6 years ago

"You Got Bamboozled!" - My Ideas For Mirage!

''Jumpmaster Here! Good thing my buddies and I aren't afraid of heights!''

Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE playing as Mirage, but I feel a few things could be tweaked..

ISSUE ONE: Anyone who knows how mirage plays probably wont be fooled by his Ultimate ability.
- Me and my squad were playing when I had to escape a quick firefight I ran through a house using my ultimate, but was easily spotted and gunned down.
- I feel as though this could be easily rectified by keeping mirage visible. and having all of the decoys scatter in the directions they currently spawn in..

This would mean that running into an open space and firing off the ultimate will throw decoys in multiple directions and you can use the confusion of all of them to set off in another direction!

ISSUE TWO: BEING STUCK CLOAKED IN THE ULTIMATE!
- The BIG ISSUE with this, Is that as soon as you're spotted whilst you are cloaked you can be dropped in seconds with no way to retaliate..
- I feel like you should be able to deactivate the effect by pressing the Ultimate button again, Just so you can fire back at least...

ISSUE THREE: His Hologram when being knocked down could be a little more... realistic?
- Instead of the hologram being 'injured' Maybe have it fire off a few shots? or have it crawl in a different direction? giving you just enough time.. I don't know..?
I've escaped enough deaths with the ability as it is.. And also using a knockdown shield when cloaked gives away your position immediately.

There's a few more things that could be said but those are a few points that id like to get out
This is a FANTASTIC game and I am going to continue playing it regardless..
Just hope my favourite guy can be a little more useful! haha!

Hope to see your comments below with your opinions!

''Mozambique Here!"

legends

17 Replies

GaymerGuy_Rocky
6 years ago
You're definitely saying the same thing every other Mirage (hopeful) main is saying. So far I haven't seen any dev responses to any of the Mirage posts though. Seems like they aren't reading/listening. However, if anyone else has seen dev feedback on this issue link me...I'm interested.
ODST-XIII
6 years ago
Thanks for the reply :D just seems like mirage is getting a bit ignored~
He has easily the best dialogue, closely followed by pathfinder
JolT_Fonz_TTV42
6 years ago
I don't think Mirage is being ignored in the slightest. The devs see what we're saying and has acknowledged that they see the issue in Live Balance Update live on all platforms - let's talk about meta they stated "For example, Mirage’s power level has dropped a bit as players have adapted to getting Bamboozled. 🙂 We want to let you know we're constantly reviewing the state of the game and considering and testing a variety of changes."
I think Respawn is ultimately trying to develop a way to keep Mirage's feel and keep the abilities that people love whilst also changing his other abilities and doing a lot of tweaking. The developers have stated "We didn’t want to make any hasty changes around launch, because we know a ton of players are still learning the game with lots of new Legends dropping in everyday." and "We make less frequent, better tested, higher impact balance changes in order to minimize the impacts on your time spent mastering the game."
so I think its safe to say that given time Mirage will be slowly changed- they also have expressed interest in the forums ideas- so make sure to keep posting!
By the way- People in the forums are expecting things to be changed a lot faster than possible in a lot of cases, but I promise you are not being ignored. Things take time and effort- coding alone is an extremely long process, not to mention testing everything out.
I think by season 2 there will be some changes with your beloved Mirage, but keep your eyes open- you might find a new character to latch on to very soon because I'm confident season one will be out in the next week 😉
Pretzelnutcake
6 years ago
I don't have him yet but I agree he needs a buff to his ult atleast, the clones need to run in all directions instead of standing still, that should make it more useful
Fat-Bakel
6 years ago
My cousin mains mirage so i see him in my squad almost every game. LoL. We talk about his ult and passive needing something extra. We think if he went full on invisible that it would be good. You cant shoot while in your ult so i dont think its op. And my cousin is great at making his decoy do stuff, like stopping at a deathbox, slide down a hill, trip caustic traps, etc.
MoZiLoR
6 years ago
Main Mirage here, I completely agree about this idea for the ult, the cloak should never have been part of his ult in the first place since he is a "master of deception" ( Mirage trailer ) and not a sneaky / stealthy legend. So yes clones runing in every direction and making him visible when he ults while still able to use his weapons would be very nice, I think that clones should pop in all direction except the direction he is facing because when you activate your ult if you run in the same direction of a clone you would be spotted, maybe make his ult instant instead of quick casting so you can quickly turn arround and choose a direction when you activate the ult so the ennemies can't figure which direction you were facing when you ulted and can't figure which one is you.

For the passive I just think it should be completely changed, I am thinking about a passive that would make a decoy automatically pop and run when taking a specific number of damages or when armor breaks ( the passive having a cooldown of course so that you can't abuse it by juste using one shield cell everytime your armor breaks ).
Just like the ult, this decoy would not pop in front of you because if you are fighting and your passive activates it could actually block your view for a moment.

Regarding his decoys in the airs, I think that they should run a little bit when they land instead of instantly disapearing.
JoeTheSho
6 years ago
The only real change I would make to Mirage's Ult would be to be able to cancel the stealth, either by shooting or pressing Ult again. Also @ODST-XIII @MoZiLoR you can make most of his Ult decoys run in all directions by triggering it when next to a ledge which causes the decoys to have to drop down.
MoZiLoR
6 years ago
Even if Mirage was able to uncloak himself when he wants, his ult would just not be that interresting to use, most players know about his ult, when I see a Mirage ult close to me I focus on the sound and look for his cloak form and to chase him down, that would not be that easy with the decoys running and making footsteps sound.

I know that you can cause his decoys to run when they drop down, but it is probably a glitch. His ult decoys should run wherever you are when you activate your ult.
GaymerGuy_Rocky
6 years ago
@JolT_Fonz_TTV42 wrote:
I don't think Mirage is being ignored in the slightest. ..........but keep your eyes open- you might find a new character to latch on to very soon because I'm confident season one will be out in the next week 😉
Hi SteampunkKills. Thanks for the link. I missed that update. I'm glad they are looking at him. I have a B.S. in Video Game Development, so I'm very well aware of how long coding takes. :P
If I was working on this team I feel like I'd have called out those flaws in his kit really early in development, but I also know that not everything gets tested the way it should or executed due to strenuous launch deadlines. Long gone are the days when games are "finished" when they drop. :D

I'll check back with this game when I see the next big patch has downloaded and installed.
AyothaKAT
6 years ago
Basically they actually need to try with his clones AI.
Make them climb, loot, whatever.
And make his ult clones actually run away. What did they honestly think 6 clones not moving would do?