Augment reworks and new augment ideas.

[LifeupOmega]

@spicyHarp I saw those, was about to comment, thanks for doing it for me. Literally cobalt-tier augments right there.

[CCP1151]

Try Hard : That augment feels wrong in every way, and is also a death sentence to every loadouts with that augment. First it’s bad, second you shouldn’t be rewarded for dying without a kill IMO, even if you are an engineer that focus on something else. I think that instead you should be rewarded for killing someone, a bit like Looter, triggering more often but less powerful. Like instantly trigger health regen after a kill or something.

Pineapple Juggler : Just make it work with more projectiles. So far it only seems to work against Fragger, and it’s not even that powerful because Fragger can cook his nades. Allow it to also pick Nader’s nades and Skyhammer’s airstrike marker. You may also consider about making it work with unarmed Proximity Mines and Sticky Bombs.

Springy : It just allow you to jump three times in a row. It’s a bit bland, and it’s not even that useful. In my opinion, it should also allow you to perform a third wall jump, allowing you to take some funky routes.

I’m not talking about Cool and Bomb Squad, because I have no idea about how to rework those two…

New augments :

First Aid : It would be Mechanic’s counterpart to Helping Up. It speeds up Help Up by 20%. Useful when your medic is down. Of course you wouldn’t give it to Medics.

Long Vault : +X% long jump lenght. Feels like a nice addition to me. It helps for dodging and mobility.

Cleaner : +X% damage to downed targets. You think gibbing with guns wastes too much ammo ? Find that augment.

I will add more augment ideas later, if I find another good idea. Don’t hesitate to post your augments ideas also.

What do you guys think ?

PLEASE MAKE PINEAPPLE JUGGLER ABLE TO DISARM PROXIMITY MINES.
I GET SO MAD WHEN A PROXY JUST SUICIDE BOMBS INTO US, AND JUST DROPS A MINE, AND THERE’S NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO.

Springy is bad. I don’t even know what the heck it’s for. This isn’t Quake, please.

Cool is actually not that bad, I mean, turrets are absolute killing machines, and sometimes I just need to spray a little longer.

Bomb squad I quite like, Proxy mines are sneaky sometimes.

Can we rename first aid to… quick fingers or something? I dunno, something to do with fingers.

Long vault seems weird, I don’t want that. It could screw up muscle memory, and ruin some map design (Dome jumps could be exploitable.)

Cleaner sounds amazing. Please. Add.

[Shwaps]

@Someordinaryguy said:

Sprinter/Usain Bolt (JK)
Increases movement speed by 5%

Flying Pig
Maybe apart from no fall damage it could increase jump height ?
Sprinter
better flat bonus like +10 or every Proxys will be rocket speed busted
Flying Pig
Totally agree

Also how about remove apple jangler and add new - Cevlar
+10 hp
Need more simple in mechanics but useful perk than some we have now.

I would also like to see 3 different weapons each mercenary. The stats are the same as the current weapon, differences in sound and appearance of the model.
As such Hotchfir and “new” Aysfir at Proxy. The same mag, the same damage, but the new model and sound and can only equip Proxy

[AirborneVolley]

Try hard atm is pissing me off in competitive. These suicide defusing proxies start tanking up to 120 hp which makes it impossible to one hit them with a sticky. Getting rewarded for dying without getting a kill is just wrong…

[auwi]

Probably the most annoying augment I deal with is Nitros, which means Rhinos can spin up their minigun 50% faster. Its really powerful because the second you see a rhino facing you there is no time to run back or find cover. I’ve played with it myself and I can get up a K/D up to 40/3 because nobody has time to react to me.

[K1X455]

Why is making 10% less footstep noise better than 50% less aimpunch?[/quote]

ADS lowers you FoV and increases grouping of shots (precision) and as expense slows your movement; as a consequence, whatever value you gain in lowering aim punch makes you more vulnerable to it because you’re easier to hit. Due to the speed of gameplay at which Dirty Bomb is played, aim punch is outright evil and I share a similar opinion with Pansy regarding aim punch. Reference is here.

@AirborneVolley you got played? The technique is usually Bli-bli-bli-blishlock then Sticky. RInse and repeat.

[kAndyREW1]

i actually like untracklable as is because it lets you 100% dodge a proxy mine even if you run over it if you long jump in time. pretty useful for getting past those trricky points.

i like the new augment ideas though, very nice

[Kaktuz]

[quote=“srswizard;87779”]I would like to see these augments fused:
Cool + Mechanic.
Springy + Flying pig.
Sneaky + Untrackable.

I’d also remove Tryhard altogether, and tweak the remaining fluff augments so that they are worth something, at least.
There are just too many worthless augments in the game.
[/quote]

I like this suggestion, very nicely merged. Boring augments on their own, kind of nice combined.

Also like most of Eox post, apart from Pineapple Juggler - kill that augment with fire, or whatever we have available, it’s just awful and cannot be salvaged

[Eox]

[quote=“kAndyREW;88026”]i actually like untracklable as is because it lets you 100% dodge a proxy mine even if you run over it if you long jump in time. pretty useful for getting past those trricky points.

i like the new augment ideas though, very nice[/quote]

The idea is actually to fuse untrackable with enigma : you shouldn’t loose your bonus from untrackable. It should actually be stronger by pairing with Enigma’s effect.