I want to start by saying that I believe the state of refresher as an item is in a really great place for 95% of scenarios. The other 5% of scenarios all come down to certain hero's ultimate abilities.
For the sake of my argument, I will state the obvious by saying: certain hero's have stronger ults than others. This "claim", if you want to call it that, is directly supported by the fact that certain hero's have longer ult cooldowns than others. When new patches come out and ult cooldowns are increased or decreased, this is almost a direct statement from the devs saying which ults they think are stronger than others. In the most recent patch, Dynamo's ult cooldown was increased from 191 seconds to 215 seconds. That is one of the largest ult cooldown increases we have ever seen in a single patch! As it stands now, Dynamo's ult cooldown is 45 seconds longer than the next longer ult cooldown in the game! I think this directly supports the fact that Dynamo's ult is currently the best ult in the game BY FAR. I do not think many people will argue that.
Finally, to the point of my post. I think that there needs to be some sort of dynamic aspect to Refresher. Hero's with longer ult cooldowns, like Dynamo, get incredible value out of this item. Meanwhile, it is much harder to justify hero's like Paradox, Mo&Krill, and Yamato buying this item, since their cooldowns are some of the lowest. I recognize and understand that not every item is suitable for every hero to buy. With that being said, I believe the current state of Dyanamo buying Refresher is a bit ridiculous. It seems a bit unfair for Dynamo to be able to ult back to back for just 6,200 souls.
I think there are two potential solutions:
With all of this being said, I understand that this game is in early access and I have the utmost respect for the game devs and all the work they have put into this incredible game. This is merely a suggestion that I think would greatly improve mid and late game team fights. I look forwards to, and encourage, hearing what others may think of this issue and the potential solutions I have laid out!
For the sake of my argument, I will state the obvious by saying: certain hero's have stronger ults than others. This "claim", if you want to call it that, is directly supported by the fact that certain hero's have longer ult cooldowns than others. When new patches come out and ult cooldowns are increased or decreased, this is almost a direct statement from the devs saying which ults they think are stronger than others. In the most recent patch, Dynamo's ult cooldown was increased from 191 seconds to 215 seconds. That is one of the largest ult cooldown increases we have ever seen in a single patch! As it stands now, Dynamo's ult cooldown is 45 seconds longer than the next longer ult cooldown in the game! I think this directly supports the fact that Dynamo's ult is currently the best ult in the game BY FAR. I do not think many people will argue that.
Finally, to the point of my post. I think that there needs to be some sort of dynamic aspect to Refresher. Hero's with longer ult cooldowns, like Dynamo, get incredible value out of this item. Meanwhile, it is much harder to justify hero's like Paradox, Mo&Krill, and Yamato buying this item, since their cooldowns are some of the lowest. I recognize and understand that not every item is suitable for every hero to buy. With that being said, I believe the current state of Dyanamo buying Refresher is a bit ridiculous. It seems a bit unfair for Dynamo to be able to ult back to back for just 6,200 souls.
I think there are two potential solutions:
The first one would be to have the price of Refresher dynamically scale with the hero's base ult cooldown time. The problem with this is that it would open up an even bigger can of worms since Refresher also eliminates the cooldowns of the rest of the toolkit. So, for example, hero's with the lowest ult cooldowns (therefore having to pay the least amount for refresher) will get an item that will refresh their entire toolkit for very cheap. I think this solution would actually create more "price to performance" scenarios that are not fair to have. Right now, as stated, I believe the only unfair "price to performance" scenario with Refresher is Dynamo and his ult.
The second potential solution is to have a cast delay, similar to Echo Shard, only on the ultimate ability, after using Refresher. The duration of this cast delay would scale with the hero's ult cooldown. This cast delay range could be somewhere between 0 and 10 seconds, or whatever makes most sense. So, for example, if a hero like Paradox or Mo&Krill using Refresher, they will be able to use their ult again instantly. Meanwhile, hero's like Dynamo, would have a 10 second cast delay on their ult. I think this solution would be much better since it would only effect the ultimate ability and not effect the amount of souls a hero would need to spend.
With all of this being said, I understand that this game is in early access and I have the utmost respect for the game devs and all the work they have put into this incredible game. This is merely a suggestion that I think would greatly improve mid and late game team fights. I look forwards to, and encourage, hearing what others may think of this issue and the potential solutions I have laid out!
