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Re: 1.1.1 Patch Notes Discussion - Live 04/16/2019

@gg123xyz wrote:
whats ads mean? and i think caustic is better at 10 percent, hes cool now before he was an old man. but gibraltar, man he gets hit where wraith doesnt and those hits add up! his dome isnt useful like caustic traps are in cqc, all gibraltar in cqc is his health and tiny shield that takes time to pop up. even giving his shield more health would be good so it buys him at least another second in a room with a person with a semi decent gun. like 120 more health to the shield which is like two wingman shots or longbow shots. give him a threatening shield and now gibraltar is useful.

I agree with that. Caustic is better than Gibraltar in 1 vs 1 situations and close quarters because he has abilities that are quick to deploy and are also useful in combat both inside buildings and outside, too. I still don't think he is anything like as good as Wraith or some of the other Legends.

But poor old Gibraltar has his shield which is a bit naff and his Defensive Barrage is only useful outside.

I wouldn't even mind if Gibraltar didn't have any changes, though, as long as the other Legends had to rely on him in some way.

Perhaps, if Gibraltar's 'Dome of Protection' healed health and/or repaired shields squad mates would be more likely to stay with him. Plus his 'Defensive Bombardment' should deploy much, much faster. Perhaps, if these changes were implemented, they could even swap the abilities around so that the dome was the ultimate ability and the barrage was his tactical ability.

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asukojo
7 years ago
Remember Gibby was being rescued by his dad, that's why he likes to rescue in Apex.
But today, Gibby dome is useless since if enemy sees his dome is up, they know Gibby is reviving/healing/recharging, they simply charge in for an easy kill. It doesn't give any protection.
Today, teammate looks at Gibby as a fat boy who is useless, easy to die, and has to keep revive him, always left behind, has to protect him, basically drag the whole team.
If we modified Gibby dome shield so enemy can't go in/out, teammates would like to stay close with Gibby for protection.
Here are some of the scenarios, With modified dom, when Gibby sees:
1. Teammate under fire, they could go inside Gibby dome for protection, the enemy can't go into dome and has to wait the time to expire. Teammate can use this time to recharge/heal. If the dome is inside a corridor/room, simply run another direction, the enemy can't follow, acting like a wall (defensive way to use dome)
2. If the enemy is inside dome when deploying, they get trapped inside while friends can bail out. We can use this time to run away or simply surround him from many directions so when time expired, it's shooting party (offensive way to use dome).
3. Teammate down, he throws dome to his teammate who is bleeding, revives them, gives a short time to recharge/heal itself since enemy can't go in (Gibby in rescue).
If Gibby can give protection, teammates would like to stay close with him and willing to protect him as well since they know Gibby will protect & rescue in return.
If you like to be protected by Gibby, give some XP, please.