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KrakaDrak
Rising Veteran
4 years ago
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anyone feel like vantage ult sniper is very weak?

to me it felt like a wannabe sentinel, its got very similar performance to the sentinel, yet it only does 50 dmg on the first shot, and for an ultimate, that really doesn't cut it, especially if it o...
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    KrakaDrak
    4 years ago

    its okay to release legends in a rather overpowered state, as long as they feel unique and stay true to a certain design philosophy, like valk being about going airborne and flying around and seer being able to see/detect everything or horizon being about mobility and enemy mobility manipulation (black hole), new stuff should feel fun and exciting to play, it being overpowered simply makes sure they are sure to have a strong fun factor.

    releasing legends in an overpowered state is fine, as long as balance patches come quickly, the thing I fear is that vantage is going to go on the useless bench until next season where she'll get a SLIGHT buff like changing the damage amp from 15% to 25% and that's everything she gets for the season, ultimately changing nothing, while she seems like a really cool legend, which only makes it more frustrating that she feels so lackluster, its like crypto back in season 3, very cool design, extremely low powerlevel.

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KrakaDrak
Rising Veteran
4 years ago

I gues I expected vantage to make snipers a lot of fun to use, but that clearly didn't happen

another noteworthy thing is that vantage says "just try and hide with that tag on you" indicating the sniper might have been a scan, which would make a lot more sense, its just that for a sniper which has such an obvious laser, the sniper does not at all feel dangerous, its instantly out of ammo, does barely any noticeable damage and provides very little debuffs for the team.

in short I'd suggest:

sniper increases damage taken by 25%

sniper deals 100 damage per shot (125 with the damage amplification included, but no longer doubles, increasing consistency and spook/danger level to enemies who notice the laser pointing in their direction)

like ramparts gun it performs better than an average gun, but at the cost of an ultimate slot and it also comes with a bright laser that constantly gives away the player location and aim angle

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KrakaDrak
Rising Veteran
4 years ago

its okay to release legends in a rather overpowered state, as long as they feel unique and stay true to a certain design philosophy, like valk being about going airborne and flying around and seer being able to see/detect everything or horizon being about mobility and enemy mobility manipulation (black hole), new stuff should feel fun and exciting to play, it being overpowered simply makes sure they are sure to have a strong fun factor.

releasing legends in an overpowered state is fine, as long as balance patches come quickly, the thing I fear is that vantage is going to go on the useless bench until next season where she'll get a SLIGHT buff like changing the damage amp from 15% to 25% and that's everything she gets for the season, ultimately changing nothing, while she seems like a really cool legend, which only makes it more frustrating that she feels so lackluster, its like crypto back in season 3, very cool design, extremely low powerlevel.