Dispersion as of last night.
That's fair, to me. People who actually used it can make a choice, because sometimes the strictest letter of the law isn't the best application of that law.
People who actually used Mystic Dispersion should, in my opinion, get one RDT. And, again, I had points in it but did not use MD, so I wouldn't get one.
It's fair if those folks do.
Tickets are for whatever they deem them necessary for. Like a gift during the holidays last year.
Thanks for the super deep insight though.