Crypto suggestions
Just going to list some ideas that could improve crypto as both a character and make him easier to play • animation of going between normal and into drone should be shortened (especially if drone is...
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Yes, your ideas are along the same tracks as mine. Here's my take on Crypto right now:-
Why is Crypto underpowered?
Crypto's entire kit usage relies on him standing still for short-medium amounts of time. In a game where movement is king and many of the top-tier characters have movement abilities, it is clear that the current benefit that the drone provides does not typically outweigh the cost of being stationary and not having access to a movement ability.
What approach should we take to improving Crypto?
I don't believe that Crypto needs any re-design but instead Respawn could bring down the opportunity cost of using the Crypto drone whilst enhancing the payoff and still keeping in theme for the character.
What this means is we want to make Crypto have to be stationary for less time and make the drone abilites more powerful so it is more worthwhile to use them.
Practical & User Experience Considerations
- We also want to consider only ideas that are reasonable to code for Respawn game designers (i.e. no autopilot nonsense).
- We want to only consider ideas that the average player would enjoy using & find easy to play with rather than making any overly complex abilities
DRONE USABILITY BUFFS
- Reduce the time delay between hitting your tactical (Q) and entering drone view.
- The animation does not add anything to gameplay so I think that this should be almost instantaneous. (Crypto is a cyber enhanced human ffs he has no time for delay!)
- Whilst in drone view, the fire-button (left-click) should cause the drone to advance in a straight line toward the clicked location.
- The drone will stop when it reaches the target location, is obstructed by object or the drone reaches the separation limit.
- The drone's movement continues even when Crypto is not in drone view but new commands can only be issued from drone view.
DRONE POWER LEVEL BUFFS
- Increase Drone Scan Range to 50m.
- EMP Range remains to be 30m
- EMP prevents usage of shield healing items for 20 seconds.
- Shield Batteries, Shield cells and Phoenix kits cannot be used.
- Shield healing items that are mid-use are cancelled.
- The flavour here is that cells seem to be electro magnetic devices so an EMP would definitely fry them!!
- EMP destroys Gibaltar Shield and Watson Ultimate.
- It just makes sense thematically and makes Crypto fulfil a bit more of a counter-defense role.
CRYPTO PASSIVE
The detection ability of Neurolink should just be a part of the drone. The passive I'm suggesting instead is called Closed Circuitry.
- Crypto is not slowed by electrical effects.
- Arc star, Crypto EMP and Watson pylons will not slow Crypto but will still damage him the same
- Crypto cannot be detected.
- Bloodhound tactical and enemy Crypto drones do not show Crypto.
- Digital Threat / Digital Scopes do not display Crypto in red highlight.
I believe that overall, these upgrades would make for a more well-rounded Crypto who was less dependent on being stationary and would have a touch more impact on the game without being overpowered.
- @MajorQuazar Marking enemies within 50m would be op, Same case with Crypto not being slowed down by electronics I also don't know how such a thing makes sense for him and his lore. I agree with him not being revealed by threat scopes or scans (Although that would weaken Bloodhound) and disabling shield recharging, With that being said how did you make this picture? Asking because sometimes I also want to make a picture like this but my knowledge isn't helping me
I figured that since he designed the EMP he would design himself and his technology to have shielded circuitry (Faraday Cage) and so he would incidentally be resistant to electrostatic effects. I think its a very minor passive buff but I think it fits his character and would mean that he has something small to offer even when his drone is down. From a gameplay point of view its basically unacceptable that Crypto is affected by the slow of his ultimate.
The image is built in Krita... https://krita.org/en/
Krita is open source digital painting program that can do almost everything that Photoshop can do. All I did was extract the Icons from an image on google. Design a new one in Krita and put some text. I also took the colour scheme from the Apex character abilities image.
I figured that since he designed the EMP he would design himself and his technology to have shielded circuitry (Faraday Cage) and so he would incidentally be resistant to electrostatic effects. I think its a very minor passive buff but I think it fits his character and would mean that he has something small to offer even when his drone is down. From a gameplay point of view its basically unacceptable that Crypto is affected by the slow of his ultimate.
The image is built in Krita which is free software that you can download from https://krita.org/en/
Krita is open source digital painting program that can do almost everything that Photoshop can do. All I did was extract the Icons from an image on google. Design a new one in Krita and put some text. I also took the colour scheme from the Apex character abilities image.
- @MajorQuazar Interesting, Nevertheless I believe he should be only immune to his own EMP and not all kind of electrical slows.
To add to the emp he should be able to "silence" tactical abilities. Anyone who lore wise relies on technology for their tactical ability for example wraith. She shouldn't be able to phase away.
- @bwinters91 Silencing ability is already given to Revenant
Hmm there are some interesting suggestions here. I do agree that Crypto is severely handicapped in this fast-paced nature of this game. As he is the only Legend that remains stationary when using his ability. So instead of a 3v3 it becomes a 2v3.
Just to add another suggestion, it might help if Crypto can set a patrol mode on his drone. Like drones in the real world, so rather than having to leave it stationary, Crypto can have an option for it to patrol an area.
In drone mode he can use the trigger to pick a point on the map and the drone will circle that point as long as it's within range of Crypto. This leaves Crypto free to move to attack or loot. While the drone is still serving it's role as the eye in the sky.
And if he picks himself or an ally or even the enemy, the drone will follow that player at a fixed distance away, until it loses sight or leaves Crypto range.
Until the devs come out with a new recon legend, the current recons should complement at different ranges. Bloodhound is close to mid/indoors, Crypto is mid to far/open spaces, Pathfinder should then be far? (for another discussion).
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