An example of how D3's nerfing works, 4* webby spiderman
Devs... Sitting round their office...
"You know, I don't think we've given Spiderman enough attention because of that stupid Sony deal, and people are still unhappy about that nerf. Let's make a 4* Spiderman"
"Yeah, awesome. Let's use Todd MacFarlane's art for a cover, and make him super-webby."
"Yeah, we just can't make him too powerful, otherwise people are going to complain, and he might change the game balance"
"Yeah, what is the game-balance at the moment again?"
*Checks over a list of complaints* "Oh people are complaining that at the top XForce and 4*Thor are all over the place, so we can't make him as powerful as them."
Intern: "But maybe if we introduced a new character nearly as powerful as them, it might make competition at the top more interesting?"
"NO!! The only way to solve that problem is to make XForce and 4Thor less powerful!!! Then maybe we'll see more people playing beast!"
*Intern is swiftly fired*
"Cool, we've solved the intern problem, let's make a Spiderman!"
The Amazing Spiderman (Super Webby)
Health level: Support tier [4*]
Spiderman is awesome. He can literally walk into a room full of villains and web them all against the wall...
Stick em too it! 12
Spiderman webs all the criminals to the walls. At later levels, he webs the doors closed too, preventing the criminals from escaping, or new threats from entering.
Level 1: Stuns the opposing team for 1 turn, creates 1 web tile for each opponent stunned.
Level 2: Stuns the target for 2 turns, and each other member of the opposing team stunned for 1 turn, creates 1 web tile for each opponent stunned.
Level 3... etc.
Level 5: Stuns target for 3 turns, each other member of the opposing team for 2 turns. Creates 2 Web tiles per opponent and 2 purple strength X protect tiles.
Oh, that's useful! * Passive *
Spiderman grabs some webbing to tie up his teams' wounds during the fight.
Level 1: If there are ever more than 5 web tiles on the board, Spidey is stunned for 2 turns while he refills his webshooters. Every turn, each ally burst heals 25 for each web tile on the board.
Level 2: More than 6 tiles, burst heal 50/tile.
Level 3: More than 7 tiles, 1 turn stun.
Level 4: More than 8 tiles, Burst heal 75/tile
Level 5: Burst heal 150/tile
I'm charging my cannons 6
Spiderman has invented a secret solution which dissolves his webs and allows him to recharge his web-shooters on the go... His spider-sense keeps him safe while he recharges.
Level 1: Turns all web tiles into basic blue tiles
Level 2: Turns all web tiles into blue, creates strength 50 purple protect tile
...
Level 4: Turns all web tiles blue, creates one purple protect tile, strength = 20 * number of web tiles.
Level 5: Turns all web tiles blue, creates 2 purple protect tiles, strength = 25 * number of web tiles.
Back at the D3 headquarters:
"Awesome character guys, let's test him out"
* D3 play a couple of prelude games with new Spiderman*
"Yeah... his powers are very strong, but he doesn't deal any ability damage, so I think that's ok."
" What about the 2 turn team stun?"
" No, that's ok... no-one can make enough AP in 2 turns to do anything useful anymore, we've fixed that..."
"Yeah, no problem, he is a four star anyway, so he can be strong, let's announce him!"
Meanwhile, on the forums:
TinyKitty (8:35 am)
"Wow... He's not great, just like the other weak 4*s they've release recently, but it could be a great combo between him and Venom! You can devour any character for only 24 blue and black AP! With a couple of bursts, you can do that in 4 turns"
Interested2Star(10:40am)
"His Purple and his healing could be great with OBW... That's like, lots of healing, as long as you have the blue to create web-tiles. And to use OBW's healing as well... Oh, wait... I guess that's not going to work out"
WhineyLittleTwig(11:45PM)
"There's no way I can play against Spidey in PVP... He makes huge protect tiles and heals his whole team, all the time!
Back at the D3 headquarters:
"Oh bugger... people on the net think he's too powerful with Venom, and OBW. And on his own!"
"Wow, I do't understand, why?"
*Devs play with a couple of combinations*
Junior Programmer: "Well.. maybe we can make a couple of other strong characters, let everyone have a few options... it's not that OP!"
Devs: *Collective sigh*
*Junior programmer is swiftly fired*
"Hmm... Bagman creates web tiles too... we should probably change him too!"
"Ok... let's fix this!"
Devs decide to announce BullsEyes 3'rd ability:
"You guys should be really excited! Bull's-Eye has a new ability which at max level: Deals 1000 damage, and destroys all critical tiles, dealing 200 damage for each critical tile destroyed. Also, in the interests of making a more fair playing experience, we've decided to nerf Amazing SpiderMan. Also Venom, OBW, Bagman, 2* Thor and Starlord. Because nothing. We don't need to tell you why we do things. Spidey was overpowered. That's why. We tested him thoroughly, but you guys keep on creating these broken combos! Stop it.No, you can't get the HP you spent on Amazing Spiderman covers back. Enjoy the new BullsEye!"
*Amazing Spidey is nerfed to the level of current 3* Spiderman
*Splash screens celebrating the new Bullseye all over MPQ
Back at D3 dev headquarters:
"Great job guys, let's go grab some beers!"
"Awesome"
*Devs fail to get beers because players have stopped paying for covers, or anything else.
*** NOTE: I think Amazing Spidey may be a bit OP. Just an example for fun.
"You know, I don't think we've given Spiderman enough attention because of that stupid Sony deal, and people are still unhappy about that nerf. Let's make a 4* Spiderman"
"Yeah, awesome. Let's use Todd MacFarlane's art for a cover, and make him super-webby."
