And it's not even on free rotation yet!

(Conqelson) #1

http://i.imgur.com/wa93AEZ.jpg

(XavienX) #2

Yea…I have a screenshot somewhere too where the whole team was Phantom and every time we spawned, our asses got shoved by invisible katanas…

([GER] eclipsE) #3

If i were SD i would next release a Merc who looks like a little Girl with a ToyBunny under her arm. The Bunny is gonna Curse you and you lose 10 HP for next 10 Seconds if she sees you for 0.3 seconds.

(ironicPlot) #4

Its a good business model:

  1. Release an op merc that everyone buys to stomp other players
  2. Take all their money
  3. Balance the merc two weeks later
  4. …
  5. profit!!
(Conqelson) #5

Na, they have to put it on free rotation first so everyone else can see how OP it is first hand then take it away cold turkey forcing more sales and THEN nerf it.

(APRenpsy) #6

I see no Vassili on your team, explains the no counter.

(Conqelson) #7

Doesn’t even work half the time. I play Vass often and I’ll get invis/stabbed while standing on a sensor.

(APRenpsy) #8

Doesn’t even work half the time. I play Vass often and I’ll get invis/stabbed while standing on a sensor.
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Pay attention mate :smiley:

(babyblueFist) #9

Pay attention indeed, that made me smile :stuck_out_tongue:

(elfishPentacle) #10

It can be hard to deal with the phantoms when they one shot you. Especially since their invisibility acts as a shield and you are already in a firefight with no ammo givers on your team (that are giving ammo).

Like I ended up emptying what would have killed most other mercs into a phantom as he ran straight up at me and knifed me with a one hit.

Invisibility? Not that bad. Shield? Really annoying for low damage mercs.

(ATTEM) #11

[quote=“ironicPlot;42182”]Its a good business model:

  1. Release an op merc that everyone buys to stomp other players
  2. Take all their money
  3. Balance the merc two weeks later
  4. …
  5. profit!![/quote]

Balance is a good thing. It does not guarantee that phantom will suck.

(onyxMaker) #12

The invisibility is fine, but the shield effect needs to be removed from the game.

Phantom’s health and frontal striking power should also be lowered a bit.

The only way he should be able to one-hit kill mercs is on a backstab ala Wolf ET and Quake Wars.

(litheJacket) #13

The invisibility isn’t fine this is not rpg or cartoon game.

(stealthyBass) #14

Invis is fine. Pay more attention and you’ll be good.

(SlendusTea) #15

If you have ears you can use them to hear the very distinct sound of phantom’s cloak.

(Aazhyd) #16

Just after release I saw games with 4+ Phantoms too, but a day later, the number was already drastically lower.

Everyone who says he’s OP, try him out. You can do amazing things, but he’s definitely beatable and not OP.

(Eox) #17

Glimpses of the armaggedon.

(DMaster2) #18

I would’ve quitted that game the second i opened the score tab (if i didn’t got stabbed before that ofc).

(ghostBase) #19

[quote=“ironicPlot;42182”]Its a good business model:

  1. Release an op merc that everyone buys to stomp other players
  2. Take all their money
  3. Balance the merc two weeks later
  4. …
  5. profit!![/quote]

I hope step 3 happens, because if not, the game’s going to be dead very soon.