I wouldn’t nerf spikes and ram that hard, makes it so you have no space for an LED banner

I’m personally not seeing the thematic reasons to push for flamethrower and spikes to go together in a single bot. Sure they combo rules-wise, but not in a way that makes sense in-game.

@SB True, their combo is more de facto than de jure. I guess at this stage I’m trying to make as few fundamental changes as possible, and restrict myself to semi-neutral tweaks, as a non-player.

@lendun That’s true, but I think not being able to afford an LED Banner is a valid part of the cost; LED Banners should have an impact on your strategy, and in any case, the tournament is coming; if that does actually start then the Banners will be redundant and I don’t want the spikes strat to be overpowered at that stage.

I’m confused about why “Spiking the Spikes” is failing.

For me, from a very remote perspective, it’s because the discovery of a fun cool new strategy should be cause for celebration, not immediately destroying it. This attempts to stop it from being completely out of control, but I’m not sure how successfully…

For me, it’s out of respect for the strategy. I’d thought of it a couple of days before it was actually used, so it would feel kinda bad to nerf something into the ground just because someone used it before I got to.

I’m excited to see what kinds of scripts people come up with when they’re drawn against CarolAIna Reaper; frankly I’m worried that this is an over-nerf

I’d vote for this normally, but if it passes then I completely lose my upcoming Bout so

EAV

Those Spike and Ram nerfs seem a little too hefty for me. I agree that they need to be tuned back, but not by this much.

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