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Thank you for this response. I still disagree and think the traps should not last forever outside of zone, but I find your argument rooted in a much stronger foundation.
As for your comment about holding down a building, you shouldn't be holding down a building outside of zone in the first place. As I said before, when you're outside of zone
getting back in is a priority. I really don't think a change that only affects caustic's ability outside of zone will have that dramatic impact on his efficacy. But I think it will strongly improve health of the game in concern to traps. If a caustic is trying to get away from a team in a building outside of zone, my suggestion would be 10-15 second timer on his traps and he can use his traps to block a door to buy that time, yes an octane or path could chase and gain that 10-15 seconds back, but then the caustic can lay traps in his path as he goes, which if they make up those 10-15 seconds, they will hit and have to deal with the consequences of the gas (which would be particularly bad for octane).
You asked what zone it was when I encountered the caustic traps. I mentioned in my original post it was round 2, so not unreasonable to be outside working your way back in.
With respect to Wraith's portal disappearing, Its generally not useful in maintaining immunity outside of ring other than final closing. Yes, you can stay alive outside of zone, but you can't do anything. In earlier games, you have to be either healing to stay alive, using something like a heat shield to protect you while you get the last bit of loot before heading to zone, or making your way to zone. Wraith's portal trick doesn't really let you do that apart from final ring closing where just stalling a little bit gives you enough of an edge to win (which is why it was removed).
I would be willing to play Caustic for a few games if you'd be willing to hop in a squad with me. We could have a friendly discussion about it in comms while vibing on a legend I never play 🙂. DM me if your interested I'll send you my discord.
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- 4 years ago
Caustic traps should absolutely stay alive outside of zone. It's an effective ring defense.
If I am playing Caustic and hold a position between a squad and the ring, I'm absolutely going to trap ingress points to press the advantage I've earned by positioning myself properly. Same thing with Wattson's fences, or even dropping Rampart walls to hinder progress in such a way that when I fire at them through ring, they amplify damage.
Ring defense is an absolutely vital tactic when it becomes available, and Legends that can accentuate it further should not be nerfed for it.
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