Darth Sidious, buffed?!
I'm not sure what the devs were thinking, as he was already the most soughtafter character from Arena and it fell like you were gimping yourself if you bothered to choose anything else. So they decide it's a good thing to offer him -significant- buffs with this:
Known for his ability to outmaneuver Jedi with seemingly unnatural capabilities, this component of his persona is now being rolled into his ability kit.
Sadistic Glee: gains “In addition, he has +35% Evasion against Jedi attacks.
As well as this:
Demoralizing Blows: base damage increased by approximately 40%.
Honestly, he should have been nerfed, if anything. His AoE was very strong and his heal immunity was already almost gamebreakingly strong. The only way for a Jedi lineup to stand a chance against him was to burst him down quick, but now that he has 35% evade that won't be possible. All the while he will be doing more damage than ever. Sigh.
Known for his ability to outmaneuver Jedi with seemingly unnatural capabilities, this component of his persona is now being rolled into his ability kit.
Sadistic Glee: gains “In addition, he has +35% Evasion against Jedi attacks.
As well as this:
Demoralizing Blows: base damage increased by approximately 40%.
Honestly, he should have been nerfed, if anything. His AoE was very strong and his heal immunity was already almost gamebreakingly strong. The only way for a Jedi lineup to stand a chance against him was to burst him down quick, but now that he has 35% evade that won't be possible. All the while he will be doing more damage than ever. Sigh.
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Had to do something about the new character power creep though. The skills for the new guys sound immense.
Every does notice that jedi wad the FOTM before this patch right? Now it's balanced a little! Haha
BTW Maul is really slow and really squishy. A simple single target skill kills him. So if you see Maul, murder him.
I already felt like I was gimping myself by not getting Sid though. He was just that strong.
The dmg increase on Asajj us very significant too. Try her
Erm that's because they nerfed sid hard before global release. The skill dmg of sid is so bad hardly anyone uses it. Assaj however was already doing very decent dmg with her skill, so her base dmg buff is actually more significant. Try it. Really.
Maul is so slow, I haven't seen anyone slower than him, with 5 characters to beat him down, if you still fail to do so or at least skill block him with lumi...
Someone should post a video of soft launch sid lol. Everyone will be surprised
As for Maul, Asajj and Ahsoka are the two slowest characters known so far. I just had a Maul in GW that was 2 levels over me go after I 3 characters turns, 1 of which he dodged. He promptly used the AoE and instagibbed Ahsoka and Consular from full HP. Alone.
They should of just made Sidious harder to acquire
This hahahahaja
The best quote that I have come across in this forum!
The one character they just sent to the trash can is resistance trooper/pilot. Completely worthless now
Haven't pitted him against jedis much today, but saying it's imposible....
Things like this happen to avoid cookie cutter teams and make people mix and match. Right now theres a good pool of characters too use. If you want to use jedis you'll have advantage against some and be weak against others. If you want to use droids, the same issue.
Although I dont know where the Devs are going with so much balance changes in the game. Shouldn't they see how will their future character releases affect the game and plan ahead? Instead of abrupt changes oftenly?
There is always a char that will rival another you just have to find it.