I probably shouldn't be, but i can't help it--Super Excited for Balance Notes Today

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Anyone else really excited that maybe, just maybe, ea/cg will hit the nail on the head and balance this game out?!
I so badly want to see a multitude of different arena teams.
I've lost count of how many Dooku's I've fought these past months.

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  • Nikoms565
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    I want to be optimistic. That the update will make many teams/leaders viable. But the past has shown that the meta will more than likely simply shift...not open up. *shrug*

    I hope I'm wrong, but my "excitement" is very tempered. :|
    In game name: Lucas Gregory FORMER PLAYER - - - -"Whale blah grump poooop." - Ouchie

    In game guild: TNR Uprising
    I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
    *This space left intentionally blank*
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    #updatehype

    If this makes 25% more heroes viable in arena then I'll be psyched.
    My name is cosmicturtle333, aka CT-333, aka Threes.
  • Ivan_Drago
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    edited April 2016
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    What is the reason to be excited? There is enough grind already. The last thing I would want is the need to grind yet another characters, if they are to be made OP. I would much rather concentrate on those already at my disposal (working on gears is quite a challenge already). As such, I would of course prefer that relative strength of characters is unchanged
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    I agree CT, 25% would be awesome. I'd love to be able to use a leader that give defense up to the party and have it be viable.
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    @Ivan_Drago
    Diversity is the exciting part. Sick of the monotony and copycat teams.
    If you like to eat the same thing for dinner every night, I can understand why this update may not be for you.
    But if you like some flavor, some spice, this is a good thing.
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    #updatehype

    If this makes 25% more heroes viable in arena then I'll be psyched.

    This!
  • CPMP
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    The whole purpose of this game is to collect heroes. Every piece of the game, every battle, is towards to that end. And having 90% of useless heroes, made the game broken. This balance patch should have been the top priority in the game. I'm happy it finally arrives.
  • Ivan_Drago
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    edited April 2016
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    @Ivan_Drago
    Diversity is the exciting part. Sick of the monotony and copycat teams.
    If you like to eat the same thing for dinner every night, I can understand why this update may not be for you.
    But if you like some flavor, some spice, this is a good thing.

    This flavour and spice would not do anything but harm for me: I only have a limited number of characters fully upgraded, as upgrades and gearing is a pain in this game. If other characters are made strong, what would it bring me apart from another several-months-long grind projects? Perhaps new grind is fun for you, but not really for me
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    I hope they make the right changes with this update. I'm not entirely optimistic, but maybe they will surprise us.
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    Nikoms565 wrote: »
    I want to be optimistic. That the update will make many teams/leaders viable. But the past has shown that the meta will more than likely simply shift...not open up. *shrug*

    I hope I'm wrong, but my "excitement" is very tempered. :|

    That is true of any similar game. A meta will always emerge. Balance may make more toons viable, but a few ones will always remain the best choice.

    The best situation we could have is a rock paper scissor one, where the best team would have one clear weakness that another team could exploit. But then again, someone would eventually find a character to mitigate that weakness.
  • RAYRAY
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    I too am excited! I have a good bench and am looking forward to making them useful in arena (and raids in a few weeks). It is an exciting time to play the game!
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    RAYRAY wrote: »
    I too am excited! I have a good bench and am looking forward to making them useful in arena (and raids in a few weeks). It is an exciting time to play the game!
    100+% with this guy. Can't wait!!

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    Over the past week I have stopped doing Squad Arena or GW consistently, and have been paralyzed and unwilling to spend any of my limited credits on promoting toons to 7* or leveling them to my now 72 maximum because I don't want to (for example) pour a ton of resources into Geonosian Soldier or Count Dooku only for them to be completely obsoleted by the "Balance Patch".

