"Nikoms565;c-1780657" wrote:
"leef;c-1780311" wrote:
"MKIceman;c-1780293" wrote:
"Huatimus;c-1780151" wrote:
I prefer the Dragonball Z style of power leaps.
1. Makes boring old content like raids easier/Auto.
2. Makes people invest in the next big meta wave or people like me will forever be stuck with our favourite team (Zaul) instead of a new team. In fact, if every team was balanced then any Tom, **** and Hairy is going to be able to hit 1 for payout, you’re not going to enjoy how much you drop or how much you’re going to have to climb in Squad Arena.
3. If all teams were balanced like RPS, then the only advantage you have is mods. I really don’t want this game to be Star Wars Galaxy of Mods even more so than it already is. Especially since my luck is craptastic and I haven’t gotten any god tier speed Secondaries on my mods.
And lastly, you don’t represent “Us”. At least that’s not what I see judging from the responses you’ve gotten so far.
If the problem is raids, then fix the raids, or release new ones that rely on specific synergy or character abilities (like the journeys) rather than power escalation.
I already climb every day to number 1, our shard rotates but has grown. I would welcome the variety.
No, balance means abilities, not gear (or mods as this game calls it; gear here is really just a prerequisite since you have no optionality around it).
I guess I only represent my top 50 arena shard, and my guild, who agree with me, vs the 4 people here who disagree. Of course there could be more folks out there of either opinion, it's not represented here in this obscure post on a forum that thousands do not read. And frankly I'm not interested in players' opinions as much as that of the devs.
I think you (and others) underestimate how "bad" it will get if the game was truly balanced in a rock/paper/scissors way without powercreep/leap. Do you think you'll still be able to get to rank 1 daily in a more balanced arena? Keep in mind that there are alot of players looking to take your spot if they had the chance. What's currently preventing them from doing exactly that is your superior team, take that away and it's going to be mayhem.
Sorry Leef, but this isn't true. Nothing holds on defense - not even the mighty Revan. That's precisely why there are shard chats - so people don't step all over each other at different payout times. The game had been (and has periods of) "rock/paper/scissors" and it worked fine.
No one is suggesting doing away with power creep. CG really just needs to stop with the forced power "leaps" - as that doesn't encourage any type of diversity. If all CG is going to do is directly manipulate the meta by releasing a new OP character every few months, then doing so again a few months later, creating a model where one team dominates that meta (to the tune of 85%+ usage), that's bad for the long-term health of the game. As players become aware that that is the model, they will simply stop "buying" the new meta every 3-4 months. Many have already stopped - and, imho, that is why CG is being more aggressive with it now.
It kinda depends on how balanced you want to make it. It has never been close to balanced ever and there has never been a rock/paper/scissor meta in which you had to switch teams to win. That's the truth.
Also, revan holds on defense better than any other team at the moment, that's the only reason he's being used this much. I personally like using revan, but some of my guildmates have switched only because they were dropping too much on def. Winning on offense may not be a problem for 95% of the top20, but that other 5% will always target the weakest team. There are ofcourse a--hool shardchats who target outsiders, but i refuse to believe that's the main goal for shardchats.
The diversity issue isn't necessarily a powercreep issue either imo, it's just poor planning. Ofcourse powercreep is a factor, but like i said in the previous comment, most people enjoyed arena more prior to revan's 2nd event eventhough revan was already part of the meta back then.
