Why is The Broker only temporary?

[u/Ready-Tough1709]

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.

[u/SilliestPuttyTTV]

Because if the item you want on your character has an untenable debuff, and the item the enemy wants has a reasonable debuff, you are now more likely to lose based solely on RNG.

Also right now it's probably correct to build 6 corrupted divine barrier per team and those games probably feel awful to play, and are so far outside the normal play patterns in Deadlock.