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Re: Wraith is nerfed to DEATH!!!

@Whisp3rD34th Haha, nothing better. There are other characters in the game other than wraith, if she is bad now use someone else.

She is still strong, hence the pick rate.

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  • lordalmighty1's avatar
    lordalmighty1
    6 years ago

    @Whisp3rD34th
    I honestly think wraith needs an entire overhaul..

    1st the escape danger does take way to long to activate this should be almost instant as its an escape skill which means using it on low health which ultimately gets you killed waiting for it to work
    2nd wraiths running is stupid she is not Naruto... if wraith is running towards you unaware of enemies it is all to easy to headshot because that's basically the only target you can see and with a +5% damage against her.
    3rd what exactly is the point in a skill based shooter of having a passive that says she is harder to hit, how does that even work when adding the +5% damage against her? I mean if it was a turn based game with rng hit chance worked out by range and a shooter skill modifier sure wraith and lifeline next to each other and another character 20 feet away shooting at both, lifeline would be easier to hit by X% but in a real time fps where the aim is controlled by players and not rng this passive hard to hit thing is bs, players with bad aim are not missing because wraith is hard to hit but because they are not good at aiming, likewise players who can aim well will hit wraith regardless of the hard to hit passive.. if wraith was truly hard to hit she should receive less damage taken similar to gibby who is op to an absurd level... gibby with purple armour his arm shield and full health has 275 points of protection to deplete plus 15% damage reduction which puts him at around 315 damage before being knocked down that he can take but wraith who is apparently hard to hit takes extra damage and only has a 190 points before downed. obviously this is not exactly true because the health/shields are not being buffed/debuffed but weapons damage is but you get the point im making im sure..

  • Sir_Named's avatar
    Sir_Named
    6 years ago
    @lordalmighty1 Gibby with purple armor would only have 250, not 275. You seem to forget that they nerfed his arm shield.
    Also, why should a difficult character to hit take less damage? They are hard to hit, so they shouldn't be buffed even further by taking less damage when they're actually hit.
    You overestimate Gibby. He can tank damage, he is also a more stationary character. Just flank or use any other tactic than a head on 1v1 fight where you trade blows. Grenades, peeking, using abilities, there are tons of options. Gibby also has a huge hitbox, so running away isn't really an option for him.
    True, good players will still hit Wraith, but it is more difficult.
    How would a wraith be unaware of an enemy watching her? she literally has a passive that will warn her of this.
    How is aim controlled by rng?
  • @Sir_Named 

    you seem to have misread what I was talking about in part..  I said "if" the game was a turn based game that used range and shooter skill rng chance to hit (think xcom style) it would be harder to hit wraith by X% over other characters..  but this is not that sort of game.

    the fact is people with bad aim are going to miss wraith just because they are bad at aiming, and people with good aim will hit wraith regardless of the hard to hit passive.  she might be smaller but anyone who is good at aiming wont notice this supposed passive hard to hit due to being able to compensate for size of character. in all honesty I don't think wraith or wattson or the other low profile characters are any harder to hit than mirage or bloodhound or the other mid sized characters and in fact I think bangalore is harder to hit than the low profilers due to the double time skill bangalore has. the only real time low profilers are harder to hit is if and when they take cover, being that tiny bit better at hiding behind a rock 

    you are right, I forgot that gibby arm shield was put back to 50.  

    wraith is only warned when somebody "aims" at her just looking in her direction is not aiming.

    You hear a spectral voice audibly warn you if:
    An enemy is aiming at you
    An enemy with a sniper rifle is aiming at you
    A grenade is thrown at you
    There are traps nearby
    There are many enemies nearby
    Many people have died near you

    as for gibby he is by far the most op character ingame..  if wraith is hard to hit and takes 5% increased damage vs gibby who is easier to hit who takes 15% less damage (3 times more reduction than wraiths additional damage).. on top of this he gets an extra 50 shield points he also gets a dome shield to protect him and team aswell as increase the speed of healing and shield repairs and make revive faster. he can also call in bombardments  and is not effected by slow down like other characters when shot. this not only makes him a tank but a good healer support and offensive character, there is no other legend who is so multi role able. 

