Upcoming Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw Balance Changes

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  • lukakalukaka Member Posts: 79
    seriously i dont know how can you with all honesty say that you like the performance of ronin? do u guys even play the game? i am not saying he is bad but u are telling me that he doesn't need a buff and human torch who is better than him needs it? he lacks so much utility and the damage is just average compared to lots of champs
  • T1000XT1000X Member Posts: 1
    Dear Kabam,
    Nerfing champions because they outdamage other champions is very shady - especially when we spend money for the CHANCE to get and dupe champions. It would be kind of ok if we were able to buy champs outright of had a system in place to rank down champs. Please reconsider these nerfs. It seriously impacts our ability to make good rank up decisions. Resources are still very hard to come by. People have spent a lot of money on this game to get awesome champs. Please, I urge you to make rank down tickets a permanent fixture if you're going to be rebalancing from now on.
  • BigPoppaCBONEBigPoppaCBONE Member Posts: 2,472 ★★★★★
    These panic moves just undermine what you're trying to do. When you quickstep adjust a champ like it was a must-do vs a "we're not sure we like what the data is telling us so we're going to look at the circumstances around the data. Changing a champ outside of bugs is the last recourse but we'll compensate you if that's what we need to do." but have casually ignored the tons of other champs that stink on ice and have for a long time, it looks like you have an anti-customer agenda and that you generally don't have a solid testing plan. Your customers can only assume that you are well pleased with the champs that are super-trash and frustratingly common, and that by your inaction, you always intended that they suck.
  • Ascoop24Ascoop24 Member Posts: 128 ★★★
    IDoge said:

    I'm sick of hearing this no utility bs. Go read into his abilities in detail and it will show every utility he has. Armor break, autoblock/evade shutdown, and projectile parry. How is a raw damage champ supposed to have the most utility in the game?
    That is after a few missions are completed and usually at least 2-4 fights done before he’s gets those abilities but he loses most of them when the thanos favors run out which at least end game content can be very quickly if the ai decides to not throw a special or heavy.
  • DNA3000DNA3000 Member, Guardian Posts: 20,703 Guardian
    ldj86 said:

    Is this a impulse nerf? Have you thought about the consequences? You will be losing money in the long run! Handcuffing the Whales. People will be less motivated to spend money. Great idea Kaaloss profit! Whoever came up with this great idea should be walked out the door! Thought you wanted to make make not lose it! LOL

    I know a lot of people think this, and there's no way to convince them otherwise, but these kinds of balancing adjustments, from 12.0 to the present day, are critical to the long term survival of a game like this. All I can say is everyone who bet on the people who said 12.0 would be the death of the game have been definitively proven wrong, as has everyone else who has claimed that a particular game change would sink the game. By the time we can prove this claim is also just as wrong, everyone will have moved on to the next game-killing thing.

    This is completely separate from the fact that the kinds of processes Kabam is implementing now, with regard to things like post-release balancing passes, wasn't invented by Kabam. They've been around in the game development industry for long enough it is entirely possible the guy who came up with this great idea has already died of old age. Kabam isn't coming up with new ways to screw with the players, Kabam is in fact decades late to the party.

    In fact, it was *the players* who were demanding that Kabam do this kind of thing, way back when Sentry was released (if not earlier). The idea was that Kabam wouldn't revisit a champ until enough data had been collected for the long term performance of a new champ, and it was the players that said that was too long: new champs should be revisited relatively soon after release and tweaked if the data said it should be. The problem is tweaking works both ways: if the data says a buff is warranted then that will happen, but if a nerf is warranted then that will happen instead. Players cannot demand that the developers only buff. That request simply isn't taken seriously by any dev.
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  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★

    Lol y’all complaining as if y’all didn’t know this was coming after they announced their 3 month plan for champs

    Exactly.

    People complaining about spending money on the Cav crystals - it's not like you're not told that Cull could be looked at.

    Also it's not like he's the only guy you're getting from the Crystal - don't tell me you won't be happy pulling a Corvus or a Domino or a Ghost from the Cav Crystal as well.

