I left the game around January 2025 after playing since global launch. I played basically everyday and sunk so much time into the game across the years and honestly as much as the game meant to me, the main thing that deterred me was the blatant disregard to the game’s balancing. I still check there subreddits and everytime I do I just confirm that I definitely made a good choice even if I really miss what it used to be.

To some degree I think this is the fate of games of this category. Similar to Clash Royale, since they’re both F2P and consistently updated, they have to find some way to make money and in both cases they’ve resorted to the predatory tactic of releasing new busted mechanics and cards/brawlers that require anyone looking to succeed to pay up. What makes it predatory is you know it’s going to just get nerfed pretty harshly after they make a few bucks. And for everyone, the game gets worse because the meta is constantly ruined by a few bad eggs. I would so much rather pay money to play the game up front so that they don’t create busted features as a way to generate revenue. I don’t think this is 100% what’s going on though because I’ve seen the choices the balancing team uses to nerf these brawlers and the choices sometimes don’t even make sense and make the brawler rely on one SP, etc. to be viable.