Talk:Martha (Ruler)/@comment-27789594-20190809171832/@comment-37459050-20190811032932

Not to mention that Luvia can NP loop like crazy with her crits. Martha has always been a 1-turn nuke, but with break bars being the norm nowadays, improving her NP is basically doing nothing to improve Ruler Martha’s overall place in the game.

Which also brings up the fundamental issue in the game about command card types. With Skadi, quick is now the meta for NP-looping for AoE fights. Tamamo allows for arts teams to actually be useful, and is (probably) the go-to option for CQ’s.

Now, buster memes were a thing because break bars were nonexistent and Merlin gave phat 100% crit buffs to Jalter who could obliterate enemies just by critting an enemy. Sure Merlin is still OP, but buster cards are not. They don’t provide any NP gain whatsoever in a game where Noble Phantasms are the key to winning battles.

I don’t know why DW didn’t think about this when buffing any of the Buster servants in this 4th anniversary (except for Romulus, which is even more confusing considering they got that right but couldn’t for almost every other servant???). What Martha really needed was either a buff that gave her more consistent damage or something that gave her more NP. Hell, even a defensive buff would’ve been better than this strengthening quest.

But hey, at least it wasn’t as bad as Maid Alter’s. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.