Ewok stealth nerf? (Damage Change Discussion)
July 6, 2017 3:35PM
edited July 2017
Chief Chirpa and Ewok Elder are doing much less damage on their basic attacks now. Chirpa particularly... mine is critting for 4.5-5k, whereas he used to crit for 7.5-8k. I suspect it is because they changed the primary stat for them. It also looks like they changed the actual stats ... the current Strength level is not as high as the previous Intelligence level was.
The damage decrease is quite significant! Why on earth would the devs do this? It's not like the ewoks were doing too much damage to begin with! And the benefits from the "faction pass" would not have been overpowered if they devs have left the stats and basic damage alone!
*sigh*
Anyone else seeing the same thing? I don't suppose we could get a response on why this was done from the devs. What on earth was the reasoning behind *decreasing* ewok damage?
The damage decrease is quite significant! Why on earth would the devs do this? It's not like the ewoks were doing too much damage to begin with! And the benefits from the "faction pass" would not have been overpowered if they devs have left the stats and basic damage alone!
*sigh*
Anyone else seeing the same thing? I don't suppose we could get a response on why this was done from the devs. What on earth was the reasoning behind *decreasing* ewok damage?
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At first I was speculating, as it certainly appeared to me that they were doing less damage.
And yes, the update does lead one to believe that the damage would increase, which is what bothers me (and probably others that enjoy playing ewoks) even more!
Some data on the pre- and post-faction pass are on a handy reddit post that I just saw : https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/6llzec/ewok_faction_pass_before_and_after/
The damage has certainly decreased, while the update notes suggest that the damage increases
*For a F2P like myself, any easy gear 9 is worth the farm to me!
I'm assuming this was done in an attempt to offset the loss in damage from switching primary stats.
Both were moved from tactics/agility to strength but I don't think either had their gear requirements changed which is standard for doing something like this in order to change the stats and make the toons more effective. If you look they both still have more tactics/agility than strength when usually a toon that's based in a certain stat has that stat as the highest. You can tell any toon's primary stat by checking which one increases physical damage and you'll see it's always the highest stat.
It makes no sense to change them the way they did unless they purposefully wanted to nerf them but in that case it would've been easier to just change the multipliers in their skills.
Yea man I just don't get it. Did someone drop the ball with changing gear, or changing the values of the stats themselves, or was the nerf intentional?
Elder is doing around 150 damage less on his basic, and Chirpa 500 dmg less. It might not seem like a lot at first, but of course this is the damage that gets put through the multipliers, etc., so in reality it is worse than it looks on paper. And on paper, it don't look good!
Nerfs to Chirpa and EE were to relegate them to "utility" while Scout gets dibs on damage dealing. He's now the ewok version of the Clone Sergeant.
I bet Wicket will also dish out loads of damage, while Logray will probably be an effective tank (sorry Teebo, you're not a tank).
https://swgoh.gg/u/arkham/, A Team
I use Troopers as my example. They can auto GW, they do quite well in p2 H AAT, but...since they need an initial kill to start the ball rolling and they r slow...they can't vie for top Arena spots and hold on defense like the current meta. Therefore, noone sings their praises.
Chirpa's lead is a weaker version of Phasma's lead and we know how FO does in Arena.
They do less damage than Troopers out the gate and that's b4 Veers gives them +30% offense. They r slower than Troopers and that's b4 Veers lead adds 20 Speed. We know how Troopers do in Arena.
The only saving grace is Chirpa's Tribal Unity. He calls all Ewoks +1 and there is no damage reduction so that could b a huge hit. But, again, I call attention to his regrettable speed. Guess who gets fractured...
Thread Cleaned! Keep it on topic this time... its not all nefarious sometimes just gotta keep it clean
Agree. They are Nerfed.
Did we somehow break TOS? I probably know the TOS better than most mods now.
Unless the new ewoks dish out massive damage and logray inflicts Mass daze like maul, there is zero chance they can be used in arena, as most arena squads will punish you for dealing critical hits to them without inflicting high damage.
The fixed payout times are the worst part of this game and makes it absolutely family-unfriendly.
Scout has his assist but what ewok can it call to do any real damage?
Wicket, Logray, and Paploo.
That's what everyone is leaving out as they speculate on the changes. They have no idea what these guys are going to do. Who knows, maybe if they still hit harder they'd be massively OP in the end.
I'll take a wait and see approach.