Why do they get an advantage over the others? There's only upsides to this, this is an fps where aiming heavily matters. Even Wraith with her horrible tactical and ult can kill a whole squad because she's that hard to hit. And don't get me started on Bangalore with her passive. Why does she even deserve this? She already has one of the best tacticals. When will we see any balance regarding this?

honestly characters with bigger hitboxes need more HP to make up for it, lifeline is so much harder to hit than caustic for example

The only thing I can really think of to fix this is to either one, do as @Swarth2300 suggests, and give them slightly more HP, or we just set everyone's hit boxes to be exactly the same. Issue I find with either is balance problems. Since if we make the hit boxes bigger, a small legend is gonna be able to be hit past her disappearing from sight, or the bigger guys are gonna be able to stand with exposed parts and not be hit.Adding extra HP might be alright to some degree, but it has to be a small increase, like 25 hp at most. The other option I could see would be to give them passive armor reducing incoming damage slightly by a few points or a %.

Are people really saying Wraith is weak... Hasn't it become obvious she is the strongest? Invulnerability, semi invisibility, reset button ult... plus that Naruto crouch run hit box.

The smaller hitboxes are fine, they are actually quite on point with the model - the problem is with bigger ones (Giblartar / Caustic / Pathfinder) as their hitbox hover way over and around their models.This needs to be adressed and fixed as I belive it being a bug.

Having the same hit boxes on different size models would be awkward as all get out. There would be bullets going through the characters and not registering or bullets registering hits on blank spaces around smaller characters. I would be down for the big ones having slightly more hp or something. Maybe more inventory space, or faster reloading, or using consumables faster (just take it from lifeline, she doesnt need 3 passives). Anyways, my point is, I agree that as it is right now, having a smaller model, therefore hitbox, is a significant advantage.

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Swarth2300
7 years ago
honestly characters with bigger hitboxes need more HP to make up for it, lifeline is so much harder to hit than caustic for example
MechaDraco
7 years ago
The only thing I can really think of to fix this is to either one, do as @Swarth2300 suggests, and give them slightly more HP, or we just set everyone's hit boxes to be exactly the same. Issue I find with either is balance problems. Since if we make the hit boxes bigger, a small legend is gonna be able to be hit past her disappearing from sight, or the bigger guys are gonna be able to stand with exposed parts and not be hit.

Adding extra HP might be alright to some degree, but it has to be a small increase, like 25 hp at most. The other option I could see would be to give them passive armor reducing incoming damage slightly by a few points or a %.
Fat-Bakel
7 years ago
Having the same hit boxes on different size models would be awkward as all get out. There would be bullets going through the characters and not registering or bullets registering hits on blank spaces around smaller characters.
I would be down for the big ones having slightly more hp or something. Maybe more inventory space, or faster reloading, or using consumables faster (just take it from lifeline, she doesnt need 3 passives).
Anyways, my point is, I agree that as it is right now, having a smaller model, therefore hitbox, is a significant advantage.
Capnbodes
7 years ago
Slightly boosting the hitboxes of the small characters beyond visible and slightly reducing the hitboxes of the fatties beyond visible isn't going to break the immersion but really something needs to be done.
In the rare times I play as a fatty I feel like I just get downed instantly. CQB is a joke with a fatty. The enemy can spray the general area and still hit you.
Villent_58
7 years ago
The smaller hitboxes are fine, they are actually quite on point with the model - the problem is with bigger ones (Giblartar / Caustic / Pathfinder) as their hitbox hover way over and around their models.
This needs to be adressed and fixed as I belive it being a bug.
Tribang
7 years ago
Are people really saying Wraith is weak... Hasn't it become obvious she is the strongest? Invulnerability, semi invisibility, reset button ult... plus that Naruto crouch run hit box.
Oobarsten
7 years ago
The drastic difference in hit box sizes between the legends should already tell you how bad this game is balanced. I suggest you avoid it like the plague until the developers realize there is nothing competitive about having characters with 200%+ larger hit boxes then other characters. It's so idiotic I can't even put it into to word how bad of an idea it is. This game was dead on arrival imo. The design flaws are baked in so deep into this game that is really has no hope in the long run.
MYERS122232
7 years ago
I agree, the hitboxes are unbalanced as it is. But I don't think they need changing. So many other games have characters with larger hitboxes.... look at overwatch as an example (different genre I know). So for me the solution is one of two things:
Make the 'tank' characters actual tanks. Give them armour % increase or higher health. 25 health is not enough, if theyre going to be balanced it should be at least 90-100 hp. 25 hp is one shot with most guns and that doesn't make up for the amount of shots missed by comparatively smaller hitboxes.
Give the larger characters MUCH better abilities. Why is it that all the small ones have the escapes and good tacticals? Its completely backwards and makes very little sense to me. Id personally prefer this option as itll make playing the bigger characters more fun and have more oompf.
MekaDeth555
7 years ago
Mirage, Bloodhound and Octane all have relatively small hitboxes. They are not female.
LuckyCanuckLuke
7 years ago
but those facts don't fit OP's agenda