NorthernPolarity wrote: +3 all AP boosts, +3 green / black, +3 blue purple. Turn 1 - IF purple, cascade into 5.3 black tiles (rounded up to 6). Turn 1 surgical. Yup, totally balanced.
simonsez wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: +3 all AP boosts, +3 green / black, +3 blue purple. Turn 1 - IF purple, cascade into 5.3 black tiles (rounded up to 6). Turn 1 surgical. Yup, totally balanced. Why is boosting +6 all a relevant test to see if a character is balanced? I mean, unless I throw together a formation that's useless to begin with, if I'm boosting +6 all, it's going to be pretty fast and devastating no matter who they are.
Kappei wrote: Sumilea wrote: Phaserhawk wrote: I mean the character by itself actually is pretty cool. Purple creates black which empowers purple and green, except when you have extremely lethal black skills currently this is not a good idea. I really cannot see it staying in it current form for long. I get the feeling this will be changed like BP was before its even released. But seriously, does anybody test these abilities in a "realistic environment"? I don't mean anything crazy, but a pairing at least with the current metagame definers (Xforce and TGT) should be taken in consideration.
Sumilea wrote: Phaserhawk wrote: I mean the character by itself actually is pretty cool. Purple creates black which empowers purple and green, except when you have extremely lethal black skills currently this is not a good idea. I really cannot see it staying in it current form for long. I get the feeling this will be changed like BP was before its even released.
Phaserhawk wrote: I mean the character by itself actually is pretty cool. Purple creates black which empowers purple and green, except when you have extremely lethal black skills currently this is not a good idea.
EpicBeastmode wrote: 2. the ai will most likely not use the purple correctly (if it's placed like mnmags)
hesjingixen wrote: The real question is....does this make 3/5/5 a more viable build than 5/5/3 for Luke Cage? (Assuming of course that you would combo these two).
EpicBeastmode wrote: There is a drawback though because if xor users use this new character for offensive purposes it leaves them somewhat exposed on defense since: 1. The low hit points 2. the ai will most likely not use the purple correctly (if it's placed like mnmags) 3. Lacks the intimidating factor of xforce/thor so won't be skipped I would rather face an xforce/new guy/featured than the xforce/thor/featured of today. Buuuuuuuuuut....probably a drawback too insignificant to make a difference.
NorthernPolarity wrote: EpicBeastmode wrote: There is a drawback though because if xor users use this new character for offensive purposes it leaves them somewhat exposed on defense since: 1. The low hit points 2. the ai will most likely not use the purple correctly (if it's placed like mnmags) 3. Lacks the intimidating factor of xforce/thor so won't be skipped I would rather face an xforce/new guy/featured than the xforce/thor/featured of today. Buuuuuuuuuut....probably a drawback too insignificant to make a difference. I'm not entirely sure this is even true. So imagine the look on your face when Thor does a thunder strike and causes infinite cascades into Call the Storm. This guy does that with 5 purple AP into surgical strike. Not to mention the free 5k damage off the attack tile, he seems really good on defense as well. Everyone is getting hung up on the "oh but if he doesn't cast purple with 12 black AP it's bad". Well no, it's actually a damageless Thunder Strike, and leads to massive black cascades and ensuring black abilities, which is arguably even better than 4k damage.
Phaserhawk wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: EpicBeastmode wrote: There is a drawback though because if xor users use this new character for offensive purposes it leaves them somewhat exposed on defense since: 1. The low hit points 2. the ai will most likely not use the purple correctly (if it's placed like mnmags) 3. Lacks the intimidating factor of xforce/thor so won't be skipped I would rather face an xforce/new guy/featured than the xforce/thor/featured of today. Buuuuuuuuuut....probably a drawback too insignificant to make a difference. I'm not entirely sure this is even true. So imagine the look on your face when Thor does a thunder strike and causes infinite cascades into Call the Storm. This guy does that with 5 purple AP into surgical strike. Not to mention the free 5k damage off the attack tile, he seems really good on defense as well. Everyone is getting hung up on the "oh but if he doesn't cast purple with 12 black AP it's bad". Well no, it's actually a damageless Thunder Strike, and leads to massive black cascades and ensuring black abilities, which is arguably even better than 4k damage. Just to be clear everyone is reading this correctly If less than 12 Black AP you create 9 tiles, if more than 12 Black AP you do the dmg instead no tiles are created, so it's Thunderstrike divided into 2 you get one half or the other not both.
ecir2002 wrote: Phaserhawk wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: EpicBeastmode wrote: There is a drawback though because if xor users use this new character for offensive purposes it leaves them somewhat exposed on defense since: 1. The low hit points 2. the ai will most likely not use the purple correctly (if it's placed like mnmags) 3. Lacks the intimidating factor of xforce/thor so won't be skipped I would rather face an xforce/new guy/featured than the xforce/thor/featured of today. Buuuuuuuuuut....probably a drawback too insignificant to make a difference. I'm not entirely sure this is even true. So imagine the look on your face when Thor does a thunder strike and causes infinite cascades into Call the Storm. This guy does that with 5 purple AP into surgical strike. Not to mention the free 5k damage off the attack tile, he seems really good on defense as well. Everyone is getting hung up on the "oh but if he doesn't cast purple with 12 black AP it's bad". Well no, it's actually a damageless Thunder Strike, and leads to massive black cascades and ensuring black abilities, which is arguably even better than 4k damage. Just to be clear everyone is reading this correctly If less than 12 Black AP you create 9 tiles, if more than 12 Black AP you do the dmg instead no tiles are created, so it's Thunderstrike divided into 2 you get one half or the other not both. But because it's "you create" it means you place them down like MMN. Which boosted means it's first turn SS or RotP. That is ridiculous and I don't know how the devs though that was a fair or balanced move. It's game over before you even start.
Arondite wrote: wasn't Sentry nerfed because of his speed with boosts?