Caustic changes
To make an educated well thought decision on this topic, we need to look at every point. We need to take in his intended purpose, and how we can balance him in the current state of apex. I would like...
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@BigMacAttack8u Wouldn't it be cool to have greater customization?
Just like you can toggle the fire mode of weapons and toggle certain legend ability modes, imagine being able to toggle between several types of traps for Caustic. That way, you could keep enemies guessing.
Here are a few ideas:
Long-poison, heavy duty barrel. This requires much more work for enemies to destroy, but damage ramps up like currently, starting low and not posing much of a threat if you get out quickly.
Short but lethal barrel: This barrel's damage is roughly double the current peak, only requiring six seconds to down someone. At the same time, it has the same health as current barrels and only releases gas for those six seconds. It's not good for holding a building, but great for discouraging/punishing exploration.
Sticky barrels: Small size, stick to any surface. High initial burst damage (35-50 depending on if the effect from multiple explosions can stack), then low persistent damage, but very small AoE. Mainly good for surprise attacks.
Caustic grenade: Caustic specialty, a combination of a frag grenade and thermite. The explosion radius of a frag grenade but only applies a DoT to players caught in the blast. The DoT bypasses shields completely.
Actually, this may be a cool idea for a separate grenade type in the game.
Just like you can toggle the fire mode of weapons and toggle certain legend ability modes, imagine being able to toggle between several types of traps for Caustic. That way, you could keep enemies guessing.
Here are a few ideas:
Long-poison, heavy duty barrel. This requires much more work for enemies to destroy, but damage ramps up like currently, starting low and not posing much of a threat if you get out quickly.
Short but lethal barrel: This barrel's damage is roughly double the current peak, only requiring six seconds to down someone. At the same time, it has the same health as current barrels and only releases gas for those six seconds. It's not good for holding a building, but great for discouraging/punishing exploration.
Sticky barrels: Small size, stick to any surface. High initial burst damage (35-50 depending on if the effect from multiple explosions can stack), then low persistent damage, but very small AoE. Mainly good for surprise attacks.
Caustic grenade: Caustic specialty, a combination of a frag grenade and thermite. The explosion radius of a frag grenade but only applies a DoT to players caught in the blast. The DoT bypasses shields completely.
Actually, this may be a cool idea for a separate grenade type in the game.
I don't know if you mentioned this, but for me the biggest fix that could possibly be introduced for Caustic, from the perspective of a non-Caustic player, would be the ability for team mates to be able to distinguish enemy barrels and gas from friendly. This would greatly increase my attitude about having one on my team. From where I stand, this problem frequently makes having him in my squad at all a liability, even with voice chat, and causes much suboptimal play on my part and even plenty of unnecessary deaths. I'd love to actually enjoy having one on my team, for what he brings to the table
- @LaughingSharko I like all the ideas, but I feel like keeping players guessing would be to much of a buff for caustic, as @Cheese9Man pointed out, he is already pretty ok now, so he should only get a small buff.
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