Will there be a point where battles can't be won?

[Gryphonknight]

@VFROOD

Is your no still there?

This has happened before. Metas change.

[History, quotes] Boldtusk the Ex Demigod or nerfing defense teams or complicated hero interactions

Subject [History, quotes] Boldtusk the Ex Demigod or nerfing defense teams or complicated hero interactions Demigod like Boldtusk’s fall from god hood, appears to be a combination of nerfs, stealth nerfs, defense stat changes, new DOT, introduction of sturdier limited time red 5* heroes, introduction of limited time blue 5* heroes, and introduction of blue 4* troops that could be leveled. For attacking hero, see ([History, quotes] Athena the god tier hero or nerfing the damage curve or compl…

It is not even unique to Empires. Game designers are human.

@Gryphonknight

Niantic had to nerf Ingress A.I. defense, then two years later Pokémon GO A. I. gym defense, because some IP partners will not believe an experienced mobile MMO game studio.

Hardcore players in both games complain- BUT still keep playing- while many casual players that quit, have returned and enjoy themselves.

Click for math... Oops.

Hidden Math

But if you want actual math, you have to wait for @Garanwyn and @Kerridoc to return since they are are PvP number crunchers

Tile King

Tank King

Feature not a bug

Empires was a rush job, so many tool tips and game mechanic info displays were never coded.

Now it is a feature not a bug.

But this causes lots of headaches for forum discussion.

Having played games like BoH, and BT, that are transparent about mechanics. There is still problems discussing math. Because. Math.

Notes

@Gryphonknight

12 prototypes before Empires prototype==
So then we started working on new concepts in late 2015 and, very quickly, we created around 30 new game concepts, from casual to more or less midcore games and we created 12 prototypes in literally a month.

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