Showdown - Explanation of why Rag was Reprogrammed?

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In the "showdown"....Bullseye sets off an EMP which shuts down IM40's Jarvis AI system but also Fury's life model decoy as well as reset Ragnarok....Perhaps that's why he had a reprogramming of his abilities? Does that mean IM40 might get a change later too? Just theorycrafting and searching for clues.

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The story has nothing to do with Rags nerf, he was just too strong compared to all of the other characters.

Unknown

Sure sure. but it would make for a somewhat ok story explanation right? i'm looking for closure here and my teddy bear is all squeezed to bits already

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Saint Matthew wrote:

Sure sure. but it would make for a somewhat ok story explanation right? i'm looking for closure here and my teddy bear is all squeezed to bits already

Ha..except that it happened during the first hunt event 2 months ago too keep searching

Eddiemon

Stark spend a chunk of dark reign in a vegetative state and had to have his brain rebooted.

I fear for iron man 35 and 40 as the story progresses.

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Eddiemon wrote:

Stark spend a chunk of dark reign in a vegetative state and had to have his brain rebooted.

I fear for iron man 35 and 40 as the story progresses.

Hey, if I get to tool around in mark 1 for a few days before iron patriot beats me up, I'm happy.

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_fulu_ wrote:

Eddiemon wrote:

Stark spend a chunk of dark reign in a vegetative state and had to have his brain rebooted.

I fear for iron man 35 and 40 as the story progresses.

Hey, if I get to tool around in mark 1 for a few days before iron patriot beats me up, I'm happy.

Half stars FTW!

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I doubt it had to do with Ragnarok being OP. I think it had more to do with the low AP cost and the difficulty for other characters in accumulating the AP necessary to mount some defense, or a pre-emptive attack. By the time Ragnarok unleashes 3 thunderclaps at 2AP, it deals 1800 damage and adds 15 green AP to the board. I don't think the damage was necessarily OP, but the added green to the board had the effect of changing the average of 9/64 green tiles on the board, to 24/64 tiles on the board. When over 1/3 of the board is green, it makes it difficult to match other colors.


When Hulk was released, I suspected that either they must increase the green generation on his passive black, or they would nerf Ragnarok.

I think Ragnarok is underpowered now. I hope that they add an ability on one of his weak colors (c.magneto, GSBW have abilities on weak colors). Maybe some way to put him in front to absorb damage. If you look at the color strengths, every character has 3 colors that are strong, but there is an A, B, and C, where A is the stronger and C is the weaker of the strong colors. Each character at the same level has a strong color of the same value. Ragnarok only has two strong colors, and they would be at the equivalent strength of B. If Ragnarok is paired with another 3* with a strong Red and another 3* with a strong green at the same level, he would never attack and never be the target of attacks.

Perhaps a skill is necessary to force him to the front.

DirigiblePilot

You are reading way too deep into this, I think. OP was only looking for a story-related reason to explain to Iron Man, for example, why Ragnarok had suddenly gotten so much easier to take down. Good post though!

Unknown

I'm looking for connections between the story and the changes to heroes. At least I would get a story with why Storm lost her Yellow power, Loki suddenly doesn't like purple, Rag slows down and such.

Spoit

IceIX used to have little snippets with the nerfs. RIP IceIX

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Spoit wrote:

IceIX used to have little snippets with the nerfs. RIP IceIX

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I like to believe that, as someone said, IceIX WAS Ragnarok. We knew not what we asked for when we pleaded for a rag nerf.....for IceIX was the jekyll to ragnarok's Hyde. Upon plunging the nerf dart betwixt his heart and bowels we tore the two, forever linked, forever asunder leaving a void that could never be filled to destroy the void that could never be satiated. To kill the monster we sacrificed the man. Was it worth it? Was the toll of the monster really so great as to cause solace to the ever present loss of the man (or woman, of this I know not. Though I would gander it was a gent if but upon his speech). At a glance I cannot tell. Will a fortnight pass and we will know? I cannot say, but pay head to his peers and see if any step up to take his place. Stepping into the shoes of a giant is always awkward and unpleasant but also a natural progression to life. If it doesn't happen, will the forum fade, wither, and die like so much unkempt foliage around a dying tree?

Oh great IceIX! Bringer of info! Soothsayer of updates! Righter of wrongs! We tear at your passing into the beyonds of our knowledge, to the corners of our consciousness, the cusp of our imagination. We will miss you like a favorite pig before the slaughter. Never forget...the mod for whom a vigil of 1* garbage that nobody needs anyway will be burned in a digital pyre to your effigy. May the epitaph on your expiring after 6 days, 59 min and 42 second grave be more inspiring than the back story of 3*** Spiderman and may you 2ap roflspam to your heart's content wherever you may go. Everyone, reboot your phone..your iPad.. your non-proprietary device or computer for the one and only IceIX. Upon rag's grave it shall say: "here lies ragnarok...tinykitty." In subscript under the light of the full moon it will glisten: "that upon his defeat we lost a confidant, a commander, and a friend."