New Merc Idea

(hawkeyeguy99) #1

So I think it would be cool to have a Merc with a new kind of spotting power. I don’t know how balanced/unbalanced this would be but I think it could be super interesting.

Binoculars:
Comes with 3 shots with a 20 second cooldown for each individual use. Pinpoint an enemy using the binoculars, and lock on for 1 full second. That player is now “marked” and a red outline will remain on that player (even through walls) for a certain amount of time. (I was thinking 10 seconds, but that might be a bit op) players cannot be marked again after already being marked, and mark times do not stack so you cant tag the same player 3 times and make him visible for 30 seconds. This effect is visible to teammates as well.

What do you all think? The Merc wouldn’t have to be a sniper, but a regular rifleman to add distinction.

(JJMAJR) #2

A worse Redeye.

(frostyvampire) #3

That ^

But you can always think about something to buff him and post it on the “new merc suggestion” section

(Eox) #4

Lacks something for sure. When you think about it, other recons are much more interesting because they can spot multiple players at once and easly. If you go with a single target spot, you’ll need to give to that merc something else IMO.

(hawkeyeguy99) #5

The idea originally started as a tagging explosive. You tag a person with an explosive and then it sets itself off in 3-5 seconds with explosive damage of say… a fragger grenade. But you have to hit a person for it to work (functioning like a sniper rifle). I just thought that was too much like Fletcher or Fragger to really be that different.

(RyePanda) #6

Honestly the last kind of spotting abilities left that I can think of are a cod-like UAV or a spotting dart that you have to hit an enemy with.

(remarkableBusiness) #7

I think 10 seconds is fine… Add this to phantom and he may be a bit better . Would the binoculars have like a zoom function to see enemies at a longer distance

(remarkableBusiness) #8

I think 10 seconds is fine… Add this to phantom and he may be a bit better . Would the binoculars have like a zoom function to see