Disney Speedstorm Community Pit Stop – Racer Balancing and Stat Caps
Hey SpeedStars,
Join us as we break down the significant list of Racer balancing changes coming to the game at the start of Season 7.
To kick things off, we’ll discuss standard balancing changes that will go live in Season 7 and then move onto a more specific issue with Racer stat caps that required several additional stat-based adjustments for Upgrade Level 50 Racers only.
[h2]RACER & SKILL BALANCING[/h2]
[h3]COMMON SKILL: FIRE[/h3]
The Combat stat in-game directly affects the duration of stuns, whether that be when you stun a rival Racer or when your own Racer is stunned. Our team is implementing changes so Racers getting stunned feels less punishing for players. These adjustments are as follows:
RACER JASMINE
[h3]RACER STAT CAPS[/h3]
As some players started to “max out” their Racers by reaching 5 Stars and Racer Upgrade Level 50, an issue was identified where stat bonuses granted by Crew members were being “capped”.
After a lengthy investigation by the team, a solution was identified, but it requires re-balancing some stats for Racers at Upgrade Level 50 only. The changes to the affected Racers are listed in full below:
RACER JAFAR
The previously mentioned Stat Cap changes gave us an opportunity to review how Crew stat bonuses are applied. Previously, Crew members granted a purely numerical stat bonus, for example, +500 to Top Speed. Going forward, Crew members will now grant percentage-based stat bonuses with the max percentage for each individual stat being +5%. Taking the Top Speed stat as an example, the 5% bonus is tied to the maximum possible Top Speed stat for a Racer.
These changes also allow us to increase the number of different Racer stats a Crew member can grant bonuses to. This means that Common Crew members will now grant bonuses to 2 different stats, while Rare Crew members will now grant bonuses to 3 different stats.
We are also making a change to normalize the behavior of Epic Crew members. Previously, Epic Crew members granted a higher stat bonus to Epic Racers than to Common or Rare Racers. From now on, Epic Crew will grant the same stat bonuses, regardless of the rarity of the Racers they are equipped to.
We are also making some adjustments to the skill bonus granted by the following Crew members:
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Join us as we break down the significant list of Racer balancing changes coming to the game at the start of Season 7.
To kick things off, we’ll discuss standard balancing changes that will go live in Season 7 and then move onto a more specific issue with Racer stat caps that required several additional stat-based adjustments for Upgrade Level 50 Racers only.
[h2]RACER & SKILL BALANCING[/h2]
[h3]COMMON SKILL: FIRE[/h3]
- A Racer can only be stunned once by each instance of the backwards activation.
- The stun duration from the backwards activation has been reduced.
The Combat stat in-game directly affects the duration of stuns, whether that be when you stun a rival Racer or when your own Racer is stunned. Our team is implementing changes so Racers getting stunned feels less punishing for players. These adjustments are as follows:
- The duration of a stun for Racers with a low Combat stat will be shorter.
- The speed reduction effect from being stunned has been lowered.
- The duration of stuns received from a Brawler Class Racer Dash has been reduced.
- The knock back effect received from a Brawler Class Racer Dash has been increased.
RACER JASMINE
- The normal activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill only grants invulnerability while she is in proximity to Rajah.
- The duration of the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 1 second across all Star Levels.
- Rajah’s speed has been reduced at Star Levels 4 and 5 for the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill.
- Rajah’s speed has been increased at Star Levels 2 and 3 for the charged activation of Jasmine’s Unique Skill.
- The speed at which Aladdin travels while the normal activation of his Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
- Genie’s Top Speed stat has been reduced.
- Jafar’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- The speed boost granted from Ariel’s charged Unique Skill after collecting 4 Relics has been reduced between 7-13% depending on the Star Level.
- The length of the trail effect from Prince Eric’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 25%.
- Prince Eric’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- King Triton’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- King Triton’s Handling stat has been increased.
- Ursula’s Handling stat has been increased.
- The duration of the charged activation of Hans’ Unique Skill has been reduced by 20%.
- Hans’ Handling stat has been increased.
- Sulley’s Top Speed stat has been reduced.
- Sulley’s Handling stat has been increased.
- Randall’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- The speed boost granted from Buzz Lightyear’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 10%.
- Buzz Lightyear’s Handling stat has been increased.
- Minnie Mouse’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- The duration of the charged activation of Steamboat Mickey’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 1 second across all Star Levels.
- The length of the trail effect from Steamboat Mickey’s charged Unique Skill has been reduced by 25%.
- Mulan’s Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Mowgli now generates more Manual Boost when he is in proximity to the wolves while the normal activation of his Unique Skill is active.
- Mowgli instantly fills his Manual Boost bar after the charged activation of his Unique Skill.
- The duration of the normal activation of Lilo’s Unique Skill has been increased across all Star Levels.
- Captain Gantu’s Handling has been increased.
- The speed at which Oswald travels while the charged activation of his Unique Skill is active has been reduced by 10%.
- The amount of Manual Boost granted by collecting the piles of scrap metal from the normal activation of WALL•E’s Unique Skill has been reduced by 15%.
[h3]RACER STAT CAPS[/h3]
As some players started to “max out” their Racers by reaching 5 Stars and Racer Upgrade Level 50, an issue was identified where stat bonuses granted by Crew members were being “capped”.
After a lengthy investigation by the team, a solution was identified, but it requires re-balancing some stats for Racers at Upgrade Level 50 only. The changes to the affected Racers are listed in full below:
RACER JAFAR
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Boost stat has been decreased.
- Top Speed stat has been reduced.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Boost stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Boost stat has been decreased.
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Acceleration stat has been increased.
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
- Handling stat has been increased.
- Top Speed stat has been reduced.
- Top Speed stat had been reduced.
- Boost stat has been increased.
- Top Speed stat has been increased.
The previously mentioned Stat Cap changes gave us an opportunity to review how Crew stat bonuses are applied. Previously, Crew members granted a purely numerical stat bonus, for example, +500 to Top Speed. Going forward, Crew members will now grant percentage-based stat bonuses with the max percentage for each individual stat being +5%. Taking the Top Speed stat as an example, the 5% bonus is tied to the maximum possible Top Speed stat for a Racer.
These changes also allow us to increase the number of different Racer stats a Crew member can grant bonuses to. This means that Common Crew members will now grant bonuses to 2 different stats, while Rare Crew members will now grant bonuses to 3 different stats.
We are also making a change to normalize the behavior of Epic Crew members. Previously, Epic Crew members granted a higher stat bonus to Epic Racers than to Common or Rare Racers. From now on, Epic Crew will grant the same stat bonuses, regardless of the rarity of the Racers they are equipped to.
We are also making some adjustments to the skill bonus granted by the following Crew members:
- King Louie will now grant a skill bonus to Boost instead of Shield. (The Jungle Book Collection)
- Auto will now grant a skill bonus to Rush instead of Shot. (WALL•E Collection)
- Mrs. Hasagawa will now grant a skill bonus to Shot instead of Hack. (Lilo & Stitch Collection)
- Elephant On A Bicycle will now grant a skill bonus to Hack instead of bomb (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Collection)
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