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AimanCoolGuy's avatar
5 years ago

When is Wattson’s fence bug going to get fixed?

Yo it’s been 3 weeks since Apex Legends season 9 update and Wattson’s fence bug still hasn’t been fixed yet. Better fix it quick or maybe even the wattson mains will stop playing her.

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  • @AimanCoolGuyI pretty much gave up on Wattson she was terrible before the bug and is in a much worse state with it, her fences are supposed to herd the enemy team but in reality they just walk up to the fence then put 1-2 bullets into it so they are pretty useless except at the top of ziplines... Im hoping she will get that toggle for her fences to hide the visibility until you need them so they might actually be usable for once

    Compared to Caustic her fence cooldown is rediculous, Caustic gets 3 gas traps per minute while she gets ONE fence node every 30 seconds... so basically 1 fence per minute vs caustic who gets 3 traps per minute... 

    Wattson’s win rate is only high because nobody plays her except a few Pro players in premade squads who have gotten 1500 wins each in just this season alone... any normal player solo queueing with randoms can’t win games on Wattson except one a week if they are lucky occasionally I may get 2 but usually from wednesday to sunday I can play nothing but Wattson and get 1 win... then I can go on other legends and get back to back wins like its nothing... Wattson is basically a legend with shield regen and no other abilities because her entire kit is useless except her ultimate and she only wins fights because of her small hitbox and crouch animations... I wouldn’t mind if they changed her hitbox aslong as they actually made her kit usable and fun to use because anything would be better than what terrible state her fences have been in since she was released I swear I only play Wattson because of her comical puns and skins  because Im a Wattson simp shes literally the only legend I will physically purchase a skin for yet shes (her fences are*) useless

    the reason shes doing so good without her fences is because her fences don’t do a single thing... I can get 5-8 kills on wattson without using her abilities at all... then I can use her fences and just die instantly because your basically distracted for multiple minutes trying to set up only for them to be destroyed in a couple shots or a single grenade/knuckle cluster as soon as the pylon expires... her pylon should be unlimited until the enemy team destroys it because its not hard to destroy it...

  • AnotherBrandN's avatar
    AnotherBrandN
    5 years ago
    @TheApexLegendNub You didn't give up on Wattson, you gave up on Daniel. Any person would of fixed her right away, honestly fixed her before the bug. But guess what, if he doesn't fix Wattson properly........
  • It was fixed today! She's still a low tier legend though and needs a buff of some sort.

  • @tesslacoilI just know Wattson was terrible before the bug so even though it is patched she won’t be any better, yes low profile will make her better but wattson her self isn’t the problem... the actual problem is her fences which a fence toggle might be the solution so its not really adding anymore power to her kit but would allow her fences to be more discreet so they might actually be usable because I can’t remember the last time her fences actually helped me other than at the top of ziplines except during the shadowfall event in 2019 where I was solo and got 26 kills because the shadows kept pushing me constantly over and over and over but even then I still died lol 

    her fences may of been good against shadows that were basically 1 shot but any real player will either shoot her fences or just plow right through her fences when your trying to heal up or revive a teammate like everyone does to caustic’s gas now because there honestly is no punishment factor the damage is practically nonexistent like in the clip thats been going around about wattson’s fence bug the octane ran through all of her fences twice before his shield was actually broken... Im not expecting wattsons fences to break the enemy’s shields but 15 damage is nothing it should atleast be 25-40 like fuses tactical or valkyries tactical even caustics gas does more than 15 after 3 ticks

  • @tesslacoil I've just posted an idea so she can finally be useful. Here it is:

    "It would be really useful if Wattson's fence could intercept both incoming and outgoing shots and throwables. To make it balanced, the shots/throwables could pass through the gap at the bottom of the fence, allowing enemies to hit or being hit on the feet. I'm am sure a whole new universe of strategies will be created whenever there is a Wattson on the team, making her a useful character once and for all. One of the strategies I could think of, for example, is to put fences behind your combat perimeter to prevent a third-party team from shooting your back while you are fighting another squad.

    Before someone says, it would NOT be like Rampart's amped cover since Rampart's blocks ONLY incoming shots. Also, Wattson's fence would still be able to get destroyed with a couple of shots on its pole's base (as it currently is)".


    If you like this idea, please give it a vote:
    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Legends-Feedback/Intercept-incoming-outgoing-shots-with-Wattson-s-fence-BUFF-IDEA/m-p/10369940#M18450
  • XLnarrator's avatar
    XLnarrator
    5 years ago
    @NandoRos2077 Theres a person who you share those ideas with and the creators don't really listen to any of this is good luck.