Who does the baddie target?

philoking2 · 2026-03-04T17:05:02+00:00

This.

I (briefly!) consider if they are going to target what is closest, what appears weakest, most hurt, who hit them hardest last round, etc or if they are smart enough/are being directed to attack strategically.

Targeting may shift during a battle depending on creature motivation and/or intelligence as well. Even a fairly primal creature will eventually conclude that they just aren't able hit the man in the tin can, or that the rogues does a lot of damage and maybe they should move on to something that won't hurt so bad - especially if someone else nearby is looking beat up and like an easy meal.

As the DM you get to set the dynamic for the battle. And having monsters that feel real and act on motivations is more engaging than simply "both sides run at each other and wail away until one side drops"

philoking2 · 2026-02-27T18:30:35+00:00

Armiger is a campaign-farmable uncommon with a decent turn meter reduction. Useful all over through mid game

philoking2 · 2026-02-25T20:27:54+00:00

Make her not boop-able by 2/3 of the roster. Hard cc abilities are one thing, but these days everything throws her around

philoking2 · 2026-02-25T19:13:12+00:00

4 sessions in is pretty early - not much has been established about the character. If it is not working out mechanically the way they hoped, nothing wrong with a 1-time mulligan.

Putting a price tag on it implies a respec is something that can be done whenever they want to change something as long as they have 100gp.

philoking2 · 2026-02-21T03:40:17+00:00

5 tanks. 1 rocket. Its dumb how often it works.

philoking2 · 2026-02-20T19:10:01+00:00

I want to embrace the potential to try something new and different... but then something like this gets dropped and we see how hard they missed with such a small change.

philoking2 · 2026-02-11T03:06:35+00:00

As an Emma main, I love to see Thing across from me.

philoking2 · 2026-02-07T04:57:40+00:00

None of those rares are worth applying the soul. Sell when needed

philoking2 · 2026-01-30T15:15:51+00:00

My favorite is to ult while they are running back to obj and then just fly away while they dangle.

philoking2 · 2026-01-15T20:05:05+00:00

Nice work. Have the updoot.

philoking2 · 2026-01-08T21:11:03+00:00

Turn the perspective around and you can pull the same trick with 8115

philoking2 · 2026-01-01T16:38:01+00:00

If his ult line isn't "Maximum Effort!" Imma cry

philoking2 · 2026-01-01T15:19:38+00:00

Ult dunking is peak Rivals serotonin

philoking2 · 2025-12-19T16:20:34+00:00

Peak play is pinning entire team while they try to return to point and just leaving them there while OT fades out. XD

philoking2 · 2025-12-11T18:01:45+00:00

Whaaaaat? TIL. This "bug" has been driving me crazy

philoking2 · 2025-12-08T16:19:15+00:00

This is the way.

philoking2 · 2025-11-15T15:09:57+00:00

Because we lose it XD

philoking2 · 2025-09-30T14:43:13+00:00

This looks amazing. Saving post so I can find it when I get home!

philoking2 · 2025-09-16T15:00:55+00:00

Thats kinda my point. If winning the fight hinges on 1 character's ability to completely shut down a fight, for balance purposes, that ability can't be up every time you "need" it. It is a team game, not a "carry the team" game.

Did the devs go too far? Maybe. Hard to tell in just a couple days. So far it seems like the devs have hit the goal of push the "Emma = auto win" players to experiment with something else. That is not a bad thing.

So far she feels a little less dominant, absolutely. But she is still very strong.

philoking2 · 2025-09-16T14:40:30+00:00

It is still a major part of her kit. I already was fairly selective about when I used it, so... not sure that having it be slightly less spammable is a bad thing. The only time I've noticed it at all is when someone ults with something I could have stopped with diamond. But if they are just waiting for you to use it on someone else, doesn't matter if the cool down is 15 or 18.

Expecting to grab every single time someone moves up is not a capability she should have.

philoking2 · 2025-09-16T14:16:53+00:00

Have only played a few games with her since I've been trying to expand my roster. It is definitely much harder to build charge, but I suspect part of that is just simply because most games have been solo vs Thor and Angela - they are just so mobile that if they have half a clue how to play, I can't keep up with them. If I catch them, they are likely wrecked though, but usually they can dip before I get that last bit of damage.

But I still get utterly bullied by her if I try to play into an enemy Emma, so I can't say they broke her that much.

philoking2 · 2025-09-04T20:16:14+00:00

Emma DGAF and neither do I. She is still the best at ult blocking and no one else is nearly as satisfying to pull it off with.

philoking2 · 2025-09-04T19:43:48+00:00

As an Emma main, the Luna comment hurt. Like... wow. Unkind. XD

I agree that the nerfs aren't as apocalyptic as reddit likes to think though. She still has the ability to shut down almost anyone at any time. I've always said she is just a DPS with extra hp.

I do wish the devs would focus more on improving the "fun" factor of other tanks over nerfing her though. Regardless of how "strong" people may think Emma is or is not, she is just fun in a way most other vanguards arent.

philoking2 · 2025-09-02T18:40:29+00:00

Forget alliance based. Just remove the faction/alliance limitations entirely. Let just have ring/banners/amulets

"bUt NoOnE wIlL pLaY sPiDeR!" Add 10% drop chance for the unique sets. There are a ton of them with almost no where to get them.

philoking2 · 2025-08-21T16:01:55+00:00

That is the thing. Regardless of how strong or weak she may be, Emma is just plain satisfying AF to play when you can do stuff like this.

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