My guess is it’s a little more effective than intended, it was stated to improve exec counter to profundity which was pure RNG on if RC survived, but I do agree I exepected to need 7 star ships. There are also more consistent off meta fleet counters for both exec and levi so profundity still has value. I do think targeting profundity was inevitable.
Why I think they will not change it… Profundity still counters Levi, they have weakened the ship to executor, now they can sell an uplifter of its own.. It’s probably the next ship to be released. We have seen meta’s evolve like this before. I trust they will balance it again.
The only players I have mass sympathy for are new players who are perhaps not used to this, and feel their first big unlock is lower value. Profundity was released the month after I unlocked executor. Veteran players know how it feels to have something released which de-values or reduces the prominence of your recent unlock. But we also know that things tend to be rebalanced and the profundity will remain a useful investment. Players with all 3 ships are still more challenging than a player with just exec and Levi.
Why would you expect it to be 7* P1? It is normally abilities more than stats that "shake" things up.
It was same thing for a long long time with character units (before g13 and relics) rarity meant nothing.
Well that was along time ago now… and simply it makes more sense to lock utility behind 7 star to sell the shards and not disturb the current meta so dramatically.
That is my point, ships it has never been locked behind that, why people suddenly expect it to be.
This is also last "meta", personally I could care less that it beats current meta let alone last meta.
Executor ultimate was locked behind that, which is why many used crystals to immediately 7 star. True non capital ships unlock all abilities without 7 star but are usually much weaker until invested in. There are very few units in game which have low gear viability this potent.
Also perhaps the meta is too complex for you to grasp with such tunnel vision of end game. All 3 meta fleets were balanced in a way. With a game that ranges from day one players to players of under a year Levi is meta for anyone over 4M and can get the conquest characters and high relics. So approx 2-3+ years play. That means Exec and profundity remains more important to the meta for early players under 3 years of game play. Profundity therefore was not last meta it was part of the current meta, even if that’s part you don’t care about.
