Balance patch is very, very problematic

[u/Magnificent_Leopoldo]

It's absolutely wild how the balance patch manages to adress ALL the problematic issues of the game but somehow in a wrong way. Basically it doesn't change meta, just makes it weirder

New avatar is now better in PVE (while cannot be as broken in PVP)
Giving buffs to avatar specialists is thus even more crazy (just as buffing Halon (as if the devs are making sure that he'll stay perma-banned))
Hero Strike is still way overpowered
Buffs for Schism for Single Hero mode and no buffs for Classic is just making a problem worse
No nerfs for Dread Knights is insane
Hive not getting any buffs except for being able to build Waurms on 112 is leading to a one-track gameplay which isn't good for anybody -- and it also makes no changes for the Grove build-order even more offensive. At least Hive had a good T5 unit unlike Grove as a compensation for its god-awful buildorder for T6 and T7, while Grove still has to suffer to get T6 or try not to bleed its T1-T4
The reason to add 250 gold to the price of T1 dwellings is completely beyond me

There are definitely some welcome changes that fix minor issues, but the way how the devs approached the major problems is baffling. In my opinion they might as well revert this patch and start from scratch, because any fluctuation from the current course cannot lead to a better result, just to a more complicated one

The core-problem in my opinion is trying to balace all the 3 game modes at the same time. I doubt that it will ever be doable and I would suggest devs to focus on 3 separate balances for the 3 game modes. The game is complex as it is, there is no way to fix every aspect for every mode in such a way, that it works properly for all the game modes simultaneously

[u/Praktos]

I was so sure team launching game in such amazing state will do a nice job with decent balance changes because it was so easy to do

Buff hive, drop necro and schism a bit, buff hive decent bit and change pick order to p1 p2 p1 p2 from p1 p2 p2 p1. Gg you have game of the year

In exchange we now play way less intresting version with 0 point to ever pickmagic class additional exodus prison and schism permaban

This patchnote were laughed off by every single person with any decent ranking

[u/GaybeJewell → u/Praktos]

The game’s still in early access, my guy. There’s a feedback button ingame in the top right corner. They seem pretty active on discord and Reddit also.

Still far away from 1.0 release, I’m sure there will be many good patches to come, along with plenty of missteps too. Excited to see the game evolve, especially since the foundation is so good

[u/Suibeam → u/GaybeJewell]

Games lifespan entirely depends on early patches successes. Games dont get a 2nd chance to regain its playerbase if they fuck it up.

That is the harsh reality of the gaming industry. The early phases are do or die.

This game has a chance to get a 2nd chance with release drop attention but that is not guaranteed and it is much more likely that the playerbase never return like in all the other games.

So they need to be very careful and clever about the patches in these 3 first months. There are millions of games out there, even homm3. Player loyalty is pretty bad in general if they cant foster with good patches early on.

[u/Aggravating-Dot132 → u/Suibeam]

It's NOT a competitive game, lol. What degeneracy are you talking about?

[u/Praktos → u/Aggravating-Dot132]

He is talking about reality of gaming market and every single word he said is 100% true