Paper zombie... [MERGE]

So after discussions on the Nightsister discord and thinking how to make gearing zombie better in all situations but not at the expense of hurting the Nightsisters in other areas or thematically I've got a proposal which covers all bases (hopefully). This allows Nightsisters to choose what type of zombie they have through an ability called "Decay", decay makes the zombie more fragile but gives a bonus to offense and speed (thus making a decayed G12 zombie as fragile as a low gear but still fast and a threat. There is one other change though and this swaps her endless horde omega ability with the normal endless horde ability to offer no benefit to a low geared zombie but still make her a viable tank while gearing up.

This proposal would allow players using zombie to tailor her use depending on the opponents and situation although once the fat zombie activates Decay she can't go back that encounter and must remain in a decayed state making it a tactical choice for Arena and TW.

New Ability: Decay (1 turn cooldown)

1) Upon use Zombie gains Decay. Requires Gear 7

Decay: This buff cannot be dispelled or removed and will persist through defeats and revives. This character removes 25% from maximum health and protection but gains 10% offense and +3 speed. Once this buff is active Decay cannot be used again this encounter.

2) Requires Gear 9
Add -25% to maximum health and protection loss (-50% total) and +10% offense (20%) and +3 speed (+6)

3) Requires Gear 11
Add -25% to maximum health and protection loss (-75% total) and +10% offense (30%) and +3 speed (+9)


Change to Endless Horde:
At rank 1, Zombie will now gain taunt at the start of each encounter however taunt at the end of her turn is now moved to the Omega level with a gear minimum requirement of 7

Really why should it be changed now. CG/EA have screwed over the community again and again. They shouldn’t make any stipulations with the gear no zeta or any changes to the raid requirements. Just give people a refund of all their gear and make everyone’s zombie weak and allow each player to decide if they want to go strong or weak. Stop punishing the players for finding ways to use the pieces that you gave them. The game has started once you deploy something into the wild. The worst practice you can do which you have done several times is to give the customer something and then take it away. You are never supposed to downgrade a customer only upgrade them. The power creep is there for a reason if you want to do something to make zombie less effective then create something that will be more effective. Stop trying to steal our toys and make better ones that have the intention you actually want. End rant.

Here's my proposal. Don't change anything after a year and no one wants.....

Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but here is an idea:

Give Zombie a new ability, CLS style, that allows her to switch between a "Tank Stance" and a "Paper Stance"

Have the Tank stance be as strong as the gear and mods you have on her, and the paper stances with fixed stat equivalent to a low geared one.

This way you can get benefit from gearing her up when you need a Tank, but you can also haver her become fragile to make use of Daka's Zeta.

I think it's a simple solution that would create an incentive for gearing her up, instead of punishing for not doing so.

"Nymleth;c-1615793" wrote:
Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but here is an idea:

Give Zombie a new ability, CLS style, that allows her to switch between a "Tank Stance" and a "Paper Stance"

Have the Tank stance be as strong as the gear and mods you have on her, and the paper stances with fixed stat equivalent to a low geared one.

This way you can get benefit from gearing her up when you need a Tank, but you can also haver her become fragile to make use of Daka's Zeta.

I think it's a simple solution that would create an incentive for gearing her up, instead of punishing for not doing so.

i like it. being able to pick between a g2 and g12 zombie with the push of an ability button would make her even cooler than she already is. Something like this:

Call to the Dirt (Special): Dispel all debuffs on Nightsister Zombie. Nightsister Zombie gains 100% Turn Meter. If Nightsister Zombie doesn't have the Decay unique buff, she gains it until the next time this ability is used.

Decay: Nightsister Zombie takes bonus damage equal to her max protection. Can't be dispelled or prevented.

The risk with over nerfing NS ro get rid of the paper zombie strategy, is that heroic sith guilds could cease to be such due to phase 4 changes. Ouch.

I like the core of this concept, but I feel the numbers need tweaking. A gear 12 zombie isn't going to die nearly as much as a paper zombie. 2, or even 5, percent isn't going to make up for the lost Rampage offense.

I’m still holding out hope the devs don’t change it. The money aspect of this is just disgusting. When zombie was p2p the devs were specifically asked about the paper zombie strategy and the devs OFFICIALLY stated it was a valid strategy they didnt plan on changing (there is a post from the devs about it). Now that zombie is F2P and farmable, suddenly it doesn’t match their concept or view or whatever. In other words, it was a fine strategy when people were buying zombie, but now that it’s free, they want us to spend resources to gear it to 12 for that second bite of the apple.

Not saying your idea is bad or anything, but this whole thing leaves a really sour taste in my mouth considering the fact that for months they said the paper zombie was an acceptable strategy and then suddenly did a 180, like no one was going to notice. The entire nightsister fiasco has been handled about as poorly as it possibly could be.

'Sup.

I've had to edit a couple of posts in this thread for language, I'd just like to remind people that your language should be appropriate for a modern PG movie at the worst. Thanks.

They need to add a speed penalty on her unique for if she's undergeared. We would understand why it's there. Asajj will need a buff to her lost damage though, as a lot of people invested into ns because they saw all the damage they could do, and paper zombie was a part of that in many guides and videos on youtube.