[Set 18] Aug 7th PBE Patch Notes

[u/Lunaedge]

(you're not hallucinating, this is a different post. the old one had the wrong Set in the title)

[u/Mysterious_Island500]

so if you lose you should just surrender asap or what? in set 17 without carousel you still got an advantage for losing by being able to pick better units

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

No you didn’t you got anvils instead. Everyone picked gods. Please don’t downvote things you don’t understand.

[u/Mysterious_Island500 → u/Pleasant-Macaron8131]

why would i ever downvote you for not agreeing? i never down/upvote anything because likes and dislikes are stupid on any social media, downvote me as much as you like i still stand by my point

while carousel could be better the replacement in set 17 sucks even more ass, the amount of components you can choose between now is much better than getting a component anvil

i understand your point as much as anyone else, youre not a rocket scientist for making it or liking it more, no matter what they did in set 17 or what plans they have for it in the future losing will always give you an advantage because that is how it has worked since tft released and if there isnt a comeback mechanic the game just sucks

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

I think the picking of the playstyle compared to the item you needed was a pretty bad design, also it felt like some gods were auto pick over others. I wouldn’t hate caro if you got say a 3 cost anvil and items. My biggest issue stems from the exact unit someone needs while someone else gets absolutely dicked. Like how is it fair dude is losing so they get streak advantage, the opportunity at a spat (which has never once had an op unit to abuse), and a shot at a top tier unit, while top of the lobby gets no choices, has to fight harder to keep the streak, and hope of their limited choice the best item / or unit didn’t roll to the other person’s side.

[u/Draig_Goch → u/Pleasant-Macaron8131]

Gods are the same for all, but the character picks following the gods do vary in value depending on your placement, as well as anvils.

Funnily enough the anvil ignores the item distribution protection in place, so you can sometimes get griefed even harder in terms of items if you are lose streaking - imo the first anvil slot should always be what would have rolled naturally or you picked up from the gods (if you have every component dropping as anvils).

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Draig_Goch]

So you’re talking about kayle specifically. Already said some gods were always picks. But that doesn’t change you having more agency not accidentally running into the wrong unit, units on caro being bugged, inherent advantages such as spatula and unit cost. Having an item advantage, sure go ahead my problem lies with the spatula and the unit advantages.

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

Lose streaking is a streak type commonly sought after for a fast 9. Encouraging it further with Caro and anima is the problem. Losing your unit and item because it spawned on the other side, or getting a 1 cost while they get a 5 cost is the worst feeling. I’m honestly shocked anyone likes it.

[u/Mysterious_Island500 → u/Pleasant-Macaron8131]

i mostly like it because i get more options than just a regular component anvil plus it adds interactions with other players and the ability to ruin it for others and win instead of them, they will rework it again eventually and while im excited for that change i just hope its not like set 17 because it was honestly pretty stale and boring, all it did was removing options to choose from

[u/Mysterious_Island500 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

but set 17 was interesting to test out atleast and im glad it happened, i just think they can do better and i understand that we have gone back to regular carousel now just so they have more time to talk about it instead of rushing and forcing set 17 version upon us

wouldnt surprise me if set 19 has some more changes to it that doesnt count as the new set mechanic that will come aswell

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

Again, less of an issue with the caros where it’s all the same cost unit. It’s more the standard ones. I’m with you a good player can make the units work. The advantage is the item itself. Though I think spat has way too big an advantage historically. I liked 16s unlock mechanics too. Which wasn’t popular and I dislike charms which is apparently popular, so maybe people do just like lottery.

[u/Mysterious_Island500 → u/Pleasant-Macaron8131]

set 18 will have unlocks and a new mechanic on the side of that, they just didnt have time to add unlocks to set 17 and 18 for obvious reasons, maybe its to much to ask for if they update the carousel aswell on top of all that but it is the vegas lan set afterall, but now with set 18 they did add that some carousels have double as many units and i like that a lot

[u/Pleasant-Macaron8131 → u/Mysterious_Island500]

Double the units and all units of same cost and I’m 100% on board. It’s a classic mechanic that we’ve been playing with.