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Trokey66
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4 years ago
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Rao 'blue' pulse

Having a go of Rao at the minute and have noticed that when his hacking thing is equipped, he emits a 'blue pulse' but it doesn't seem to do anything.

Any ideas?

  • Unfortunately you do not, and honestly they need to rework this portion of his ability.

    I'd like to have the pulse range increased, maybe even doubled, to make it actually useful.

    As it is now, by the time you see an enemy in the pulse are about 20-30 meters away and that's prime distance for a CQB. Switching back to your weapon takes too long for most situations and you just end up getting killed playing with your arm.... 

    Not really much point relying on his pulse when prox sensors exist.

    Rao needs a lot of love seriously. 

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  • It's just graphical from what I can tell. I assume it is to indicate the passive scan the hacking tool does when hovering over enemies.

  • It will spot players on the minimap if they are in range and not obstructed. 

  • Unfortunately you do not, and honestly they need to rework this portion of his ability.

    I'd like to have the pulse range increased, maybe even doubled, to make it actually useful.

    As it is now, by the time you see an enemy in the pulse are about 20-30 meters away and that's prime distance for a CQB. Switching back to your weapon takes too long for most situations and you just end up getting killed playing with your arm.... 

    Not really much point relying on his pulse when prox sensors exist.

    Rao needs a lot of love seriously. 

  • @Trokey66 Now that you mentioned it…I’ve been using Rao lately also. I know when you hack someone or vehicle they should get spotted also but I noticed that sometimes I hack but did not spot after hacking. It’s possible that the blue scan wave is the distance in which enemies will get spotted after hacking them. You can still hack further than the spotting range
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    kregora
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago
    @skullcracker2378 Nah, you need first hack successfully, and then your hacking target needs to be killed/destroyed to spot the enemy team.
    The blue scan goes as far as Rao is able to hack targets.
  • I always thought it was to spot enemy gadgets in its range. Like spawn beacons, mines, turrets, etc. I'm very sad to hear that it's actually useless.

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