supergarv said: Currently playing gambit vs gambit plus a synergetic 4/5* can get you out of PVP matches without using healthpacks. Most 5* players adapted to this, you rarely see BB as accelerator because of this.The „nerf“ will still make Gambit viable, but not without getting seriously injured in a mirror match due to no CD overwrite.Thats what D3 wants you to do, buy buy health packs and shields. Thats all the balancing they need, deal with it, and don‘t expect them to really adjust 5* equality.
MgoBlue51 said: Should we be afraid moving forward that they might nerf whoever is currently at the top of the heap in 5s... while releasing boring or “off” new characters like wasp? There will always be a “best” character in every tier. And while gambit was too good, they have now (in my opinion) over nerfed the last 2 consensus best 5s. Not into trash but definitely harder than necessary (feels like a knee jerk reaction... someone is too good for too long? Hit them harder than necessary) I don’t see it as doomsday, but I do see it as a problem. Why should we chase anything awesome, when there’s a big chance that it will be nerfed hard enough to warrant a usability question? The only way to be safe is to assume everyone worth having will someday be not worth having.
supergarv said: Currently playing gambit vs gambit plus a synergetic 4/5* can get you out of PVP matches without using healthpacks. Most 5* players adapted to this, you rarely see BB as accelerator because of this.
HoundofShadow said: The Gambit nerf was made due to players' months of requests to nerf Gambits, and not because sales are poor for healthpacks and shielding. If you think they nerfed Gambit due to wanting players to spend more on shield or healthpack, then you must be posting in a different forum for the past six months or so.If they are so concerned about shield or healthpack, there won't be win-based pvp today.
Jonny1Punch said: I totally agree with Viral. The new updated “nerf to the nerf “barely touched his core problems. Extremely disappointing. We better see some massive reworks and buffs next season or a massive exodus of players/spenders will leave the game.Time to do some major quality of life upgrades to most older classic bargain bin 5*. Buff health, match damage, increase power output with lowered AP costs for starters.
HoundofShadow said: It's kind of difficult to envision that the devs nerfed Gambit due to healthpacks or shielding. I think you must have missed the topic spanning 36 pages of Gambit discussion and other topics that sprung up every now and then calling for nerfs by the vets.The main target for spending HP is on Roster Slots (~60%) and Comic Packs (~30%). Assuming you are correct that they want players to spend more HP on healthpacks and shielding, and that's why they decided to nerf gambit. Wouldn't it make more sense to reduce the number of healthpacks every players have, instead of increasing it from 5 to 10, increase the timer to regenerate healthpack from 36 minutes to 45 minutes or even cap the maximum number of healthpack any players can hold to 10. As for shielding, they implemented win-based pvp and more players are getting higher progression rewards without using shields. So, all in all, it doesn't make sense, and I haven't seen many posts saying that devs nerf gambit due to poor healthpack or shielding sales. The two of you are the first that I've seen using this line of reasoning.
Qubort said: Okoye, JJ, and Thor already better than Gambit and after the nerf takes place, he'll be bottom third. The fact you don't think that's a significant enough nerf shows your blatant bias.
If I manage to get my last 3 needed Okoye covers to finish her, that would take my only mild concern away. As it stands, with 1/2Thor+JJ, I expect to be fine overall, and able to mess around with some other combos during climbs where speed doesn't matter.Might even use Gambit/Goblin for the heck of it.I'm just generally feeling positive about the next season, even knowing I'm never going to come close to an Infinity Gem.Honestly, I expect to see a ton of Okoye/Thor out there as they are very fast and Okoye can keep her health. Really, other than Thor, the meta seems like it could open up a bit while people seek out those speedier teams.I don't know why this is all in a quote window...
ZeiramMR said: One thing I am waiting to see that I haven't spotted from the forum threads is how the repeater appears. Does it only appear on black basic tiles? Does it turn a tile into a black Repeater, that might auto-match like the Scarlet Witch CD? Does it appear on any color?
That's a really good question. Here's the image of the changed power:
Based on the text of the change, I'd say that the repeater will appear in a random tile and be a random color. It shouldn't change the color of the tile it appears on. They may be leaving out some key information - the text sometimes is vague. It's not impossible that it will always appear on a black tile, for example, but almost certainly won't change a tile to black.
That seems to maximize it's utility, but does make it really unpredictable.