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RSArussian's avatar
6 years ago

Simple Crypto meta buff idea

Is it just me or does crypto fall on the lower end of the legend scale because controlling his drone leaves him defenseless and causes him to fall behind his team? 

I like the concept of crypto so (assuming I'm not alone in thinking this) I think there's an easy buff to make that'll make him usable... 

Give crypto a special set of 'pings' on the ping wheel (or even a separate ping wheel) so that he can control the drone outside of flying it. 

Of course it's not going to allow him as flexible control as being in the drone, but it'll do a lot to give him an edge and not drop him behind his buddies all the time.

Perhaps he could have a few flight modes if he gets an entire ping wheel for it, e.g. 

- One ping could ask the drone to move to that location 

- Another one could set a path for the drone to circle 

- Another could set a few way points to patrol 

Could tie into his lore and be a little meta at the same time - i.e. Crypto has figured out how to hack into the game's ping system from within the game, and use it to control his drone etc. 

What are your thoughts? Think Crypto is good as he is? Or do you think this small buff would be too much / not enough?

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    RSArussian
    6 years ago

    Yeah I think he camera range distance can be a bit short. Another idea, while in flight mode Crypto can tag an enemy that the drone must follow / track. If line of sight breaks, the drone assumes the player is hidden at the last point of seeing him (unless he is seen again by the drone) so that'll allow players who are tagged to easily break the follow but it could be a cool mechanic for crypto to work with 

  • @RSArussian I agree with this! I was thinking it the other day. I own a drone in real life which has the ability to "follow user", basically following me as I walk, and circling me if I decide to. I think having the ability for his drone to follow/circle him and highlight what he sees, like a GoPro, would be superb and not too overpowered.
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    RSArussian
    6 years ago

    The more I think about this the more exciting it becomes - there's so many ways to make him a little more powerful, but as crypto is it's really just a waste of a cool hero type. I like the drone following Crypto idea, but I really like the idea to track a target (while in line of sight of the drone).