Changemonth thoughts.... (in General)

....Ok: My strat took a hit this changemonth: DD damage down, mage shield reduced, ToE reduced, TSA regen reduced, cash rewards reduced.

Add to that the new DD that lost me quite a few fightlist members.

So why do I feel that this has been a really good changemonth? New items, new spells, new layouts, new (co)Supreme Being. Changes to NUB and cash reductions.

I do miss ammo. And although I benefitted I'm still not sure about the old supporter items being available the way they are. But hey that puts money into Jon's pocket and means strats for newcomers aren't restricted to single FB mage.

I give this changemonth 9 out of 10!

all in all i find it ok... only thing that scares me is SG.... no matter what anyone says i still think its overpowered

I give 9.5. This is the first changemonth since I joined and it made me spend money (to Jon anyways) !!!

The only reason it doesn't get 10/10 is because of the REDUCED REWARDS for being a mage :( I have yet to use any ammo sigh...

I tried SG; I wasn't impressed, and I'm working with a strat that's built to last until melee. But I did lose a few people from my fightlist.

I don't think it's overpowered myself. We all know how strong concentrated/focused XP can be. Free retrain allows that to happen.

Did I mention I don't like free retrain?

Well SG isn't really overpowered, but it's just appeared to be strong because:

1) People tend to have more than 10 base AC per minion easily. Thus SG has more damage per xp investment of MM easily.

2) People has been putting a lot of emphasis to counter MM which targets from rear so much, that they have forgotten how it is like to place against something that targets from front, and worse yet increases damage per base armor. A little strat re-orientation will help. That's why free retrain. The only downside is maybe getting the right equipment again, but that is also some what easier with the back catalogue of useful old supporter items. Another reason why the change month is great.

To me, this is a great addition to DD, as we finally have a concentrated attack like MM that attacks from front and isn't funky like Decay. Adds a lot more combo to strats from now on, both defensively or offensively