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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@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 Those tweets are much more recent than to the period I was referring to, which is undoubtedly my mistake. The introduction of "Low Profile" had nothing to do with hitbox size, but as I said, had more to do with adding incentive to playing other characters while they looked into balancing.
It's unfortunate but increasing the amount of damage taken overall is not a satisfactory outcome, neither is changing their animations. A difficult problem they have to solve over there at Respawn HQ.
@pastaclownWell, the legends with low profile are the smallest legends so... And the dev himself said it has 'NOTHING' to do with ability balance.
On the other hand, I can see how you think it's otherwise. Wraith, Path, Lifeline were(are) the top 3 chars in terms of popularity.
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