An idea for a team ability for Phantom

[PleasantWheat]

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[Naonna]

What can Phantom do which Bushwacker can’t?

The argument of positioning falls a little flat, given that if one crouch-walks with phantom to TRY and stay semi-see-through, by the time he gets to his target location, his meter is empty and Phantom is left vulnerable
A cool down reduction may remedy this SLIGHTLY. - Not enough to save the merc.

Bushwacker has the added benefit of being an engineer: if Phantom were an engineer, perhaps he’d be a bit better (outside of his cloak’s sad state) even if only for teamplay.
(If he managed to sneak behind to plant, then he’d be fun: but Proxy does the same thing with faster legs and no noise.)

(That cloak armor doesn’t eat much damage after more than a second of activation where any other merc could have just fired at the enemy. If it were a flat damage reduction percentage of 40 percent or so, then Phantom would at least be tank-y, since sneaking isn’t really an option given his armor’s current state.)

The idea of adding a spotter ability is appealing, given that Phantom is a recon class, but by that logic, why not just use Vassili? There’s no risk to a sniper as he headshots enemies at long-range. Phantom’s gimmick-y one-shot-stab pales in comparison due to the danger he puts himself in. If used correctly and as intended, Phantom can still do rather well with the various guns at his disposal. - Just not any more so than a Bushwacker.

Phantom, in my mind, needs a few changes to make both his current ability more efficient, and either a spotting ability (as some have come up with, a spotting-pulse, spotting-mines) or to become an engineer. (which seems unlikely because RECON class!)

Feel free to yell at me down below for anything I’ve said wrong.

[Jostabeere]

I once came across a group of 4 Phantoms in Exec. They were friends and all they did was running together and killing anyone in their way together with Katanas. Was hilarious. If I have time, I gonna upload the video of it.

But ye. I played Phantom quite a long time. And you’re so wrong, you’re double wrong @gloomyRequirement

[SirMurder]

[quote=“astoundingShellfish;145658”]@LifeupOmega I would usually agree that phantom is oen fo thsoe mercs you paly for fun rahter than furr competitive, But when you see a prop-pahntom go to work on a ranekd match you eat your own words, trust me a very skilled phantom player can take down even
RHinos without trouble[/quote]

@astoundingShellfish Typos?

[pinkOrchid]

Love this idea. Phantom is lacking some kind of team utility since this is very much a teamoriented fps. Maybe some minor tweaks to the armor as well but mainly some kind of spotting function.