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1xZephyrus's avatar
6 years ago

Apex Legends - DEVS PLEASE READ - Crypto needs these buffs!

Hey guys! I am a huge Apex Legends fan and have literally been playing since day 1. I've loved almost every single change and improvement the devs have made and the game keeps getting better and better.

However, one of my issues is with the legend Crypto. Although he is a game changer and I love to have him on a squad, I personally don't find him fun to play. I really want to like him as many others do, but I find him lacking in major areas. The massive drop in Crypto players since his release is staggering, and I personally believe he needs this massive improvement to not only make him more useful, but bring in more Crypto players.

I have a suggestion on how to buff Crypto.

I think the drone should be able to hover over your shoulder and follow you. If you press the "recall" button, the drone will come back holstered like usual. Let's say you hit another button now, and instead of returning holstered, it hovers over your shoulder.

There should be debate whether or not you can do this directly from holster, though. Also, maybe a decrease in the drone's sound?

I feel like adding this new feature will not unbalance him because the drone can still only scan whats in front of Crypto (can't see through walls), its loud, it's a decent size target and it glows, easily giving up his position.

However, buffing him like this will not only make him look even cooler, it would also make his ultimate easier and faster to use, especially in sticky situations... and even then, you're directly in blast radius so you'd still have to be strategic with it. Perhaps when you hit the ultimate while it's following you, it can stop and stay in place to release the blast, so you can at least get a seconds head start. But most importantly, this feature would definitely come in handy. By the looks of the trailers, I thought this was already a thing before his release and was massively disappointed. 

If Devs can't implement this feature, then okay that's understandable. But at least allow Crypto's drone to "hack" enemy traps to catch the enemy off guard... How can a "hacker" not be actively hacking things in game? To me, that makes no sense.

I feel like the "following drone" would be a great feature and I'm sure even these small tweaks would bring in more Crypto players. Let me know what you guys think, please.

I hope to see you Champions in game! Take care.

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  • Interesting ideas for sure, but really Crypto is just fine as is. He has been my main for most of season 3. Playing public games suck you don’t ever get to really use his drone. Other than that I have had at least 50 wins this season just on drone play in final fights. Whether it was emp removing traps or good position of drone to highlight enemies in final circle. 
    If people want to play him fine if not fine too there are plenty of legends to choose from. I cringe in public matches when someone else picks him because it usually is the same thing seconds after landing he is in drone hovering around. Kind of hard to squad gear up that way.

  • iBlockHead's avatar
    iBlockHead
    6 years ago
    @1xZephyrus EMP could disable shield cells for short period considering it's an EMP and that should disable all electronics at least for a short while, including scopes.

    This sounds like a more fair balance as 2 shield slots of damage isn't that much of a big deal if you can pop one as soon as it goes off.
  • 1xZephyrus's avatar
    1xZephyrus
    6 years ago
    @mastiffslinger That's true. But I think that if they dim the glow of the drone and decrease the sound slightly, then Crypto would be nicer. A cool concept would be to allow the drone to hack enemy traps. This would be pretty difficult to do anyway, but imagine being able to turn the enemy's weapon against them. He's a hacker but doesn't actively hack, like I said. Idk. I feel like he's a decent legend but is missing something crucial to his character

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