Let's talk about gestalt Abigail... Again...

[RussoDaFederal]

I wrote this post a few hours before the current beta version went live and oh boy what terrible timing. The forum was flooded a few hours later and now everyone's complaining about the new gestalt Abi. Klei did exactly what I was afraid of, nerfed her damage, her invulnerability and made an unnecessarily complicated mechanic to try and force Wendy players to join the fight. She was too strong before, but now she's virtually useless. I'll reiterate my suggestion: bring back the previous version but remove her rile up command. Honestly, everything was working super well back then, except that Abi could absolutely solo some easier bosses and make some other fights way easier than normal, but saying she could be afk for every boss fight was bs. Someone from Klei (don't remember who, probably Jason) said that gestalt Abi was supposed to be more aloof, and removing the rile up command fits that theme. It's less work for the devs and it'd solve this problem in a better way. Sure, the 25% health thing works, kinda, but... Why go that far? There are easier and better solutions (although I'll admit "better" is subjective here). Removing the rile up command ensures she'll only fight if Wendy herself is fighting too, "afk" issue solved.