Let's end the nerf circle. Buff instead!

Posting a thread just to nerf a single playstyle or item is lazy and only leads to dissension. Unless there is something that is massively overpowered, I don't believe that nerfs are the correct answer.

Instead, let us think of ways to buff counters to what people would like to nerf. Buffs are almost always seen in a positive light, but nerfs are almost always seen negatively.

The most current nerf threads are for Double Bubble Enforcers. Let's come up with some creative ways to offer alternatives to and counter this meta playstyle. I believe that a small buff to Tesla Bolt cooldown and a small buff to frost-torp combo could help Speeders counter the Double Bubble and could give Enforcers a different option than just using 2 bubbles. I think a reduction to the Explosive Cannon cooldown could help Defenders and Speeders as well.

What else would be a good counter to the Double Bubble? I'll start a poll once we get a handful of good suggestions.

Edit:
Here are all of the current suggestions for buffs:

• Frost Blaster - Make it break on a certain damage threshold, not just any damage
• Frost Blaster - No damage breaking, but max duration reduction
• Tesla Bolt - Decrease cooldown (at cost of healing block?)
• Explosive Cannon - Decrease cooldown (maybe a Bhurt option.. +Range and Damage or -Cooldown)
• Triple Torpedo - ?? Definitely needs a buff, but what? Angle? Damage? Speed? 1 slot? (I don't use, can a user suggest something? @Stelmo)
• Defender - Provide passive buff to defense points of nearby teammates. Can be increased in Brock training.

I am just listing the suggestions first so we can discuss them and make them more detailed before I add them to a poll. There's no reason to have a poll before we have fully thought out the buffs.

Please continue to make suggestions and discuss these options.

 

Thanks! I think the frost combo would be a great counter to Enforcers AND to Shooters. Plus it would make Speeders competitive again. And it would give the Enforcers another option other than using Double Bubble.

 

I used to play speeder but switched to maining an Enforcer over a month ago. Maybe longer. Not sure. It just felt more fluid and natural. I like that idea too and will definitely add it into the poll once we get a few more options. But I also think that a frost torp buff is necessary. I've never used frost torp (only have lvl1 frost items), but I don't like seeing an entire playstyle just disappear overnight.

And the reason I am mentioning buffs specific to Speeder and alternatives for Enforcer is because those are the only ships that I play. I don't know what the other ships need because I'm not familiar with them. That's why I asked for more suggestions.

 

I play Enforcer and Speeder. Enforcer is currently better than Speeder. That is not an opinion, that is a fact.

 

Great thread @Help I Cant Swim .
The meta is defined by being the strongest setup, and unless an item is majorly overpowered, then its better to buff other, less used items and set ups to make them viable.
If every update we insist on nerfing the meta, over time we will all be using the same crap, heavily nerfed set up, with no variety.
This is already starting to shine through with the amount of double bubble enforcers in game right now.

Instead the situation should be flipped on its head.
Devs should be looking at the least used items (tri torps, frost, rudder etc) and buffing them to a point where they offer a viable alternative to the meta.
If frost was still decent I guarantee we would see a better split of enforcers with some using frost launcher / torp combos etc.

It just seems that the mentality now is nerf everything and all we are doing is taking backward steps.
Whats worse is the nerfs / buffs are very extreme in BB compared to other games, usually items are tweaked by 3%-5% at a time, here we see items tweaked by as much as 50% which just isn't feasible and kills set ups in a heartbeat, which is cruel when someone has spent months and probably invested money in said set up.

 

I agree that it is only the Double Bubbles that are trouble, not the Single Bubbles. I think everybody understands that. But what is your suggestion to counter that with a buff? That is what we are doing in this thread. We are trying to get alternative/counter items buffed to produce a more diverse meta, rather than nerfing items and creating a stale meta.

 

It is in the options