Carnifexx said: Would a new Gambit nerf help the game or is it too late and would a nerf create too much ill will? I’m sick of seeing so much Gambit, but I just champed him!
Tony_Foot said: We know it’s coming, they already told us officially on the forum it was being worked on. It’s just waiting to see how bad the beating is. They said they didn’t want to stop him being the best, I have a feeling they will take Lucille to him as usual when they nerf.
evade420 said: I feel like they will nerf him just enough that he is no longer viable as a must have for PvP .
Jaedenkaal said: Viable as a must-have. Interesting concept. I'm assuming you mean, viable, but not a must-have.
Jabrony_Geoff said: If they nerf Gambit in a bad way you will see mass game uninstalls like never before.#justsaying.
GrimSkald said: Gambit is roughly 20%-50% better than any other character. He really is. Sure, you can beat him with a good team more than 50% of the time, but Gambit wins against a non-Gambit team, what, 99% of the time? Maybe 99.5%? I've been playing Gambit since November of last year - I wipe to Gambit teams probably about 5-10% of the time - rarely, but it does happen. I think I've wiped to a non Gambit team once or twice in that same time period - out of literally hundreds if not thousands of matches.The nerf is coming, he's gross. No character released since comes even close to his power level. Frankly, it's long over due. At this point it's only a question of when and how much. If you were thinking of entering the 5* tier, I'd wait until it's done. If you don't have Gambit, you will be meat for the Gambit teams. If you do have Gambit (and don't have two other top tier 5*s,) if he gets nerfed badly you'll be in bad shape afterward.
Gambit is roughly 20%-50% better than any other character. He really is. Sure, you can beat him with a good team more than 50% of the time, but Gambit wins against a non-Gambit team, what, 99% of the time? Maybe 99.5%? I've been playing Gambit since November of last year - I wipe to Gambit teams probably about 5-10% of the time - rarely, but it does happen. I think I've wiped to a non Gambit team once or twice in that same time period - out of literally hundreds if not thousands of matches.
The nerf is coming, he's gross. No character released since comes even close to his power level. Frankly, it's long over due. At this point it's only a question of when and how much.
If you were thinking of entering the 5* tier, I'd wait until it's done. If you don't have Gambit, you will be meat for the Gambit teams. If you do have Gambit (and don't have two other top tier 5*s,) if he gets nerfed badly you'll be in bad shape afterward.
I like you completely ignore half of the game. Gambit is slow on PVE compared to other 5s. He is tops for PVP but not by that much. Someone using a half health Thor can drop him before he gets off a single power.
babinro said: Jabrony_Geoff said: If they nerf Gambit in a bad way you will see mass game uninstalls like never before.#justsaying. We've had several meta defining characters nerfed over the years. They know exactly what to expect by now.We have no reason to believe the mass uninstalls will be any worse than those that happened with Rags, Spidey, Mags, Sentry XF, Thor, OML's and now Gambits.
Qubort said: GrimSkald said: Gambit is roughly 20%-50% better than any other character. He really is. Sure, you can beat him with a good team more than 50% of the time, but Gambit wins against a non-Gambit team, what, 99% of the time? Maybe 99.5%? I've been playing Gambit since November of last year - I wipe to Gambit teams probably about 5-10% of the time - rarely, but it does happen. I think I've wiped to a non Gambit team once or twice in that same time period - out of literally hundreds if not thousands of matches.The nerf is coming, he's gross. No character released since comes even close to his power level. Frankly, it's long over due. At this point it's only a question of when and how much. If you were thinking of entering the 5* tier, I'd wait until it's done. If you don't have Gambit, you will be meat for the Gambit teams. If you do have Gambit (and don't have two other top tier 5*s,) if he gets nerfed badly you'll be in bad shape afterward. I like you completely ignore half of the game. Gambit is slow on PVE compared to other 5s. He is tops for PVP but not by that much. Someone using a half health Thor can drop him before he gets off a single power.
You know, that's fair, I was primarily focusing on PVP, but to be honest, other than the 5* node PVE is just plain not a serious challenge to a 5* player. Gambit is quite literally a little too much horsepower for PVE - you don't need your attacks to be that big so you'd rather have someone super fast like half-health Thor, Dr. Strange, and Thanos. Gambit is on the slow side for PVE, so if you're concerned with speed, he's often not your best choice.
I will say this - when I have actual trouble with the 5* node, I hit it with GamThor. Particularly if CoulHawk is a bad option for whatever reason (I'm looking at you, 1st Sub of DPvsMPQ.)
Regarding the second thing you said - someone with a half-heatlh Thor and... say, a half-health Daredevil will probably kill Gambit before he gets off a single power... probably between 20 and 40% of the time. Less than half the time, certainly. Your win/loss % will be okay, though I suspect worse than pretty much any other team. Now flip the teams - play Gambit/whomever against Thor/DD. I bet the Gambit team will win a much higher % of the time even counting the offensive advantage of starting Thor and DD at half-health. Gambit is significantly more powerful than any other character.
WEBGAS said: Supposed that you all "asking for Gambit nerf" will be pleased and the nerf will go live : what's the next?Will be there a massive request for a GThor Nerf?And Then?Okoye ? JJ ? DD?Why, for Heaven's sake, players have to ask for a nerf?Couldn't it be way better to ask for a buff to other unplayable characters like Banner or Ock for example?Why don't ask for a good counter?My Gambit is only champed since a couple of months and I admit to using him a lot but is this a reason to break him with a nerf?Just like they did with OML, Thoress, Sentry, Spidey, XFW and so on?No Nerfs please, but only Buffs