Forum Discussion
6 years ago
@FMA1498 Caustic definitely needs a buff, but what buffs do you think he needs?
- 6 years ago@CrazyPlays54 His gas cloud ultimate could cover a lot larger area and be taller, for one. In World's Edge he is beyond useless in the open, so if you play as him you have to stick to enclosed structures - which only works if your teammates also agree to this plan.
Caustic gas should cause more damage per tick, with the tradeoff being it lasts a shorter duration. As someone else here mentioned, I've set off his gas ultimate and had opponents saunter in, walk through the gas and even perform a finisher move, all without taking much damage. The little number damages floating by them like -9 doesn't really inspire fear.
The disorientation effect of the gas should be increased too.
One thing they could do that might make the traps cooler is once you have 5 of the Nox canisters up, say, they have an invisible electronic eye between them that sets them all off if the beam is broken. More like a laser trip mine. I've seen players walk really close to a canister and not set it off, so maybe the sensitivity can be increased too.- 6 years ago@Professor_Doggy Those are good ideas.
I’m not sure the laser thing should happen though, as that’s kind of Wattson territory. More trigger range would help though.- 6 years agoYou can trigger the gas easily enough by placing it then shooting it. This can be done directly in front of you to give you both physical cover and deny line of sight.
I agree with people saying the gas needs more height to it.
I would say instead of dealing more damage to the traps, they either tick damage faster, or reach max damage faster (IE 2 added damage per tick instead of 1).
Would also rather see the gas damage tick faster when 2 traps are in radius of an enemy rather than just adding 1 pip of damage for the extra trap.
Also not sure if his tactical is quite enough. I think he should be able to see more clearly in all gas, including Bangalore's. If his tactical is all about being experienced with gas, he shouldn't be as easily blinded by his own or others, IE able to peek outside his gas when others can't really see him inside his own.