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Aldebera's avatar
Aldebera
Seasoned Veteran
2 years ago

Mirage is dead

Either 1 of 2 things need to happen. 

1: you guys get serious about eliminating cheaters and hackers, or,

 2: you give Mirage a completely different skill set.

The reason? 10 matches in a row, opponents had ESP hacks .  They are able to ignore any and all decoys and beam me. Last 2 matches I faced an opponent who was ratting (it was a good tactical location BTW) and never once fell for a decoy. (Solos, Broken Moon).  Even when engaging my Ult, this guy scored better than 90%accuracy for headshots whilst I was "cloaked".  This happens so much now that the only logical and reasonable conclusion is that the cheats are affecting this character the most. In fact, lately, I have given up actual game play to test and prove this hypothesis. 

This happens in all modes. I used to be a mirage main, but now he has no useable skills as the cheats out there just destroy his efficacy. 

This is highly disappointing as I was a mirage main, and even got his heirloom when I got my 1 in 500 guarantee. 

I don't know what to suggest moving forward.  The only thing that I can think of that you can do in the here and now, is to remove the little glow from his holographic emitters when engaging his skills. It's not really cloaked if you can still see a glow. If you make it truly invisible, then that at least can level the playing field, but it's still not going to do anything about the hacks that can identify where you actually are and allow you to ignore all decoys.

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6 Replies

  • Rastigani's avatar
    Rastigani
    2 years ago
    @Aldebera so your reason the character sucks is because cheaters kill you? wtf? cheaters destroy every legend. its not mirages weakness or something. so basically change every skill set of every legend to be invisible for cheaters??? if they could do that we wouldnt have the problem of cheating...
  • Aldebera's avatar
    Aldebera
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago
    @Rastigani The reason he sucks is because cheaters can nullify mirage's skills. Cheaters may kill other characters, but ESP hacks make it so mirage basically has no skills.
  • Midnight9746's avatar
    Midnight9746
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @Aldebera To be honest, any average player can tell who's the real Mirage. If you try to ult while escaping those kinds of players, you're going to get knocked if you did it right in front of them. The real Mirage's arms glow when ulting and any player who knows that will shoot the real Mirage everytime.

    Also, just to let you know, when an Alter goes through their portal, if they have the perk that keeps players highlighted for a bit longer, (showing health bars and a glow on portal exit), the real Mirage will be the only one visibly marked. I don't think Respawn thought that one through.

    If you had died to an Alter who phased into your building, this is how they knew which one you were. (But yes, wall hackers are a major issue in the game.) Although, even without the perk, enemy players glow while in phase, be it an ability from Wraith, Ash, or Alter, so if players pay enough attention, you're going to get knocked down as the decoys don't seem to glow.

  • Aldebera's avatar
    Aldebera
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 years ago
    @Midnight9746 To be equally honest, I don't have an issue with anything that you described. My OP is more about ESP hacks. I don't have a problem with the parameters of the game. The fact that they do nothing about the cheating and the cheats that are on the table are especially hard on Mirage. Regardless of what the EA apologists say, the cheating is ridiculous. Mirage needs work in order to remain viable
  • DaleFox2012's avatar
    DaleFox2012
    2 years ago
    @Aldebera I don't see many issues with Mirage personally, I love playing the character especially in ranked. Season 1 mirage was way better though when you went invisible upon ulting.
  • Midnight9746's avatar
    Midnight9746
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    Just to update, the real Mirage showing up in void abilities, (such as Alter's tactical), was a bug. It was recently patched.

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