Rage Update 58

Discussion in 'Gotham City (General Gameplay)' started by Nergzrbunny1, Mar 18, 2016.

  1. Delta796th Loyal Player

    Not.arguing, but it does make a difference. If you are talking +/- 5% and you do math incorrect...
    Than your result and conclusion are incorrect.
  2. Wallachia Devoted Player


    Why is that? IMHO it becomes a relevant difference when it's more than 1% damage. I'm aware I may be wrong, but still, what can be settled is that the damage difference between those powersets is indeed considerable.
  3. Delta796th Loyal Player

    Sure and I agree. But when done incorrectly it comes to 28% difference. When trying to hit -/- 5% those little.math numbers matter
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  4. Wallachia Devoted Player


    I see what you mean now. Thank you for the clarification.
  5. Protecktor MKV Committed Player

    Very interesting. I'm curious how your next test goes. Thanks for doing them.
  6. Off Side Well-Known Player

    What's your point with this?

    That you don't know how to use Rage?

    Edit. Sorry, I was rude, my apologies.
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  7. Proxystar #Perception

    Mepps said the only damage tunso seemingly cares is boss damage?

    This is extraordinary, how do we get that far through the balancing of powers and then have this said?

    Not only would I come out and say damage isn't even balanced on bosses the sheer fact you're ignoring add damage when the scoreboard doesn't is ludicrous...

    Where do to think your community is looking when it comes to balance? The scoreboard or the damage parser.

    They're not looking at the parser that's for sure.

    I'm calling time on this trash tbh. I've sat here for months and months hoping this would work out. But it's not, it's just becoming more of a farce.

    We still have fotm players running around acting like the scoreboard is the be all and end all of their awesomeness and meanwhile the community suffers and becomes more and more negative as a result.

    Either start taking a better approach to balance or scrap the scoreboard.

    Enough is really enough.
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  8. SkullGang Devoted Player

    Don't scrap the scoreboard but adjust what is shown. Have a table for Adds/ Boss 1/ Boss 2 / Boss 3. If they don't care about adds then they need to be specific in what damage is being shown.
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  9. Wallachia Devoted Player

    Their scoreboards should be divided in 4 pages:

    1 - Damage output
    2 - Healing output
    3 - Aggro output
    4 - Power output

    Each page would measure who did the most damage and healing, who drew more aggro and who restored more power. Then we'd know if people played their roles properly.
  10. Lord Jareth Steadfast Player

    Eat big belly burger and be happy for the day. ;)
  11. Sleepy Healer Steadfast Player

    I agree with tunso. Boss fights is the real place tof test powers dmg. U can't really show balance on trash when it's simply a matter of who gets there firat gets the most dmg
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  12. Quantum Rising Dedicated Player

    Tbh I lost hope for power balance when someone pointed out a quote from one of the devs saying roughly 'I don't mind if one or two powers are at the top tier and the rest fall below'. That pretty much told me all I needed to know. Personally I think they've kind of given up on power balancing. The range modifier is the 'duct tape' that they're using instead of true power balancing but that's just imho.
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  13. HideTheBodies Loyal Player

    This is all a symptom of one of the major problems the game has had for a long time: the disconnect between the way the devs assume the game will be played (intended) vs the way players actually play (reality). It was only last July that they acknowledged that mid range even exists.
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  14. Fatal Star 10000 Post Club

    I've said this before and I'll say it again.


    As long as the scoreboard shows damage done to mobs, true balance will never be achieved due to the various speeds in AM activations.

    Remove add damage or give all powers a short cut / burst option
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  15. majosea Dedicated Player

    scrap the scoreboard. great idea , but when group start wiping them won't know whom to kick , the there a hugh thread on who want it removed , it would a big backlash form players more than the rage game update 58 just saying
  16. D4rkB0w Active Player




    Agree, but dmg page should be split to adds dmg and boss dmg (because some power do have advantage on adds and some on bosses), mby even add page 5 - we can call it MVP or whatever where you can see number of pickups and if there is sth to activate or carry.
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  17. Greenman_x Steadfast Player

    This. The scoreboard should NEVER be removed, only adjusted. Boss vs add damage should be the first thing they change.
  18. same Johnny Dedicated Player

    Balance is a carrot on a stick, sadly. From a business point of view, it's not even good. Money needs to be made. I firmly believe the people making this game are passionate about it. Just look at SJ, for example. But the people paying their salary want money, not passion. RB fuel this game, Power tokens are likely second. If these drop because everyone is happily running their power and feeling they are balanced or equal, heads will roll.

    Or something.

    As I'm discussing Quantum in a different thread, I now remember how this OP was surprised to learn Quantum had had its damage adjusted for mid-range. Shocking, I know.

    Carry on.
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  19. HideTheBodies Loyal Player

    While I do agree that trash damage is irrelevant, the reason they only balance on boss damage is because it's easier.
  20. SkullGang Devoted Player

    Yeah. Also if they do this we will be able to further identify what powers have a clear advantage in fights without adds skewing the numbers.