Ocw Class Balance Patch 4.0

[Mr.Sensation]

As previously announced the new round of balancing has taken place adjust your classes accordingly. The Rules and Regs have been updated to reflect this as well.

 

The following changes to the class system have been made official by Sensation for use starting with next week's Riot and Ambition shows. This is not me spitballing, this is becoming law.

Changes:

All Classes: -10 Tech Stat

Generalist Class Abolished. Rolled into Showman.

Luchadore Class Abolished. Rolled into Flyer.

Only Submission and Stretcher can use Submission Finishers.

 

Submission:

STR & GRAP -5, TECH - 5, SPD -5, CHA -5

 

Stretcher:

STR & GRAP -5, TECH - 5, SPD -5, CHA -5

 

Showman:

SPD +5/CHA +5

 

Brawler:

Strike ONLY+5

 

Monster

Weight Classes: Super Heavyweight

For powerful individuals whose sheer pile of muscle has made them raging mountains.

GRPL: 85 STR: 85 DUR: 75 TEC: 55 SUB: 65 SPD: 70 CHA: 70

 

Giant

Weight Classes: Super Heavyweight

For naturally massive individuals who excel at using their size to destroy and captivate.

GRPL: 80 STR: 80 DUR: 75 TEC: 55 SUB: 65 SPD: 65 CHA: 85

 

Power

Weight Classes: Super Heavyweight, Heavyweight

For behemoths of muscle who simply overpower their opponents.

GRPL: 75 STR: 75 DUR: 75 TEC: 60 SUB: 70 SPD: 75 CHA: 75

 

Technical

Weight Classes: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight

For technical masters who favor a bit of power.

GRPL: 70 STR: 70 DUR: 75 TEC: 75 SUB: 75 SPD: 75 CHA: 70

 

Submission

Weight Classes: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight

For Submission masters who have the abilities to make their opponents submit. This class is permitted to use Submission finishers.

GRPL: 65 STR: 65 DUR: 75 TEC: 70 SUB: 85 SPD: 70 CHA: 65

 

Brawler

Weight Classes: Super Heavyweight, Heavyweight

For roughhouse characters who use their vicious style to awe crowds.

GRPL: 75 STR: 80 DUR: 75 TEC:55 SUB: 65 SPD: 75 CHA: 85

 

Showman

Weight Classes: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight

For all-arounders who use their wide array of skills to catch the eyes of the crowd.

GRPL: 70 STR: 70 DUR: 75 TEC: 65 SUB: 70 SPD: 80 CHA: 90

 

Stretcher

Weight Classes: Super Heavyweight, Heavyweight

For those who would use their natural strength to twist their opponents into submission. This class can use submission finishers.

GRPL: 70 STR: 70 DUR: 75 TEC: 55 SUB: 80 SPD: 70 CHA: 65

 

Shooter

Weight Classes: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight

For masterful technicians who favor agility over power.

GRPL: 65 STR: 65 DUR: 75 TEC: 75 SUB: 80 SPD: 80 CHA: 70

 

Flyer

Weight Classes: Light Heavyweight, Cruiserweight

For those who want to use masterful speed and agility to overwhelm opponents with dazzling moves and amazing gymnastics.

GRPL: 65 STR: 65 DUR: 75 TEC: 65 SUB: 65 SPD: 85 CHA: 85

 

You are to remove submission finishers if your class can no longer use them and modify your stats accordingly.

From Guy Fausto (Class Balance)

 

For Further Discussion See The Lockeroom Area and School of Hardknocks

 

Given the wording is 'Submission Finisher', and FPR hasn't changed from as it currently stands(although that might still change), I would imagine it's fine cause you currently couldn't win off it as is.

 

Going to explain these changes before the sea of 'DON'T NERF ME BRO' posts rise up.

 

"-10 Tech to All Classes"

 

This is to remove the ability for those with 80+ tech to automatically gain a chain grapple when they reverse. With the 'No Reversing Chain Grapples' rule, this basically meant they recieved a free move and killed the momentum of the attacker. Me and supporters of this switch believed this made Technical a huge boon since everyone else had to capitalize manually, and faced risk of their capitalization being reversed.

 

Tech as a stat still has value - as it helps with reversals and increases the momentum gain you get when you reverse someone. There is still a reason to choose the tech class, it's just not as overwhelming as it once was - I think I saw more people picking Technical as a class than anyother by a good margin.

 

"Removal of Luchadore and Generalist"

 

90 speed was too fast. It's essentially an instant grapple and basically let them force mash games on command. As the only remarkable feature of Luchadore was the 90 speed, without that, it has no reason to exist so Luchadores become Flyers.

 

With the Speed Buff to Showman, there is no reason for Generalist to exist as they shared the same important stat spread.

 

"Only Submission and Stretcher can use Submissions + Nerfs to Submission/Stretcher"

 

Look at the finisher threads. EVERYONE and their mother was using a Submission finisher. Submission finishers are incredibly powerful this year and we need some restriction on them. So essentially, the catch if you want to use a submission finisher this year, you're going to deal with very subpar stats. Prior to this reworking the Submission classes had slightly better stats, so this isn't as bad as it looks, but they are now designed to be worse than than everyone else. It's the price you pay for a loaded trump card.

 

"Buffs to Showman/Brawler"

 

Charisma is a shitty stat. It doesn't seem to increase general momentum gain by much, and from all I've seen, it only really affects taunts. This led to Brawler and Showman, with a focus on Charisma, falling behind. Speed gives Showman a unique stat benefit over other Heavyweight-intended classes. Showman was also intended as the principle Charisma class, so +5 gives them that status over the Brawler. It doesn't really help them worth a damn.

 

Brawler was a bit tougher. If I gave them +5 Tech, they're essentially Power. If I gave them +5 Speed, they're superior to Showman again. I think the Brawler's spread has its purpose, so I didn't want to delete it. So I'm breaking my own rule by giving them +5 strike only. I might be more open to staggering others if need be, but in practice there's not that much reason to keep them split still as I foresee.

[Mr.Sensation]

Just so it doesnt get eaten

[The Guy Fausto]

Nothing is getting patched. And you put my text in blue.

 

Lay off the WoW.

[Mr.Sensation]

NO U

 

Ur our nerdy Ghost Crawler.

[Tiberius Dupree]

Damn me being the only PURE submissionist this really hurts.

 

Guess I gotta revamp pretty much my entire play style. Nonetheless i mark for the changes.

[Chris Baxter]

gahhh ... damn stat cuts ... and dupree .. havent i made you tap out to your own move like 20x ... as for pure submissionist ... i dare you to take on AJ Phoenix .. he'll wrap you in a pretzel in 5 minutes with his submission skills

 

submissionist took a hit ... bummer ... guess ill have to get better .. or switch back to showman lol .. 90 charisma suits the rated arr superstar quite well

[Jacob Trance]

I think its a shame ppl will have to change their styles to suit stats.. But thats the way its going to be it seems. Showman is no longer overpowered, but i feel tech has been slaughtered as a class.

 

Its all quite cookie cutterish

[Mr.Sensation]

Nothing is getting patched. And you put my text in blue.

 

Lay off the WoW.

 

Happy i changed it to Nerdy Green, asshole.

[Brandon Hostile]

Is stretcher really supposed to have 55 tec?? or 65? Cuz the old stat was 70 wasnt it?

[The Guy Fausto]

It got nerfed by all-tech nerf and nerfed further on top of that. So yes, they lost 15 tech.