  • Sir_Named's avatar
    Sir_Named
    6 years ago
    @lordalmighty1 I do feel like Low Profile characters are hard to hit. Not necessarily because I can't hit them (I can, although I occasionally miss), but because I'll play them, I'll get shot at, but I won't get hit as much. Sometimes, if I move right, I won't get hit at all when running away.
    In your other example, you said Wraith is at a disadvantage when running, and her animation made her an easy target. (That's what you meant, right?) Well, an enemy would have to aim at you first in order to shoot you. Unless you are somehow close enough for them to use hip-fire, but in that case a lot of characters would be boned.
    Gibby isn't really an offensive legend. Well, maybe in some cases. If you have a good tank, they'll be good at fighting but lack mobility or something. Which is the case with Gibraltar, as he can tank really well, but he'd have to ads a lot, and he's at a slight disadvantage if you surprise him. He also has a little bit of support tacked onto his dome, which gives him some healer stuff.
    He has some support stuff, but he isn't the best at support. Lifeline has more support options than him.
    There are also a lot of other characters who can fill more than one role.
    Caustic: Can revive in his gas, his gas can be good for offense and defense. He also has Fortified.
    Bangalore: Revive in smoke, but also a big offensive legend with the smoke, artillery, and fast movement.
    Revenant: can use his ult to do a lot of things, like revive, run away, or just attack enemy.
    Wraith: Her portal is good for saving teammates, or escaping, or rushing, or a combination of all three.
  • @Sir_Named I understand where you are coming from, but lets face it for a moment. wraith portal while good for various movement actions isn't equal to a gibby dome shield. for example you cannot heal inside the portal and anyone can follow using it to finish off or escape from you.
    caustics gas makes it hard for your own team to see through and fire at enemies and can be a hinderance as much as a help, they are also easily removed by shooting at the metal base.
    bangalore smoke wont stop bullets and makes anyone reviving a team member inside still at risk. rolling thunder imo is not as good as the gibby bombardment its time delay and spacing of shells make it somewhat ok to avoid and although it has a larger area of shell placement it is rather predictable unlike gibby bombs which last abit longer and strike multiple times over the area of effect. (I mainly play bangalore and lifeline btw)
    lifeline has good healing and revive but that's about it tbh, the care packages are ok and at times somewhat good but rather random, the healing bot is of course a good tool but gibby dome does everything for him that lifeline can do in terms of revive and heal speeds plus adds lifeline healing speed to team mates.
    as for wraith run anim, its to easy imo to score headshots on her from the front because she is so leaned forwards its literally legs or head shots that will hit with hip fire from a medium range add the time taken to activate into the void which is at least half as long to long makes her somewhat easy to kill. headshots do so much damage that even 5% extra does make a difference to her, of course It is situational catching her coming towards you unaware.

    I know rebalancing can be a tricky business but imo nerfs of the same character over and over are not the answer I would like to see buffs applied to characters that seem to be lacking in some way over nerfing characters. and I would also be more reluctant over nerfing based on complaints of community because a lot of complaints stem from angry people who lost a lot of games or feel they was cheated somehow when it could just be they are not good and fighting players who are alot better. take for example me for instance I have played around 4000 games since day1 I have been on winning teams about 50 times total I am a terrible shot its very rare I do 200 damage in a game and I have lost count to the amount of times I have been punched to death while trying to shoot an enemy lol... but I don't demand its because the character is op and needs a nerf I don't cry hacks or snap keyboards or punch holes in my monitor over it, however those kinds of reactions are quite common place in online gaming, the devs should take them with a pinch of salt. anyways sorry for the what now must be a wall of text have a good1
  • Adendon's avatar
    Adendon
    6 years ago

    The only problem I see with wraith is that her tactical is too easy to spot (this is coming from someone who doesn't play wraith but someone who has fought against multiple wraiths and killed them).

    They should honestly reduce the amount of time that there is a trail. For example, for half the duration wraith is in her tactical there's a trail, for the other half there's no trail. That way enemies can know the general direction, but not be able to predict where her tactical ends.

    It's too easy to track down a wraith when she activates her tactical, at this point, her tactical is mainly used to escape damage and not the enemy; it just delays the inevitable.

  • @Adendon There's a time and a place for every ability, Wraith's tactical is NOT for a 1 v 1 close fight escape.
  • @S8N_Spawn  I understand where you are coming from. In general the game just needs more legends to change the % on the pick rate. There is nothing we can really do about that. And a 5% damage intake increase vs a non or 15% damage reduction will make or break you in a lot of fights people underestimate that. Apply a -5% decrease vs no decrease vs. +15% increase to anything in the game or in life in general you will see a difference. Me personally, I don’t have a hard time hitting low profile characters And a lot of other players don’t. This is also based off skill level and situations in game.You got to remember wraith has already had nerfs on her tactical which made it slower and with a 35 second Cooldown. That is bigger than you know. On top of that you can see her trail, she can’t open doors and she moves the same speed in her tactical. Her tactical also has a delay which has gotten me killed many times due to the animation. And as for the aiming part I think that a lot of players who play wraith and path are good and strafing and dodge bullets. Don’t get me wrong their size does help but I think once again it’s based off skills. If a wraith is just running at me head on she is going to die but if she is moving left to right obviously it’s going to be hard to hit her. But she also takes less bullets to finish her. And there are ways they can make legends skills better to be on par with wraith and path. Once again you play a legend that you are good with. I know octanes,cryptos, Watsons, that can take out wraiths no problem because they know how to play around it. You can read the post I just gave to @Sir_Named @there are ways to buff the other legends to help with the pick rate issues and even the tactical aspect of the game. I appreciate your respond though and I do see where you’re coming from.💯

