First 6* Hero

Synergistic, effectively 8* hero team

You are not wrong ( looking at you Miki )

Titan multiplier heroes
Defense debuff heroes
Elemental defense debuff heroes

Can make a 5x 5* 4.80 hero team into an effectively 5x 8* hero team due to really effective synergy ( see notes )

Negative power creep

But current Season 4 / 5 heroes and current 5* HotM are adding more and more innate abilities ( see notes )

So 1x maximum stat, 5* hero ( Aether, Emblem, 4* troops, etc. ) from Season 4 / 5, or current 5* HotM,

on a 4x 1* 1.1 defense team ( patched tournament, defense hack ), is still a pseudo 6* / 7* hero without any synergy

Notes

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Titan multiplier heroes

(Titan Damage Boosters: Miki vs. Tarlak vs. Ranvir vs. Wu Kong vs. Guardian Gazelle)

Defense debuffs

Defense debuffs and Elemental defense debuffs

(Do Elemental Defense Debuffs and Regular Defense Debuffs Stack? Why use them together? For instance, Grimm, Tiburtus, Gormek, Buddy or Wilbur with Guardian Jackal, Falcon, Panther, Arthur, Frida, Nordri, or Evelyn. [MASTER])

Negative power creep

FIN

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Great read!

FOMO is causing you to…
Actually miss out…on so much more

There was always gold in Gryphonkinght’s FIN

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Create some ultra rare 6* heroes with higher gem costs to summon. Then after that gate closes for the second time, nerph them.

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You mean 20 characters of Myztero?!?

It maybe too late now, as they should have done it a couple years ago.
But… you shouldn’t have to nerf a 6*

The thousand people who have one will not be enough to form any saturations on defense or offense to upset any so-called metrics.

Maybe a few spenders will complain that they can’t "compete" any more. Nothing new there… they will get flushed just like they currently are. Players will say, "It’s a 6star. It’s supposed to be strong"

Every now and then a small fish will defeat one and feel elation. The forum will be primed for “learn2play” lectures.
But for the most part, the bulk population won’t even see them.

Repeated portals and time, however…
After a couple years, there will be full teams of 6* heroes and they will be more common in the lower ranks. Balance may become monthly again at that time. So… que the 7* :money_mouth_face:

Alas… I think it’s too late.
The 7* are already here.

Meanwhile they need to make money off the next portal. So have fun with your balance updates

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That really was the Telluria issue. She was a hotm and became available to the masses. Instead of rolling out counters (Gormek and Kelile costumes had not dropped yet) as they had done for Guin (Seshat, Proteus, Kage to name a few) to allow the organic process of players growing skills and rosters to handle a new tank in a non traditional tank color, they went in the direction of soft defenses and tile mashing. This was all discussed in Let’s Go Whaling. It was disappointing because chess is more enjoyable to me than whack-a-mole. But they have only lost 70% of their players from before they did this so they must know best.
A restaurant is allowed to give you poor service, long wait times at expensive prices. The question is why do folks keep eating there?

Imo the first 6* hero was Krampus costume pre nerf

Not to shabby but…

I think earlier example’s will veer farther from 7* territory

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