[Feedback Request] Upcoming Blessing Changes
Hey folks,
This past week in Test Center we showed some upcoming changes to Blessings that will be rolling out in an upcoming patch.
The overall goal of the Blessings rework is to equalize the relative power of each Blessing. Currently, Blessing of Hela is significantly more powerful than all other Blessing options due to the fact that the +5% Brutal Strike Chance affix ignores diminishing returns of Brutal Strike Rating, making it far more powerful than any other option for high level players. In turn this has led to significant inflation of overall Brutal Strike chance at the highest end of hero progression that poses a growing tuning problem for high level content, and reinforces that Blessing as the mandatory choice for players. We simply can't let the problem continue, as the value of 20% Brutal Strike chance that ignores diminishing returns becomes more valuable with every increase in overall Brutal Strike Rating and general hero power level that it is added to.
The updated Blessings attempt to bring Blessing strength levels back to a more even playing field, while also introducing some new offensive and defensive options that previously didn't exist such as Attack Speed, total rating multipliers for Defense / Deflect / Dodge, and Health / Spirit on on hit.
After some discussion and reading player feedback in Test Center, we felt that the Blessing system overall was still not quite resulting in as much variety and hero customization as it could potentially offer. With the latest iteration, we've changed the direction of Blessings a bit further to where each Blessing now confers a significant portion of its benefits through a conditional proc that does not stack with other Blessings of the same type. This encourages players to use multiple Blessings to get the maximum benefit from a full set of Blessings, rather than stacking one individual Blessing across all four Artifacts.
As mentioned on Test Center last week, we are planning to offer some form of exchange so that you will be able to change out your existing Blessings without spending additional Odin Marks. Exact details on how that will be done will be forthcoming when the exchange process is ready for testing in Test Center.
In addition, there have been some updates to the different Blessings compared to the last Test Center based on player feedback. You can see the updated stats of each Blessing in the latest iteration below:
Blessing of Balder:
Blessing of Fandral:
Blessing of Frigga:
- Note: This proc is already being updated to activate on any hit, rather than on Summon power use.
Blessing of Heimdall:
Blessing of Hela:
Blessing of Hogun:
Blessing of Loki:
Blessing of Odin:
Blessing of Sif:
Blessing of Volstagg:
These Blessings will be available for further testing in the next version of Test Center which will likely land early next week, but we thought we'd open up dialogue this weekend for further feedback.
Let us know what you think here in this thread!