HMD | April 2012

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I can't say I agree, at least not with how you're wording this. All the players may want them, but how many players are actually playing Rockets? As Rockets, instead of just villain characters, at that?

Harsh as it sounds, they can want all they want, but if there's no effort being put forth on their part either, why should you guys work to fix a class no one is even using in the first place? True, players might not be using it solely because of how little there is to do as a Rocket, but it's not fair to place all the blame at the lack of focus the Rockets have been given.

At the very minimum, you'll need to do something such as giving them new figureheads to make them a valid opponent again. The fact there's an Anti-Rocket Squad with how few there actually are is more funny than anything.

[these_balls]

I'd rather avoid spending time blaming anyone, anon. We've heard people express why they don't play Rockets, and we want to change it so rockets not only have more to do but so there are more reasons for people to be Rockets. It's along the same lines as when we went about changing the Breeders and Trainers - there weren't many things for people to do as just a Trainer, and many swapped to Breeder, so we changed things around to accommodate both of those groups. With Rockets, the changing isn't as easy but there shouldn't be any reason or even a pressing need to actually remove them from a playing option. We may not change the figureheads, but we ARE going to change it so they end up doing more.

DA

[(Anonymous)]

I actually have to agree with their point on the figureheads tbh. My character has been here for over a year now, and they have virtually no reason to think of the old ones or their ways as a threat. New guys might be the perfect way to break in the new regime!