Talk:SE.RA.PH/@comment-101.99.188.49-20170510042611/@comment-28048698-20170510054739

To be honest I really doubt they will do that, even if I like the solo system. And let's remember they already implemented the "you can't use X Servants" system before: the previous Halloween even. We had quests with things like "only male Servants", "only king Servants", "only small size Servants", etc. So if you fight in a "only female Servants" quest you can't use Merlin.

I mean, Merlin isn't the first OP Servant we have seen in F/GO. Before Merlin/Mashu was Waver/Mashu, and in fact Waver is still a monster. Before obtaining Merlin, I used Wavers from my support list with a lot of great combos (Waver/Shielder, Waver/Irisviel, Waver/Da Vinci, etc). And they didn't tried anything against how monstrous was Waver.

We can say the same with Cú Chulainn Alter and Jeanne Alter. Both of them are monstrous DPS, you can kill almost everything if you have one of them in the team and choose two defensive Servants as their companion. And DW didn't tried anything against them (and both of them are old too).

DW doesn't really care how OP or powerful are some specific Servants or combination. They just throw us hard challenges from time to time and that's all, like the Nero's Redux. After all, let's be honest: only a few can really exploit those combos. If you don't have Merlin, you need to take a support Merlin. Ok, you have your Shielder and a friend Merlin, now who is your DPS? If you don't have a good DPS, you can't select a DPS from your supports and your fight will be a long one, with 100 or 200 turns.