randy19

Every developer from every game has that same mindset. It's just a lot harder to get it right than to say it. No dev ever nerfs something with the explicit intention to make it worthless. It's usually just a result of a dev not wanting to nerf too little, so they nerf too much instead. And I really hope the devs of this game won't make the same mistake. It's easy to say they want to balance top performers without making them unusable, it's a lot harder to follow up on this without overdoing it. So I really hope that the devs are very, very, very carefull with any kind of nerfs and double and triple check that they don't go too far. There's few things that are as annoying as spending months on building your perfect deck, only for a patch to swoop in and make it worthless junk. That's the kinda stuff that makes people quit the game. Usually devs are too scared that the changes won't be enough that they'd rather overshoot than undershoot and that just sucks for the players of whatever was nerfed, and doesn't bring a benefit to anyone else, because nerfs are inherently destructive in nature, they are just there to take something away, not provide something else. So everyone who plays something different than what is being nerfed has no benefit, only the players of what was nerfed having had their playstyle ruined. And yes, I get it, I have a fire deck and a Batariel in my deck so obviously people will just dismiss everything I say with a "Git gud" or "You're just scared your crutch won't be OP anymore" or other stupid stuff like that. But I really hope devs are extremely carefull with this. Making small changes and following up on them if they are not enough, is ALWAYS better than making big changes that overdo it. This is especially concerning since the newspost reads that they have made "substantial" changes to T4 fire, which does sound dangerously like the complete opposite, make huge changes, and then see if they don't overshoot way too much, and maybe fix it later if it turns out a pure fire deck is now completely worthless, rather than beeing careful and tactful while approaching the nerf to begin with. That sentence alone made me EXTREMELY concerned for this nerf wave. Please devs, be CAREFUL, you can always have a second nerf if the first isn't enough, but if you overshoot, people who enjoy this playstyle will be unable to enjoy the game for months to come.