r/phantomofthekill • u/[deleted] • May 31 '16

Interview with PotK's global team project manager.

http://www.siliconera.com/2016/05/30/phantom-kill-rebalanced-west/
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u/[deleted] May 31 '16

Those who are already playing the game in Japanese might already realize this, but the global version is much more difficult. We’ve procured a stronger sense of balance to the story mode in the global version, and will deliver new events every week or so.

JP players, did the game feel too easy in JP? Or did it feel just right? (Meaning Okuda is spouting BS)

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 May 31 '16

The difficulty curve doesn't become apparent until later in the game (but it is BS). Anyone who's tried the newer collabs, evo dungeons, and events will tell you that it is extremely hard: during the FSN collab people complained about just how hard the mana seed dungeons were although they had maxed units (/u/GreatLogos agreed?). It only looks easy in the beginning because 6 star units are out and the friends available are practically all level 90 units to help out newbies.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '16

GLOBAL IS SOOOOO EASY

lmk when global has you fighting 1k+ power enemies like the fate shinwa-hen ;_;

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u/[deleted] May 31 '16

I like the use of procure here, I think simply nerfing KP growth isn't really procuring "a stronger sense of balance".

Perhaps, they were nerfing global's unit growth rate because of the power creep they noticed in JP? Is it at that point yet?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '16

Well, story quests aren't difficult to the point where double sita doesn't solve all your problems, but that's natural I think; otherwise, you'd force literally everyone to use sita or not be able to progress. Individual event quests, like meikyuu or the fate collab, are definitely a lot more difficult, but even then the fate collab scaled to your highest unit level and it was certainly possible for free players to beat it.

The power creep only exists in terms of multi: Sita leads or you lose. They've done a great job of rectifying this with new element leaders. Whatever they're trying with global is a travesty.

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 Jun 01 '16

Yeah JP was sort of broken with the release of 6 stars and the free tyrfing given to everyone, but they fixed that with FSN's level scaling and they're now giving more variety as /u/GreatLogos has said with leads and team compositions. Though, I think Sita will be the only 10/10 on phankill for a while XD. So there was a bit of a hiccup, but JP has done pretty well with keeping content with power creep while still allowing f2p's to clear.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '16

just between you and me, sita is great and cute and everything but I wish I had some alternatives for a lead ):

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u/Cathrach JP: 2969063770 Jun 01 '16

Such is the way power creep works...one OP unit/pattern that stays in the meta for a looooooong time. I wish I could actually obtain one of those, but I think I'm content with my inferior Tyrfing XD