    One last thing when wraith enters her void that means two things. Either she is in a bad position where she can lose a fight or she is near death and needs to retreat to avoid getting finished. There are many ways I can say how there are better ways to improve the game but it’s drawn out enough. On top of it the forum keeps deleting people’s post.

  • S8N_Spawn's avatar
    S8N_Spawn
    6 years ago

    @NerfGameKillerRight! I've replied to your post 3 times, but it's removed before I finish every time. Just doing a quick one now to add to it in a minute.

    And again, I do agree, buffing other legends is definitely a good move to try to equalize the usage rates, but no other legends abilities come close to what Wraith and Pathyboi provide so the only way to buff those other abilities enough would be to make them extremely OP and we'd be having this same discussion about nerfing that legend.

    Look, the fact remains, Wraith is by far the most used legend, and it's not because she's the hottest (we'll see what the usage for Loba looks like when she comes out).  Her and Pathfinder are unquestionably the best legends in the game because of their entire kits (size, movement, abilities).  There is ZERO reason to not pick them (from a tactical perspective), the 5% damage increase doesn't matter when they're not getting hit (as much as other legends).  How's about this, take away low profile and make them the same hitbox and movement as Revenant/Mirage would that be too big of a nerf?

    I play all legends, but have had some of my best games as Wraith and Pathfinder specifically because of their kits.

  • @S8N_Spawn @Pretzelnutcake @I agree with you pretzel.That wouldn’t work by taking away low profile that would mean they would have to resize the characters and change the values which could either take forever or mess up the game. I’m not mad about the low profile, its just them keep downgrading her skills. Yes she has a good tactile but it’s not overpowered. She can’t reload or heal in the void. I agree they are better then some other legends but other legends are getting buffed soon. Mirage just got a confirmed buff update and then it will be for some others. I just think it would be hard to establish a middle ground. I definitely think she doesn’t need anymore nerfs. I know the game is working from a marketing stand points but it’s almost how fortnite nerf some things because the casual players who weren’t as good were complaining. Which made then lose a good amount of the player base. Change isn’t always good but same can be said for no change. It would be nice to have a vote to see where most people stand on these topics and their skill level in the game.

  • @S8N_Spawn Exactly, the trouble is though Wraith mains dont use anyone else and complain when other legends get a buff or she gets a nerf.i would get bored using the same legend all the time.
  • NerfGameKiller's avatar
    NerfGameKiller
    6 years ago

    @xx_Dante2k_xx Wraith mains don’t make up the whole community. Everyone was complaining about buffs when Gibby got buffed not just wraith mains. And not all wraith mains just use wraith. You are just putting wraith users into one category and assuming they all do or think the same things. If anything most people would be fine with other legends getting buff. 

  • @Sir_Named Yeah but if someone came with aim assist man we are playing on ps4 all of them aim assist they can hit us very easy man
  • Sir_Named's avatar
    Sir_Named
    6 years ago
    @Elamami3440 The aim assist doesn’t help that much. It just slows your reticle when it’s near a person. You can still easily miss.
    Also it doesn’t help at all when at mid range or sniping.
  • lDarkenzl's avatar
    lDarkenzl
    5 years ago
    @xx_Dante2k_xx She’s no where near strong her pick rate is from good players from the start of the game that grinder stats for hours they aren’t just gonna change because there character became the worst in the game literally even Watson is better at this point I played wraith from before a season to the end of season 2 which she started getting nerfed and it was obvious because how bad other players were since all they could do was complain cause they can’t aim I play octane now and have over 17k kills 4K badge and 20 kill badge my point here is they aren’t gonna change legends that they already have badges and kills on
  • You cant be this stupid. She's awful now. Enlarged hit box, slow ult generation, 2 second delay on using wraith form, weapons take 2 seconds to be usable after coming out of wraith form. Only thing strong about her is tele use in rank. 

  • TuxTart116's avatar
    TuxTart116
    5 years ago

    Are you insane?! tthat is stupidly powerful, that means anytime a wraith is low she can just leave,Plus the 5% extra damage is extremely helpful to anyone apposing wraith, you get rid of that and now shes an unstoppable force of mass destruction,

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    rizlefps
    5 years ago

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