Chalk up another victory for the rigorous testing Plarium always does.   

If Hero gives out 3 x 25 frags then doing one part of Hero would allow us to skip the Champ Chase.  We can grind Spider at the same time as Hero to double dip.  

When a smart player finds a way to use existing champs to outsmart the game then I dont get as upset about a nerf.  Offering a new fusion and knowing that it will be nerfed crosses the line at being honest.  

That is incorrect. 25 of the frags from the Hero's Path are required. This is not exactly a user-friendly Fusion. Mixed Fusions are the most resource-intensive of the three types, and the Hero's Path is partially required.

In their infinite idiocy, they did not know. They did not know because they did not test. 

Same story, over and over and over and over. 

I was better at math in the third grade than I am now.  Lets see how shard points are set up in Hero.  Maybe we will catch a break.  

A lot of people pay to play this game.  They have a duty to test.  Their excuses are empty.  

They have an army of test volunteers who would do it for free or some game credits.  

Anyway, we'll find out what's what soon enough. 

As for the fusion I am probably just gonna gamble on the path event that is not Leo unless tomorrows requirements are low, which I doubt. 

Seems like the best path forward.  Serena seemed to indicate she expected at least the 1st 25 frags from Path to be equivalent to a normal Diver event.  So in theory you should be no further behind skipping the SR and doing at least 50 from path.

AI wrote me this 

The Science of Overreaction  Plarium’s Balancing Philosophy

Ah, Plarium the undisputed masters of panic balancing. You know, that special kind of genius where one CC on a test server slaps some insanely good gear on a champion the kind of setup maybe one player in the entire game could actually have and suddenly, boom! The entire community pays the price. 

“Hmm, she’s looking a bit too strong with all that impossible gear and exclusive stuff.”

Plarium: “NERF HER. NOW.”

And just like that, a champion who was finally useful for the average player becomes about as dangerous as a squirrel with a stick. Meanwhile, half the other champs are still broken beyond reason but hey, at least that one overperforming clip on the test server got fixed!

It’s like Plarium’s golden rule says:

“If one CC makes a champ look insane, ruin her for everyone else.”

At this point, Plarium’s version of “balance” feels less like thoughtful design and more like a panic-driven reflex  like they’re allergic to fun 

And let’s be honest balance in Raid? That’s not a feature, that’s a myth. It’s the imaginary creature Plarium keeps talking about to justify random nerfs. Somewhere out there, maybe in a secret lab, “balance” might exist  but in Raid? Nah. It’s just the word they use when they don’t want to say “oops, we messed up again.” 

As Boozer video yesterday said buyer beware

First, he was told by plarium he is not allowed to tak about it, meanng the maria nerf,

He said. simce he is not allowed to talk about it he will use an example of a simalar situation. 

The fortess fusion that they said they would fix, because an abilty was working as intended, then they even offered him as an 80 void free champ. 

took monhs to be fixed, and the fix did not do anything and he still is vault garbage. Exen after the 2nd rebalance 18 months ater still vault garbage.

why was this not tested before hand?

he also mention and i agree with 100% we should have all the information beofre going for q fusion. Plarium has no good will.

How does anyone know if the fix made this champ vault gargafe or not?

you dont, no one has play tested it.

she could be great but i am not taking a chance without knowing all the facts, so this is an easy skip

PVE Nerf or not, I see her as a PVP Toon, and I can't decide if I would even use her.  Stoneskin, Speed & Lockout rule the Meta, and my goto tactic for Live is Bombs.  I can't see how she changes that for me. 

I am not even sure she makes it into my 3v3 Teams.

How is it possibly reasonable that they nerf this character after the fusion events have begun? I've already used a large amount of resources on the Summon Rush and dungeon events and with this power down she is no longer a 'must have' fusion so these resources have been utterly wasted when I could have saved them for a key event. Disgusted. 

Lol. They literally nerfed her BEFORE the event began. Friday morning is when they made the announcement. Give me a break.

Kram, that is factually incorrect.  CCs have made a significant point that Plarium did not publish the fact that there would be a nerf until 24 hrs after they decided there would be, they forbade the CCs from discussing it in videos for a full day, and the actual announcement happenend hours after the Summon Rush began.

I may think the actual nerf isn't too big of an issue, but the way the nerf was handled and communicated is a classic Plarium eff up.  On top of that, the fact that they caused this issue entirely by failing to properly play test again is getting tiresome.  

So in the Path event, the way I read it we get nothing for prism shards?

I agree.  The nerf  fix was well known before the fusion and announced right at the start.  It's not even a nerf in my opinion. 

That is correct.  However you can hold them and pull them Friday for points in the Champ Chase.

Its a small nerf but I dont understand the outrage about the severity.  The percentage of people that have the gear + relic to do the PvE shenanigans already have better options.

As for the lack of testing, I get that issue since it continuously happens.