Forum:Guidelines for balance change icons: Difference between revisions

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{{proposal header|deadline=22 February 2026, 23:59 UTC}}

{{proposal header|deadline=29 February 2026, 23:59 UTC|outcome=Option C}}

Currently I'm working on guidelines for update pages and update history sections at [[User:Polavux/Blooncyclopedia:Update history guidelines]]. The wiki is currently fairly consistent with the formatting of changes, and this is just to formally establish those as guidelines and a standard for the ordering of update pages. However, there are two things about the current formatting that bug me:

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# I don't play or look into competitive games but I feel like using "buff/nerf" that way makes sense to me. Generally, I like the use of "buff/nerf" relative to the player, not to the feature itself. [[User:Max|Max]] ([[User talk:Max|talk]]) 12:09, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

# Naturally, I would say that monkey stat benefits are "buffs", Bloon benefits are "nerfs" to the player, harder-ing the map is a "nerf" to the player, and for Bloon send changes I'd naturally lean on nerf/buff if it's for or against the strength of the rush, though Bloon send changes I'd allow neutral too. [[User:Qwertyxp2000|Qwertyxp2000]] ([[User talk:Qwertyxp2000|talk]]) 21:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

::Also, cards in BCS I'd do buff/nerf. [[User:Qwertyxp2000|Qwertyxp2000]] ([[User talk:Qwertyxp2000|talk]]) 21:36, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

==Option C==

# This is probably just me, but I get confused at first glance when something like an enemy is stronger and marked as a nerf. In other competitive games I've followed across years, when something that both players have access to is changed, it is usually marked from the player's perspective only, so I can say I am ok with using icons for them as buffs/nerfs. [[User:Drgoku282|Drgoku282]] ([[User talk:Drgoku282|talk]]) 03:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

# I like this option the best [[User:Overclockbtd|Overclockbtd]] ([[User talk:Overclockbtd|talk]]) 03:45, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

# Is this how I vote [[User:Vexatious|Vexatious]] ([[User talk:Vexatious|talk]]) 20:07, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

# I prefer this option [[User:IapIac|IapIac]] ([[User talk:IapIac|talk]]) 23:04, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

# I believe this makes the most sense. If a subject gets buffed against the player, it's still a buff to that subject. Also in agreement with switching to buffs/nerfs on competitive things with equal playing field, as listing every Bloon send change as neutral is definitely not how you should be treating it. If a send is buffed/nerfed, then it proportionally affects defenses, which also get nerfed/buffed because of it. --[[User:Planterror|Planterror]] ([[User talk:Planterror|talk]]) 04:23, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

# What those other guys said [[User:TechTato|TechTato]] ([[User talk:TechTato|talk]]) 16:35, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

==Option D==

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# Other choice. [[User:Max|Max]] ([[User talk:Max|talk]]) 12:09, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

# also the other choice [[User:Qwertyxp2000|Qwertyxp2000]] ([[User talk:Qwertyxp2000|talk]]) 18:12, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

==Option F==

==Comments==

Since there is some confusion, there is how each option would look like:

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