Upcoming Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw Balance Changes

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  • DshuDshu Member Posts: 1,520 ★★★★

    Transparency is about building trust. They've been transparent. People can conjecture that they knew all along and sold the Crystal's anyway, yadda yadda yadda, but as far as we can see, they're letting us know 3 months in advance. Building trust is about honesty. Not bending to our will. Sorry to say, but there are some decisions that will have to come to pass whether people want them to or not.
    You are right. Transparency is about building trust. But looking at this thread as well as the previous threads for shehulk sym supreme and domino to name a few how much trust have they built? How transparent have they really been? To the crystal argument maybe it was just a coincidence that they rereleased the cull crystal just a few days before this announcement but that's pretty similar to the awakening /rankup offers they did right before 12.0. The community has been on edge with how much they trust kabam for some time and nothing they have done recently has helped to build back that trust. Just the opposite since now players have to wonder when the next overhyped champ's rebalancing will come and how badly it will affect them. The cull rebalancing is extremely difficult to understand for many being he has as counters already existing in game as well as his own low block proficiency. Again I agree with game balance but if they want to build trust why not come back into the thread with more information on this balance. All they have said is they will be lowering his damage output which is his only real mechanic as a champ. Give the community some idea of what they are considering for balance. Without his high damage he would be more useless than iron patriot.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,175 ★★★★★
    Dshu said:

    You are right. Transparency is about building trust. But looking at this thread as well as the previous threads for shehulk sym supreme and domino to name a few how much trust have they built? How transparent have they really been? To the crystal argument maybe it was just a coincidence that they rereleased the cull crystal just a few days before this announcement but that's pretty similar to the awakening /rankup offers they did right before 12.0. The community has been on edge with how much they trust kabam for some time and nothing they have done recently has helped to build back that trust. Just the opposite since now players have to wonder when the next overhyped champ's rebalancing will come and how badly it will affect them. The cull rebalancing is extremely difficult to understand for many being he has as counters already existing in game as well as his own low block proficiency. Again I agree with game balance but if they want to build trust why not come back into the thread with more information on this balance. All they have said is they will be lowering his damage output which is his only real mechanic as a champ. Give the community some idea of what they are considering for balance. Without his high damage he would be more useless than iron patriot.
    They don't know yet most likely because they haven't begun. At least that's what I assume from the response that it will take about 3 months. When the time comes, I'm sure they will let us know.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,175 ★★★★★
    Zuro said:

    @GroundedWisdom are you gonna try to counter my argument

    Counter what? You're arguing he's bad in areas, and their comment was that his Damage was more than others. They didn't claim he was good at everything.
  • ZuroZuro Member Posts: 2,934 ★★★★★

    Counter what? You're arguing he's bad in areas, and their comment was that his Damage was more than others. They didn't claim he was good at everything.
    Exactly he is balanced enough you know how rare it is to actually reach his high damage potential due to all these counters
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,175 ★★★★★
    Zuro said:

    Exactly he is balanced enough you know how rare it is to actually reach his high damage potential due to all these counters
    If he was balanced enough, we wouldn't be in this Thread discussing it.
  • SDPSDP Member Posts: 1,622 ★★★★

    Redo? Not at all. I said what I said, and I explained where it was coming from.
    I'm not sure what you're talking about when going into existential "true", but I believe what they're saying is true. Yes.
    Well, I’ve played with all of the champions, so I don’t need to believe anything. I know it isn’t true. Can you say that?

    You know what would help? Clarification! What is the criteria for evaluation? What exactly is the data that is being assessed? Is it consistent? Who exactly is processing the data, and when are the conclusions made? At what point does the red flag wave to indicate the need for change? Does the community have some standard with which to gauge these methods? Why not?

    None of these things seem to matter to you. You are satisfied with belief. Unfortunately, I suspect your version of the truth is going to disappoint you greatly at some point in your life. I sure hope not, but good luck.
  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,175 ★★★★★

    Well, I’ve played with all of the champions, so I don’t need to believe anything. I know it isn’t true. Can you say that?

    You know what would help? Clarification! What is the criteria for evaluation? What exactly is the data that is being assessed? Is it consistent? Who exactly is processing the data, and when are the conclusions made? At what point does the red flag wave to indicate the need for change? Does the community have some standard with which to gauge these methods? Why not?

