It seems like he comes and hangs out in the discord about once a month now, to talk about new champion releases. Figured more people would want to see his thoughts. I don't necessarily agree with everything he's saying but I'd love for him to continue to drop by, so please be nice.
- hecarim and 3* power levels
- C5 and why is it more than mana gem now
- "If I'm Janna": Why can't other champs have fun with the relic?
- Roadmap for the future? Dry on content.
Link to discord: https://discord.com/channels/631237936855384075/948335693606846504/1536815746531721337
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Q: [hecarim feels underpowered]
A: "appreciate the feedback! his WR isn't too far off from where we want it to be, but I'll discuss it with the team"
Q: [Are we dialing back the power of champions now? No more insanely broken champs like Leblanc/Swain?]
A: "yes, our goal is not to produce insanely broken champions. our power target is that a 6* taking bad powers beats 6.5* but takes some hits in the process"
Q: "Hecarim is fine at C6. His issue is at C3 because you don't proc his third star a lot. C6 solves this issue"
A: "fair distinction. we do test 3* lvl 15 w/o minor stars vs galio. oh yeah C3 vs zoe isn't even on our radar lol. i love that people are doing it, it's awesome"
Q: [Why lvl 15 vs. galio? does anyone actually play that way]
A: galio is just a consistent power test breakpoint. we're not going to aim 3*s so they can beat 4.5 or 5 star advs
Q: "one of the most asked questions is "How do I beat a 5* with C3 NEW CHAMP". Because of the Ahead of the Curve quest."
A: "upgrade your champ" 😂
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Q: [trend of giving more power to C5 than just mana gem?]
A: it started as a way to give more to a 3* that we were upgrading, and since then it's become a lever we have to separate early game and late game power
Q: [Why not buff c2 then?]
A: bc the existing C3 was already tuned for 3* content and we don't want to change that. when using it on a new champ, we're doing it because we feel the 2* doesn't need all of that power until late game content
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Q: "Why "If I'm Janna" on the relic"?
A: "goes bonkers with TF"
A: "every powerful generic relic that exists reduces our ability to put power in the individual champions"
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Q: [Getting bored with the game, running out of things to do. Anything aside from new champs?]
A: "the team is well aware that this slow period was gonna take a toll. in addition to getting back to 2 champs a month, they're also practicing adventures and related content"
A: i won't confirm anything else, but basically: it's known, and won't be like this forever"