Guardian nerf or buff

(Chris Mullins) #121

Made a new thread to discuss Phantom as this is supposed to be about Guardian. Post your thoughts here: http://forums.dirtybomb.com/discussion/38274/phantom-discussion/

(ImSploosh) #122

@OwynTyler said:

Proxy running around sprinting and dropping a mine next to it blows it up.

wait, shouldn’t the drone shoot mine immediately and blow up the proxy that way?

I thought the same thing, but nope. I was killed twice by a Proxy running up and plopping a mine down while my drone was active.

(Sorotia) #123

@ImSploosh said:

@OwynTyler said:

Proxy running around sprinting and dropping a mine next to it blows it up.

wait, shouldn’t the drone shoot mine immediately and blow up the proxy that way?

I thought the same thing, but nope. I was killed twice by a Proxy running up and plopping a mine down while my drone was active.

Had that happen too…or at least the Proxy tried but failed to kill me…which shouldn’t happen.

(Chris Mullins) #124

The Sky Shield doesn’t destroy mines when they’re being deployed. This is by design and not a bug.

(MikeGreene1990) #125

@MikeGreene1990 said:
Again Kira easily destroys it. Br-16 annihilates it. Proxy running around sprinting and dropping a mine next to it blows it up. ( a Flank). Phantom can just activate the cloak and shut it off. It needs more up time in general.

And hopefully, there are counters to the sky shield, or else it would be stupidly op. The proxy’s tactic you’re describing is simply the way proxy should be played imo :slight_smile:

Im fine with counters, but the thing being active with a red shield telling the other team that the drone is up and waiting it out is a counter onto the device itself…

Make it exactly like turtles shield, leave it up until its destroyed… Because a running phantoms cloak or a stealthy proxy delivering a pizza is already detrimental enough to it besides kira just blasting through.

If the enemy team is good at PVP which i always seem to be in matches in which they are -_- They will kill the engineers long before the drone can protect it. If you get rid of the self expire detonation on the drone, it will be in perfect.

(MikeGreene1990) #126

@Rokon2 said:
Played with Guardian for a little while and she feels pretty underwhelming, so much so that I wonder why I wouldn’t just pick a second Medic/Healer over her. Her dome is pretty mediocre to be honest. Anyone can just run in, shoot it down, risk dying, and let everyone else in the team spam explosives. The only synergy I’ve found to work well with her dome is Turtle’s shield, and that’s assuming someone doesn’t just bum rush the shield for the express purpose of shooting it down. People say the dome is a reactionary ability, but I disagree. It’d be hard to use after my team’s been blown to smithereens.

With the revive, it sounds interesting, but I find myself having it bug out on me at times, where I can’t heal outside of a building through a window while I’m inside. I’m not sure if that’s by design, but it feels so weird. Beside that, I think it’s a pretty decent spot, all things considered.

Also, mind my choice. I meant to choose Buff, but my mouse didn’t register a mouse click.

I agree on the dome fully, the Red shield indicator should be disabled tbo. The current active duration when deployed is so short that the air support on the other team can just wait it out and then start spamming again once its down.

it would synergize with turtles shield but the cool down is longer than the drones life expectancy in duration so up time is not realistic.

The game in general is just to fast paced to worry about air support deployment. You have enough time to counter an airstrike, but not an arty strike. I say just remove the self detonation. Keep it up until its shot down like turtles shield. Would it seem powerful yes, but it will force people out of cover. Since EV repairs usually have little anyways.