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“OB 44 was the biggest hot mess I have ever
seen in gaming, and I believe it has hurt SIDEBAR: OB45 Adjustments
them more than they have gained.” (Told you
This interview was taken before the re-
the start was strong.) “The idea that they veal and release of OB 45 (obviously).
had with the introduction of the legendary Here’s what Ark had to say about the
changes that this patch introduced.
cards was pretty cool on it’s own, but got
vastly overshadowed by the ridiculously “The changes to Grohk and Ying were
necessary, bringing both to a state where
high essence costs for cards. The new rarity
I feel they should be. The nerf to Maeve
system for loadout cards is also to blame, was far too heavy handed and have killed
her in higher Elo ranges.
arbitrarily forcing the crafting costs to be
higher than they need to be. “The problem is that all the changes were
“I can think of only two reasons why Hi-Rez reactionary to the community’s outrage.
Skye, who is completely broken now, is
would release OB 44 with the numbers that unchanged and was as much, if not more,
they did, and neither are reassuring. The in need of a nerf as Ying. I’m just going to
play Skye and destroy entire teams now.
first is that it was an attempt at a cash grab,
She has a lower time to kill than Maeve.”
plain and simple. The second one is that they
simply didn’t math out the numbers properly The first consideration comes from the fact
before releasing the patch. I honestly don’t that Paladins is a free to play game and the
know which is worse.” developers need to make money somehow.
“I think Hi-Rez shot themselves in the foot
in that regard. The best way to make money
off a free to play game is skins, which have
been sorely lacking in Paladins. Their modular
skin system, allowing for free mixing and
matching of various skin elements, makes
development of said skins a lot harder.”
The second consideration stems from Hi-
Rez ridiculous release schedule for new
content. “Another 13 champions in the next
10 months is simply way too much for them
to balance correctly. As a result, there’s too
little manpower to deal with existing bugs
and balance issues. Shields are still broken,
Androxus’ reversal still feels like Russian
roulette, to name a few.
“The lack of a dedicated QA (quality
assurance) department also doesn’t do
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