Alter Ability Feedback

@Miskira42  For the passive, I usually would just exit out of the deathbox if its the wrong one and then aim at the one I wanted. The loot icon would disappear on boxes you had opened and the glow of the deathbox would disappear once an item is taken. The inventory management you've mentioned sounds nice, but in a lot of cases an Alter would be stuck more in a menu when trying to quickly loot.

For the tactical, you have to walk at least a foot away from the portal. The reason why you have to move away first is because if it just lets you use the portal, it could teleport you when you move in any direction, which would make you get stuck as you move back and forth until the portal disappears.

Lastly, while the idea of the ultimate becoming the active survival item sounds nice, keep in mind that knocked teammates won't have access to their survival menu, so they would have to look at the Void Nexus to be able to use it. Also, in most cases, a player might try to throw out a heat shield, but would start activating the Void Nexus instead. For this idea to work, it would have to be a button we can press and hold. However, most buttons on a controller is already being used, so it might be hard to make it easier for everyone.

Maybe if the Void Nexus icon was a little bit more visible and we can see where it is by the icon on screen pointing in its direction like how it does for teammates, it could work. The devs would also have to be careful as a bigger Void Nexus icon could block Alter from being able to use her passive if there's any deathboxes around the Void Nexus.

Overall, I've had the same thoughts about Alter. The ultimate does take some time before you could use it, but the cooldown is a way to balance it. I just wish you could get the ultimate refunded if you deactivate it before anyone had used it.

There's been times where I've thrown out the ultimate and then the ring closed over it and times when an enemy team would push where the ultimate was left. In the cases where a team is around the Void Nexus, they would often camp it. Its not fun recalling back to the Void Nexus just to find out a squad was camping it. I would rather recall unused ultimates and then redeploy them somewhere more useful, (especially when the location of one gets compromised by an enemy team). It would also be nice to see an indicator on the Void Nexus that shows if using it is safe or not. I would prefer to avoid using the Void Nexus if there's a team nearby it.