Literally nobody asked for a Gibraltar buff, you've just made him mega OP while rendering Wraith and Lifeline useless, what are you shooting for here? This used to be a fast paced game and now the firefights last beyond what used to be fun, all it is now is just a race to the high ground instead of rushing. You cannot rush Gibraltar, you cannot do this since the start of season 3, every scrim is filled with gibraltars, ranked is filled with gibraltars, and during the last ring there are always gibraltars.The 15% Fortified vs -5% Low Profile is unfair, there has never been a Wraith buff, only nerfs; why did you remove the only fun ability she had (portal speedboosting) while her ultimate is purely situational like Bangalore's?There's literally no point to playing as her now, a 35 second cooldown is way too much, 25 seconds would've been "fine"; I understand that you're adjusting the G7 for S4 but with this gold rush mode why wouldn't you pick up something that is extremely good for both close range and long range?You need to stop nerfing the fun legends and start buffing the legends that are least played instead, this Gibraltar meta is going too far and I sincerely hope that you revert Wraith and Gibraltar to how they worked in S2, while MAYBE giving Gibraltar something extra as long as it's BALANCED with EVERY OTHER LEGEND.Thank you for your time, I've been playing since launch.EDIT: Forgot to mention, the Crypto buff was needed, thanks for buffing him!

@onii_luvs_otters Kind of agree and disagree.Gibraltar did need a buff post season 2 (like many other Legends), but I don’t believe he needed this most recent one. But it does make me wonder why they are turning Gibby in to a healer.Wraiths cooldown I agree is too long now. Now that they have taken away the speed boost I would suggest the Devs look at taking away the void trail to balance the ability.Finallu I’d agree that lesser characters need to start being buffed and leaving the popular ones alone for the time being. They’re popular for a reason...becuase they’re enjoyable and effective to use. The weaker characters such as Bloodhound, Crypto, Lifeline etc need buffs to make them more feasible choices.

@onii_luvs_otters Wraith has never needed a buff because she has always been powerful with her abilities. Hence the reason why she is the most popular legend. A slight nerf to her will, in a way, retroactively make all the other legends more viable to play with.Also, remember back in S2 when nobody played Gibraltor? Well, now he is a viable character to play with because of the buffs in this season. So, thank you Devs for making him useful. I really don't see why everyone thinks he is OP. Yes, he can take more damage, but he is also a lot easier to hit.

Putting Wraith aside, the problem I have with this buff in general is it's taking away from Lifeline. Now that his dome shield provides faster heals AND faster resurrections for the whole party. There's no point playing her. Yes she has a heal drone but Gibby has the air strike which is 100% more useful. Her care package has already been really weak because finding purple items isn't as rare as it was on King's Canyon. So either they are working on a complete rework on Lifeline or she's going to drop out to non-existence except for dedicated players.

You mad bro? Wraith had a already a nerf for being a low profile character, what's the point to nerff her to the ground? To make gibby more playable legend? They added 10!!!!! more seconds for her tacticall abillity (which lasts 4 seconds btw, and its not that hard to kill her) and plus they removed the speed bonus from Ulti+tacticall. So, what's the point of playing her now? I agree that gibby needed buff back in the days, but this is TOO OP. The hole point was to buff more weak legends like mirage, Bloodhound, octane that are kind of useless in ranked games and in tournaments,not an already tanky legend. Also, lifeline ALSO IS USELESS NOW.

@IAmTheMeddlerI never said Wraith needed a buff I was just pointing it out, I thought she was perfectly balanced in season 2, and that now the nerfs have gone too far.You would probably feel the same way if it happened to you, and I would feel great if Wraith got buffed 50 times but I like to play fairly.People choose the legends they love, because they're fun, portal boosting was really fun and there's 0 incentive to play as her now. Also you might wanna read what you just wrote at the last paragraph I don't mean it in a bad way, but "everyone thinks he is OP" and "he can take more damage" are big red flags, you forget that he can also block grenade damage with his gunshield and just recharge it with shield cells, gold shield gibraltars are the top priority and both teams usually know this.

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onii_luvs_otter
6 years ago
@IAmTheMeddler Definitely not with low profile or fortified lol, slim down Gibraltar like they did with Pathfinder, make Wraith taller, that's it, that's all that needs to be done, Wraiths are really easy to kill especially if they haven't fully healed themselves
IAmTheMeddler
6 years ago
@onii_luvs_otters So make all the characters and their hit boxes the same size? I definitely don't agree with that.
Kenji-Kunn
6 years ago
You mad bro? Wraith had a already a nerf for being a low profile character, what's the point to nerff her to the ground? To make gibby more playable legend? They added 10!!!!! more seconds for her tacticall abillity (which lasts 4 seconds btw, and its not that hard to kill her) and plus they removed the speed bonus from Ulti+tacticall. So, what's the point of playing her now? I agree that gibby needed buff back in the days, but this is TOO OP. The hole point was to buff more weak legends like mirage, Bloodhound, octane that are kind of useless in ranked games and in tournaments,not an already tanky legend. Also, lifeline ALSO IS USELESS NOW.
Athens_Shield
6 years ago
I agree with the way they are making things in sense of bigger hit box means a bit of a buff. Smaller hit box more damage. I've no issues with this. Fortified being 15% maybe a little overkill. 10% might be better.
I'm also not saying he's overpowered but I don't agree with this change because he's taking from another legend. It was lifeline's shtick to be able to rezz faster and to heal faster. That's why you picked her. The care package was okay, and the heal drone isn't as useful as it was, especially since you can hear it a mile away.
His title is "Shielded fortress" not a medic. Right now what we have is a better lifeline with 15% damage reduction and a 75 extra front shield.
IAmTheMeddler
6 years ago
@Kenji-Kunn The low-profile "nerf" wasn't a nerf, it was a change to rebalance the legends based on their hitbox sizes. The 2 nerfs to her abilities this time around were a bit excessive, but I do think 1 of those changes were necessary to help bring further balance to her strong abilities.
The faster revive buff to Gibby was not necessary, as he already has strong abilities. Gibby is very strong and useful now, but I think it is hard to argue that single change all of a sudden made him the MOST OP LEGEND EVER like everyone is screaming. However, what I think they should do to balance him out more is decrease the gun shield by 50%.
As for lifeline, her passive ability of faster consumable use is arguably still the best passive in the game. But she has been overshadowed by Gibby now, so I think a good solution to make her a viable legend would be to return the chance of spawning gold items in her care package drops like in S1.
onii_luvs_otter
6 years ago
@IAmTheMeddler Again... you're putting words in my mouth, I recommended adjustments not overhauls
tronic1987
6 years ago
@onii_luvs_otters Kind of agree and disagree.
Gibraltar did need a buff post season 2 (like many other Legends), but I don’t believe he needed this most recent one. But it does make me wonder why they are turning Gibby in to a healer.

Wraiths cooldown I agree is too long now. Now that they have taken away the speed boost I would suggest the Devs look at taking away the void trail to balance the ability.

Finallu I’d agree that lesser characters need to start being buffed and leaving the popular ones alone for the time being. They’re popular for a reason...becuase they’re enjoyable and effective to use. The weaker characters such as Bloodhound, Crypto, Lifeline etc need buffs to make them more feasible choices.

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