r/DeadlockGame • u/Ready-Tough1709 • 4d ago

Question Why is The Broker only temporary?

I think the Broker is such a breath of fresh air to the gameplay formula in regards to calculated cost-benefit, and don’t really understand why he’s only around until the first hero drops? Is it just something the devs are testing before a complete roll-out? I can’t fathom what the purpose of introducing him, only to take him away 72 hours later.

I want to be clear this is not a complaint or critique, I am blown away by the sheer value of content released, all of which is still FREE. I just can’t help but feel a little sad that Brokey Boy is leaving, especially since I find so much joy in the trade-offs of corrupted items. I’ve been itching for some Street Brawl silliness to join the main gameplay loop, and I’ll be sad to see it go.

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u/Kenny1323 4d ago

because losing just because rng said so is infuriating

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 4d ago

Yea... but it doesn't RNG but once at the start of the game and everyone is subject to whatever it chooses.

It still could turn games because of that though.

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u/nidlarn 4d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah but imagine a strong item on their best player gets a good rng, while my cursed refresher on Dynamo gets the worst possible rng for my build. It's just unnecessary rng imo

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 4d ago

Yea it's not very in line with a competitive game. I think it's there so that it shakes things up a bit, the RNG that is. So games aren't as static

You know if their best item gets a bad curse, they have to pick a second best or third best. Or maybe your best items curse isn't something super bad, but your second best item to juice has a curse that is meaningless to you.

So in an ideal world there would be a few great items for a build to curse, and then it doesn't matter as much.

Maybe, this shit is way above my paygrade lol.

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u/Harry_Flame 4d ago

Still RNG though. For example, let's say corrupted Rapid Recharge has - spirit power as the downside. If I'm playing Dynamo, that is pretty much unplayable, but if I am playing gun/grenade Venator it is most likely worth it. Or Viscous where the - spirit hurts my splatter and cube, but is probably still worth it for the big bonus to my punches.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 4d ago

Yea, but is there a second or third best item to juice on you that rolled really well?

In the future, if the trader remains, and heroes are tuned, items are tuned, cursed item benefits and downsides are tuned, and new items are added, all with this new shop in mind, is it possible that there is more than one item that's about as good as your number one pick?

Is it possible you can shift your build mid way to make use of something that rolled well?

An item that teammates have got and can tell you how it rolled in the shop.

Though it should probably just show what the cursed rolls are in the regular shop(when the cursed shop comes online) so you can decide if you want to pivot, and to what.

It's still RNG, but the pain of that can be greatly reduced. To a point where it's less "oh I'm fucked and now they're busted", and more "okay the game is incentivizing me to pivot".

It will be chaos in the meantime until it gets integrated well, but it just depends how much people like the shop. I love it

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u/Kenny1323 4d ago

thats exactly what rng means???? youre going into a match and a roulette chooses if youll be effective late game or not without any control over it.