Ballistic’s tactical is fairly annoying for both ends, it stops the core gunplay of the enemy and it doesn’t feel very satisfying to use. I feel like instead of the overheating effect, his tactical should apply an extra damage effect like vantage’s ult for 8 seconds? That way his tactical would feel more fun to use, involve gun skill, and wouldn’t restrict the enemy from shooting but force them to play carefully as his tactical does now. Thoughts?

@BeamMeUp47 Having watched people play Ballistic i can say his tactical seems very strong. Ive seen pro players get wrecked by it due to the overheating of their gun. It is quite strong def if your in close quarters preventing them from unloading a full mag in someone.

@BeamMeUp47 Im fine with the tactical as it is, it makes him the best duelist in the game.

@BeamMeUp47 There are quite a lot of legends who in some way can interrupt gunplay. Wraith Phase as an example removes her from battle not being able to fire at all. Where with ballistic you still get the option to fire but they will overheat. Crypto ult also highly disrupts gunplay as the slow from it is quite strong. Bang can interrupt gunplay with smoke rendering people unable to see targets so they wont fire. Wattson fences also highly disrupt gunplay as the slow from that makes it virtually impossible to control the movement. Overall a lot of legends can do what ballistic can just some are a little worse than others. Mind you this is not me disagreeing with you just pointing out in some ways quite a bit of legends can hinder gunplay.

@BeamMeUp47I've run into some really good ones in solos. It's a horrible experience knowing you've been hit and can't shoot back. If possible I make a run for it but that rarely works.I wouldn't mind a change to it like you mention. Most legends have a counter. He doesn't seem to have anything that counters it.

@E9ine_AC for sure, but the legends who have more penalizing abilities are usually more easy to avoid. And yes Wattson players can spring a fence on you, but it takes skill and a lot of effort to pull off. Ballistic auto locks onto anyone within range using an offhand ability, yet it’s still quite penalizing.

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17 Replies

BeamMeUp47
2 years ago
Maybe even a perk that refreshes this revised tactical on knocks during his ult so you could really go crazy with it?
BallisticMVP
2 years ago
@BeamMeUp47 Im fine with the tactical as it is, it makes him the best duelist in the game.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
2 years ago
@BeamMeUp47 Having watched people play Ballistic i can say his tactical seems very strong. Ive seen pro players get wrecked by it due to the overheating of their gun. It is quite strong def if your in close quarters preventing them from unloading a full mag in someone.
BeamMeUp47
2 years ago
It’s not that his tactical is bad, more that it’s not very fun to deal with, and stopping gunplay seems weird for a fps game.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
2 years ago
@BeamMeUp47 There are quite a lot of legends who in some way can interrupt gunplay. Wraith Phase as an example removes her from battle not being able to fire at all. Where with ballistic you still get the option to fire but they will overheat. Crypto ult also highly disrupts gunplay as the slow from it is quite strong. Bang can interrupt gunplay with smoke rendering people unable to see targets so they wont fire. Wattson fences also highly disrupt gunplay as the slow from that makes it virtually impossible to control the movement.

Overall a lot of legends can do what ballistic can just some are a little worse than others. Mind you this is not me disagreeing with you just pointing out in some ways quite a bit of legends can hinder gunplay.
hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@BeamMeUp47I've run into some really good ones in solos. It's a horrible experience knowing you've been hit and can't shoot back. If possible I make a run for it but that rarely works.

I wouldn't mind a change to it like you mention. Most legends have a counter. He doesn't seem to have anything that counters it.
hayhor
Hero
2 years ago
@E9ine_AC The difference is those legends you mention interrupt gunplay completely or for themselves which leaves them vulnerable. The old man makes you completely vulnerable but he can still rush you and kill you. The ability seems to last forever now and I swear I can only fire 3 or 4 bullets. I literally have to run every time I'm hit.
E9ine_AC
Hero+
2 years ago
@hayhor Yea that is true. But, with Ballistic you get to fire some shots that could count and change things. You go through a wattson fence you cant even move left right up or down. Just froze in time for a good 2-3 seconds.
BeamMeUp47
2 years ago
@E9ine_AC for sure, but the legends who have more penalizing abilities are usually more easy to avoid. And yes Wattson players can spring a fence on you, but it takes skill and a lot of effort to pull off. Ballistic auto locks onto anyone within range using an offhand ability, yet it’s still quite penalizing.
BallisticMVP
2 years ago
@hayhor So we wanna nerf now a legend that has a terrible pickrate ?

The one thing he has going for him why anyone plays him is because he is the best 1on1 legend in the game.
Sure the ult is cool and all but his passive is quite underwhelming.