Supports are coming to PVP

@revskip said:

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@bluewolf said:

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@658_2 said:
I don’t know how the devs expect newer players to compete, if they still care about that demographic.

Of course they don't care about that demographic, if they did they would remove names from PVP in some form. The collaboration is cheating, gaming the system, gaining an advantage that a huge portion of the player base have no idea exists.

Would have preferred this be addressed first before supports in pvp.

There is no way they do this.

The game doesn’t have that many people left who are hardcore PvPers but those who are, include the remaining whales. They enjoy the competition, the roster comparisons, trying to push past each other. It’s not just coordinating.

If you literally removed their ability to know who they’re fighting they would enjoy the game less. Probably spend less.

Not to mention it would be a major game overhaul, aka a lot of work with no upside except making some players who don’t spend money a little happier when they can place better.

Spoiler: the people who coordinate would still find a way to coordinate.

The outcome you imagine would not result from this.

It would hurt one group of players but not the people coordinating. The snipers would derive less joy because it would be much harder to enforce but the folks putting out grills would benefit by being harder to spot. Points would go up in the coordinating slices and down even more in the free for all slices. Folks do not want to hear about unintended consequences though.

Personally enjoying supports in PvP but I like the challenge.

The Devs confirmed in one of the Q & A that co-ordination is absolutely fine with them and so there is zero chance at this time they will do anything that interferes with it.

I haven't really gotten a feeling for this yet. It probably doesn't help that this is a bad boost week and I haven't got my head around optimising Supports from what I have.

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@JimboJambo said:
My main request is to be able to click on the supports that opponents have equipped so that you can see what they do before the battle. I know you can go into their roster and scroll through their supports but as a QoL feature, it would save time to be able to do it directly from the battle screen so you can make a quick decision about whether to fight or skip.

As an aside, we also used to be able to click on each enemy character to see their stats before the battle but this was taken away when there was a UI update. I wish they would bring that back too.

You should ask about this in the Monthly Q&A. I can't imagine anyone wouldn't want this feature.

KGB

It’s certainly worth asking although I suspect the answer will be something like “once we get the new engine we can look into it”.

Used to be a huge Puzzle Quest fan. Did some time in some of the big alliances, honestly don't remember which ones. Quit around Chasms first iteration. Still keep tabs on the forum to see what's going down, and log in to get free covers and so on and holy moley this is gonna be bad. But I can't wait to see the fallout! Good luck out there.

Supports in general, a lot of fun. Get them the hell out of PVP! Glad the devs experimented, but the game drags and is way less enjoyable . So tied of going against the same gimmick, event after event.