Lets talk caustic.
Caustic is majorly under-powered, his ultimate does hardly anything compared to other ultimates like Gibraltars, his ability takes too long to activate. In my opinion his ultimate should be his abil...
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I understand where people are coming from he’s not supposed to do a lot of damage yea but just it’s underwhelming for example I really like the idea of his ult being his ability but smaller (like a grenade) but then the question comes up what would his ultimate be well I was thinking and have 2 ideas I don’t really have numbers for these but I encourage people to try and find balance ideas and if need be I’ll help as well ok first idea castic takes his gas canisters and modifies then into ammunition this ammunition is limited and can only be used by his currently equipped wepons he can chose to give this ammo to his teammates as well but this will
split up the ammo into thirds and when the bullet hits a enemy it will inject the gas causing the enemy to take dmg over time if it hits a surface I create a very small cloud of gas there 2 this is a more supportive tank ability he has a canister that he throws that gives a benefit to allies that enter they are healed over time in this gas and anyone that enters this gas is shown to all of his team and on the mini map as well I know the first idea is a little out there but I feel like his second ultimate would be a good addition now to his ability with the throwable canisters I feel like the gas should do 5-7 damage per tic this is more of a area lock down ability which is what I think they wanted to do with caustic if anyone has feedback on this please I’m open to any and all criticism wether it be bad or good please and thank you
I think the idea for gas bullets is a good idea except more as an activated ability rather than an inventory item. it would get too confusing and giving his allies this ability would be a little op. maybe they could make the ability activate during a set amount of time or for just a magazine or two. this would make you want to pick up the spitfire or devotion for their larger magazine sizes to get the full effect. i think healing allies is a little op as well and doesn't really follow the character but i think we all agree he shouldn't affect his allies with his abilities. he definitely needs a damage buff but the line between acceptable and op for him is very thin and until they start experimenting with it i don't think we'll figure out where that line is. unfortunately I've never seen a game like this redesign their characters that extensively so i doubt it would ever happen. at this point he might just turn into a garbage meme like the mozambique. all we can honestly hope for is a few buffs here and there and maybe changing his traps to stick to walls and ceilings.
