Reading this remind me of my first days in Apex and playing Bloodhound to have scan / wallhack to be able to understand dynamics of the game, where people are, how they move. Was fun to play and really helped me as a new player to be fair.
But after they nerfed scan radius and duration...it became a game of "noone trust Blood, he probably scanned like and idiot" or "did you scan in front of us -> yes -> get ratted on -> you piece of @!#$#@%^".
And then came Seer and then came Crypto buff and game over. Really touched Blood maybe once or twice when there was a challenge or just to remember good old times just in more useless and painful way :)
Honestly if his scan is reverted to how it was, it might just do the trick. His passive eagle...sorry I still can't figure it out. It kinda shows direction of closest enemies but kinda does not + everyone moves so fast these days that by the time you move there enemies are already flanking you plus Blood needs to go off path to chase his bird... visually cool, practically rubbish.
Also given new trend of maxing things out - I would like to experiment with Blood that has like close to ultimate scans running around like portable wallhack = good scan radius and duration, fast recharge but say during scan he is deaf or vision blurs for him shortly after scan fades similar idea to Octane stim = use it, but be careful not to overuse it even when you can.
Crypto in my opinion is just fine, only issue:
a) many use wallhack and finds him even cloaked
b) many when I play Crypto (especially on season when I decided to main him - after they made change that you can just throw drone out without getting into it) people really refused to play with me (Apex Legends Discord LFG) because they always forgot that I gave them info and complained that I do nothing but at the end of the game get most RP because of all the assists :D
c) Crypto needs coordinated team to play around him, which happens basically never when you soloq
Only thing I would buff a bit is this drone throw as in most cases it is too low to give you and advantage, only can be useful as decoy to throw enemy aim off or to have a quick scan around the corner. I would give him similar mechanics as Gibi bubble unless it is like that already and just feels worse in game.
Otherwise Crypto is cool and viable just other legends / playstyle is more viable.