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The new end date will be May 1st.
She-Hulk Heavy Speed Bug Fix [Title Edited for Clarity]
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I'd have no problem with offering them to anyone with a ranked She Hulk, but to me the critical problem is the way heavy combos are leveraged by the buffs. Prior to the buffs, it was mostly a curiosity and not a critical reason to rank up She Hulk. But I wouldn't quibble here.
I should also point out that for me this isn't just an issue with the 6.2 Champion. If this was just one fight, one fight out of the entire game doesn't justify rank down tickets in my opinion. This is something that affects the champion generally, which means this should be offered to anyone with She Hulk of any rank. If a player ranked up a 3* She Hulk because of this capability, their rank up decisions are just as valid as someone ranking up a 5* She Hulk to rank 5. We're not compensating for a nerf: nerfs happen. We're compensating for the players being presented with an unfair decision, and that unfair decision affects all players of every level of progress whether they were ranking a 6* or a 2*.
For those of us who don’t luck out and land one of the handful of champs who are great on nearly all nodes (Ghost, Corvus, Cap), we wind up ranking up subsets of champs to deal with specific fights/nodes.
This makes it even more important to be able to rely on the descriptions of mechanics and the mechanics themselves as accurate. If they aren’t, then you wind up burning precious resources (real and virtual) on a counter who is no longer a counter.
Dr. Zola
Also appreciate your memory of the survey question. Yet another data point that supports relief.
Dr. Zola
And reason why I can definitively call it a NERF is 2 fold:
Landing a heavy is different across champs. Some have quicker responses and some have longer reaches. Because She-Hulk's heavy applied such a great benefit and was easily applied at the end of a combo (only 100% when the opponent didn't have a bar of power and was pinned up against the wall), this made it very powerful. There are numerous champs in the game that have the same mechanic: ability to land a heavy at end of a combo against the wall. Now Kabam comes out and states (via Kabam Miike) that landing a heavy at the end of a combo is not intended... First time that has EVER been mentioned and now within a week's time they say they identified an issue and are fixing it but for ONE champ.
None of the other champs that can do it are being addressed and I don't expect them to be because they don't get the benefit like She-Hulk does with her Heavy applying the Slow debuff & getting the passive fury (that applies the taunt) which allows them to be built up and sustained and get into a clear cycle of repetition (if the opponent isn't a Skill Champion).
I'm certain this has been on their radar for quite some time (shortly after the She-Hulk update) with all the videos flying around of summoners who actually know and play the game and are bright enough to come up with such game play strategies but yet Kabam didn't have the guts to bring it out earlier for discussion and they let us summoners use our precious materials to rank She-Hulk knowing they were going to possibly modify this mechanic which makes She-Hulk great. Will She-Hulk still be ok, yes. Will she be better than what she original was pre-update, yes. But how she is played and performs is significantly nerfed to keep that Slow and Furies up and applied. That's just horrible communication and wrong and why I feel this NERF falls under the rare categorization of awarding RDTs according to Miike's exact statement of awarding them "when a Character is adjusted to no longer perform the way they once did." I hope to see my character specific She-Hulk RDT soon.
I completely get everyone makes mistakes and these Interactions/Bugs can be missed, but in a game that's Ever Evolving with New Incorrect Interactions between Champions (example back when Drax was revealed to be able to bypass Mordu's Astral-Evade) and even Old Big Oversights (example She-Hulk's speedy Heavy Attack) there should be a way for people (the community) to Reverse their Choices when it's Fair and Not Their Fault. (Not saying those examples should or shouldn't deserve the option to Reverse your Previous Choice, they're just examples of Unintended Interactions and Mechanics.)
No I am Not saying give every Player the "you know whats" with free reign on who they can use "it" on, I mean give people who invested into these specific cases the option to change Only That Decision when it's something that was caused by an error on your (Kabam's) part. If these Champions were set in stone upon released being Fully Tested with no problems whatsoever then it'd make sense for these Decisions to be Permanent with no turning back, but since this is a Constantly Growing and Changing Game (basically in a perpetual Beta compared to other games with a set system and no new editions) that's not the case and I just don't see it as Fair that we (the community) can be stuck with these irreversible choices that couldn't possibly take into account these constant changes that may completely alter certain Mechanics at any point in time because of oversights on the Creators end (again it's completely understand and everyone makes mistakes).
Please don't instantly silence me or mindlessly rant at me for expressing my opinion and for implying the "Item That Shall Not Be Named", I'm talking to the Admins And Players here, I would just like you to thoroughly read my thoughts/opinions that I'm Fairly Expressing and think about it from several points of view. (From the view points of the Players that know the ins and outs of the game, the Audiences that play other games and that are looking into this game with blind eyes, the Admins/Bug Fixers that watch over these cases and work together to come to these decisions that can make or break certain previous choices, the Creators who made these Mechanics and missed something big or small due to understandable simple human error, from a Financial standpoint where while "this item" that is a fix for these unforeseen changes/fixes may be free to implement that they can trickle down into profits when things like purchasing Champion Crystals and more so Rank Up Materials that go up for sale that you may no longer need to buy because of the returned Materials for the previous Fair Error that any Creator should own up to, and people like me who are just trying to think how these things can be handled Fairly for everyone and just want to Suggest something that can make Everyone Happy without "offending" Anyone.)
Thank you reading, I know it's a Big Post with a Lot of side explanations/conversations but I try to be thorough and make sure no one gets confused by any part of the Post.
Intricate counterplay requires the game be extremely transparent and well documented, and for the developers to tell the players what the rules are and then follow them, right off the edge of a cliff if necessary, to maintain design fidelity. I don't think this is compatible with the way the devs currently withhold complete descriptions of game mechanics and design rules.
I’m always very hesitant to call out nerf, but I’m sorry, this is a nerf. Do you really expect us to believe that during the month-long beta test (the one where focus was 100% geared towards her and Spider-Gwen) you didn’t notice this? You didn’t notice how effectively people were using She Hulk, and incorporating her heavy into her aggressive play style? This is a new Low Kabam. You may have some great events set up and have made many great changes to the game this year, but this is garbage. This is a terrible decision and I strongly urge you to reconsider this. And if this ridiculous “fix” goes into play, I have no problem being that person who chants RDT! I used a 5* science gem on her, as well as sig stones, then also used T2A to rank 4 her. I was going to R5 her but it seems I might have a reason not to. Don’t let this go through, Kabam. It’s genuinely unfair.
As usual. No one cares what you think lol
No worries he follows any topic that has my name in it. On the forums, reddit, line chats & discord. Hates all day cause I insulted his BG fandom one day. He'll get over it one day. Or not.
I didnt ask for my video to be posted here so i really appreciate it though and the kind words.
Dr. Zola
And the comment that all characters move at the same cadence is just moronic. Just stop it right there, log in and actually play the game.
And yes, RDT to everyone who ranked her up. Anything less is such a slap in the face. Sleezy sleezy sleezy