    A lot is riding on the patch notes and update this week. It will determine if I stick it out or uninstall the game. Given EA's current shrewd and manipulative tactics and inability to balance their game I am not optimistic, but am watching with keen interest.
  • Nikoms565
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    I hear you Hawk. I actually have 2 heroes sitting at 6* with 100 shards (Ahsoka and RP), but don't want to spend the credits/training droids until I know something about what's coming - and how it might change the effectiveness of either of them, or someone else.

    In game name: Lucas Gregory FORMER PLAYER - - - -"Whale blah grump poooop." - Ouchie

    In game guild: TNR Uprising
    I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
    *This space left intentionally blank*
  • Mol_Eliza_99999
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    edited April 2016
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    We are raising expectations and then complain the update falls short of those expectations.

    Re: meta. Any team can beat another team simply because AI is awful on defense. You can have FO or Jedi team and beat Dooku-lead team. So diversity is there. Also, Dooku-lead may be changing as I type. At lvl 74, QGJ gets 168 speed as L. Add Yoda and Ahsoka, and a different team shape starts to take shape. You may still require Rey (if you have pre crafted furnaces!) and RG to complete it.
  • Irics
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    Life fact: excitement leads to disappointment 90% of the time

    Solution: don't get excited and you won't be disappointed
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)
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    Trying to be optimistic but honestly have no faith that these balance changes will be implemented without breaking most of the character skills and making geo soldier even more annoying.
  • thecuriousocelot
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    edited April 2016
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    it's gonna be great :)
  • CPMP
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    We are raising expectations and then complain the update falls short of those expectations.

    Re: meta. Any team can beat another team simply because AI is awful on defense. You can have FO or Jedi team and beat Dooku-lead team. So diversity is there. Also, Dooku-lead may be changing as I type. At lvl 74, QGJ gets 168 speed as L. Add Yoda and Ahsoka, and a different team shape starts to take shape. You may still require Rey (if you have pre crafted furnaces!) and RG to complete it.

    People be like :
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    One vote of confidence, they were going to release it with lvl 80 cap increase and held off.
    I hope that means that they have been testing it these past few weeks and tweaking it.
    Hopefully, we'll get a well-thought out, tested, update.
  • Nikoms565
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    Hopefully, we'll get a well-thought out, tested, update.
    You realize your still posting on the EA/CG forums right??
    About Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes??

    I sometimes post on the wrong forums too - it's okay. It's like accidentally hitting "Reply All". It's all good. You can just click on the gear thing in the upper right hand corner and hit "Edit" when do that. Or ask a Bentwookie to just delete your thread - he's really helpful like that.
    In game name: Lucas Gregory FORMER PLAYER - - - -"Whale blah grump poooop." - Ouchie

    In game guild: TNR Uprising
    I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
    *This space left intentionally blank*
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    If you want to see a bunch of different arena teams, make a limit as to how far you can drop in a day.
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    @Nikoms565
    LOL, oh junk, you're right. Wrong forum. Silly me.
    Learning from the past is over rated anyway.
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)

    How many mod tokens for a hat?
    My name is cosmicturtle333, aka CT-333, aka Threes.
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)

    How many mod tokens for a hat?

    The same it takes to get General Grievious. :D
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)

    How many mod tokens for a hat?

    The same it takes to get General Grievious. :D

    I hope they come in a size that fits whales.
    My name is cosmicturtle333, aka CT-333, aka Threes.
  • Nikoms565
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)

    How many mod tokens for a hat?

    More than Bentwookie has...clearly.
    In game name: Lucas Gregory FORMER PLAYER - - - -"Whale blah grump poooop." - Ouchie

    In game guild: TNR Uprising
    I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
    *This space left intentionally blank*
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    It should be interesting. I'm hoping they announce the new "Mod Shard Shop" :)

    How many mod tokens for a hat?

    The same it takes to get General Grievious. :D

    I hope they come in a size that fits whales.

    One whale size fits the entire FTP community.
  • LeoRavus
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    I hope we get enough info to start farming shards again. I have thousands of GW and arena tokens saved until I hear something certain.

    If only there wasn't a stupid gap between when we can cash them in. It'll take days and days.
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