Mirage is less than useless in high ranks
I'm giving up on this legend. By far one of the most interesting legends, in terms of playstyle and characteristics, is cast to the side and is basically useless in ranked games. While he has been ...
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"His decoys need to be transparent and the blue trail needs to be removed"
~Good idea, if not specifically this, it would be a good idea for some abilities to have less effect on teammates, not just mirages decoys. other abilities would benefit from this mentality as well.
"His reviving passive needs to be quieter"
~Disagree, there needs to be counter play to mirage being invisible while rezzing, and audio cues are how you do that. you shouldnt just get to revive for free. you give him this and players will start saying things like "why are his holo-thingies visible while im reviving, that shouldnt be a thing." its a slippery slope.
"at first, mirage ultimate must be more transparent for team and we need to be full invisible or get far less damage when we activate.
Additional will be much better when decoys will run and do different activities like, healing, shooting, hide, just do something.
How about to teleport to decoy? Finally mirage can have some mobility..."
~so you want to just remove counterplay from his ultimate? again, bad idea, some of these mechanics exist for a reason. as for the teleport thing, while it seems like a good idea at first i think it will change his identity too much. you're not supposed to shoot his decoys, because then you give away your position. if there was a possibility for him to teleport to a decoy, there would be an incentive to shoot them, which, again, youre not supposed to do. i think a better idea would be to give him a psuedo scan kind of ability. if you shoot a decoy, not only will the decoy UI show where you are, you will be revealed specifically to mirage for a second or two. also, moving the UIelement that shows the direction of a player shooting a decoy would be a good idea. that way it wont block his crosshair. if thats an actual issue, it definitely could use a change, and shouldnt be much more than editing a line or two of code. or maybe im underestimating game development and you would need a blood sacrifice to change something that minor. that would explain the long update cycle and lack of hotfixes.
~Disagree, there needs to be counter play to mirage being invisible while rezzing, and audio cues are how you do that. you shouldnt just get to revive for free. you give him this and players will start saying things like "why are his holo-thingies visible while im reviving, that shouldnt be a thing." its a slippery slope.
- Its not exactly ressing for free, what's the point in him going invisible if you can just hear him. it gives 0 advantage. When legends like bloodhound and seer exist to literally know your exact location its useless, anyone with a headset and volume can hear it, spray in the general direction and follow the hitmarker sound.
Gibby resses for free in his bubble at a faster rate, life line gets to res automatically. the only thing mirage could POSSIBLY do is res in the middle of the open if somehow the enemy team looked away and were too far to push. but then Gibby can do the same thing with his bubble and is safer and allows them to heal up in safety. Mirages passive is not good whatsoever. he might as well just not be invisible if hes that loud.
yeah dont listen to the guy that says teleport to decoys we dont want that its overpowered and not what he should be.
The Scan for his decoys also useless. the only times its good, if you get shot at from far away and cant hear the gunshot. otherwise when you are in a gunfight with someone and you hear gunshots you know where the enemy is already, that little popup does nothing at all.
heck there has been bugs in the game for him that still havnt been addressed. still his decoys shoot off into the abyss at lightning speeds when dropping, his decoys fall over on small rocks, cones, ledges and floor panels and his cooldown doesnt get refunded at all unlike Maggie's.
Respawns reasons for not giving mirage any changes is that "He still gets wins" yeah im sure he does when all you need to play the character is good aim, but a gibby with good aim can probably win even more, A bangalore with good aim alone can win more. Mirage is just an extra gun, a player with good aim can play any other legend better.
Mirage has no useful skills to set him aside from the rest. they hold him back in some way shape or form.
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