Seasonal buff system should go away

[gachi is manly]

What's even the point of it? It's just an extra layer of balancing for no real purpose when you could just as well balance all the heroes at a base level.

All it does is skew the meta towards certain picks. You'll have heroes that feel a bit overtuned (hawkeye seasonal 20% damage boost) and heroes that will feel a lot worse without it (Hulk health boost).

It just seems like such a pointless thing to have. You can get the same results from just having a seasonal balance patch without these extra seasonal buffs.

[Jesi]

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

All it does is skew the meta towards certain picks.

Then you know why it exist...

[gachi is manly]

Originally posted by Jesi:

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

All it does is skew the meta towards certain picks.

Then you know why it exist...

You could do the same thing just buffing/nerfing the hero, though.

Like if you give hawkeye a 20% damage boost one season, then nerf his damage by 20% the next season, it's the exact same as the seasonal boost.

All it does is add another convoluted layer to the balancing. Unless the only balance changes they'll be making ARE these seasonal boosts.

Like they'll probably have to buff Hulk's health pool once the seasonal boost goes away. What's the point in doing that vs just not having seasonal boosts?

[[💩]ImWeTodd-Ded]

i think its smart cuz every patch in most games theres a nerf and buff and people always complain so this system your main may be nerfed or buffed and have to wait till next season to see whats next

[Sacred)(Rhaine]

Originally posted by gachi is manly:

Originally posted by Jesi:

Then you know why it exist...

You could do the same thing just buffing/nerfing the hero, though.

Like if you give hawkeye a 20% damage boost one season, then nerf his damage by 20% the next season, it's the exact same as the seasonal boost.

All it does is add another convoluted layer to the balancing. Unless the only balance changes they'll be making ARE these seasonal boosts.

Like they'll probably have to buff Hulk's health pool once the seasonal boost goes away. What's the point in doing that vs just not having seasonal boosts?

They will prob do both? I guess it will add some variety between seasons if they get some unique boosts. Not strictly a fan of the damage ones but the new abilities could be interesting.

[gachi is manly]

Originally posted by Sacred)(Rhaine:

They will prob do both? I guess it will add some variety between seasons if they get some unique boosts. Not strictly a fan of the damage ones but the new abilities could be interesting.

If they make the seasonal boosts more unique than just flat damage and health boosts, then yea, totally fine with them.

Right now it just seems like a lot of stuff that should either be part of the hero at a base level (hulk, groot) or things that are making certain heroes overtuned (hela, hawkeye).

[Valor]

it CAN be a great thing, Seasonal changes that help balance different characters, shoving team comps into more balanced comps that suggest healers, tanks and dps as a part of the team, these bonuses can let tanks easily do more damage than most DPS.