    None of these things seem to matter to you. You are satisfied with belief. Unfortunately, I suspect your version of the truth is going to disappoint you greatly at some point in your life. I sure hope not, but good luck.
    So because you've played with the Champ in your own experience, and your own level of progress, you've determined that the balance THEY are trying to achieve is already present, and their data is either incorrect, or incorrectly being processed.
  • SDPSDP Member Posts: 1,622 ★★★★

    So because you've played with the Champ in your own experience, and your own level of progress, you've determined that the balance THEY are trying to achieve is already present, and their data is either incorrect, or incorrectly being processed.
    What is the balance they are trying to achieve exactly? Through what methods and data are they achieving it? Do we get any insight into this?

    Can you answer that? No. You can’t, because this information is not made available to you.

    What I do have to go on is my actual experience with all of this over thousands of hours. Interestingly, thousands of players are finding the same conclusions.

    How is this possible? We’re not arguing against a Cull nerf simply because we have him, and he is a top ten game dominator, because HE ISN’T.

    Man...this sure is fun, but ultimately futile.
  • GhostWriterGhostWriter Member Posts: 9
    MCOC Team said:

    Summoners,

    The next two Champions to get the rebalance treatment will be Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw. These balance updates will be limited to the tuning and balancing of a Champion's existing kit, abilities won’t be added or removed.

    Ronin:

    We’ve taken a look at Ronin’s performance and are happy with his both his performance and his abilities. We will not be making any balance changes to Ronin at this time.

    Cull Obsidian:

    After looking at our data across all the game modes we have determined that Cull Obsidian is out damaging every other high-damage Champion in the game. While he does have his limiting factors, once he's fully ramped up he is able to end fights before even high-level Opponents can do any meaningful damage to him.

    The goal of Cull’s rebalance is to make tuning changes that keeps Cull Obsidian as one of the top damage dealers in-game.

    Ebony Maw:

    You said it and we saw it in the data. Although Ebony Maw is a decent Defender, he is underperforming as an Attacker (the designer said something about his Degeneration DPS being just sad and wrong).

    We are looking to boost both his defensive and offensive potential, but with an emphasis on offense.

    Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw’s balance changes should be live in approximately 3 months.

    You said it and we saw it. Then kindly look into Falcon. I duped that sucker for 3 times and kindly give him a buff which might do some justice. I’ve never played any of the above champs but kindly reconsider your view on Falcon.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★

    If Cull is broken, then buckle your seatbelts, because everything you worked for over the last 5 years is about to be altered, or taken away.

    LOL .. how do you reach that conclusion? Over-reaching much?
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    edited September 2019
    Zuro said:

    It's not just one piece of content he is bad at he is bad in most of the variants against certain nodes he is also roadblocked in some of the paths in this EQ and so on so it's not just one piece of content
    Cull is 'bad'? How long have you played this game?
  • SDPSDP Member Posts: 1,622 ★★★★
    edited September 2019

    LOL .. how do you reach that conclusion? Over-reaching much?
    Easily, based on what we’ve been presented with. They view Cull as broken and in need of tuning. The actual facts are that there are numerous other champs who put Cull’s ability to clear difficult content to shame. The logical conclusion is that if he is getting altered, so are the champs more powerful than him. I didn’t think this was a radical leap in understanding, but apparently for some it is.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★

    Easily, based on what we’ve been presented with. They view Cull as broken and in need of tuning. The actual facts are that there are numerous other champs who put Cull’s ability to clear difficult content to shame. The logical conclusion is that if he is getting altered, so are the champs more powerful than him. I didn’t think this was a radical leap in understanding, but apparently for some it is.
    Um, no? They're only re-adjusting recent champs going forward. They've said nothing about old champs getting nerfed.
  • Kevo9513Kevo9513 Member Posts: 356 ★★
    I couldn’t even use my 4* maxed cull in EQ because of the lack of immunities. Yes I’ll rank him up with a couple fights and would need a couple potions but as soon as I get to the bosses... claire straight out nullifies his buffs so no damage. Also bleed? Yea he’s not immune so straight death. Let’s look at vision. Straight merked from the coldsnap.

    Idk what y’all are talking about when you say he outdamages before any meaningful damage is done to him.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★

    This game is already broken and imbalance as hell, that is why there is top and meme champs right? so what balance are we talking about here. Instead of focusing they time on nerfing champs why didnt they look out on how to fix the millions bugs on this game as it keeps multiplying every updates instead of looking to screw players over
    The game is 'balanced' right now with both good and bad champs. But GOING FORWARD if you keep adding OP champs, it will be more and more out of whack.