    Also if you'd R5 him over the past month or so - again - you knew a review was coming, it's on you to impulsively rank him up without waiting a bit.

    Kabam isn't the to be blamed for everything you do in the game, c'mon now.
  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    NinjAlan said:

    It's posted in here several times. Do you actually read threads? Or just find ones you can easily disagree with?
    I have yet to see it, why could you not link it?
  • bloodyCainbloodyCain Member Posts: 910 ★★★
    There's no other problematic game that I've ever played other than MCOC.
    I'm starting to think you guys are literally the actual biggest villain hiding behind the scene of this game.
  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    RoninMan said:

    I don’t understand. How are these numbers possible? In the first fight doesn’t every champ need to have the same damage output to go to the second fight? I.e. the first defender has 50k HP so every attacker will have 50k damage output. I do not think this illustration is the best unless you can clarify. Maybe if you said x champ did 40k with 20 hits vs y champ that did 50k with 5 hits it would be a better illustration.
    You can assume that is is dps, not total output.
  • A_pizZa_plateA_pizZa_plate Member Posts: 9
    Kabam i hope you're seeing you're unencouraging people to spend money on cavalier and featured crystals.. arn't you happy with making money?!
  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    Lvernon15 said:

    I thing I’ve learnt about numbers is that they don’t lie but they can be deceiving, and this is a prime example of this
    I have to disagree with grounded wisdom and you here. Numbers can lie. There are entire fields of statistics dedicated to understanding numbers to make sure they are seeing the truth.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★

    Kabam i hope you're seeing you're unencouraging people to spend money on cavalier and featured crystals.. arn't you happy with making money?!

    Well by them doing this it shows that they're more concerned about balancing the game and ensuring its longevity rather than making a few quick bucks here and there.

    If you look at the situation without emotion you'll see the logic.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,224 ★★★★★
    Lvernon15 said:

    I thing I’ve learnt about numbers is that they don’t lie but they can be deceiving, and this is a prime example of this
    You think they're deceiving because they show him higher than any other? Tell me. If that's the case, why did so many people Rank him? Was that because it wasn't that good, and the ramp-up took time, and he couldn't do this and that? No. It was because of the Damage.
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  • NinjAlanNinjAlan Member Posts: 358 ★★★
    Lormif said:

    I have yet to see it, why could you not link it?
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  • dot_dittodot_ditto Member Posts: 1,442 ★★★★
    573739 said:

    LETS SEE THE ACTUAL DATA!

    You want to substantiate your “claim” prove it plain and simple. You show numbers that prove it then there’s no issue.

    Exactly this ... This is all I've been trying to ask for since beginning of this thread ... ;)
    If Kabam would be "brave" enough to provide this to show us what they see .. and why they want to change to something ... then they'd find the player base MUCH more understanding and open about it ...
    (assuming, of course, the data actual makes sense) ;)
    heh
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  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    Lvernon15 said:

    I thing I’ve learnt about numbers is that they don’t lie but they can be deceiving, and this is a prime example of this
    I have to disagree with grounded wisdom and you here. Numbers can lie. There are entire fields of statistics dedicated to understanding numbers to make sure they are seeing the truth.
    NinjAlan said:


    Ok, now in there, please circle where it says they will not evaluate and change champions outside of that period, which is the claim in dispute... If I tell you I will mow the lawn right after a storm that does not mean that I will not mow the lawn lacking a storm...
  • WillieBWillieB Member Posts: 151 ★★

    People would complain for the sake of complaining sometimes... smh. .

    "Cull will remain one of the best damage champ in the game".

    Read.

    The problem is that Kabaam as a company does not know what a "best" champ is. This is obvious, especially after this post by them saying that Cull is too powerful and Ronin is ok. I have been "lucky" by pulling Ronin three times as a 5 star and he is never used outside of arena runs. He doesn't do anything well enough to get use. Cull does have great damage after he is ramped up, but his block proficiency is terrible. Even if you play him perfectly against end game content he loses health way too fast. I have him as a rank 4, but again, he never gets a spot on any of my teams because I have better options. Compared to Corvus, Ghost, IW Cap, Omega Red and a few others he lags far behind as an AQ/AW or questing champ. They obviously don't know how champions interact with the game if these are their conclusions. Now if they made a post saying that Ghost and Corvus will be re-balanced, then they have a point, and I have them both as max sig rank 5s, but not Cull.

