Low profile only being 5%
Can we talk about how low 5% damage increase on low profile characters is? Like half the guns in this game do below 20 damage per shot. The flatline, does 16 per shot; 5% of that is below 1 damag...
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"Low Profile" is a nerf in name only, while the recent change to LP legends taking body damage to legs, 5% is as you stay, quite literally nothing.
That's why "Fortified" works, and "Low Profile" doesn't.
@pastaclown Fortified makes sense though , but I really don’t feel like the size difference between the medium and small sized characters is big enough to justify a bigger damage increase than 5%
@MassiveVernon sadly the history of Low Profile had absolutely nothing to do with how big or small a character was. It was tacked onto Legends as Season 2 started in order to add incentive to players playing other characters. It was meant to nerf the popularity of certain Legends at the time, and Wattson in particular was added later as the meta for ranked had changed into, "Sit in buildings and camp".
Octane doesn't have LP despite being similar in size to Lifeline, and Crypto doesn't have it despite being similar in size to Wattson.
https://dotesports.com/apex-legends/news/apex-legends-has-some-drastically-different-hitbox-sizes
https://www.dexerto.com/apex-legends/all-apex-legends-hitbox-sizes-and-how-revenant-compares-1326319
It's a meaningless 5%, especially since they've been going through and nerfing all the characters who've had Low Profile tacked onto them. They should've done one or the other, meaning they should've either doubled down and increased the damage taken while not nerfing anyones abilities, or taken LP off after the nerfs.
- @pastaclown Ahhh I see . Il be honest though after 1k+ hours played on it I totally thought octane had low profile lol . Yeah I agree then really , but at the same time Im glad they didn’t increase it cause it really just wouldn’t be fair .
@MassiveVernon Nah just a whopping noggin hitbox....arguably worse than low profile. XD
- @pastaclown How much the damage will increase if low profile on 7%??
@pastaclown wrote:@MassiveVernon sadly the history of Low Profile had absolutely nothing to do with how big or small a character was.
Umm nope. I can quote a Respawn dev on this matter.
'People always forget that low profile exists to counter the effect of a small hitbox. These Legends are literally harder to hit. It has nothing to do with ability balance.' source
"I've definitely thought about giving Wraith extra low profile. She has the same hitbox as Lifeline and Watson but her animations make her smaller. We could also change her run anims but she will lose some personality in the process. Tough problem." source2
Also, the gaming merchant's comparison isn't 100 % accurate. So what the dev said is as accurate as it can be.
- @BaldWraithSimp Only 1 damage, it's nothing change
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