Peacekeeper Tournament Ban Discussion | Forums

[TheRevanchist27]

So I was browsing around and I came across some threads and articles discussing how MLG Tournament Organizers have caved to demands regarding the ban of Peacekeeper as a choice of hero from their tournaments. Those demanding this course of action cited the Peacekeeper as "Overpowered" and that her further appearance in tournaments would net the consequence of a "boycott" of MLG tournaments and functions until her blacklisting.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...erpowered-hero


Now based on the title alone I would say that the author of the article was biased against the hero. Personally I enjoy playing the peacekeeper and may in fact be a little biased myself. It is as a point of fair discussion that I disclose that fact about myself.

Personally, I find this motion to be petty and motivated under false pretenses. However MLG organizers have stated that this will be a short term experiment pending their next tournament and a polling results.

This discussion can be found all across Reddit and on these official Forums as well.


Please place yourself in the poll and discuss your views in a well articulated and thoughtful manner. I will be monitoring this post and reporting trolls and instigators.

[Gray360UK]

A guy on the MLG Forums wanted Peacekeepers banned with the threat that if they weren't he would throw his toys out of his pram and refuse to play with the other kids. I've seen dozens of posts on these forums that would end up with Shogukis, Warlords, Valkyries and Wardens being banned (if not every class), along with environmental kills and feats. If we all took whine threads as seriously as MLG appear to do, everything would get banned.

Will be interesting to see what gets banned after they remove Peacekeepers. Presumably when some other class wins too much in the absence of Peacekeepers, an MLG forum user will have a tantrum and demand that one gets banned too. Looking forward to Raider only tournaments

[TheRevanchist27]

A guy on the MLG Forums wanted Peacekeepers banned with the threat that if they weren't he would throw his toys out of his pram and refuse to play with the other kids. I've seen dozens of posts on these forums that would end up with Shogukis, Warlords, Valkyries and Wardens being banned (if not every class), along with environmental kills and feats. If we all took whine threads as seriously as MLG appear to do, everything would get banned.

Will be interesting to see what gets banned after they remove Peacekeepers. Presumably when some other class wins too much in the absence of Peacekeepers, an MLG forum user will have a tantrum and demand that one gets banned too. Looking forward to Raider only tournaments

See I was actually thinking it would be a toss up for Warlord or Warden at this point. Either one would have the advantage with the absence of the Peacekeeper. I am reluctant to declare the Peacekeeper "overpowered" and attribute her success to a misunderstanding of her capabilities by those who fight against her. Eventually if you fight something enough, you learn how to beat it, right?

[cragar212]

A guy on the MLG Forums wanted Peacekeepers banned with the threat that if they weren't he would throw his toys out of his pram and refuse to play with the other kids. I've seen dozens of posts on these forums that would end up with Shogukis, Warlords, Valkyries and Wardens being banned (if not every class), along with environmental kills and feats. If we all took whine threads as seriously as MLG appear to do, everything would get banned.

Will be interesting to see what gets banned after they remove Peacekeepers. Presumably when some other class wins too much in the absence of Peacekeepers, an MLG forum user will have a tantrum and demand that one gets banned too. Looking forward to Raider only tournaments

Except thats not what actually happened at all. Unless you are into competitive console tournament play you would probably be ignorant to the problem.

Console suffers from 30fps and dead zone issues not seen on pc. These create a small difference however at a competitive level a small difference is a huge difference.

The pk problem in tournaments has been a very busy topic for a long time now and it has become accepted if you're not playing a pk you are at a disadvantage. This has resulted in an abnormal amount of pks in console tournaments.

Will be interesting to see if it sticks

[K1dR0b]

Console suffers from 30fps and dead zone issues not seen on pc. These create a small difference however at a competitive level a small difference is a huge difference.

The pk problem in tournaments has been a very busy topic for a long time now and it has become accepted if you're not playing a pk you are at a disadvantage. This has resulted in an abnormal amount of pks in console tournaments.

Will be interesting to see if it sticks

My console doesn't run this game at 30 FPS (Playstation 4). As far as PC vs. Console, you simply have tournaments where you DO NOT cross them up, in other words, PC vs PC, Console vs. Console. PRESTO! Problem solved because nobody has a "small" advantage simply because of the platform. PCs WILL ALWAYS be superior to consoles in graphics and processing capabilities.

The answer is CERTAINLY NOT to ban the Peacekeeper citing "Overpowered" when that is simply NOT the case. UNDER PROCESSING is the problem, not the PK being "overpowered".

[teksuo1]

Don't think any class should be banned ( if i absolutely had to choose one it would be shugoki tbh).

The PK hatred has to come from xbox/ps4 users mainly ; this vote will be skewed unless you do two different ones (one for pc and one for consoles)
*this game should have been for PC only ; at least until consoles can dish out 60 fps.

[PhotoMadness]

Makes sense in till it's fixed i have test this PK hit indicator is bugged shows her hitting from the left in a chain but she hits from the right.

[Ezcendant]

Don't think any class should be banned ( if i absolutely had to choose one it would be shugoki tbh).

The PK hatred has to come from xbox/ps4 users mainly ; this vote will be skewed unless you do two different ones (one for pc and one for consoles)
*this game should have been for PC only ; at least until consoles can dish out 60 fps.

The consoles combined have around four times the population of the PC version. If ubi are only balancing for console or pc, not both, then console is the obvious choice.

[TheRevanchist27]

I'd like to remind everyone that this is a public poll, so we know who's voting and in which ways.

I'd also like to request that if you're going to partake in the poll, can you at least contribute to the discussion?

[katarzyna1974]

See the problem is that Peacekeeper is not overpowered, theres just a bunch of people that expect to be fine trying to attack without blocking. Its extremely easy to beat peacekeeper if you know how to block, considering PK has no unblockables to counter an extreme defense.