Marvel’s Avengers War Table Weekly Blog Week #79
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Designer Alexander Kende and Narrative Director Nicole Martinez are here to discuss Narrative Gear Name Changes!
We standardized the naming of hundreds of Perks to be far clearer on what kinds of buffs they give your Hero.
For example, Blitz and Breaker were both suffixes used to denote an increase in damage. Now, all Perks that increase damage under a certain condition or from a certain attack will end in the standardized suffix Breaker—you will no longer see “Blitz”. Note that Breaker only affects damage; if a Perk affects damage and something else, it will have a different term.
Here's a Hero-specific example: Captain America had Rally Cry Safeguard and Rally Cry Bulwark as potential perks on his Gear. Both Safeguard and Bulwark increased defense while Rally Cry was active—same effect, two different names. We dropped Bulwark and standardized both to Rally Cry Safeguard. Safeguard is now our suffix to denote an increase in defense across all Gear.
This also applies to Status Effect Perks. We had many Perks named flavorfully according to their Hero—such as Pym Particle Reinforced Blade for Kate Bishop, and Heavyweight Particle Projector for Black Panther. Because both these Perks gave Pym damage on heavy combo finishers, their names were standardized to Pym Particle Heavyweight. Additionally, Heavyweight is now the term
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