I did a post about why was this stuff so common trying to get the moderators, or someone on development to give insight. Didn't get that, but got alot of support for this to stop. So, I've decided to explain why this an awful idea for the game.

Starting off, it's allow you guys to get lazy with your monsters. For instead of building interesting movesets, and having a trait to either expand, or balance potential. You've got unbalanced messes that are busted because everything has to have a resistance trait. Frostbite would have been busted when he initially came out, and you guys knew this so you gave him an awful trait. However this memo is just gone now for the I'm guessing sake of people trying to see the monster as more appealing.

Finally to the bigger issue, how this has, and will continue ruining the meta. When you guys changed traits to unify effects (Except Burn), and balance deniers by preventing chain deny (Except Possession). It showed massive hypocritisy within this apparent care for "improving" the meta. For you guys change this, but still aren't considering how hardened, and tough aren't ruining the meta right now. This hardened, and tough trend has ruined war, and PvP (To a Lesser Extent) for me. For guess what, I'm having to deal with every war 1 through 3 hardened monsters on every defense team. Guess what that means, a gamble that I deny them. Guess what that isn't, strategy, this is just luck. Not at all enjoyable to deal with, and this will eventually lead me to quitting the game. Luck isn't at all enjoyable to rely on at all, and doesn't allow for fun defense teams to be made. Everything having hardened, and tough causes not just stagnation, but also hurts everyone playing the game.

Tried to not be angry in this post, for I do want this trend to die.

@MonstrousManiac agreed, they are ruining the game with all these misses that has skyrocket. It really isnt fun anymore at all. No real strategy, just luck.
Or as my opening attack this morning in war, missing 3/3 with baba yagas confusion aoe. My plan b second guy ixofex jumps in and misses 2/3 with his confusion aoe. Shortly After on Babas second turn i completly misses with my single hit confusion. Ofc i lost my 3 coins in that war fight. Ofc i have to say sorry teammates and feel letting them down although theres nothing i can do about that missing parade. Not fun at all.

I don't mind so much the hardened/tough and the 5/10% chance of missing, what frequently annoys me the most are the specials. The more lethal they become, the more they become an instant 'game over'. That really takes strategy out of the equation. I'd be jumping around with joy the day they remove specials all together (which sadly will never happen). Specials kill all the joy for me. When I get one and my attack plan is on track, I often even don't use them as they are boring (although some of the visuals are cool)....

@David-ML can agree i woud prefer if there wasnt any specials. However as you said about when attack goin as planned. This is why i feel the missing thing is the crucial part. If i miss i can get a special up my head at any time. If i dont miss there will be no specials that can touch me for most part (thetys playing can be very frustrating, agree) The most annoying thing is when going to end the fight and win, gets a complete miss followed by enemy special and loss, and its not rare anymore

@David-ML Aesthetically I love specials. Now that being said, if they re-design skills to have unique and not just some generic attack animations (which I doubt) , then I don't care if they remove specials all together. Because let's be honest, no one strategizes taking specials into consideration (because of the chance factor).

@esentis you can strat a bit with multiple turn monsters

@esentis said in Why Everything Having Hardened, and Tough is a Problem:

no one strategizes taking specials into consideration (because of the chance factor)

That is EXACTLY the reason why I don't like them, actually downright hate them. Nothing frustrates more than getting a whole series of them!!!

I love the strategy component of the battles and specials just ruin everything when they turn up. I honestly think that the game would be much better off without them, in particular with the recent power surge where specials are an instant win/lose. I might create a separate thread about it to see how the rest of the community thinks about this....

@esentis said in Why Everything Having Hardened, and Tough is a Problem:

. Because let's be honest, no one strategizes taking specials into consideration (because of the chance factor).

I do, and I know many others who do as well.

In general I agree that all the tough/hardened monsters don't show much originality.

I do not agree at all with tough monsters making it a game of chance or luck. It makes things more complex to plan an attack with a likely chance of success. Good support monsters, precision, OHK's, life based attacks et cetera, make 'resists' far less relevant.

@Marianne-van-Es Been there done that ! Still not a "strategy". Getting extra turns all the time till special kicks in, is the lamest strategy of all time. At least from my POV. @Ekto-Gamat How can someone create a strategy around a special? Besides hoping for it to kick in? It would be fun if in the future SP introduced a mechanic where a skill activates a special of a chosen monster ^^

@esentis well with Voltaik, Zyla Pr Charmless you prob can with rune sets and relics. other are slightly more difficult but Burot in combination with Demise or other turn giver comes close too

@esentis said in Why Everything Having Hardened, and Tough is a Problem:

@Marianne-van-Es Been there done that ! Still not a "strategy". Getting extra turns all the time till special kicks in, is the lamest strategy of all time. At least from my POV. @Ekto-Gamat How can someone create a strategy around a special? Besides hoping for it to kick in?

Right, I thought you meant a strategy against an opponent's special. But no, cannot ever count on a special of your own kicking in when you need it.