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Again, this wasn't done because they were over preforming. It was done because they were broken.
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Please explain to me how casting Speed Boost on Animate Stone was "broken," and how making Speed Boost do nothing for Animate Stone but raise run speed is "fixed." Because I'm not getting it.
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It wasn't. No one said it was. It was caught in the crossfire. Castle's already said this wasn't really what they wanted. But the only other alternative to fixing what they wanted to would have resulted in a much worse situation.
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Also, insert standard rant about using "broken" as a rationale for game changes, since it's purely subjective and unverifiable, logically equivalent to "because the game bible says so."
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Er, what is and isn't broken isn't really subjective OR unverifiable.
Does it work X way: Y/N?
Is it suppose to work Y way: Y/N?
If Y to both. Is broken.
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For example, if Castle says the PvE damage levels on Flares and Blaze are going to be switched because the game bible says Flares is intended to do more damage than Blaze, would you just accept the fact that they're "broken?"
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The argument is illogical. The "Game Bible" as you describe it doesn't exist. If you mean the one I outlined above. Well, that one wouldn't encounter a situation like this. For the most part, the Devs have provided adequate explanation and reasoning behind all of the changes I've questioned. The change you've suggest above doesn't follow any logic.
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was the pain of the fix appropriate to the amount of "broken". IE, you have an ingrown toenail, do we amputate your foot? If the original broken was of minimal impact and the fix has major negative impact, do you still fix it? or do you wait for something better to come along?
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We all know that there is no mythical "game bible", but blind acceptance of the dev's claim the power X is broken (in spite of the players view of the power) is no different than mommy and daddy using the irrefutable logic of "because i said so." There is no evidence that VS,LS and GD are broken other than the dev' assertion that they are.
As to the pet AI fix, the reports are mixed from those posting, but it seems that the benefit to that aspect of the game has been so-so at best, which appears completely unbalanced by the huge nerf being applied