  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    NinjAlan said:


    Now please show me the disputed claim, that they will never make changes outside this cadence. You know that is what was stated right? The post does not cover that. Saying you will do something given conditions does not preclude you from doing that under other conditions as well. Now if they had stated they would ONLY do that during the cadence, but that is not what they said.
  • RagamugginGunnerRagamugginGunner Member Posts: 2,210 ★★★★★
    Lormif said:

    Do you feel this way when they adjust a champion upwards?
    I'll let you know when they buff a champ I spent to get.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    WillieB said:

    The problem is that Kabaam as a company does not know what a "best" champ is. This is obvious, especially after this post by them saying that Cull is too powerful and Ronin is ok. I have been "lucky" by pulling Ronin three times as a 5 star and he is never used outside of arena runs. He doesn't do anything well enough to get use. Cull does have great damage after he is ramped up, but his block proficiency is terrible. Even if you play him perfectly against end game content he loses health way too fast. I have him as a rank 4, but again, he never gets a spot on any of my teams because I have better options. Compared to Corvus, Ghost, IW Cap, Omega Red and a few others he lags far behind as an AQ/AW or questing champ. They obviously don't know how champions interact with the game if these are their conclusions. Now if they made a post saying that Ghost and Corvus will be re-balanced, then they have a point, and I have them both as max sig rank 5s, but not Cull.

    Yeah but out side of Corvus, Ghost, IW Cap, Omega Red, you would agree he is still one of the top damage dealer in the game once ramped up?

    He's easily top 10% in the game - correct?
  • NojokejaymNojokejaym Member Posts: 4,127 ★★★★★

    Exactly.

    People complaining about spending money on the Cav crystals - it's not like you're not told that Cull could be looked at.

    Also it's not like he's the only guy you're getting from the Crystal - don't tell me you won't be happy pulling a Corvus or a Domino or a Ghost from the Cav Crystal as well.

    Also if you'd R5 him over the past month or so - again - you knew a review was coming, it's on you to impulsively rank him up without waiting a bit.

    Kabam isn't the to be blamed for everything you do in the game, c'mon now.
    Exactly, after the 3 month announcement it ain’t kabam fault if you buy crystals for the champs they release, they warned you guys

  • LormifLormif Member Posts: 7,369 ★★★★★
    Adman0726 said:

    @Kabam Miike @Kabam Zibiit @Kabam Vydious @Kabam Lyra @Kabam Porthos I have a significant concern about nerfing Cull Obsidian. Why? I spent significant dollars (and I mean significant $) dollars to aquire him as 6* in premium crystal offering.

    1. Will there be rank down tickets?
    2. How do you compensate summoners who spent serious cash expecting to a champion they ultimately did not get? Expectations were set based on videos and testing...

    Since there's so much uncertainty now with champions (being nerfed) you won't find me investing further in acquiring any champion. This is the risk you pose with balance changes... I am fine buffing champs but only okay nerfing champs if you can offer refunds for money spent on a champion they ultimately do not get. This is a big problem.

    How do you buff every champ to compensate for over powered champions every time one is released?
  • G0311G0311 Member Posts: 913 ★★★
    After the knee jerk reaction left my body, I've realized a more logical way of thinking about this.
    I have a 5* rank 5 sig 184. Cull, I want to keep a cool head, because I will take a little less damage output ,only if I get a lot more block proficiency., cull's is pretty bad. I hope this ends up being more of a tweak than a nerf, I dont have much faith in kabam but there's no point in giving myself An aneurism. We will just have to wait and see. Too many knee jerk reactions from many, I do think we will have to be more cautious with our time, units, money and resources when going and ranking up new champs.
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