Any serious rumors of a redesign for xfw?

Vhailorx

He's confirmed as up next in ddq now.

(*cough* feel free to weigh in demiurge/d3! *cough*)

Warbringa

Well if they did make him better - more damage to green ability being one easy way to help - too bad they couldn't have waited one more week because I think XFDP was up next and I would have preferred to fight a weaker XFW first rather than a possibly retooled one who is much better. That said.... I am all in favor of a boost for XFW.

Jarvind

I could be wrong, but I don't think there was any official mention of this. The entire thing was stirred up by switching the DDQ order and people just went 'OMG MUST BE BUFFZ.'

ZeiramMR

Jarvind wrote:

I could be wrong, but I don't think there was any official mention of this. The entire thing was stirred up by switching the DDQ order and people just went 'OMG MUST BE BUFFZ.'

Now to be fair, it is possible that people who are code-delving might be behind those rumors and basing it on such information. Or it might not be the case. It has been pretty clearly so for some of the character release guessing games but I'm not sure either way for this example.

Cousin Simpson

ZeiramMR wrote:

Jarvind wrote:

I could be wrong, but I don't think there was any official mention of this. The entire thing was stirred up by switching the DDQ order and people just went 'OMG MUST BE BUFFZ.'

Now to be fair, it is possible that people who are code-delving might be behind those rumors and basing it on such information. Or it might not be the case. It has been pretty clearly so for some of the character release guessing games but I'm not sure either way for this example.

As the person who, as far as I'm bothered to tell, started the rumor, my assumption was simply based on XFW's turn getting pushed back, not by breaking any EULAs.

ronin_san

If the green did improved damage, or his yellow did an AP drain when matched ala She-Hulk, I'd enjoy that. You let him heal, or he does cascade dmg and neuters your strongest AP.

Quebbster

Hi-Fi said Wolverine was intentionally delayed. People started hoping.

MarcusGraves

ZeiramMR wrote:

Jarvind wrote:

I could be wrong, but I don't think there was any official mention of this. The entire thing was stirred up by switching the DDQ order and people just went 'OMG MUST BE BUFFZ.'

Now to be fair, it is possible that people who are code-delving might be behind those rumors and basing it on such information. Or it might not be the case. It has been pretty clearly so for some of the character release guessing games but I'm not sure either way for this example.

The whole thing kinda shows how badly the community is hurting for XFW to be made even a little better since for a lot of players he was our first usable 4*, then we got slammed in the balls on X force and SS.

What irritates me most is the nerf to his green's damage (SS was mad OP with AP gain, no defending it) is that post nerf they released 4*'s with similar AP to damage amounts showing that the damage didn't need to be gutted as hard and that it's now a nerf that could be reverted or at least lessened, yet they still haven't done anything.

TxMoose

"David wrote:

Moore"]Confirming that Nick Fury is correct. The change is intended.

this is all I can find on the matter. without specifying causation only bred speculation and, likely, false hope. if they'd just loosen up the communication muzzles a hair to allow just a little "why" every once in a while, it would go miles with us...

and I agree, I'd love an xfw buff. I came along after the mjolnir-size nerf hammer hit him and never got to play with him in his hayday. I'd love to revisit that version.

Thevipper

Rumor started when sharp dressed hint was put out then 2 days later his ddq was anounced to be pushed back which egged it on even more no one really knows but it defiently alligns but alligning up is different than doing we just have to wait

MarcusGraves

TxMoose wrote:

and I agree, I'd love an xfw buff. I came along after the mjolnir-size nerf hammer hit him and never got to play with him in his hayday. I'd love to revisit that version.

If you got to play him after his huge rework with SS having AP gain for every tile hit and draining out 10 of that AP as well from the enemy, on top of X force being an actually threatening damage power instead of an HP tickle, I promise you that you'd be having withdrawal to this day (like me).

Fairly certain that version would be among the top five 4*'s today.

Vhailorx

MarcusGraves wrote:

TxMoose wrote:

and I agree, I'd love an xfw buff. I came along after the mjolnir-size nerf hammer hit him and never got to play with him in his hayday. I'd love to revisit that version.

If you got to play him after his huge rework with SS having AP gain for every tile hit and draining out 10 of that AP as well from the enemy, on top of X force being an actually threatening damage power instead of an HP tickle, I promise you that you'd be having withdrawal to this day (like me).

Fairly certain that version would be among the top five 4*'s today.

I finished my xfw a month before the nerf sad, but better than a month after!

I think he would be a 'tweener now, a bit better than xpool or thing, but a bit below the current top 5. SS would be a top tier ability (maybe the best 4* power period), and green would be a solid damage dealer/boardshaker, but we would still be squishy, and his yellow is very hard to use well.

I don't think he could compete with the best-in-class 4*s in terms of overall value across all game modes. But the pure awesomeness of black as a fast offensive weapon for pvp would give him a place in the meta.

David [Hi-Fi] Moore

Sorry to rain on any parades, but I've heard nothing of a redesign/buff. This was simply a shuffling of the schedule.

morph3us

And with that: The XFW Support Group meets every Tuesday, at 7pm.

MarcusGraves

morph3us wrote:

And with that: The XFW Support Group meets every Tuesday, at 7pm.

I heard rumor of free coffee and doughnuts.

Melevorn

MarcusGraves wrote:

morph3us wrote:

And with that: The XFW Support Group meets every Tuesday, at 7pm.

I heard rumor of free coffee and doughnuts.

I heard a rumour that the coffee is being buffed to a single-origin from Papua New Guinea and that the doughnuts will get a calorie drain effect.

wymtime

"David wrote:

Moore"]Sorry to rain on any parades, but I've heard nothing of a redesign/buff. This was simply a shuffling of the schedule.

Is there any chance we won't face cyclops? Maybe a different character to face at level 270?

Vhailorx

"David wrote:

Moore"]Sorry to rain on any parades, but I've heard nothing of a redesign/buff. This was simply a shuffling of the schedule.

Thanks for the update!

Can't in good conscience upvote since xfw does desperately need a redesign (give him the health bump he never got in April 2014, double the damage for his green at all levels, and add some ap destruction back to SS. That would be ok and wouldn't rewire testing a rework on his healing power, though it should be switched to a passive that works like switch's blue).

But communication is always appreciated! Is this the only scheduling change, or should we expect more throughout this ddq cycle.

Pants1000

The biggest nerf XFW got was the release of OML. Every once in a while I think about using XFW, then I remember that means I can't use OML.

Devs, let us use them together!

Gari

Yeah. They added the option to sell him