Master of Blocked Potential

[Ornias]

I haven't had anyone tag a FT ls with a gen in 6 months.

[Raubhautz]

LOL - I have not seen anyone tag a FT ls with a wino general, EVER! Last one I saw try that, the player completed the adventure in spite - before the wino general arrived.

[Aurboth]

I have been working with the Master of Defense (MoD) general, looking for some use for it. One potential use I was looking for was in 0-win situations, where the enemy camp is killed completely but it kills all of the troops. However, even these do not appear to be a potential use, as there is still too much damage for the general to survive despite all of the enemies being killed.

As it stands, the general is simply another Battle Hardened General (BHG, 200 troops, faster speed) with a different skin, of no more use than the grim reaper general or General BigHelmet. The difference is that a BHG costs 1,250 gems and General BigHelmet costs 1,495 gems, while the Master of Defense costs 5,250 gems. While I can accept a 245 gem markup to get a 7th BHG, if you ignore that every Halloween you can get another BHG in the form of the Grim Reaper, it is laughable to try to sell the same general at over four times the price.

Most people I know picked up the MoD at the event, with the hope that the developers would someday get around to fixing it. I do not know that anyone has actually purchased the general for gems, and it would be interesting to see the purchase rate for that item. From the perspective of Blue Byte, the purpose of having items in the gem store is for players to spend gems that they have purchased for money. If no one is buying the item from the store, then it is a poor investment in development. In addition, since many players bought the MoD on the hope it would be fixed, not having fixed it yet dissuades players from doing the same in the future during events. On the other hand, having a MoD that is useful would encourage players to purchase the general. As shown player behavior of the Master of Martial Arts (MMA) general, players are willing to spend gems for useful items, in multiples, even at the 6999 price. Therefore, it is likely that if the MoD is useful, people who purchased before will likely buy as will people who do not currently have them. While it is possible that players who did get the general during the event may complain that they did not get one, all players had the opportunity to buy the MoD originally, as long as they were in the game at the time. And the same players will still have the opportunity to get one for gems, as well as with the next event.

There are different options for making the MoD useful. The simplest one is to place the general at the front of the defense queue, making opponents drain the hit points of the general before they can damage the contained troops. This is what many people envision when they read the description. This should be fairly simple, as some island bosses have the same property. Another idea is to make it more difficult to damage the troops, giving them effectively more hit points. I don't think players would be that picky about how the general is fixed, as long it is something that is useful and a good value.

[Ceruhe]

I do not know that anyone has actually purchased the general for gems,

I saw somebody, 1...don't remember the name.
I've been tempted to buy the second one simply to have Master of Wheelchair and Legendary Wheelchair both together....fortunately I've still been sane about it.

The simplest one is to place the general at the front of the defense queue, making opponents drain the hit points of the general before they can damage the contained troops.

The problem with that is likely that BB needs 10 years worth of fresh grads to figure out how to drain 4999 dmg from him and then switch to the normal units.
Quickest, easiest and potentially best fix is to make him a slow Gen. Yea, not everybody blocks and will remain useless for those players...then again we also got Gen Log, who pretty much is another useless/expensive BHG.

For all I care they can take him 1:1 and make a Marshall out of him...at least his 5k HP would have some blocking use to save troops...then again...artificial limits and...WAY TO START MY RAGE ON THAT PATHETIC THING AGAIN!!!!!oneoneone111elven!

[Pinkleet]

I actually think some of the fresh grads might even grasp the idiocy of this general design. But when they make an intelligent suggestion to improve him somehow, they are faced with the real purpose of this general existence in his current form - gem sink

[Aurboth]

At some level, all the purchases in the shop are gem sinks. However, if no one is purchasing the MoD general, it does not function any better as a gem sink than it does as a general in the game.

[Koshko]

I got it during the event and have used it like 3 times.

[Ornias]

It would be ok if it was a slow gen, make a decent blocker. It serves no purpose currently. Honestly as many fast gens as we have access to now, more slow gens would be good.

[Ceruhe]

It would be ok if it was a slow gen, make a decent blocker. It serves no purpose currently. Honestly as many fast gens as we have access to now, more slow gens would be good.

That would be BB admitting to support blocks, which they won't do to save face.

[Asiastrings]

Very interesting post, I will forward it to the developers!

Cordially,
BB_Endesmor

Please ask them what happened to the General 'Tage' gave the specs for BB. Was in a post answered by me some time ago on Prestage... (coord).. hmmm was defense genl.

(hahaha those that know will understand, lolol Lou)...