New Merc: Justice

(Dysfnal) #1

I thought this guy up before I knew about Mcree, so don’t go there.
I have also addressed the dual wield DPS issue.
Class: Assault
Health: 90
Speed: 450
Nationality: American
Name: goes by William “Willis” Steele

Ability 1:Dual wield
Pulls out his secondary gun as well as his first, with one in each hand
50% accuracy reduction while dual wielding. Can be adjusted for balance reasons.
10 second duration.
15 second recharge time
Canceled at any time by switching weapons or reactivating.
Bloom between weapons is independent, encouraging alternating fire

Weapons

Primaries/Secondaries (will always be the same weapon)

1874 Peacebreaker
Long-barreled Old Western style revolver, modeled after colt peacemaker
Single bullet reload, similar to shotguns
High damage compared to other pistols
Low rate of fire
Decent accuracy
Should be equally viable as any other secondary, I’m not a balance master

Simeon .357

Caulden

Melee

Beckhill Combat Knife

Stilnotto Stiletto

Switchblade? Idk I need a melee that fits, none of the other defaults do IMO

Special Augments

Sticky Fingers
Reduced accuracy penalty while dual wielding by a small amount

Dexterity
Longer dual wield duration

Justice is completely delusional. He goes by Justice, though he will occasionally call himself Willis. Justice was an actor before the dirty bomb attacks, and was caught in London during the fiasco. Afterward, he was, different, to say the least. He took on the persona of his last character; William Steele, a rogue deputy fighting outlaws, though he was one. Justice was also an expert in the use of handheld firearms, and thus, began to thrive in his new environment.

(Naonna) #2

But why would you use him in comparison to the DPS of other mercs?

It seems as though your intention was to create a high-speed version of a Granduer SR user - forcing consistent aim with decent output, with a dual-wield ability for quick and up-close burst damage.

While the idea is nice, I’m skeptical, at best. - At worst, I see a merc less useful than Phantom. - I’m open to inputs from other users to change my mind.

(Bluepanda) #3

Dual wield doesn’t IMO fit the game, I know that the pistols almost compete against primary in some cases, but even using two, forcing a character to use one only for most of the time seems a little… bad.

(Naonna) #4

Initially, Phantom (when he was first implemented in the alpha) bounced between using snipers, and having no primary weapon outside of his katana and a pistol - encouraging him to be either one of the best counter-snipers in the game, or a VERY powerful assassin in close-range: out-damaging shotguns. (If rumors are to be believed)

Instead we got… something kinda… eh. At least he stops Proxies, Auras, and Fletchers now. Even if he no longer excels at anything specifically. (Which he kinda should. There’s potential.)

(HunterAssassin5) #5

[quote=“Naonna;195056”]Initially, Phantom (when he was first implemented in the alpha) bounced between using snipers, and having no primary weapon outside of his katana and a pistol - encouraging him to be either one of the best counter-snipers in the game, or a VERY powerful assassin in close-range: out-damaging shotguns. (If rumors are to be believed)

Instead we got… something kinda… eh. At least he stops Proxies, Auras, and Fletchers now. Even if he no longer excels at anything specifically. (Which he kinda should. There’s potential.)[/quote]

oh, no. i pity those that have to fight invisible snipers. i had to in GR:P. you pin a guy down behind cover and you wait for him to peek his head out, not knowing he already has and is cloaked until he headshots your unmoving, unsuspecting and unlearning head.

(Dysfnal) #6

@Naonna the purpose of the dual wield is to give the user slight advantage over standard primaries, making firefights that much easier, like a better version of the grandeur, but with a similar playstyle.

After all, assault mercs are supposed to be efficient killers

He would be very vulnerable whilst his dual wield isn’t active, though

(Bluepanda) #7

[quote=“Dysfnal;195065”]@Naonna the purpose of the dual wield is to give the user slight advantage over standard primaries, making firefights that much easier, like a better version of the grandeur, but with a similar playstyle.

After all, assault mercs are supposed to be efficient killers

He would be very vulnerable whilst his dual wield isn’t active, though[/quote]

I still don’t like that you can’t always dual wield. Also Cauldron Doesn’t really fit in the theme.
Single bullet reload on your revolver is kinda stupid, but I understand where you are going at. Since it’s based on 2020, I would encourage to stay away from old style weapons.(Bows, Musket, Throwing knife, DB Shotguns…)

Also Dual wield IMO, isn’t so strong as secondary damage from off is crazy.
I would say you can try to convince the devs to add a akimbo secondary(I doubt they will),
and being able to dual wield isn’t entirely special.(anyone can hold and shoot 2 guns! They have 2 hands!)
So all in all, it isn’t really a merc suggestion. You just want to shoot people with a gun on each end.

(yesser) #8

not every one can shoot with a revolver or even a desert with one hand it will more likely broke there arm cause of the hard recoil
maybe giving him the ability to choose with which hand he will shoot when dual wield so the player could choose how to shoot shooting with both hands and then having to reload both weapons or shooting with one while the other one reload but having a low dps could be nice so the player would need to change from one to one according to the situation ( that would make it also impossible to scope when dual wield

(Naonna) #9

Seems a fair downside if the merc is meant for close range.

(Dysfnal) #10

@yesser I completely neglected to mention, he’s got robot hands

(Dysfnal) #11

He also has the speed to close the distance to make up for his low range and accuracy

(Dysfnal) #12

@Bluepanda you know why the Colt model 1911(which is the Caulden) is called what it is? It was first released in 1911, it’s an old ass gun, so is the AK-47. The peacemaker is also still being produced today, there’s nothing wrong with a gun being old, if it works it works, regardless of the time

Get refuted M8

(SweetGenocide) #13

Eh… Seems fair, with the upsides and downsides. A merc using only pistols would be pretty challenging tho.

(Dysfnal) #14

He’d be a glass cannon, for that reason I’m tempted to buff him a bit, out him closer to the other assaults on utility