Talk:Merlin/@comment-4036433-20180415085233/@comment-27971189-20180526073232

It come from JP message boards, mainly.

Previously, it also believed that Merlin is OP by Nasu request.

However from latest expo it looks like staff themselves not even considering he is that broken by multiple HP bar and gimmick (and Merlin skill already fit his lore as Nasu want it to be).

Thus some players guessing that Merlin real purpose that DW have no issue releasing him on this F2P friendly game could be because he himself marks change of meta considering his kit; not leading Buster-oriented meta like what most player believe but model of how future difficult battle and Servants will be;

Longer battle with more concern about burst damage, buffs and debuffs; his fame can be said result of him being the first came with newest thing, easy to use as well (compare to Musashi, Moriarty and MHXA while King Hassan being 'new generation' by breaking Assassin rules with AQBBB)

Of course this is speculation based on how devs. respond. Could be true as DW staffs express that bronze and silver run people did does motivated them to make sure they're always viable.