Merc idea - Ares

(Demonic_Muff1n) #1

Name: Rion Jones
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Class: Engineer
Health: 100 HP
Speed: 410

Primary weapons: KEK-10, M4A1, BR-16
Secondary weapons: Empire, DE. 50, Tolen MP
Melee: Beckhill combat knife, Kukri, Cricket bat

Abilities:

Guardian turret - A deployable generator that grants a 30 HP shield to allies in it’s radius. Once the shield depletes the turret will grant another one after a five second delay. (KEEP IN MIND THE SHIELDS DO NOT STACK, For example if an ally has a full HP shield the turret WILL NOT grant another shield on top of that) The turret has a lifetime of 1 and a half minutes until its cooldown. (cooldown: 1 minute) The turret can be destroyed by enemy projectiles. The turret has HP 90.

(Mr-Penguin) #2

Gonna need more stats to see how balanced this thing is. Effect radius? Shielding affected by headshots? Explosives? CD starts when placed or destroyed?

I don’t think that adding maximum HP to mercs, even if it’s temporary, is a good idea. It messes with TTK, swings gunfights in the boosted player’s favor, and generally makes strong mercs stronger than they really ought to be (read: shielded Rhino/Thunder on a Health Station.)

So my current opinion is “ehh… maybe.”

(JJMAJR) #3

The ability, due to it granting extra survivability to friendlies, seems more like a medic ability than an engineer ability.

The KEK-10 is also nowhere near the M4’s capabilities let alone the BR-16. It doesn’t fit on this character.

I do however like the idea of a Medic that uses their healing in what is essentially an OW ultimate ability. Maybe this could be a cool addition to the game, who knows.

(AlbinMatt) #4

This would basically be Aura’s healing station right? Just with a more offensive merc, or have I read that wrong? Still it’s a cool idea as a defender as to emphasize positioning and choke controls. However, I would personally like the codename “Ares” be given to a more attack-oriented mercenary. Seems odd to have the God of War be sitting at the back, giving shields to teammates.

(Naonna) #5

I’m confused. Is this supposed to be an armor-type shield, bubble shield, or a turret? Why is a turret making shields? ‘-’;

(Elkus2000) #6

Granting additional HP to mercs, even for a short time, is generally OP. A Rhino with Tryhard can hit suicide 3 times and suddenly have 230 max HP. If he sits next to a guardian turret, 260 Max Hp. Stack that on an Aura Station, that guy is never going down.

What I would do is give the Guardian turret 150 Hp (It’s really easy to destroy things that don’t shoot back.) and EMP deployables within a large radius (Bigger than Phantom’s cloak), as well as deal gradual damage to them (6/sec), including Proximity mines and Fletcher’s stickies. This could easily be a very useful mechanic, and bring the cheeky turret placements and Aura camps down a notch.

(Mr-Penguin) #7

[quote=“Elkus2000;c-225938”]Granting additional HP to mercs, even for a short time, is generally OP. A Rhino with Tryhard can hit suicide 3 times and suddenly have 230 max HP. If he sits next to a guardian turret, 260 Max Hp. Stack that on an Aura Station, that guy is never going down.

What I would do is give the Guardian turret 150 Hp (It’s really easy to destroy things that don’t shoot back.) and EMP deployables within a large radius (Bigger than Phantom’s cloak), as well as deal gradual damage to them (6/sec), including Proximity mines and Fletcher’s stickies. This could easily be a very useful mechanic, and bring the cheeky turret placements and Aura camps down a notch. [/quote]

Interesting. Stationary DoT to enemy deployables through walls? That’s clever. Seems a bit like a one-trick pony though, seeing as it only affects deployables.