[Merc idea] Barrow

(LeFr33) #1

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Basic idea, the merc would have a Hunting Bow, here’s some stats

Name: Barrow

Health: 120 HP

Speed: 410

Primary Ability: Hunting Bow with an explosive tip that does low damage

Secundary Ability: Throwing knives

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Little backstory:

Native from England, Barrow grew up in the Alice Holt forest and got used to hunting to survive and help his family out. Already in his 30s when the Radioactive incident happened, Barrow saw an opportunity in the mercenary life. He geared up, modified his Bow’s arrows a bit and the rest is history.

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Barrow has an interesting set of Weapons:

Primaries:
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http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/a/a5/A_AssaultRifle_01.png/150px-A_AssaultRifle_01.png?version=f8bf9257f18baac270d164bb54ba25ac M4A1

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/d/d0/A_SubMachineGun_01.png/135px-A_SubMachineGun_01.png?version=fbac4896f052d1973cc7e2d77d91ab8b SMG-9

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Secundaries
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/6/6e/A_Pistol_06.png/125px-A_Pistol_06.png?version=7298e24fc7525f3906b48926f88ead29 Selbstadt .40

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/c/c2/A_Pistol_04.png/125px-A_Pistol_04.png?version=d096542e5d6f713730cc9ea35a391299 Smjüth & Whetsman

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/7/79/A_Pistol_03.png/125px-A_Pistol_03.png?version=d49fe7b836a002e714433270b2955410 DE .50

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Melee
http://png-images.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/02/3987/png/knife_PNG1498-170x54.png His exclusive melee, the Hunter’s Knife

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/9/92/Knife01.png/130px-Knife01.png?version=433977d14f3f7702a69e738a2163fd3a Beckhill Combat Knife

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/dirtybomb.gamepedia.com/thumb/2/24/Knife03.png/150px-Knife03.png?version=48123d10d5f9f47df752f304259dc5c3 Cricket Bat

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Stats on his exclusive weapons

Hunting Bow:

Bodyshot Damage: 65 (45 and 35 in the leg and arm respectively)
Headshot Damage: 95
Explosion tip damage: 25 (No matter what)

The Hunting Bow comes equipped with Explosive Tip arrows that have a fuse of 4 seconds and only explode if they are stuck in a wall/merc (If the merc is killed with the shot, the tip of the arrow won’t explode as well for balancing issues)
It is an ability, and comes equipped with 4 arrows that will recharge over time (9 seconds for each arrow)

You need to “charge” the bow in order to shoot it (Takes about 0.8 seconds)
The bow’s arrows will have an arc of course. The bow also is equipped with a sight.
(Damn I used the word equipped alot in there)

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Throwing Knives:
Basic throwing knives that are already on the game but never got a use, so I thought a stealthy and “hunter” merc would fit them.

Damage: 30 (40 on the head)

It’s an ability so it also has a recharge time, Barrow initially has 2 and each one has a recharge time of 6 seconds

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Hunter’s Knife:
Simple knife where the Slash attack is way quicker than a cricket bat with the “Quick Slash” augment and does low damage while the “Heavy” attack will do enough damage to kill a proxy in one hit, but at the same time it is really slow.

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Thanks for reading through,
-LeFr33

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(ASTOUNDINGSHELL) #2

seems Balanced to paly maybe a little weak on the bow. does it have an arc/travel time?

(Samniss_Arandeen) #3

A bow and arrow would work better as a primary, tbh.

(LeFr33) #4

“The bow’s arrows will have an arc of course.” Travel time? Nah, never thought about that.

(PINGU_1) #5

@LeFr33 Good Idea

(TheFluffyOne) #6

A bow might actually be an interesting ability, if we had different variations of arrows with different debuffs, and maybe even an arrow with recon properties. The E and Q keys could even be used for switching arrows back and forth.
I always wanted to be Green Arrow in DB.

But I do find the throwing knives ability a bit pointless.

(Naonna) #7

Oh god, it’s Hanzo. (Joking. It’s not quite that bad. Keep reading.)

Hit boxes for flying objects can be a bit odd. They’re treated as having space, so too big a hit box, and you get the lucksman (huntsman weapon) from tf2. Too small, and they’ll never actually hit. I’ve struggled with deciding on how I feel about arrows in games. The arc involved decides its max range. Speed controls how much tracking and foresight is involved. Usually, a lower speed means a larger hit box. It’s an odd situation to balance and make fun to fight against.

The explosive and delayed damage of the arrow after impact encourages what, exactly? Head shots? Does the explosive after-damage get a head shot multiplier? If not, why make it explode at all? Just boost the base damage to compensate.

I don’t really enjoy the idea of hitting someone with an arrow, getting killed by them due to a lack of the total damage, then them dying a few seconds later.