User blog:Tappingplayer/Power Creep and Injustice

So, i quit the game about 1 year ago, and i came back recently, during the Suicide Squad update. And When i did Come back, i noticed that a Huge power creep had unleashed itself Upon This game. Characters have gotten Incredible Abilities, as well as huge base stats. Most of my cards were practically useless, except for the ones that are currently seeing play because of abilities or synergy with good gear (f.eks Luchador Bane or Killer Frost/Prime).

When I last played, AO Batman was easily one of the best characters, and he was definitely the most expensive one. Now, there are a lot of cards that are both better and more expensive, like I2Superman. There are several benefits and several problems with power creep at such a level, where every character is on par with, or better then the previous one.

Benefits: -People have to play the game more, and there is always more to do. There are new characters all the time, and people will need to play To get them. This is good for business. More playing means less not playing. -Long time players don't get rewarded just for having played longer. If old characters are weaker the next new ones, long time players can't just sit on the perfect E7 team. It makes it easier for newer players to catch up.

Problems: -Collections are pointless. I, and many other players, have been playing for a while. And I feel like most of my collection is completely dead weight. Cards like Superman/Regime, Wonder Woman/Regime, Raven/Regime, Zod/Prime, and other characters I have struggled and played to level and Elite, are now so far behind that they are rendered pointless. -Newer players have a tough time. It's hard for newer players to get good characters. When you needed to E7 a good character back in 2014, you would need About a Million credits (Batgirl as an example, would cost you 1,274,000 to E7, assuming you got the first copy from challenge mode). That is a lot, but it's much easier for newer players to do, then to E7 say E2Grundy, for about 2,352,000, or I2Superman for a whopping 3,437,000 credits. Not to mention booster pack exclusive characters like AK Batman and DOJ Batman who can cost between 10 and 50 million to E7. (Damn Bats, you expensive)

Of course, I understand that all characters can't be equally good, but they could at least buff some of the older Challenge Characters (looking at you, Raven/Regime), reduce pricing on some of the newer characters, or simply stop giving new characters higher stats then the previous ones. My idea of a perfect injustice is one where all Gold Cards are viable in a competetive setting. I really hope they do something about the power creep when Update 3.0 hits.