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Re: Remove Armor Swapping Mid-Fire

@notQuipster It is skill....

Because this is in the game, I manage to fight off and kill 9 players who all rushed me in solo, I assume for being kill leader and champion, but yea. I continued swapping out armor over and over using lvl 1, 2, and 3 armor.

Swapping out armor isn't so easy when you have to scroll to it fast and quit looting otherwise you end up dead.

If you are talking about armor that is on the floor, I believe its still fair. Everyone can do it.

If I'm playing wraith and see a lvl 3 armor near by, I'll make a portal to a safe spot and connect it to the armor to save some shield batteries and surprise the enemy with full armor. Good strat.

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  • EA_Blueberry's avatar
    EA_Blueberry
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    7 years ago

    @iBlockHead wrote:
    @notQuipster It is skill....

    Swapping out armor isn't so easy when you have to scroll to it fast and quit looting otherwise you end up dead.


    @notQuipster  ^ This is what they were referring to in regards to "skill." 

    I suppose it's possible the team could always move the armor further down the loot box window, but that's changing a whole UI for one particular situation unless the community as a whole feels it's necessary. 

    Like some others mentioned though, there is a risk going to loot it while in battle. It's not always easy on console because of speed and where your aiming icon is positioned. I see where you're coming from though, been in situations myself where it seemed like 200+ damage was dealt but they somehow gained more HP after going around a corner (they looted!) 😠

  • Why does this need removing? Not sure i see the issue. It's highly situational and not an overly common issue.

    As for abusing a system i'm not seeing this either. Hypothetically speaking...if you were to run out of bullets mid gun fight and there was the right ammo on the floor you would pick it up, would that be considered system abuse also?

  • mxiter's avatar
    mxiter
    7 years ago

    Without mentioning that armor swap is actually keep 3rd parties less advantagous, wich is a good thing.

  • YayataKyle's avatar
    YayataKyle
    6 years ago

    It just seems like a wasted flawed system where I can do a lengthy animation on a down player to get full shield or just eliminate them and loot their shield much faster, there is obviously some experience required to pull that off. I know crypto ultimate was changed to hit all armor to prevent armor swapping so I though it wasn’t an intended strategy for players to do this, but right now there is just no reason not to switch armors with every person that you take down. For the same reason why add fast heal to gold armor and dome shield it is not as useful to be able to fast heal as it is to just instant heal a shield from a death box.

  • lt_gam's avatar
    lt_gam
    5 years ago

    that strat is good, and legit. but armor swapping from a death box of someone that's just been killed and cracked makes no sense at all