Re: Wraith Abilitiy

And before anyone gets started about how I am missing the point about Wraith's ability and it's not about being invisible but all about being invincible, I think you'd be missing one key point.

The whole idea of Wraith's ability is, yes, to avoid damage, but you do so by phasing into a portal that only you can access that takes you over a distance that you are not able to otherwise do. You're not using it to sit there, in a corner, silently, acting as if nobody can see your ignorant *, but is to be able to cover distance to either get closer to the enemy or put some space between you and the enemy. The abilities are implemented to give you a "competitive edge" over an enemy in different ways, but thinking that Wraith is meant for not taking damage is just focusing on one benefit of it rather than its actual purpose.

Think about it after a portal is set, you quickly race through a black and white tunnel that is supposed to be perceived as a different reality, and basically instantly travel through time, covering a massive amount of distance. You disappear into this alternate reality and are able to move in a way that nobody else can. Wraith has the warning voices in her head that tell you when an enemy is aiming at you, someone has been there, or a trap has been placed around you. The whole idea of Wraith is that you are able to use this alternate reality, to either prevent someone from catching you by surprise, or you are able to catch someone by surprise by sneaking up on them, changing your position, and so on. So being able to easily be tracked and seen, as it stands now, and can be step by step followed and ADS on you the entire time, clearly defeats the purpose of the portals, as you see when you experience using one. In a fight, it is slow, trackable, and predictable, giving you absolutely zero competitive advantage. Saying that taking no damage is the purpose makes zero sense, because if you are just going to phase slowly and visibly, to the other side of the damn room, I'm just going to walk my * right behind yours while I reload my shotgun and ADS waiting to crack you in the head.Yay!! I avoided damage for 3 seconds while I tried to reset the fight and make the game more interesting! But oh no, the guy just did one quick slide and caught up to me and now I'm back in the lobby.  

So yes, when you receive one of those warning voices or are shot at you can immediately phase to not take damage, but thats not the purpose, it's just one of the many uses and benefits that you can use that ability for. The purpose is the act of traveling quickly, further than normal, and in an alternate reality unseen from any Pathfinder on the map. I'm not phasing so I can temporarily avoid damage while I sit in silence and no bullets can hit me, I'm using it when I have a full squad on me and my teammates are dead, or when I just knocked a guy and am low and am going to heal, or whatever else you can muster up. Sure, one use of it is to avoid taking damage at a given second, but as it is right now, its like wack-a-mole because I just pop up 10 feet to the left or in the left corner instead of the right corner, all the while being seen by the enemy. Im not saying you should be completely unseen, but the purpose of Wraith is not served in its current state in the game.