"Yeah, we just can't make him too powerful, otherwise people are going to complain, and he might change the game balance"
"Yeah, what is the game-balance at the moment again?"
*Checks over a list of complaints* "Oh people are complaining that at the top XForce and 4*Thor are all over the place, so we can't make him as powerful as them."
Intern: "But maybe if we introduced a new character nearly as powerful as them, it might make competition at the top more interesting?"
"NO!! The only way to solve that problem is to make XForce and 4Thor less powerful!!! Then maybe we'll see more people playing beast!"
*Intern is swiftly fired*
"Cool, we've solved the intern problem, let's make a Spiderman!"
The Amazing Spiderman (Super Webby)
Health level: Support tier [4*]
Spiderman is awesome. He can literally walk into a room full of villains and web them all against the wall...
Stick em too it! 12
Spiderman webs all the criminals to the walls. At later levels, he webs the doors closed too, preventing the criminals from escaping, or new threats from entering.
Level 1: Stuns the opposing team for 1 turn, creates 1 web tile for each opponent stunned.
Level 2: Stuns the target for 2 turns, and each other member of the opposing team stunned for 1 turn, creates 1 web tile for each opponent stunned.
Level 3... etc.
Level 5: Stuns target for 3 turns, each other member of the opposing team for 2 turns. Creates 2 Web tiles per opponent and 2 purple strength X protect tiles.
Oh, that's useful! * Passive *
Spiderman grabs some webbing to tie up his teams' wounds during the fight.
Level 1: If there are ever more than 5 web tiles on the board, Spidey is stunned for 2 turns while he refills his webshooters. Every turn, each ally burst heals 25 for each web tile on the board.
Level 2: More than 6 tiles, burst heal 50/tile.
Level 3: More than 7 tiles, 1 turn stun.
Level 4: More than 8 tiles, Burst heal 75/tile
Level 5: Burst heal 150/tile
I'm charging my cannons 6
Spiderman has invented a secret solution which dissolves his webs and allows him to recharge his web-shooters on the go... His spider-sense keeps him safe while he recharges.
Level 1: Turns all web tiles into basic blue tiles
Level 2: Turns all web tiles into blue, creates strength 50 purple protect tile
...
Level 4: Turns all web tiles blue, creates one purple protect tile, strength = 20 * number of web tiles.
Level 5: Turns all web tiles blue, creates 2 purple protect tiles, strength = 25 * number of web tiles.
Back at the D3 headquarters:
"Awesome character guys, let's test him out"
* D3 play a couple of prelude games with new Spiderman*
"Yeah... his powers are very strong, but he doesn't deal any ability damage, so I think that's ok."
" What about the 2 turn team stun?"
" No, that's ok... no-one can make enough AP in 2 turns to do anything useful anymore, we've fixed that..."
"Yeah, no problem, he is a four star anyway, so he can be strong, let's announce him!"
Meanwhile, on the forums:
TinyKitty (8:35 am)
"Wow... He's not great, just like the other weak 4*s they've release recently, but it could be a great combo between him and Venom! You can devour any character for only 24 blue and black AP! With a couple of bursts, you can do that in 4 turns"
Interested2Star(10:40am)
"His Purple and his healing could be great with OBW... That's like, lots of healing, as long as you have the blue to create web-tiles. And to use OBW's healing as well... Oh, wait... I guess that's not going to work out"
WhineyLittleTwig(11:45PM)
"There's no way I can play against Spidey in PVP... He makes huge protect tiles and heals his whole team, all the time!
Back at the D3 headquarters:
"Oh bugger... people on the net think he's too powerful with Venom, and OBW. And on his own!"
"Wow, I do't understand, why?"
*Devs play with a couple of combinations*
Junior Programmer: "Well.. maybe we can make a couple of other strong characters, let everyone have a few options... it's not that OP!"
Devs: *Collective sigh*
*Junior programmer is swiftly fired*
"Hmm... Bagman creates web tiles too... we should probably change him too!"
"Ok... let's fix this!"
Devs decide to announce BullsEyes 3'rd ability:
"You guys should be really excited! Bull's-Eye has a new ability which at max level: Deals 1000 damage, and destroys all critical tiles, dealing 200 damage for each critical tile destroyed. Also, in the interests of making a more fair playing experience, we've decided to nerf Amazing SpiderMan. Also Venom, OBW, Bagman, 2* Thor and Starlord. Because nothing. We don't need to tell you why we do things. Spidey was overpowered. That's why. We tested him thoroughly, but you guys keep on creating these broken combos! Stop it.No, you can't get the HP you spent on Amazing Spiderman covers back. Enjoy the new BullsEye!"
*Amazing Spidey is nerfed to the level of current 3* Spiderman
*Splash screens celebrating the new Bullseye all over MPQ
Back at D3 dev headquarters:
"Great job guys, let's go grab some beers!"
"Awesome"
*Devs fail to get beers because players have stopped paying for covers, or anything else.
*** NOTE: I think Amazing Spidey may be a bit OP. Just an example for fun.
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funny, how long did it take for you to type this...hope it wasn't on your phone. thx0
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Not on my phone, no way! Still took a bit of time. Was just unhappy with the latest set of nerfs, but figured I'd try to be creative rather than another whiny voice. I think I may be a bit unfair on the devs, but then, when they nerf one character before they even release him, another one two weeks after release, and then a whole new bunch of nerfs, you really have to wonder how in touch with the game they really are!0
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Thank you. I actually enjoyed reading that and made me forget how pissed I am about the changes. Uh oh, but now that I'm finished reading...0
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