When you were explaining, you preferred Zen to just LL naturally in 2 seasons, is that purely from a competitive pov? I would think LSS would be apprehensive to let that happen so people who bought into zen don't worry about him blitzing through CC legality. Fun video to watch.
Super late response. Short response: I prefer Zen to naturally LL than to artificially be kept in CC because of soft nerfs/bans. Oldhim stayed in CC for way too long imo. Oldhim had multiple cards banned over multiple BnR announcements. Each ban also made Oldhim decks grow closer and closer to generic guardian.dec to the point where the end of Oldhim's time in CC he was more similar to Bravo than to an Earth/Ice elemental hero. The "spirit" of what made Oldhim, Oldhim, felt so lost and I totally lost interest in playing the hero by the end of his time. It made me sad that people would complain about Oldhim, then I felt like Oldhim would receive bans to mollify those that complained, but all the bans did was keep Oldhim around. That's my perspective when it comes to bans and natural LL. I think some heroes are just going to LL faster than other heroes, and 2 seasons is over 6 months usually of game play. I know there's "tension" of "is my hero going to LL", but I think LL is just the biggest tool in keeping the meta from being stale (the other tools being new sets + expansion slots/specialty products add complexity and hero diversity, but LL is the main tool that typically reduces complexity and keeps the hero pool for CC more 'manageable.) I also jokingly like to say, if there's a hero that you don't like playing against, the best way to get rid of that hero is to learn how to play the hero, play that hero so well you Living Legend the hero out of the game.
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When you were explaining, you preferred Zen to just LL naturally in 2 seasons, is that purely from a competitive pov? I would think LSS would be apprehensive to let that happen so people who bought into zen don't worry about him blitzing through CC legality. Fun video to watch.
Super late response. Short response: I prefer Zen to naturally LL than to artificially be kept in CC because of soft nerfs/bans. Oldhim stayed in CC for way too long imo. Oldhim had multiple cards banned over multiple BnR announcements. Each ban also made Oldhim decks grow closer and closer to generic guardian.dec to the point where the end of Oldhim's time in CC he was more similar to Bravo than to an Earth/Ice elemental hero. The "spirit" of what made Oldhim, Oldhim, felt so lost and I totally lost interest in playing the hero by the end of his time. It made me sad that people would complain about Oldhim, then I felt like Oldhim would receive bans to mollify those that complained, but all the bans did was keep Oldhim around. That's my perspective when it comes to bans and natural LL. I think some heroes are just going to LL faster than other heroes, and 2 seasons is over 6 months usually of game play. I know there's "tension" of "is my hero going to LL", but I think LL is just the biggest tool in keeping the meta from being stale (the other tools being new sets + expansion slots/specialty products add complexity and hero diversity, but LL is the main tool that typically reduces complexity and keeps the hero pool for CC more 'manageable.)
I also jokingly like to say, if there's a hero that you don't like playing against, the best way to get rid of that hero is to learn how to play the hero, play that hero so well you Living Legend the hero out of the game.
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