[WC3 - Dots] General discussion thread III

~Beyond the Border~ > Genji's Battle Arena

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Helepolis:

--- Quote from: ApharmdB on November 30, 2011, 03:25:04 AM ---Heros expected to change - Mokou (egg skill is now innate, flat cooldown of 40s)

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Hello Anivia

ApharmdB:
0.978's changes are based partly on old feedback, i.e. they've been wanting to change some things around for these heros for a while but never could get around to doing so because they were limited without the current damage/buff systems in place. For example, feedback regarding Mokou's egg skill was that nobody leveled it beyond level 2, and level 2 of that skill was generally gotten asap, making it a prime candidate for an innate skill instead. Cirno was just plain boring to play with all those passives. Mokou in particular is a weird character because she sounds very powerful in theory, but is sorely lacking in any serious game. So they want to use this chance to make her more useful.

I don't think they purposefully make these changes to make the game resemble LoL, but they're not going to rescind any of these just because they make the game resemble LoL either. Mokou's egg skill isn't automatically activated on death mind you, but seeing how she has an overarching Phoenix theme, and that LoL character is called a cryosumsuchphoenix, I wouldn't be surprised if there were similarities. I imagine at some point in time, having similar ideas between such fantasy games is a given - Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings both have a tonne in common too...

Helepolis:
Mokou's egg wasn't leveled just like Shizuha's sleep skill wasn't. When the CD and duration makes for the bonus being received, people let it be (tactical choice).

And her egg is not automatically activated? Since you mentioned it was an inate skill, I thought it was?

ApharmdB:
Yeah the benefits to having a 20 and 5 second cooldown for the skill weren't attractive enough to take say, her dive skill or Fujiyama Volcano over it, except in very specific situations like the game going downhill quickly.

Not all innates are passive skills, e.g. Lily White's innate is an active skill. They -might- yet make it an auto-activate-on-death skill since nothing is confirmed, but I doubt it since Dec said that they didn't want to change existing skills' mechanisms as far as possible for 0.978.

Dorakyura:
"automatically activated", she eggs every 40 seconds on her own
Like Ran ^^

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