    Don't you get it? They're only re-adjusting NEW champs.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    Kevo9513 said:

    I couldn’t even use my 4* maxed cull in EQ because of the lack of immunities. Yes I’ll rank him up with a couple fights and would need a couple potions but as soon as I get to the bosses... claire straight out nullifies his buffs so no damage. Also bleed? Yea he’s not immune so straight death. Let’s look at vision. Straight merked from the coldsnap.

    Idk what y’all are talking about when you say he outdamages before any meaningful damage is done to him.

    Kabam isn't worried about a 4* Cull bro....
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    edited September 2019

    Pitchforks, eh? Why do you care if people are upset? Why do you feel compelled to defend these practices?

    I spent $500 on Cull. Did you?

    No.

    So, perhaps you should go sell the righteous, wise man routine somewhere else. This thread is for the opposition. You’ve stated your point. We all get it.
    AND he is still one of the best damage dealer in the game.

    AND he will remain so according to Kabam.

    You spent $500 at a CHANCE at him. You might not even have gotten him. Not everyone who spends $500 got him.

    So you spending $500 really is irrelevant.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    DrZola said:

    I keep hearing this phrase: “health of the game.”

    What exactly does that mean?

    I ask because I believe a rapid hype-to-nerf cycle is far more detrimental to the game than anything Cull Obsidian could ever do.

    Dr. Zola
    Kabam had already covered this.

    Having more and more OP champs meant the game maker has to come up with harder and harder content to catch up.

    The problem with that is people who don't spend enough to get Cull (or newer OP champs) means they're falling further and further behind.

    That's not good for the "health of the game".

    That's not a "balanced" game.

    That's a lopsided game.
  • CapobviousCapobvious Member Posts: 1
    I just don‘t understand, why you nerf cull, who needs Almost 5 fights to Rank up, has one of the lowest block proficiency in the Game, so without healpots its almost impossible to get even there

    And then there are champs like Ghost, who can easily handle 95% of the fckn game without even Spending a Single Unit, how can this even be possible!!
    Then there‘s Namor, who is immun to almost every mechanic in the game, and does even more dmg then cull, with just one Single SK3 push, no ramp up, just some boosts and suicides:




    This was one SK2!!! With just 2 sk3 uses

    What‘s wrong with you kabam wtf..
  • RoonKhanRoonKhan Member Posts: 40
    Okay Cull is doing heavy damage then nerf Hela also lol, tbh you won’t be having any community rage if you start playing your own game

  • GroundedWisdomGroundedWisdom Member Posts: 37,175 ★★★★★

    What is the balance they are trying to achieve exactly? Through what methods and data are they achieving it? Do we get any insight into this?

    Can you answer that? No. You can’t, because this information is not made available to you.

    What I do have to go on is my actual experience with all of this over thousands of hours. Interestingly, thousands of players are finding the same conclusions.

    How is this possible? We’re not arguing against a Cull nerf simply because we have him, and he is a top ten game dominator, because HE ISN’T.

    Man...this sure is fun, but ultimately futile.
    Thousands of hours and thousands of Players. That's a pretty bold statement. Are you claiming to speak for all of their findings, or claiming your data is more accurate than theirs? It's hard to tell.
    I can't speak to their goals for balance any more than you can. The difference is, I'm not claiming they're wrong just because I believe my own experience in certain areas of the game with a Champ is more substantial than the actual data they are using. The difference is, they are the ones making the game. They are the ones that set the goals for balance. They are the ones who create said Champions and make adjustments according to their own standards and objectives moving forward. If you're claiming to know their game better than they do, and more accurately than their own data and findings, I'd say that's a bit too boastful.
  • Justin2524Justin2524 Member Posts: 1,626 ★★★★
    Shinyuu said:

    I do want to ask you'll something I'm not here to argue with any of you. I want to know your honest opinions. let's have a meaningful discussion about this. What can Kabam do to fix this situation? What would you do if you were running Kabam to try to get the community calmed back down?

    Rank down tickets?
    Refunds of units?
    Upping his block proficiency since they're bringing his damage output down?

    What things can they do @Japam12345 @Lormif @GroundedWisdom ?

    I also want to thank you @GroundedWisdom for addressing me earlier with respect and telling me how you felt and not laughing at me or calling me stupid basically just for asking some questions.

    For the 10000th time, Kabam had said that Cull WILL REMAIN ONE OF THE TOP DAMAGE DEALER IN THE GAME.

    Just wait and see what the resulting re-tweak is then go from there.
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