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@DarthValtrex It ain't me laughin', I main Lifeline!
- DarthValtrex6 years agoHero (Retired)@pastaclown Oooo you’re one of those never ending revivers! I see...
- 6 years ago
@DarthValtrex I actually hate the new revive passive. The fact it has no cooldown is one thing, the other thing was that Lifeline basically needed no buffs (IMO) nor balancing, nor anything else. The way the developer's worded the changes initially (with blue bins) was "Hey these characters don't need anything (Octane was included in this so you can see why my general opinion of the devs is extremely low) so we're going to explore side-grade options!" AKA "We're just f-in with crap for no reason instead of fixin' crap people've been askin' for!"
Then they swapped her only solo utility (fast heal) for a cheap gimmick (blue bins) and an annoying revive shield that's hard to play around and actively punishes players for not being able to quickly finish off enemy teams. Old revive kept things fair by keeping LL in place, amplifying what's already a dangerous situation (player downed / if you need the shield that means someone's shooting at you), but the new shield just throws that out the window since it has no cooldown and lets LL provide overwatch on the immediate area OR provide covering fire, making it much safer to revive people and much harder for disjointed / 1v3 squads. We've all been stuck in crappy situations where you down someone, drop back to heal, and you immediately hear LL's revive shield going off, and a smug LL sitting behind her shield just daring you to come over. It's dog-crap, and the fact the developers thought this was a good idea is BEYOND laughable.
I picked LL initially because I enjoy the combat medic role in many other games. Great mix of offensive and defensive skills, with DOC drone and shield being great defensively, drop-pod was good for utility, and fast-heal being great for offensive or defensive scenarios. Now she's got no solo utility, a clunky new revive passive that's both annoying and hard to play around as an enemy and as a teammate, and the same crappy drop-pod. Losing fast-heal stripped her from being a priority target due to versatility both offensively and defensively, to being a priority target because she's a pain in the rear. Combat medic down to just A medic. Imagine Bangalore but she doesn't run faster while being shot at, Mirage without invisibility upon being downed, Octrain without stim, Gibralter without gunshield, Caustic without vision in gas, etc. etc. That's the new and "improved" Lifeline.
- 6 years ago
@pastaclown I wouldn't say the new revives hard to play around personally, quite the opposite.
It really does need a CD though.
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