I did my "first" match with Octane today...
Well.. Some of you may know that I said I'd never get myself Octane because I wanna do everything I can to keep out bad things out of my life. But seeing as I accumulated too many Legend Tokens to be...
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Octane is fine! So is Gibby. More Lifeline nerfs, ty.
@CCbathwater Lifeline is fine. As someone who plays- and plays against- lifeline a lot, I know that she isn’t OP or broken. Her ultimate just gives you some loot. Balanced. Her doc drone heals you pretty fast, but compared to other tacticals, it’s balanced. Her passive was broken with the shield, but it’s fine now. Her teammate is exposed, you can easily finish him off. I hate to say it, but Gibby is the better revive character, as he does it faster and with more protection. Honestly, when I play Lifeline, I use my reviving teammate as a distraction to help me clutch up a fight. Which I pretty much never do.
Side note, what the heck is your profile pic, CC? It looks like it’s from the Sims. It actually looks pretty cool.
Side note, what the heck is your profile pic, CC? It looks like it’s from the Sims. It actually looks pretty cool.
- @CasensHyper She needs more nerfing. I suggest that she's only allowed to pick up a P2020 or RE-45. And maybe a 5 minute cooldown between shots.
I think it's from The Sims, yeah, looks like one of their characters.- @CCbathwater In all seriousness, I think a change would be nice. Right back to her old passive, 3-second manual revive, with revive shield. Maybe fast heals.
@FPShogun Well, the 'issue' is that I have zero experience with Octane and performed much better with him than with Legends such as Rampart, Fuse or Wraith. Frankly, Wraith isn't my cup of tea though.
To be honest, not all Octane encounters had been bad. Especially in an open field Octane quickly loses the benefit his biggest advantage and becomes a very minuscule challenge. But then again every Legend does, except Gibraltar who actually doesn't care whether you encounter him in an open field or not. So, it can be safely noted that Octane's biggest disadvantage are open fields where even his stim doesn't help much.
But this is why I tried to stick to places with a lot of edges and corners to make Octane excel at what he does best, and that is bringing up distance between you and the opponent player in a secure way. Which works pretty well in most cases, in some cases people can potentially outsmart you. Valkyrie can run away best when there is a lot of high places you can reach relatively quickly. Pathfinder requires wide corners to be able to grapple around them and into safety. Octane gets the highest benefit by simply being in places with a lot of corners and LoS-blockers (Line of sight blockers) - Which admittedly every map has enough of.
And as long as Octanes have even just the slightest opportunity of breaking the Line of sight and therefor incoming damage, and there is a sufficient amount of those things around where they engage in combat, in a lot of cases they become hit&run masters and can quickly outrun death. Which - of course - is his gimmick, but a frustrating gimmick nonetheless.
I actually rarely had issues with Valkyrie and Pathfinder getting away now that I think back to it.
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