Using 3*/ unemblemed 4*/ 5* at 3.70 against strong teams

[Gryphonknight]

Grindy

@Gorann

fully emblemed and/or limit broken,

I agree

Many players used emblems on War defense first

Then when players had 1x X*+20 defense team, and 3x X*+20 attack team, SGG added limit breakers

When players have 4x teams ( 1x defense, 3x attack ) with limit breakers, SGG will add the next power up ( see notes )

Negative power creep

@EasyRyder

also realise that a lot of the newer heroes have passive skills so that actual damage received is less than with others

I agree

See notes

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Small team

@Gryphonknight

Small team

how fast your team can produce content for it. One of the other things that we do is to try and gauge and balance the speed at which the players consume the content and the speed at which they level up so that they’re kept interested in the game. All those things combined together

(Episode 10: Game Economy Design and Monetization with The Mobile Game Doctor)

The 5* HotM business model also makes the game extra grindy so SGG does not have to expand its small team

Pseudo 8* heroes

@Gryphonknight

SGG is slowly turning up the heat

Negative power creep

@Gryphonknight

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

Defense versus attack

@Gryphonknight

very likely an attack stat soft cap. Defense stat is not linear. And 5*+20 get a multiplier of x1.2 for defense stat ( as @Garanwyn pointed out about 5*+20 heroes more than a year ago ).

We will skip over the mana speed problem with the current meta. That is impossible to analyze with my math skills.

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