08-28-2023, 08:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-28-2023, 08:04 PM by sweetchilisauce.)
Personally, I am very fond of allowing the community to express their creativity when it comes to building.
I don't think it should be frowned upon that a player came up with an ingenious idea to shake up the meta. Taking risks, should be rewarded in my opinion -- as opposite to popular belief, I believe the current meta of the game isn't as bad as so many claim it to be.
Obviously, in the past, we've had 'mainstream builds' over the lifespan of Eternia. I could list a few of the top of my head:
- TK3 users
- Shield stacking Ether Fomo Drakanite armed
- Homings centered builds (E-Girls builds)
- Full Agi / Crit
- Lightspeed + Stun
- Cosmic Metal
- Full Fire
- Etc...
But when it comes to E4, in this current date -- I... don't see the 'meta' as so many people seem to claim...? Some will complain about Bio trees, some about Summoning -- yet -- in all my fights, I don't think I have seen two same builds yet.
We can look at the tournament yesterday. It felt like everyone had their little thing going on, and honestly, it felt kind of... great?
So what is all this fuss about?
Do we want to restrict people to favour the so-called IC builds (no more than 2-3 trees or you're a stinky powergamer) or do we want the community to express their creativity?
Personally? I'm for the latter.
I don't think we should put any restrictions on builds, on the amount of invulnerabilities you can have or whatsoever -- on the opposite, I think Eternia's primary focus should be providing more public spells, more tools for the people to come up with clever and creative builds.
This game has existed for so many years. They are so many trees that could be dug back from the past and be reworked to meet today's standards.
If you set restrictions, you'll narrow down the meta. There will be no different paths to achieve success -- but one highway builds that will undoubtedly get nerfed after too many people used it.
TL;DR : Don't restrict, give more opportunities instead.
I don't think it should be frowned upon that a player came up with an ingenious idea to shake up the meta. Taking risks, should be rewarded in my opinion -- as opposite to popular belief, I believe the current meta of the game isn't as bad as so many claim it to be.
Obviously, in the past, we've had 'mainstream builds' over the lifespan of Eternia. I could list a few of the top of my head:
- TK3 users
- Shield stacking Ether Fomo Drakanite armed
- Homings centered builds (E-Girls builds)
- Full Agi / Crit
- Lightspeed + Stun
- Cosmic Metal
- Full Fire
- Etc...
But when it comes to E4, in this current date -- I... don't see the 'meta' as so many people seem to claim...? Some will complain about Bio trees, some about Summoning -- yet -- in all my fights, I don't think I have seen two same builds yet.
We can look at the tournament yesterday. It felt like everyone had their little thing going on, and honestly, it felt kind of... great?
So what is all this fuss about?
Do we want to restrict people to favour the so-called IC builds (no more than 2-3 trees or you're a stinky powergamer) or do we want the community to express their creativity?
Personally? I'm for the latter.
I don't think we should put any restrictions on builds, on the amount of invulnerabilities you can have or whatsoever -- on the opposite, I think Eternia's primary focus should be providing more public spells, more tools for the people to come up with clever and creative builds.
This game has existed for so many years. They are so many trees that could be dug back from the past and be reworked to meet today's standards.
If you set restrictions, you'll narrow down the meta. There will be no different paths to achieve success -- but one highway builds that will undoubtedly get nerfed after too many people used it.
TL;DR : Don't restrict, give more opportunities instead.