So the patch has finally dropped for MK11. I think they did a good job and I’m fine with how they handled it. But, with that said, I much rather they buff than nerf. Or rather, buff far more characters than they nerf.
When you nerf good characters and the good stuff they have, it doesn’t have the desired effect, imo. The purpose is to make them more balanced and fair compared to the rest of the cast. But what it actually does is make people just not want to use those characters anymore. So now you’re back where you were to begin with. Only difference is there’s new top characters and all you accomplished was tier shifting.
When you buff the weaker characters, the characters that were already good will still see a lot of play. It’s just now, the weaker ones beforehand are now also being played and can now actually compete. This accomplishes balance the same way but it’s better because as I said, more characters across the board will be played.
I feel nerfs are designated for moves that are way too good and dominate the meta. It seems like instead of taking this approach, they nerf several things about a top tier character so they just aren’t top tier anymore. To clarify, not saying the characters that got nerfed are now no longer good or even top tier. I think most of them are still fine actually. My point is they will inevitably see less play because they aren’t as good and some of them are a lot different now.
So long story short, I prefer buffing over nerfing. I think they did an awesome job with the balance patch regardless. What are y’all thoughts?
