Counter to "Dirty Bomb"?

(Quariantos) #1

ALMOST (3 or 4 left) all mercs have been released. So I was thinking of new mercs that would be interesting in this game. And then I came up with this idea.

Like 1 year ago I played the game Battlefield Heroes. 1 character in this game had an abbility called “I eat grenades”. This means that he could heal himself with the grenades, rockets and other stuff which came at him. I have been playing Dirty Bomb since March now and I still don’t get it why there is no counter to the “Dirty Bombs”. What about having an merc who can heal himself if there are nader nades, sticky bombs or other stuff thrown at him?

What do you think about this idea and if you don’t like it, do you have other ideas?

(JesseKomm) #2

There technically is a counter, it’s called Pineapple juggler, unfortunately it’s useless since most players are smart and cook grenades so you don’t have time to use it.

(Fiktio) #3

I’ve been actually thinking the same for awhile.

Totally new merc that could have an ability to “eat” explosives (grenades, mines and etc.) for X amount of time.
Of course the ability cool down should be a bit longer, so that ability couldn’t get spammed all the time.

What comes about airstrikes, Kira’s lasers and other abilities like that, maybe this counter ability would help the merc survive from the attack and leave some HP left after getting hit by airstrike.

(gg2ez) #4

This would be a pretty interesting merc. Would you mind if I tried to create a merc based on the ideas here? I’ll link this thread in it.

(Quariantos) #5

ofc not, go ahead! If you need more info about how it was in BFH I can provide you videos.

(Rokkamaisteri) #6

Said this also in reddit:

I really do not think this entirely dumb idea. My personal thoughts were if this ability could remove unexploded mines, stickies, grenades, airstrike markers without being harmed. However he would still get harmed by explosions if anything happens nearby, but with reduced damage. This would mean Arty and Kira are mercs who remain as usable against this ability least in the current state of the game.

(gg2ez) #7

ofc not, go ahead! If you need more info about how it was in BFH I can provide you videos.[/quote]

Thanks! What was the health restore like? And did the character eat the unexploded grenades or the actual explosions?

(Fiktio) #8

ofc not, go ahead! If you need more info about how it was in BFH I can provide you videos.[/quote]

Thanks! What was the health restore like? And did the character eat the unexploded grenades or the actual explosions?[/quote]

He ate those explosives that were near him, when the ability was activated.
What comes about health restore, I don’t remember statistics, but I know that the health restore was minor, not that huge.

(wolvie) #9

I believe someone already made a suggestion on that. I can’t remember who, but they named it Steel jaw

(gg2ez) #10

@wolvie This thread is old and I posted Steeljaw.

(wolvie) #11

Oh, Thanks I didn’t see the date