The amount of people whining and complaining about Phantom is just too much. On steam the average reviews went down because of butthurt people saying they quit because of Phantom. And it happens every month. “wow nader is over powered” “omg rhino is so stupid” “wow kira is so op” “omg stop being that noob aura class” Yes he does need balancing, that is for sure, but it is not as drastic as people claim it to be. You need to consider “Hmm, maybe this guy is actually good at the game” I have actually seen someone say that he needs a one minute invisibility cooldown, no more primary guns, a 10 second invisibility legnth, no damage absorbing, and 80 health. That would quite possibly make him the most under powered mercenary in the game. I can kill phantom as a proxy, one of the classes phantom can instakill without chopper.
People just need to learn how to deal with a Phantom, for example if you are a light class such as Aura or Proxy all by yourself, and a Phantom appears and misses his lunge attack on you. I have seen people run towards and try to kill the Phantom, instead of moving backwards and keeping distance. You have guns, and if he has his sword out at a distance, you (should) have the advantage. And if you see a Phantom disappear and run away make sure you keep an eye on your flanks so he cannot get behind you. And people need to learn that you are not going to survive forever, you will (most likely) die during the game, and Phantom excels at killing people, much like Fragger or Nader. He is clearly unbalanced, but it is really annoying how many people whine about this.
"omg phantom is op"
Surprised people haven’t realized the “omg Phantom is op” talk is different this time around compared to previous merc releases. He is OP. It is a real concern.
This didn’t even cross my mind, I’ll go write one right now. Phantom HAS ruined this game, it doesn’t even matter so much that he’s overpowered anymore, another player summed it up nicely in that it’s just annoying to be killed by him. It just feels cheap, like you’ve been cheated and it makes a lot of people just quit, more often than not, mid match.
The game just isn’t fun anymore and if it’s not fun I’m not going to play it. There are plenty of other shooters out there without invisible tanks with swords, in fact… none of them have invisible tanks with swords.
I’ll stick around to see just how badly they nerf the class but I don’t think it’ll make gameplay any more enjoyable. The game wasn’t designed for this sort of character, it was clearly just an afterthought and it’s only going to get worse as they release Dome, a larger objective based map that requires players to split up and Execution mode where players only have one life and are crammed into tight alleys.
Maybe if I wanted to play a ninja with a sword I’d be having fun but I don’t. I’ll play Mount & Blade if I want that. I came here to shoot people and get shot at.
Why wouldn’t the ratings decline when people are unhappy with the game? That’s kind of what rating are.
If that’s a problem then maybe splash damage should address it.
Don’t whine about people having different opinions on things either, please.
All we can hope for now is for SD to address the situation accordingly. I am not the one to point any fingers, but I find it likely that Phantom will receive some tweaks here and there, and if so they would not be unwarranted.
Let the dust settle and the professionals do their job.
They whine about every merc, but with this one, the whining is much stronger. And for a reason.
He’s a little OP, but not as much as people make him out to be and definitely not because of many of the reasons people list.
http://forums.dirtybomb.nexon.net/discussion/13999/does-phantom-make-the-game-more-fun/p1
60% of the forum playerbase say game is less fun with Phantom.
Never once have I seen somebody consider their own skill to br a factor. People are noob, they will blame their loss on something else. People who call phantom op really need a hard look at themselves.
Been steady too. The ups and downs are due to different time zones btw.
This didn’t even cross my mind, I’ll go write one right now. Phantom HAS ruined this game, it doesn’t even matter so much that he’s overpowered anymore, another player summed it up nicely in that it’s just annoying to be killed by him. It just feels cheap, like you’ve been cheated and it makes a lot of people just quit, more often than not, mid match.
The game just isn’t fun anymore and if it’s not fun I’m not going to play it. There are plenty of other shooters out there without invisible tanks with swords, in fact… none of them have invisible tanks with swords.
I’ll stick around to see just how badly they nerf the class but I don’t think it’ll make gameplay any more enjoyable. The game wasn’t designed for this sort of character, it was clearly just an afterthought and it’s only going to get worse as they release Dome, a larger objective based map that requires players to split up and Execution mode where players only have one life and are crammed into tight alleys.
Maybe if I wanted to play a ninja with a sword I’d be having fun but I don’t. I’ll play Mount & Blade if I want that. I came here to shoot people and get shot at.[/quote]
So it does not feel cheap to get killed by a grenade that was not even targeted at you? It doesn’t feel cheap to get your team wiped by an airstrike walking onto the front lines? One of the games quotes literally says “In this world, if you want to clean up, you’ve got to play dirty” You are going to die in annoying ways phantom or no phantom.
usually “xx is op” whine comes with free rotation, this time it comes even before that. lol
just wait until phantom is on free rotation.
For me i just think phantom should have same primary as sparks and all would be peachy.
the only thing that needs adjusted is the invisible cloaking also acting as a shield. As soon as he is hit his stealth should drop. The cloaking should not absorb any damage.
i came out saying he was fine on day one, now ill give a bit and say he is slightly op, but i dont think hes way out of whack i still think most of the issue is actually how unfun he is to be killed by , its like vasaline , when one of these two get you it often feels like you had no chance so it feels cheap and wrong.
one thing id like to change and not just because of phantom but id love it if using your hand to hand weapon made you stop moving for the swing, as we dont have character collision
I’ve actually started picking Aura to deal with him. He’s very easy to out play. In fact the only one merc that really struggles I’ve found is Vasilli.
That said though, any Vaseline that found a game without Phantom would scream “BLESS ME!!!”
Playerbase might stay the same,
Maybe because some people play the game because its fun. They still hate Phantom but TRY their best to enjoy it?
Did you also check the amount of hours they play each day compared to what they did before phantom/aimpunch?
For example : I did play around 6 hours a day, Now i struggle with 5 matches simply because aimpunch is horrible and on topping theres phantom.
i DO log in every day, but i play almost nothing anymore
Don’t look at the log-in amounts. That’s what i’m trying to say