I don't envy teams trying to balance their games when nerfing NFT's will cost holders money.
We'll see some weak-willed teams ruin their game because of it - too frightened of angering their holders to nerf assets.
My advice to teams:
We'll see some weak-willed teams ruin their game because of it - too frightened of angering their holders to nerf assets.
My advice to teams:
Get out ahead of the problem.
Before you've sold a single asset, make it abundantly clear to buyers that game balance comes first - assets are prone to changes.
Maintain that messaging as you go forward.
Before you've sold a single asset, make it abundantly clear to buyers that game balance comes first - assets are prone to changes.
Maintain that messaging as you go forward.
Lots of teams will get creative, doing their best to balance without employing nerfs.
If sniper rifles are OP, rotate in more maps that are congested and lacking vantage points.
If one build's OP, rather than nerf it you can buff all the other builds.
If sniper rifles are OP, rotate in more maps that are congested and lacking vantage points.
If one build's OP, rather than nerf it you can buff all the other builds.
In the words of the great IceFrog (Dota 2 Lead Designer)-
"If everything is OP, nothing is OP."
...of course, IceFrog employs about 100 nerfs per patch.
"If everything is OP, nothing is OP."
...of course, IceFrog employs about 100 nerfs per patch.
You can only avoid nerfs so much.
It's not actually realistic to balance a game without ever resorting to them.
(And indirect nerfs are still nerfs anyway of course, though they'll go over a lot better with the community)
It's not actually realistic to balance a game without ever resorting to them.
(And indirect nerfs are still nerfs anyway of course, though they'll go over a lot better with the community)
I'd be wary of paying a premium for assets that are more OP than intended.
Either the nerfstick is headed your way...
...or the team lacks the balls to balance their game, in which case it's doomed regardless.
Either the nerfstick is headed your way...
...or the team lacks the balls to balance their game, in which case it's doomed regardless.
Side note: We should see some interesting meta-trading surrounding balance patches.
Players dumping OP heroes when it's announced there's an upcoming patch.
Players buying underwhelming heroes, expecting a buff.
Games w/ liquid markets will be full of trading opportunities.
Players dumping OP heroes when it's announced there's an upcoming patch.
Players buying underwhelming heroes, expecting a buff.
Games w/ liquid markets will be full of trading opportunities.
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