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5 years ago

Season 6 crypto nerf

Don’t you think the crypto emp nerf was a bit to much ?
you see him barely played sadly and when I play him it feels pretty much underwhelming to play him

i understand the main reason why it got nerfed was cuz of rev/wraith/crypto combo

but Nerfing the probably weakest of thoose 3 while you massively buff bloodhound Leaves him in a bad spot

The mainreason to take a crypto over bh was the emp... bh simply gathers info better and safer

but now since the emp can barely be used to push, I don’t see a valid use for it besides breaking defenses of Watson and gasboy.

and now when the armor changes got reverted it weakened the emp a little more...

i mean currently when I get emped I just instantly popp a battery while the animation is going and my shield is full again right after the emp exploaded

funStuff like selfemping does not work at all anymore The drawback is just to big now

Possible solutions could be:

revert the nerf

give a cooldown on using a battery for the slowduration

(actually my favorite would also make sense since the batteries are electronical, would also allow your team to actually get into the fight while the shield is still lowered)

double the slow on enemy’s

make the drone better, let it scan through walls etc to make up for the weaker emp
Nerfing the drones hitbox was also horrible, and the 30 more hp does not make up for her much bigger hitbox

it should sit at atleast like 200 hp so you have actually use of it while you actively play crypto and not the moment you stop the drone it gets 2tabbed ( it could have some kind of Standby mode where it has thoose 200 hp and while it’s controlled it has the 60)

The cooldown when destroyed is also way to high it should have a pretty low cooldown when destroyed since you actively give away control of your legend while using it...this thing is Basicly all the legend has... it’s passive/tactical/ult on a huge cooldown on just 60 hp...
I would argue that is by far the biggest drawback any tactical has and yet it still has so many huge weaknesses...

discussion

16 Replies

matzesingt
5 years ago
@GH0STEDbyME seems like respawn would want a campmeta instead of an active pushing/fighting meta
mikogibo
5 years ago
pinging enemies is quite nice, but 200 meters is only a matter of seconds if your squad starts toward another squad already heading your direction
so it’s pretty much only telling you “no one is directly on you/beside you
bit it does relieve some stress when finishing a fight and knowing you got a few free seconds to loot...IF a triple take isn’t already aiming at your head from 600meters
xx_Dante2k_xx
5 years ago
Am I the only one who finds the drone annoying as hell. I hate things flying around and making an annoying sound.
Its like have a wasp in the room that won't go away. If I see a drone I'm going to shoot it no matter what as it annoys the heck out of me.
hayhor
Hero
5 years ago
@xx_Dante2k_xx Completely agree actually.
MandatoryIDtag
5 years ago
@xx_Dante2k_xx Yeah it's definitely annoying, which is why a lot of crypto users (myself included) do it.
The moment you bait that squad into firing shots you force them to reveal their location, which usually baits out yet another squad to attack them.
3rd partying made easy. 😛
BillyBlazes44
5 years ago
Said this on another thread but crypto should be able to see enemies behind him when his drone is recalled and on his back. He leaves himself vulnerable when flying his drone and his teammates at a disadvantage. Crypto needs to be more fluid.
Not to mention I think having something constantly watching his back for him fits his character