Valeria and Vlad Needed a boost

[Gryphonknight]

Vlad

@Ruskin505

Vlad might be the worst three star in the game

I agree about Vlad ( see notes )

Including myself, I know many players that did not waste a roster space on Vlad and just used Vlad for Hero XP

Valeria History

@Zyx

Few uses Valeria…. Why?

Valeria already got a buff ( see notes )

Due to Merciless RNG, I never did get my 2x to 6x Valeria ( see notes about teams with 2x Valeria )

Field Aid vs Undead Hoard

If I Recall Correctly, the biggest insult to all Vampires, but especially buffed Valeria, was removing War Rule Field Aid and replacing it with War Rule Undead Hoard

Most players did not level anti healing heroes ( can you imagine the player rage against regular/ rare Titans that healed?), so many players hated Field Aid

SGG wanted to start a minion Meta even though players originally opposed a Minion Meta. Interestingly SGG gave Mythic Titans a version of minions, which is a version of Titans that heal. But this has less impact since Mythical Titans already have infinite HP

Live Service Game Metas

This is one of the drawbacks of live service games. They are grindy to boost micro transactions. But the huge grind, and micro transactions, makes experimenting, and enjoying the mechanics of the game, very hard and too risky for the majority of players.

Really the only way I see SGG buffing Valeria is giving Costume Valeria a Renfield minion since SGG seems obsessed with minions and fiends

Missed opportunity

But I expect Vlad, and Valeria, to never shine in future Empires and Puzzles metas ( see also 1*+20 heroes )

Note: My 4* hero knowledge is weak after Season 2

Notes

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Dream of Multiple Valeria

(🎃 Valeria - 4* Ice/ Blue from Return to Morlovia (Halloween) - #3 by Gryphonknight)

Valeria Buff

• Valeria: Direct damage increased from 155% to 235%.

(Version 20 Release Notes)

Vlad

@Gryphonknight

Edit

@Ultra

Vlad’s lackluster performance (I still have 2 maxed Vlad’s rarely used for almost a year). Thanks in advance.

Vlad is just sad. On paper, Victor looks good. In practice only Valeria is worth ascension. Rumor from Beta, several testers proposed fixes to Vlad and Victor. Turning Vlad, and Victor, blue and giving Vlad direct damage would help a little. But swapping the stackable DOT for a health drain like Morgan Le Fay would probably help more.

Field Aid

(Bring Back Field Aid!)

1*+20 Heroes

@Gryphonknight

New code should transform the game experience for players just starting out, to Elders playing 3+ years.

SGG did try it once . And while I strongly disagree with the decisions they made (I even offered a fix) , it was the one time SGG exceeded my expectation for Empires. I still have a momento of that time . I still think there are ways it could be added to the game ( see squires in notes ).

Like TSR adding level 0 cantrips to a level 1-9 spell casting system, new code should make most players say “Thanks SGG, that really made Empires better.”

FIN