@NullEffective9 Eh Caustic doesn't really "need" the ability to use his traps outside of the ring. The only situation where disappearing after 15 seconds would be an issue is if he's forced to bunker down a building outside the ring.
@N19htf0x Sorry but you earned your death. It is an especially cheap kill from the Caustic but I have no sympathy towards players that make a late rotation after the 1st ring.
Those traps likely weren't forgotten either. Its a common tactic to trap choke points when the ring is coming in. Done to give the Caustic early warning of an incoming team or a few cheap kills.
Lastly there are only 2 Legend abilities that disappear due to being out of the ring. Wraiths Ultimate and Lifeline's tactical. Those nerfs only came because what they could do was game breaking. The Caustic trick is cheap and unnecessary but far from game breaking (at this point.)
Edit: first point was supposed to be towards @BigMacAttack8u but I made a mistake.
"Eh Caustic doesn't really "need" the ability to use his traps outside of the ring. The only situation where disappearing after 15 seconds would be an issue is if he's forced to bunker down a building outside the ring"
@heme725, I just described a situation to you where he "needs" the ability to use his traps outside of the ring, and that's your response? 15 seconds is an insanely short time, especially for ring 1 or 2.
It's a "trap" and not a barrier, in that it catches you off guard. And if he's able to take advantage of a ring position to deploy traps, then he absolutely should. Trying to rationalize it as a "need" is... well, irrational. Saying that someone doesn't "need" a skill outside of ring completely negates people who know to play the ring for advantage. When you're saying that someone doesn't "need" traps outside of ring, what you're really saying is that people shouldn't be further punished for poor positioning outside of ring.
@NullEffective9 Oh no if you read the rest of my post I actually agree with your stance. In my reply I picked your name instead of Bigmac's by mistake. He implied losing this trick would be a massive nerf to Caustic which would mean its a necessary gimmick. I'm fine with Caustic being able to do this and a big fan of punishing players that rotate late or hot drop.
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