Lifeline re-rework from a lifeline main
I have two primary fixes to lifeline in her updated kit as the update to her has made her both boring to play and overpowered with revives. First things first. Respawn, You've removed the best thing...
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@heme725 I think you are painting the optimal situation for her passive where she disengages from combat for free, is able to make it to wherever the knocked player is without getting absolutely clapped, the enemy team doesn't have a single grenade or a silence, they don't focus the teammate you left, then focus lifeline, or pincer the revive shield if it's a 2v1 and focus the lifeline and knock the rez. So far it seems to help in 1v1 situations, when my team is already in a position of strength but a teammate got knocked, or when we are at a distance(The old revive helped in all these situations as well). Also I don't understand why support legends aren't supposed to have abilities that help themselves. No other character in the game is limited like this. Lifeline's passive doesn't even effect the game until she is already at a disadvantage, and now requires you to be up your teammates' * the entire match to ensure you can get it off. If her tactical and ult were better it wouldn't be an issue, but having it be a great but situational ability combined with a subpar tactical and the worst ult in the game absolutely sucks for me so far...Also cant gibby drop ult on top of his dome to stop a push while rezzing and wraith just portals gibby and the rez out by the time the bombardment is over? It's not ironclad safe, but neither is lifeline trying to get her autorez off when a team is now pushing a knock.
@SadLifeline6991 I'm not against support characters having 1v1 ability but Lifeline was 90% Combat and 10% Medic in my eyes. Her Ult was weak and healing drone is slower than a med kit. Her revive was nice but the strongest part of her kit was suited towards fighting.
As for her new revive its still useful when it fails.
- You can effectively use your reviving team mate as bait for any rushing enemy and get a free knock.
- Use the shield from the revive as cover while firing back.
If they fail to prevent the revive then you've doubled your fighting force with minimal risk. There should be no downsides to attempting a revive as long as your team mate doesn't stupidly die in the middle of an open plain or isolated against a full team.
As for the Gibraltar/Wraith situation well.. kinda. Ideally Gibraltar drops dome for protection and ult as a deterrent while Wraith portals out. Enemies can still breach the dome before the bombardment if it isn't timed properly so its still better to defend as Gibby instead of revive. The golden backpack changes the story though.
@LordloshBang Except for your first point you're probably right about everything you say here. You shouldn't change the play styles of legends so freely and reworking Lifeline's passive wasn't necessary.
Lifeline also didn't need a rework at all just a buff to her Ult and maybe tactical. Unfortunately (fortunately to me) many people complained about Gibraltar stealing her abilities which pressured the devs to make Lifeline more unique. If you have a complaint about the Lifeline changes then blame the community because it was inevitable.
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