25th of March - Long awaited Merc?

(jollyRacer) #1
  1. Who’s excited?
  2. Who’s prepared to be disappointed?
  3. Who’s looking forward to the next merc roll-call after this one because it might not be the merc you’re hoping for?

I’m no. 2 and 3.

What about you devoted players out there?

(AnimeDude) #2

I hope the merc isn’t shit so this can hold me off until dark souls 3

(Naralin) #3

I don’t care about a new merc. I am just getting pretty upset about all of those long-term bugs not fixed yet.

(Eox) #4

I’m more looking for a new map than a new merc. Aimee and Turtle does not interest me that much.

(SaulWolfden) #5

If there is a merc I’d expect it to be Aimee, I won’t be disappointed regardless of what happens that way.

(Sinee) #6

I am, if it’s Aimee. And if Aimee doesn’t have some half-ass 80HP compared to Vassili’s 110. Still trying to figure out why female mercs must be that much weaker than their male counterparts.

(doxjq) #7

Because they’re smaller, faster and harder to hit? I thought the balance was about right… I stay alive longer as Kira than I do as Arty for instance. Yeah she has 30hp less but people miss you more often so idk, it’s give and take.

I just want to know what has changed with Aimee. As far as I gather she used to have the camera, and the PDP, and she was removed due to balancing issues or something? She sounds like a weak lone wolf. That camera is terrible and serves literally no purpose to herself or the team. At least with Vassili’s nade you can time corner shots and actually help the team by letting them see enemy locations too.

Lets just hope whatever they changed actually makes her beneficial. Even if they give her assault rifles like the BR-16 or whatever, so what? Kira already has that, aswell as a laser, and gives out ammo. That camera is going to have to do something amazing, unless they’ve given her a second ability (apparently the one in the game files right now is the old version?)

(watsyurdeal) #8

Am I the only one who does not care?

(Jostabeere) #9

Anatomy.

(APRenpsy) #10

Pretty sure its Aimee, that being said I’m more looking forward to new maps/objective types.

(LifeupOmega) #11

I’d rather see the bugs I’ve been reporting for the past few months, and maybe better maps and adjustments honestly.

(Jan S.) #12

@jollyRacer Why 25th of march? :slight_smile:

(DirtyHarrier) #13

I keep hearing about the new merc patch. Is this confirmed? Source?

(Jostabeere) #14

25th, as confirmed by a trustworthy person ( @Faraleth ) is a holiday, and not new merc day.

(BananaSlug) #15

@Watsyurdeal nope you arent alone

not really much too see for me, squishy vassili ? or bushwhacker with shield ?

(blonk) #16

[quote=“BananaSlug;158679”]@Watsyurdeal nope you arent alone

not really much too see for me, squishy vassili ? or bushwhacker with shield ?
[/quote]

The idea fielded that turtle would be toting an assault rifle adds a new potential dynamic to the engineers, one that’s more tanky, since all the others only get SMGs/shotguns and <120hp. Both mercs have an ability that could be justified in a competitive squad depending on implementation, but I’d personally prefer to see Turto. Unless Aimee has something to contribute to the objectives I can’t see her replacing anyone in my usual squad loadout, but I would love to be shown otherwise!

Nader has as much HP as the popular fire support blokes and more than Vasilly, Phantom, Phoenix, Fletcher, Sawboners and Bushwacker. I would say that the character design for a bulky tanky female is more complex for a realistic shooter and is harder to get right, thinking what they’ve gone for in other games, though another assaulty gal wouldn’t hurt

(Havik_Gaming) #17

Aimee is meh to me i might get her who knows, but i just want more execution maps.
i am also guessing she will have less health than Vassili.

(MisterMurder) #18

New mercs? New maps? New stuff? Why don’t the devs just fix what we already have? That being said I am looking forward to only one thing- optimization.

(triteCherry) #19

More interested in what kind of adjustments they are making to mercs and potentially another map test weekend. Both potential mercs look completely lackluster. Turtle’s shield looks too small to be as useful as the other engi abilities and i’m not looking forward to the free rotation sniper spam fest.

(SereneFlight) #20
  1. No.
  2. Yes
  3. No.

Meh… the idea of a guy with knee high shield seems just so underwhelming considering all the shenanigans that’s going on in the game.
And oh… another Recon merc with rifles and spotting ability eh? Well, that’s something new and fresh.