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Leo_the_Lion25's avatar
6 years ago
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The Shield Dropping against Crypto Really needs to go

It ain't fun to use Crypto if enemies are just going to drop their shields and rush you harder. That 1-2 second stun does nothing either.

Crypto's EMP needs buffs man. 

I don't know how but if it did things like:

  • Damage Enemies' Shield Health by 55 
  • All Shields on the ground floor in the blast radius will automatically be destroyed regardless of Health
  •  Destroy's Gibby Dome Shield (Not the device but when you hit the bubble outside and not inside where his device is at) and Gun Shield
  • Enemies hit will have their location revealed for the next 5 seconds so you know where they are at.
  • Increase the stun to 3 seconds  

Also make friendly EMP Green so the team know who's EMP that is without looking or asking their own Crypto.

Crypto also needs other changes for his drone etc. It's just frustrating to see people drop their shields. I haven't had a successful EMP in a long time. Bloodhound has more value than people give him credit for.Even Caustic has more value than a Crypto. 

If EMP automatically destroyed shields on the ground. People would try to get out the radius, shoot the drone or try to pre-heal through it. I rather see them do those thing instead of dropping a shield. If you made them pre-heal, you made them waste a healing item at least. 

  • Today's Patch made it damage drop shields. I'm going back to Crypto again for sure a bit. At least his EMP ain't worthless anymore.  

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  • @Leo_the_Lion25 There’s a simple fix for the shield dropping. The EMP should activate immediately, with the whole spherical animation being just that, an animation. One that lingers during the stun effect, but provides no audio nor visual cue for the EMP prior to it’s activation. Doing this eliminates all shield dripping immediately.
  • I agree that the emp needs some work.

    -I think it should destroy Gibby’s shield dome, since it already destroys any other electronic tactical equipment already, his dome should also be included.

    -The drone already highlights players it can see so I don’t think the emp should highlight them any more than what the drone already provides. 

    - I also think the stun effect should last about 0.5-1 second longer than it already does. 
    -Crypto should be immune to his own EMP (possibly even to other Crypto’s EMP’s as well) similar time Caustic with his gas. 
    -Drone should be quieter, and not so easy to spot, plus increase the scan radius to about 50 meters. It’s already a one hit to destroy with a long cool down, it shouldn’t be so easy to detect as well. 
    -As for the grounding of shields, it is very frustrating. I’ve heard some suggest damaging all shields, including grounded shields, within the EMP radius, but I don’t think it should damage grounded shields; however, I do think that there should be a 5 second delay before any grounded shield in the area of the EMP can be picked up. That would definitely stop people from dropping their shields, if they know they likely won’t be able to pick them up before the enemy pushes in on them. 

    Whatever changes that might be made, I do think Crypto needs a bit of a buff to make him a more reliable contributer. 

  • @MEME_REEEEEEEEEE Wattson's ult has 150 health and falls to 100. Gibby's Shield Dome can't be destroyed as it takes unlimited amount of damage. The EMP can destroy the device the projects the dome shield but that only happens when you EMP inside the dome which is pointless. You should be able to still EMP outside the Dome, completly destroying it since it's a shield. Same thing towards Gun Shield, it's a shield. If a Gibby is Aiming Down Sights and an EMP goes off, the Gun Shield should take -50 as well.
  • Symbioticfork5's avatar
    Symbioticfork5
    6 years ago

    Wattson's Ultimate should honestly shoot down his drone. That would be such a tiny albeit useful bonus for her. If it's not going to do that though since it's not "ordinance", that EMP should totally shut down her Pylon. It's not an issue of health but of functionality on how an EMP would effect such a device.

    There's a rock, paper, scissors balance strategy at play in most games.. if her ultimate counters Gibby / Caustic / Bang it's only fair that Crypto counters her electricity based ultimate as well.

  • Sadronan's avatar
    Sadronan
    6 years ago

    Yeah that makes sense that Crypto’s ultimate should be able to destroy Watson’s ultimate in order to balance things out across all legends and their abilities. And it would be fair in return for her ultimate to be able to shoot down the drone if it gets too close as a balance to that change. It makes even more sense, because it’s also already very easy for Watson to regenerate her ultimate anyways, as long as she is carrying an ultimate accelerant. 

  • @SadronanThat would render her useless, wattson ultimate can be destroyed with 1 mag why the hell can an EMP ultimate that charges up 3x faster than other ultimates be given that much power. I think his EMP should have a longer charge time but able to temporarily  disable weapons instead of the body shields

  • Today's Patch made it damage drop shields. I'm going back to Crypto again for sure a bit. At least his EMP ain't worthless anymore.  

  • I think his character still needs a slight buff. He's not bad, and I definitely enjoy playing with him but he could transcend into a higher tier character if he got a few upgrades.

    -EMP should affect electronic-based sights. I.E Bruiser, holo, and red dots.  This would give crypto's EMP more depth.  Removing the main reticle from opponents sights for 3-5 seconds. This in conjunction with the stun would boost him weak EMP.

    - Make Crypto immune to his EMP. This would help with more aggressive Cryptos who use the EMP as a pre-attack tactic.  This way you're able to rush with your teammates instead of it being a 2v3 any other time you're utilizing crypto's skillset.

    -Increase the detection range to 40 meters for crypto, but opponents only get notifications if the drone is within 30m.  Afterall surveillance requires some form of stealth, it's impossible when they're notified immediately.  

    -Possible throwing concept similar to a grenade for the drone.  The time it takes to get the drop out sometimes is a drag, being able to toss it a20-30 meters out and quickly adjust it could play a critical role in CQC. For instance, if I wanted to use the drone to watch certain zipline, or hallway while engaged in a firefight. Reducing the time of setting it up would delete one of Crypto's main drawbacks. While he excels in recon, he should be stronger in surveillance. 

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