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10 years ago
"Tryban;15228" wrote:
General game balance? Guess it depends on definition of balance.
Equal opportunity or equal outcome.
There were plenty of other characters and strategies available, even to f2pers to counter Barriss and easily defeat her. I think it would have gone a long way to show some performance numbers to support such a massive nerf on her abilities so soon after launch.
I think most wouldn't have been so outraged if she were nerfed a month or two down the road, after compiling and presenting supporting data to demonstrate that she was significantly out performing similar characters in all situations. The only info I saw was that she was better than nearly all healers in many situations, which indicates she wasn't the best in all cases and that some are even better. What's wrong with a character being good, or even best?
The perception is this nerf came because of a bunch of whiners, who either didn't have the character or weren't clever enough to find a way to neutralize her utility, and were upset they couldn't crack into top pvp rankings. I, and many others, didn't seem to have much difficulty defeating teams, even higher level, that had Barriss.
She's classified as a healer, but that's not what she really does. Someone pointed to a great example with the challenge involving Savage Oppress wiping health, see how much Barriss actually "heals" compared to all other healers, she's the worst (Ahsoka who is a great attacker now is almost more useful as a healer than Barriss.) Her utility is equalizing health, not healing, which is why it appears she "heals" through a heal block.
Based on the game update notes, looks like she'll be a little more viable as a healer after several ability upgrades. But that doesn't make how this all went down right, good, fair, or any other adjective to describe the "balancing" that took place.
It is a relief that EA/CG recognize what happened and are making an attempt to compensate and make amends. Without a doubt, some will still be inconsolable, but I'm hoping the gift will be worthwhile. No, not expecting the moon. I at least hope they make her shards more readily available in ealier levels or one of the shipment stores. Other healers with overall better utility now are more easily obtained and doesn't seem to justify Barriss's current shard rarity. Either way, she isn't totally useless, but probably wouldn't have purchased a $50 pack with her in it at her post nerf levels. Maybe a $5-$10 like Dooku...lol
Well said, and quoted for truth. I never had a problem with fighting Barriss, and now seek her as leader in arena because she's been destroyed. The biggest problem with the nerf was the absurdly short time she existed as sold and that it seems people who were too impatient to develop a strategy against her cried enough to get it changed.
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