HK-47 lead droid team nerfed

"Tornicus;d-200288" wrote:
How many people invested in HK-47 droid team,geared and zeta'd droid for this team like T3, IG-88, IPD, BB-8 zeta (team tank). This is total 5 zetas I have invested to run this fun team until CG decided to nerf it.

This topic has been beat to death for the last month since the HK changes were announced. Not sure why anyone would invest 5 zetas in a team for “fun” but nothing is preventing you from continuing to run them for “fun”. HK still has a lead. It doesn’t give as much TM as before but it’s still decent. That droid team would have been a B team before and it still is. If you’re not a competitive player and just throwing together teams for fun, I don’t see the beef.

"Vos_Landeck;c-1824716" wrote:

"Tornicus;d-200288" wrote:
How many people invested in HK-47 droid team,geared and zeta'd droid for this team like T3, IG-88, IPD, BB-8 zeta (team tank). This is total 5 zetas I have invested to run this fun team until CG decided to nerf it.

This topic has been beat to death for the last month since the HK changes were announced. Not sure why anyone would invest 5 zetas in a team for “fun” but nothing is preventing you from continuing to run them for “fun”. HK still has a lead. It doesn’t give as much TM as before but it’s still decent. That droid team would have been a B team before and it still is. If you’re not a competitive player and just throwing together teams for fun, I don’t see the beef.

It’s not still a decent lead, it is a trash lead on par with the likes of Darth Sidious. A team under HK would be a C team at best with all zetas because they all depended so heavily on that 50% TM on crit. And even if a player is not competitive and is running a droid team for fun, they have considerably less fun when that team gets nerfed to the ground when it wasn’t even that good to begin with.

"Droideka;c-1824873" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1824716" wrote:

"Tornicus;d-200288" wrote:
How many people invested in HK-47 droid team,geared and zeta'd droid for this team like T3, IG-88, IPD, BB-8 zeta (team tank). This is total 5 zetas I have invested to run this fun team until CG decided to nerf it.

This topic has been beat to death for the last month since the HK changes were announced. Not sure why anyone would invest 5 zetas in a team for “fun” but nothing is preventing you from continuing to run them for “fun”. HK still has a lead. It doesn’t give as much TM as before but it’s still decent. That droid team would have been a B team before and it still is. If you’re not a competitive player and just throwing together teams for fun, I don’t see the beef.

It’s not still a decent lead, it is a trash lead on par with the likes of Darth Sidious. A team under HK would be a C team at best with all zetas because they all depended so heavily on that 50% TM on crit. And even if a player is not competitive and is running a droid team for fun, they have considerably less fun when that team gets nerfed to the ground when it wasn’t even that good to begin with.

I still think the worst part of the kit change was removing the ability for his aoe to crit, but still basing his lead on crit and crit damage.

His lead contradicts his own kit. Its like a pity lead. Completely useless with droids now, has to be under DR.

Left Droids slow, unable to gain TM, and forced to use IG88 as lead. One fun team nerfed completely.

"NicWester;c-1826046" wrote:
HK hasn’t been good for over a year now, before zetas even became a thing. All that time since zetas, Droids have been hamstrung because HK limited what they could do for future characters.

Let it go. Embrace the new.

You are right, he was never really good. But his lead was good, and by extension it made many other droids good. I am fine with HK being reworked, but now droids have had an essential leader taken away. Now the target lock squad of HK, 88, T3, IPD, and L3 is without a leader. Some people put a lot of zetas and gear into a team that now has to work under an 88 lead or even Lobot.

What word are you expecting from the game developers?

Nerfs and buffs are, unfortunately, a reality of life in games like this. As is power creep rendering previously useful toons/abilities less important.

"Tornicus;d-200288" wrote:
How many people invested in HK-47 droid team,geared and zeta'd droid for this team like T3, IG-88, IPD, BB-8 zeta (team tank). This is total 5 zetas I have invested to run this fun team until CG decided to nerf it. EA customer service says they cannot do anything about it and that they forwarded it to game developers. So basically I've been ignored because no word from game developers.

On the bright side, those resources won’t go completely without use.

IPD, IG88, and T3 work well with JTR+BB8. And HK47 is boss with Darth Revan.

Put them under GG instead. More firepower.

"Droideka;c-1824873" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1824716" wrote:

"Tornicus;d-200288" wrote:
How many people invested in HK-47 droid team,geared and zeta'd droid for this team like T3, IG-88, IPD, BB-8 zeta (team tank). This is total 5 zetas I have invested to run this fun team until CG decided to nerf it.

This topic has been beat to death for the last month since the HK changes were announced. Not sure why anyone would invest 5 zetas in a team for “fun” but nothing is preventing you from continuing to run them for “fun”. HK still has a lead. It doesn’t give as much TM as before but it’s still decent. That droid team would have been a B team before and it still is. If you’re not a competitive player and just throwing together teams for fun, I don’t see the beef.

It’s not still a decent lead, it is a trash lead on par with the likes of Darth Sidious. A team under HK would be a C team at best with all zetas because they all depended so heavily on that 50% TM on crit. And even if a player is not competitive and is running a droid team for fun, they have considerably less fun when that team gets nerfed to the ground when it wasn’t even that good to begin with.

It was really good before, almost always got 2 or more defends in GA and TW for me, but now even ig88 lead is better, which is really sad. Also, I don't think I'll be able to complete those ewok events anymore now.

I feel your pain buddy. I held a number 1 Arena spot under an HK lead for nearly a year - vids to prove it. His lead was considered OP at one point (I know, unfathomable, but imagine that on Rebels instead of droids).

Sadly, since Nihilus and Chaze, this game has suffered from some ugly power creep. When one toon rises to the top, another sinks down. Leader skills are based on factions nowadays and have been for years. Droids aren't a faction, they're a race. It makes sense that race-specific leader skills would fall by the wayside with faction synergies being the current model.

But honestly, why do you think HK should ever have had a leader skill? He's never led anything in his life other than 'Best Star Wars Droid' polls. The answer is they threw it in early in the game for a bit if variety - a fringe ability for fans, at best. I fully expected him to lose it outright but I would have been much happier if they re-worked it to only have an effect against non-droid meatbags - that, at least, would have been in-character.

This game isn't designed to let you settle. It's designed to encourage you to constantly evolve. Evolve or die my friend.. evolve or die.

To be fair, I would say that team was DOA anyway. I guess it's just less competitive?