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Kohhdeine
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6 years ago

Crypto and Revenant Buff

I personally think both of these characters are lacking true abilities right now. They have good structures but it feels so limited. 

Crypto: His abilities require him to be standing still for periods of time. This is rendered useless during fast-paced fights where you’re always on the move. I think a play on his hacking abilities can make him more independent and able to defend himself/the team 

~can hack vault doors and open them, in exchange, it should take 20 seconds~ 

~can disarm Wattson’s tactical and ult with EMP or as a regular ability~
~EMP gives off way more damage or denotes faster or charges faster or has a wider range ~
~his drone can shoot using his guns and ammo but a very short range and crypto is left vulnerable to attacking. His drone can be shot down with very little damage~ 

Revenant feels very weak as well. Never did I need to use his climbing abilities. His silence is pretty pointless and has never hindered me from fighting, I just run until it wears off. His death totem though can be very useful but its range is restricting. He needs a new tactical. 

-his death totem should have an unlimited range but protection disappears quickly~
~silence should be like gravity, it pulls enemies towards it and slows them down~ 
~his passive ability can be like seeing death boxes from afar through walls and not having to click a button to see what’s in them and can loot from afar, since his theme is death and etc~ 

tell me what you think. Even if you do not agree with my suggestions, do you think these two deserve a buff? What are some other suggestions you have?

6 Replies

  • @Kohhdeine I believe both of these characters could use a rework of some sort but some of your suggestions like opening the vault without keys or drone using guns are too op and far fetched, I'd say give his drone more actions and make his EMP stronger, As for Revenant they kind of messed him up in my opinion, He is supposed to be the scary assassin but he isn't scaring anyone with his weak abilities I suggest changing his class to tracker and make his abilities revolve about that
  • kliffside's avatar
    kliffside
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    6 years ago

    Do agree in some ways. I think Crypto could have the drone the additional ability to interact with traps to disarm them allowing a safe passage for the team, without drawing attention with gun fire. 

    Though there's seem to be leak going around where Crypto and Bloodhound are getting the same passive as Pathfinder where they can hack an antenna to reveal the next ring. so this could balance out the usefulness among the Recon legends. 

    Along the same lines Revenant silence ability could work similarly where on top of locking the enemies abilities, it also disables any traps set from activation (either in the vicinity of the orb or by the player hit by the orb). 

    These could be a good way to provide a counter to the current caustic and wattson meta.

  • Blasian311's avatar
    Blasian311
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    6 years ago

    I made a post about my crypto suggestion. Crypto is the most balanced but he still needs minor quality of life changes to make him great. 

    1. While the drone is activated but not being controlled (example: you set the drone up somewhere and back out of drone view) crypto has drone vision. The same hologram screen interface he has while controlling the drone is now present while he runs about. He can ping champion banners without the drone which would help avoid potential third parties getting the drop on you after or even during a fight. Being able to ping banners while being mobile would be a game changer but not op at all.

    2. The drone destroys traps but the enemy can easily lay more traps as fast as they are destroyed. His emp needs to silence trap skills for at least 3 to 4 seconds. As of now when i emp a caustic/wattson occupied building, the caustic will have another trap blocking the door and wattson fences are back up like the emp didn't matter

    3. Drone can lock doors. More useful than it sounds.

    Also I heard that they are planning on making enemies take more damage while being drone detected. Is this true?

  • Kohhdeine's avatar
    Kohhdeine
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    6 years ago

    Yeah you’re right. I feel like Crypto is too stationary to be useful for his team. The least he could do is help out by hacking things for his team, or make his drone have helpful abilities. The easiest way to fix him is to have his drone move when he moves...somehow. That way he isn’t sitting there while his team is rushing in. 

  • Kohhdeine's avatar
    Kohhdeine
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    6 years ago
    @Blasian311 Taking more damage while being drone detected is an excellent idea. That would improve him drastically.
  • Alphabets's avatar
    Alphabets
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    6 years ago

    Usage rate of Crypto and Revenant attached, just in case anyone wanted to check:

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