Preview and discussion of the upcoming balance changes (MASSIVE Almalexia buffs, orgnum changes)

PinkApple · September 2023

Hey everyone, here is a screenshot of the current iteration of balance changes set to hit live with patch 9.2.0

Definitely feel free to discuss what you think about the buffs/nerfs/reworks, and balance changes are missing from the patch that you were hoping for. I like;y will be making a youtube videos shortly giving my thoughts on the changes and am certainly very curious to see what the community as a whole thinks.

Personally, my first impressions are that the almalexia buffs are a bit much and also on some of what I would consider to be the strongest cards in that deck already. I will spend a lot more time thinking about the orgnum changes and testing them on PTS before having a solid opinion on them.

And finally, just a quick reminder that these are not finalized changes, everything is taken from the PTS and is subject to change!

fall0athboy · September 2023

I know plenty of people are really going to be mad about not nerfing crows.

sayswhoto · September 2023

I too was a bit confused at these changes. However, I do realize that there could be different directions for where they want to take ToT (ex. fun vs. competitive). My initial feeling is that this is not the main patch to balance ToT and they just wanted to roll out some of the more obvious buffs and nerfs.

As for the Almalexia buff, if I had to guess, this could of been from a large data pull and someone saw Almalexia was not being played enough. My opinion on Almalexia is that it generates a lot of hate whispers and that's probably a contributor to why it's not played. I just feel like it's almost bad manners to choose this deck and expose your opponent to the misery of just watching you cycle through your entire deck. Obviously, I don't have access to the data, but this would be my floor level feedback.

It would help if the developers could provide a few sentences on why they chose these changes like some of the other entries in the patch notes.

rbfrgsp · September 2023

Almost uniformly terrible changes.

The changes to orgnum patron make it MUCH more affordable (and therefore likely to happen...) to buy tithe and activate patron two or more times. This makes Orgnum patron play toxic.

The ability to use Psijic and discard FIVE cards to discard is way too high with the synergy with Druid and the amount of "gain power upon discard" cards available in the game.

Almalexia is uniformly underpriced now. This is bad. Lexi was the most perfectly balanced of all decks upon release. Dropping the costs will needlessly extend turn times and encourage toxic "contain maxing" play style.

Rajhin agent buffs are OP for their dual effects.

Pelin, Druid, and Hlaalu changes are all smart imo.

Lack of cost increase / effect separation on ANY crow cards is hilarious. Stupid, but hilarious.

EDIT: Only just saw the thread suggesting there'll be ANOTHER new deck with the next update, which I wasn't expecting at all. So maybe they know something we don't and the changes reflect that. Maybe....

Personofsecrets · September 2023

Most depressing changes to the game that have ever been made.

WitchyKiki · September 2023

Still playing Rahjin, no changes for me.

bulbousb16_ESO · September 2023

Let the Orgnum-spamming begin!