[Blitz]

Some of the more shrill elements of the populace would have you believe that anything which catches on as popular, I.E., "Flavor-of-the Week", is automatically overpowered, and as such, they scream for a nerf. This is generally around the time our flavor of the week becomes "whine du jour". They neglect the fact that people are sheep, and will follow whoever currently appears to be the leader. The approach Zap here would advocate trades the flavor-of-the-week for "All Options Suck". Sure, this is certainly balanced, but "Everything is equally useless" is not a very entertaining form of play! What's the point in trying to think of anything new to combine, when everything either is, or will be, made equally useless?

I'm getting a little bored of this propaganda Norfleet. Now that the Vampire Queen has been rightfully nerfed, it's still impossible for you to admit (even to yourself?) that you were either incorrect in your assesment of the pretender's relitive strength, or simply bsing us all in a futile attempt to hide the obvious imbalance that you enjoyed abusing so much. You are very likely the Last defender of the old VQ, even Gandalf and Zen have given up and finally conceded that changes had to be made.

If you are correct about your theory, then it will only be a matter of time before the next huge outcry against a "perfectly legitimate" strategy starts. The reality is that while there may be some occasional discussion about certian issues... there simply will not be a debate about anything currently in the game that rivals the VQ outcry. This is obviously because nothing else in the game is as hopelessly broken as that pretender god was. I would wager that clam of pearls would most likely be next on most ***** lists, but I seriously doubt that there will be anywhere near the fuss over that than there was over your flying, regenerating, erthreal, vampire-summoning, lifedraining lich.

I remember you posting about how your strategies would work just as well with a Ghost King, and you argued that his cheaper paths and better defensive stats made him almost as attractive for munchkin Ermor. By your own arguments, this is hardly a crippling blow for your strategy, and I'm sure you will have just as much success without your hopelessly broken immortal SC. Unfortunately, this most likely won't be the case. The fact is, you probably knew better than anyone how overpowered that unit was, being arguably the game's foremost expert on abusing her. It's unfortunate that now that the fight is lost that we must continue to read the sour-grapes Posts arguing a point even you yourself do not believe.

[ June 17, 2004, 13:34: Message edited by: Blitz ]