Ruby Discussion

[Tile]

Alright. I'm gonna be realllll blunt here. And some of you will NOT agree with me. I am aware of this.
So let's start out with what i'm trying to say. Ruby needs a nerf. Like bad. Really really bad. And if she doesn't then the other characters need some buffs. A few skills in particular make Ruby brokenly overpowered. One. The -4 to the combo meter to build up a special. Not so powerful you'd think? Wrong. If used in conjunction with Crescendo A-II, and max Special. It makes her STUPIDLY overpowered when compared to other characters. I've tried the AoE and the other characters. Ruby's is obviously the most powerful and the farthest reaching. So I suggest this. Either nerf that specific skill. Or buff the other characters AoE's. Or else it's just gonna be *Ahem* AND HER NAME IS RUBY ROSE! -horns- -Crescendo- -Everything Dies-
Just my thoughts on it. Please tell me what everyone elses thoughts are?

[say_Wut]

well if we all want a game where people are " equal" aka the charactyers then I see nothing wrong wit this post, ( we use our own types of attacks to defeat) and tbf its true or I could be wrong , the only way for this post to work is have Statistical data on each and evey win (score, Kils, Deaths) on every character (inluding damge of attack types used to determine its dps) , and when I say that we mean the players.

Thus until we can get this data, as data is fact, and for this type of post, which is a post based on opinion, When we need that fact.

[hazl0]

I think Ruby just has an easy learning curve. Arguably, the other characters have abilities that are just as powerful if not more. Look at Weiss's Super Nova, it basically lets you drop into a horde and clear everything. With her skill that everytime she gains a special counter, she gains two instead of one, and a freezing passive, she can easily outscale Ruby by the time you get to Mountain Glenn.

[Reaper]

They either need to massively increase game difficulty or nerf ruby. I did the entire bomb mission solo and hardly took any effort as ruby

[Guardian]

Originally posted by FeaR_TH3_Reap3R:

They either need to massively increase game difficulty or nerf ruby. I did the entire bomb mission solo and hardly took any effort as ruby

I've done that with every character. It's not difficult doing the campaign solo. Like, at all.

[Saph]

Ruby and Blake definitely feel better than Yang and Weiss. That's not to say the latter are bad, but they could definitely stand to be buffed up a little. It feels a little unbalanced in it's current state, but I'm still impressed with RT's work so far.

[Kazuta Neko]

I only have 2 hours into the game, either im just bad but i found it harder to play as Weiss. just her specials arnt as powerful as the other characters. When i play as Blake i'm dropping enemys without a real problem, let alone playing as Ruby it just ends up to easy specially when playing solo. so i do beleive a nerf or buff is in order, but the game is still fun never the less :3

[Nuwang]

Ruby and Weiss are by far the easiest for new players to jump in and do well on because of their easy to get and easy to use efficent AOEs but that doesn't make them necessiarly the strongest. When you start looking at everyone's skills and get better mechanically at the game the lines start to blur as to who is the strongest.

[Witchesfall]

Originally posted by Kazuta猫:

I only have 2 hours into the game, either im just bad but i found it harder to play as Weiss. just her specials arnt as powerful as the other characters. When i play as Blake i'm dropping enemys without a real problem, let alone playing as Ruby it just ends up to easy specially when playing solo. so i do beleive a nerf or buff is in order, but the game is still fun never the less :3

Weiss is much more akin to a support character, but she definately can be a powerhouse with enough practice.

[wizopizo]

Ruby is extremely overpowered. Just from playing around 2 hrs.... ya. It is rediculous. Weiss has the best range attack, cool, but her specials are not great. Barrage is iffy to hit a lot of the time, pierce is ok single target damage, and nova yes is a newby thing but on a pure power scale.... she and yang are lower than blake and ruby. Ruby also is stronger than blake if you minus her main special.

[Nuwang]

Originally posted by wizopizo:

Ruby is extremely overpowered. Just from playing around 2 hrs.... ya. It is rediculous. Weiss has the best range attack, cool, but her specials are not great. Barrage is iffy to hit a lot of the time, pierce is ok single target damage, and nova yes is a newby thing but on a pure power scale.... she and yang are lower than blake and ruby. Ruby also is stronger than blake if you minus her main special.

Ruby in the end literally does everything worse then Blake aside from behing able to shoot a Ursa or Boarbatusk which not even all that worth it.

If you are AOEing large guys then you are using the AOE wrong, both Weiss and Yang excel far more then Ruby does at taking out large grimm. Everyone at the very least two shot a Beowolf. The only exceptions are Ruby's third tier close range AOE, Blake's Blade Salvo, and possibly landing that line of rocks from Yang's third tier AOE along with the AOE its self.

So in the end the only thing Ruby literally gets better then everyone else is getting an AOE that can kill Beowolfs at full hp sooner. Everyone has their strengths and you just need to make full use of them to actually feel how good they are.

[Yz Wolf65]

Ruby isn't overpowered, she is just really easy to use. If anything Yang is overpowered because of her ability when her aura is depleted all her special is refilled. Add her ability plus at least a level 2 quake and the full 8 special meter, she is way overpowered. I haven't played as blake or weiss yet but I can safely assume that all 4 characters are evenly powered.

[Memes and Dreams!~]

I can see why some people have some small issues with Blake I mean getting the 50 kills with the final attack of a combo is annoying too all hell but Blake is fun. Ruby is odd I don't like how her attacks but she is fun and not overpowered since she is designed to be AoE. Weiss yes the nova is silly (I mean getting the charged version I was able to be wave mvp a lot ) but Weiss is designed for single target dos... Which I find fun. Yang I can't comment on...yet anyway since I have yet to play her

[FrostyHeart]

ruby is overpowered because of crescendo?
solely because of crescendo?

you haven't seen yang then

[ShadowFall]

I was playing with my significant other: I was Weiss, she was Ruby. For the first levels she was getting alot more kills, but after a few levels Weiss pulled ahead. Our second playthrough when I had Weiss's level 10 ability I had to let Ruby get some kills so I was not stealing all of the EXP.

Ruby has a much easier learning curve, but I would say she is far from the most powerful character. Take Ice Queen for example, that is a no special freeze on an enemy which trivializes Ursa's and barbatusks.

We have yet to play Blake and Yang, but I see Yang's recovering SP on low health to be very powerful.

[FrostyHeart]

Originally posted by ShadowFall:

I was playing with my significant other: I was Weiss, she was Ruby. For the first levels she was getting alot more kills, but after a few levels Weiss pulled ahead. Our second playthrough when I had Weiss's level 10 ability I had to let Ruby get some kills so I was not stealing all of the EXP.

Ruby has a much easier learning curve, but I would say she is far from the most powerful character. Take Ice Queen for example, that is a no special freeze on an enemy which trivializes Ursa's and barbatusks.

We have yet to play Blake and Yang, but I see Yang's recovering SP on low health to be very powerful.

oh you are gonna love yang buddy