Is GK OP?
For the record I don't think he is considering how difficult it is to obtain him, but I'd like to know what the majority of the players think that have fought against GK
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- Yes, he's OP (not sure about "borderline broken"). He's used in 66% of #1 teams, and CG should consider such low diversity a problem. People who have maxed Shoretroopers are using him in Empire teams instead even though he has no synergy. There's also a new low synergy team that is becoming popular: GK (L) Chaze DN R2.
He's not the most OP- DN, Chaze, and maybe Thrawn are the most OP characters and need nerfs more than him, but he's still way to prevalent.
Team composition and mod strategies are supposed to be big parts of the game, so it's unfortunate that the meta is dominated by a small fraction of its characters and that speed secondaries are the dominant factor with mods.
Regardless of how iconic a character is or how hard they are to gear, they should never stifle diversity as much as GK. - He's good, but not OP
"IdraRage;c-1149630" wrote:
Yes, he's OP (not sure about "borderline broken"). He's used in 66% of #1 teams, and CG should consider such low diversity a problem. People who have maxed Shoretroopers are using him in Empire teams instead even though he has no synergy. There's also a new low synergy team that is becoming popular: GK (L) Chaze DN R2.
He's not the most OP- DN, Chaze, and maybe Thrawn are the most OP characters and need nerfs more than him, but he's still way to prevalent.
Team composition and mod strategies are supposed to be big parts of the game, so it's unfortunate that the meta is dominated by a small fraction of its characters and that speed secondaries are the dominant factor with mods.
Regardless of how iconic a character is or how hard they are to gear, they should never stifle diversity as much as GK.
Fair point. We had this exact same point back when Poe Droid teams were the meta because there wasn't a way to counter it without using it. Fighting fire with fire is a very quick way to make certain toons seems more OP than others."J7Luke;c-1139479" wrote:
He's not OP in my opinion, but if anyone deserves to be OP, it is General Kenobi. Characters that do not deserve to be OP are Nihilus (who is neither canon nor well known) and Chaze (who were supporting roles in a Star Wars spin-off).- TBH I can't wait for the zetas to be dropped on GK and he has space for 2. GK is pretty solid toon and will make any team stronger for being there.
"anonidude;c-1168194" wrote:
TBH I can't wait for the zetas to be dropped on GK and he has space for 2. GK is pretty solid toon and will make any team stronger for being there.
Nice definition of OP you got there"anonidude;c-1168194" wrote:
TBH I can't wait for the zetas to be dropped on GK and he has space for 2. GK is pretty solid toon and will make any team stronger for being there.
Yeah that's kind of the definition of OP. It's the same argument for blanket leader abilities being OP. For example the evasion meta was largely due to Old Ben's leader applying to everybody regardless of synergy. That's my point with this thread. If a toon can be slotted into nearly every squad comp without any penalties, they why is that different than the evasion meta of Old that everybody complained about being OP."JediGhost117;c-1170224" wrote:
"anonidude;c-1168194" wrote:
TBH I can't wait for the zetas to be dropped on GK and he has space for 2. GK is pretty solid toon and will make any team stronger for being there.
Yeah that's kind of the definition of OP. It's the same argument for blanket leader abilities being OP. For example the evasion meta was largely due to Old Ben's leader applying to everybody regardless of synergy. That's my point with this thread. If a toon can be slotted into nearly every squad comp without any penalties, they why is that different than the evasion meta of Old that everybody complained about being OP.
Nope not at all GK is fine....tough to get toon who is tough and will get tougher in the right company. Do you have GK OP?
OP in the context of being over-powered? Not so much GK can certainly be beaten and has specific weaknesses and frankly it's easy to do.- It's just that the general (excuse the pun) perception of OP has shifted during the incredible powercreep of the last few months. I agree that it's easy to think that a character that can do everything without the slightest shred of synergy isn't OP if the entire game is bonkers anyway.
- I agree - he's got the Star Wars cred and lore to deserve a great kit.
As much as I enjoyed Rogue 1 and Episode IV ... role players like Chaze and Wiggs being able to demolish guys like Vader like they are tissue paper is really hard to wrap my head around. Even someone more obscure like DN at least has the lore within their space to justify their kits.
