Of course the better design (and business) decision is to have different best-in-slot supports for different popular DPS.
I'd argue that's a great way to get people to stop spending as soon as they got their BiS support. Why get the new unit that doesn't benefit their favorite? The only way to induce more spending is power creep and force a new favorite onto the fanbase. And ppl who prefer less popular DPS units will simply leave or stop spending since they're getting nothing worthwhile from the new pulls.
Given there are much fewer support units compared to DPS, it would make much more sense for support to benefit more DPS units so ppl with different DPS builds will all want to pull on the new unit. I never said the new unit should somehow obsolete the old units, as BiS for support would, presumably like other unit types, be dependant on the needs of the dungeon. Just like shield & heal units appeal to different types of strategies, support should also presumably appeal to different strategies. Hinging a support unit on the availability of a limited time DPS unit is pretty much a sure fire way to guarantee lack of popularity, even if that DPS is popular. Gamers aren't stupid, they know their DPS is going to get power crept at a later date. There's no reason to invest in a support unit that has low compatibility with future DPS release.
Since you said non-acheron DPS get the same out of Jiaoqiu as a healer, then what would be the appeal of pulling him? Even if Acheron mains pulled him, they'll have to abandon Acheron when power creep comes in, and consequently have wasted resources on Jiaoqiu who won't be worth taking on a non-acheron team.
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Date: 2024-08-23 12:38 am (UTC)I'd argue that's a great way to get people to stop spending as soon as they got their BiS support. Why get the new unit that doesn't benefit their favorite? The only way to induce more spending is power creep and force a new favorite onto the fanbase. And ppl who prefer less popular DPS units will simply leave or stop spending since they're getting nothing worthwhile from the new pulls.
Given there are much fewer support units compared to DPS, it would make much more sense for support to benefit more DPS units so ppl with different DPS builds will all want to pull on the new unit. I never said the new unit should somehow obsolete the old units, as BiS for support would, presumably like other unit types, be dependant on the needs of the dungeon. Just like shield & heal units appeal to different types of strategies, support should also presumably appeal to different strategies. Hinging a support unit on the availability of a limited time DPS unit is pretty much a sure fire way to guarantee lack of popularity, even if that DPS is popular. Gamers aren't stupid, they know their DPS is going to get power crept at a later date. There's no reason to invest in a support unit that has low compatibility with future DPS release.
Since you said non-acheron DPS get the same out of Jiaoqiu as a healer, then what would be the appeal of pulling him? Even if Acheron mains pulled him, they'll have to abandon Acheron when power creep comes in, and consequently have wasted resources on Jiaoqiu who won't be worth taking on a non-acheron team.