Quote Originally Posted by Deucalion View Post
This limit is for the birds. High Defense is a strategy of gameplay, and is now being punished.
If Tynon wants to limit something, they should limit Marias amount of heals, not the number if rounds. I can see this becoming a very large problem very, very soon.
With defense stats on the rise, people will easily start to live into the 30 round mark very soon. It's like telling someone " Congrats for living so long and doing so well, but you lose anyway. Oh, and sorry about all that money you put into your defensive gear."

May I suggest that this be "rethunk" so that normal PvP is not affected in the negative manner that it surely will be?

Congrats Anyway Maz, you had him for sure.
If people were living to 30 rounds with 6 offensive heroes in their formation/sub, then I would agree. However, it is not. A player running all offensive heroes will never reach anything close to 30 rounds. He will win or lose in a much shorter period. Since we have been adding more defensive-based heroes to the game, what is really happening is that people are adding multiple defensive/stun heroes to their formation in an effort to prolong battles and win by attrition, rather than overpowering the enemy. We believe this will lead to uninteresting and overly predictable gameplay that will lead players to a state of boredom.

We balance this by having a round limit which forces players to think more offensively and to be more aggressive in their hero setups. It in no way punishes players for having better defensive stats on their gear. Instead, it discourages the practice of having many defense-based heroes in a formation at the same time.