Going for the season 1 100 kills badge exposed me to the amazing experience these legends bring to the game. Being shot while behind cover because the view model is extra husky makes for a really enjoyable experience. It's so hard to miss when spraying in the general direction of them which removes the need to move while shooting! I'm glad you guys put these achievements in the game because I would have never picked these legends due to community perception of a 10% damage reduction not being enough to combat a hitbox nearly double the size of meta legends! Thanks for opening my eyes Respawn. Great balancing work!

I just received enough Tokens to get Caustic a few weeks ago.I ended up getting 2 kills one after another, when using the Talent Gas in a building! LOLHis Talent can work really good if you play it right...

Caustic skill set is good and symmetric well with each other.The thing is there are way too many legends that can avoid it easily. Think about it, it's difficult to set up traps and stuff and lure enemy into it. But it literally takes 1 keybind to bypass it : Q ( tactical key on PC)WraithPathOctaneSince the 3 mentioned legends are popular picks ( lol almost all squad I played had at least 1, it's not rare to see all 3 in 1 squad), Caustic is not a good pick for me.

@d3adc3II You just have to be sneeky, work with a well coordinated team, ones that draw the enemy towards to, so as example Caustic can remain hidden, because once people see Caustic, well, it's over, unless they are really stupid.I make sure I'm playing Caustic to not let the players see me in buildings, where you lay traps, or if they see you, make sure the traps are hidden, or there are many of them, so they have a hard time disabling them while you start shooting them...It's easy to play him and lay gas traps and gas people... LOL

@xpl0its wrote:@d3adc3II You just have to be sneeky, work with a well coordinated team, ones that draw the enemy towards to, so as example Caustic can remain hidden, because once people see Caustic, well, it;'s over, unless they are really stupid.I make sure I'm playing Caustic to not let the players see me in buildings, where you lay traps, or if they see you, make sure the traps are hidden, or there are many of them, so they have a hard time disabling them while you start shooting them...You dun get my point. It doesn't matter your trap can be seen or not, any Octane/Wraith/Path can get out of it easily and they can do it every <10 seconds.

@d3adc3II Please explain in more detail how they are getting past this?I read what you said before, but I don't understand it...The 2 I just mentioned I killed were both Wraith and Octane.hmm

Just want to let you all know how fun Caustic/Gibraltar are to play!

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xpl0its
6 years ago
I just received enough Tokens to get Caustic a few weeks ago.
I ended up getting 2 kills one after another, when using the Talent Gas in a building! LOL
His Talent can work really good if you play it right...
d3adc3II
6 years ago
Caustic skill set is good and symmetric well with each other.

The thing is there are way too many legends that can avoid it easily. Think about it, it's difficult to set up traps and stuff and lure enemy into it. But it literally takes 1 keybind to bypass it : Q ( tactical key on PC)

Wraith
Path
Octane

Since the 3 mentioned legends are popular picks ( lol almost all squad I played had at least 1, it's not rare to see all 3 in 1 squad), Caustic is not a good pick for me.
xpl0its
6 years ago
@d3adc3II
You just have to be sneeky, work with a well coordinated team, ones that draw the enemy towards to, so as example Caustic can remain hidden, because once people see Caustic, well, it's over, unless they are really stupid.
I make sure I'm playing Caustic to not let the players see me in buildings, where you lay traps, or if they see you, make sure the traps are hidden, or there are many of them, so they have a hard time disabling them while you start shooting them...
It's easy to play him and lay gas traps and gas people... LOL
d3adc3II
6 years ago
@xpl0its wrote:
@d3adc3II
You just have to be sneeky, work with a well coordinated team, ones that draw the enemy towards to, so as example Caustic can remain hidden, because once people see Caustic, well, it;'s over, unless they are really stupid.
I make sure I'm playing Caustic to not let the players see me in buildings, where you lay traps, or if they see you, make sure the traps are hidden, or there are many of them, so they have a hard time disabling them while you start shooting them...
You dun get my point. It doesn't matter your trap can be seen or not, any Octane/Wraith/Path can get out of it easily and they can do it every <10 seconds.
xpl0its
6 years ago
@d3adc3II
Please explain in more detail how they are getting past this?
I read what you said before, but I don't understand it...
The 2 I just mentioned I killed were both Wraith and Octane.
hmm
BurnYaBad
6 years ago
so, not playing on pc works for you... the 90% of us playing on pc have to deal with 50% wallhack in game.. good luck.
xpl0its
6 years ago
@BurnYaBad
What are you saying that is related to the conversation over Caustic and the Gas Traps?
hmm
d3adc3II
6 years ago
@xpl0its wrote:
@d3adc3II
Please explain in more detail how they are getting past this?
I read what you said before, but I don't understand it...
The 2 I just mentioned I killed were both Wraith and Octane.
hmm
Sorry because I didn't remember their skill name ,was abit lazy to google for the name =))
What I meant is: Wraith's Into the Void, Path's grappling, Octane's stim
Those mentioned skills can help them get out of the situation easily. While Octane/Wraith/Path are Caustic's hard counter and current popular picks, Caustic is not a good pick right now in the meta. ( I still pick him over Bloodhound/ Mirage any day)
And I also need to mention that, it's also hard to play Caustic when your other squad mates are Octane/Path . Most of the time, they are much faster than you, and often fight on top of you. Caustic work best with slow moving legends like Lifeline, Bangalore, Blood, especially Gib ( Outdoor/Indoor defense combo )
xpl0its
6 years ago
@d3adc3II
Ok with their abilities, but just remember, that is only if they are using them at the time... 😉
As far as the speed goes, are you talking about actual in game speed of the characters?
The Legends are suppose to all move at the same speeds, I play Caustic and I move just as fast, sometimes even faster then my teams mates, depending on their ping.
d3adc3II
6 years ago
@xpl0its

It's available every 8-15 seconds so most likely it's ready by the time they got gassed. If a Wraith spam her tactical just to gain little speed boost, he's a bad Wraith. To me, Wraith's into the void is 2nd best tactical in the game, 1 skill to counter the strongest and most annoying things in the game Gib/Bang's ulti, grenade, thermite, poison gas. It's just that good 🙂

Something I learnt about "Every legend moves at the same speed" theory: While it is a true fact, it's best to just ... forget this fact rofl.

In reality:

This is what happened when Caustic party with Octane/Path:
Most of the time, Caustic player find himself in a awkward situation. He's always behind when Octane/Path are far in front and wait for him to catch up lolz

In combat, it's even more awkward 🙂
They are with you now. 2 seconds later, they are on the roof top / top of the hill , then you take another 30 seconds to cacth up lolz