Hello guys.
In Battleforge I've always been very present in balancing discussions, but I think we should not repeat the errors of the old EA Phenomic team.
First, most cards are fine. T1 is very well balanced and balance in T4 doesn't matter that much as well since most stuff already is over the top (well, lost spirit ship really needed a nerf).
Therefore, the only real issues are T2 and T3. I think in pve all factions were fairly balanced, however in pvp much imbalancing was present.
T2 pvp:
- Lost Souls basically had everything.
I've seen decks of people with a Nightcrawler, Lost Reaver and Darkelf Assassins, tons of spells and a gigantic T3. Because of the extremely powerful synergy, it was extremely hard to beat the faction. This was also part because frost splashes have access to Kobold Trick and Glacier Shell.
- Bandits were never a really competitive choice.
Without CC and no true harrassment unit, you had to be an inredible player and could not allow any kinds of mistakes. Once you started defending, you basically lost the game.
- And in parts, Twilight was no competitive choice as well (Twilight cards, not fire/nature). With their debuff/sabotage focused army and the transformation ability this could have been one of the most interesting and dynamic factions in the game.
Now, here is what I suggest:
Don't change random cards and units. Let us have goals we want to achieve. Such a goal could be to balance out the T2 and here we move from one faction to the next.
Don't let us repeat the errors of Phenomic where they had no balancing plan and headlessly made changes to a random selection of cards.
BF has a solid basis for balancing and does not need any fundamental reworks. I think we can improve this game even further by tweaking key cards.
Also, I am against an elite of players who deciding where the game is going, you really think they are unbiased? Most just want to have an easier life and propose the according changes.
However, I think it would be reasonable to have a democratic representative system. A system which lets us vote for certain people (maybe every 2 months?) who are the drivers behind discussions.
They propose changes, they decide which cards are going to get balanced, but the changes are only implemented if +50% agee.