Is the lack of a robust and effective defense system the root of SWGoH balance issues?
February 5, 2016 4:24PM
edited February 2016
Is the lack of a robust and effective defense system the root of SWGoH balance issues? 76 votes
Yes
46%
35 votes
No
22%
17 votes
Maybe
19%
15 votes
I love one shot meta's every update foreva MOAR one shots please!
11%
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Exactly! What does that mean? Because I don't see anything even close in SWGoH to a robust and effective defensive system. Armor is a joke, defense up is a giggle, some tanks have less Hp then attackers, evasion is laughably useful, ect ect ect. And this leads to 90% of nerf this toon posts Poe included evolving from I get one shot so its broken. Fix defensive mechanic's, solve the majority of this toons too OP balance issues.
I do agree that defensive stats need to be more significant but I don't think it will be a cure all for the games balance problems. Speed will still be king, Poe giving the whole team a first turn advantage and a taunt will still make him the best tank by far and call in attacks will still be somewhat overpowered.
So while I agree with your conclusion I don't agree with your premise that it is the root of the games balance problems. It's just one amoung others.
Probably no way to easily introduce this complexity into the game now, but agree that giving characters defense in ways that just go beyond more hit points (e.g. the scene in Empire where Han shoots at Vader in the dining room, and Vader just casually deflects the shot) would be useful.
I can appreciate that, as that is the reason for a poll to hear others opinions! I personally feel you have to have a good foundation for defense and offense before utilities like turn mapulation and expose can be truely valued for balance issues. I see utilities being OP as a symptom of a lack of core foundation. Look at it like American football you have offense defense and special teams (utilities). It's great to have an extra point from the kickers now and again, but with no defense whoever has the best offense is still going to win, unless that kicker gets lucky I.e.(Poe goes first as an example)
Not sure if its hard to code
It would make the game last longer and defending more viable
Arena is all speed n dps now.
However that doesn't mean this speed + damage meta doesn't need to change.
Offense was too easy and people complained that they were being steamrolled. Defense meant nothing so people didn't care about the layout of their base.
In response defense was made more robust and effective. Immediately afterward people complained offense was too hard and that they'd wasted X dollars buying crystals to speed timers on construction of units.
Does this mean there isn't a middle ground? No. But be careful what you ask for.
None of this has to do with the current garbage meta though.
It's not rocket surgery.
generate enough offense to compete.
Seems like the issue at the moment is there are too many assist callers in general with too good of crits. And that seems to be a response to a making some of the fastest characters having powerful stuns. The addition of new characters over the past couple months had started to adjust that.
Example 1:
You could drag Finn's useless advantage ability to the bottom so he would use his 1) Stun 2) Basic 3) Advantage up in that order.
Example 2:
With characters like Yoda & Rey, you could drag their basic abilities to the top so they would get foresight on their first turn if you wanted to play defensively.
It would you give you a greater measure of control over your squad but your characters would still have to use all of their abilities. Just a thought.
"Should defensive stats be meaningful in SWGOH?"
Done.