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@T0TALfps wrote:Hello there,
Irish Areas of Improvement
One Projectile Too Many
One of the key changes that will be taking place for Irish is a balancing pass to the intercepting capabilities of Irish’s APS-36 Shootdown Sentinel (Sentinel).
Going forward, the Sentinel will now have a 5-second window from its first intercept to take down any additional projectiles it detects, such as Frag Grenades and Anti-Infantry Rockets from Specialists and Vehicles.
Once this initial intercept time has elapsed, the Sentinel will enter into a recharging state and will no longer be able to intercept any further projectiles for 7.5 seconds before being able to intercept projectiles once again.
I don't think I've seen a single person ask for Irish to be nerfed, if anything I've seen people praise him as being the most useful specialist because he is the answer to grenade and explosive spam.
Now he is just... Occasionally useful. Front-lines will no longer be a thing with this change because of how flat maps are.
I don't think this is the answer DICE, you should be buffing the other specialists such as Rao, Boris and Crawford to be as useful instead of nerfing specialists.