Valk / Flight
Ok so we had a new character come out some time ago with capabilities that no one asked for Who new that the character would be game-breaking? Yes game breaking, I said it. Shoot at you? fly away. ...
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Valk wasn't good at release, because people didn't realize the potential.
Yes the pickrate was decent, nothing compared to recent times... so even calling it out before wouldn't have meant much.
Next to that, it doesn't really break the competitive integrity.
By your logic we should nerf Gibby so his shield is breakable, hell why else would he get chosen so much?
Introducing new mechanics isn't bad, if they are good then that's fine... since everyone can literally have one of said legend on their team.
Currently high ranks cannot have a squad without a Gibby, what's wrong with adding Valk into the mix?
Are we now restricting the picks? If so, why was it fine to have it like that with Gibby?
I'm just getting the feeling that people aren't taking the proper steps or don't know how to deal with said legends, therefore they should be dumpstered.
Your only argument is that people now can move around the map more easily... which isn't even a bad thing, it adds another form of strategy.
Obviously players from Apex are going to have issues with CSGO, it's a completely different category of games.
If I were to tell a CSGO player to play R6 then they would also break against the rocks, because they quite literally don't know how it functions.
The pace of those games are much different too, so uh... yeah duh.
You're exaggerating.
@XHelperZ I like that you're comparing her to Gibby like that helps your point. Fun fact Gibby has been problematic for a while now and have received nerfs for the last 4 patches(excluding QOL fixes). Yes new mechanics isn't bad but that new mechanic is literally a mobile jump towers which is arguably the best way to get around the map then maybe that new mechanic is a bad addition to the game after all there's a reason why they spread jump towers around the map in key locations and not just everywhere. And I'm just gonna say it again: No character should be a must have just so you don't play with a handicap.(and yes this includes the likes of Gibby)
@Daze623 It does help my point though.
Gibby has been getting nerfs, they haven't worked.
Why? Because the nerfs simply were just small changes, targeted to make him fall out of the meta long term without dumpstering him.
Currently, it seems like we instantly want to take everything away and change it all.
Is it more acceptable just because Valk isn't one of the base legends the game started with?
No of course not, so I'm trying to point out that taking the long term route is for the best, as we obviously don't want to dumpster them.
It hasn't worked out yet for Gibby, though of course there are plenty of other pressure points they're working on.
Once a game has a meta then it becomes impossible to not have a single time without a meta without it feeling like garbage.
There will always be legends that stand out on the top, resulting in handicaps here and there.
And whilst I do understand the frustration, it's much better to adjust values rather than completely remove a design element.
"There's a reason why they're spread around"
Yes, because the developers decided that, you think they just randomly decided to add in the Valk ult without second thought?
We're dealing with devs here, not machines that produce random results.
Let's first change it so the ultimate isn't as strong, that's easy to do.
- @XHelperZ If you've spent 4 patches now trying to nerf a character to get them out of the meta and still failed maybe just maybe you're looking at it from a wrong perspective? Slowly nerfing a character often leads to the characters demise depending on the characters kit. Sometimes you just have to accept that the design is flawed and just rework them.
Yes they probably didn't think it through with her ult. That's not new with game devs. A lot of them add mechanics to their game that they think would be cool without thinking of the repercussions.
