Phantom Cards

(Wolf7742) #1

So after many weeks up saving up gold cards to get a cobalt phantom I end up getting the worst melee possible out of it which is the Stilleto knife. I would think it would make more sense letting phantom only have the Katana. Because that’s one of the main reasons I love Phantom is for his Katana. It would be great if you would remove the possibility of getting a knife. Anyone else agree?

(Nesodos) #2

i would rather have a customized form of his “katana” as a ability itself
i really hate it when i get a loadout with a knife too but i think its for balance reasons

(pinkOrchid) #3

remove the katana completely and maybe phantom players would realize what he is about and that using his gun is more effective 95% of the time.

(LifeupOmega) #4

No. I hate the katana. He’s not even meant to be played as a melee orientated merc, use the C51.

(RyePanda) #5

How many of these threads are there! Just accept that Phantom has guns already.

(SirSwag) #6

You can’t one shot an Aura with a stil stel tho :o

(LifeupOmega) #7

Don’t need melee when you have the best SMG in the game.

(Amerika) #8

You could run up to an Aura, who will probably hear you along with all her teammates, and die you’ll die instantly after you attempt to melee them. Or you could sit back with an easy escape route and shoot them in the back of the head quickly and then move.

It took me about 5 minutes after Phantom’s launch to realize how to do well with him. People need to stop trying to force a square peg into a round hole by meleeing all the time. I’m honestly a little shocked that most everyone else didn’t come to the same conclusion eventually themselves.

It really sucks seeing all the melee phantoms on servers, even by players with hundreds of hours, who maybe go 1:1 at best as a kill class when you could do so much better. I get that people want to melee and think that gimmick is fun. It’s fun doing it on proxy and aura too. But it’s a gimmick, not a consistent and good play-style.

(JJMAJR) #9

He needs Mechanic augments, does he have those?

The fact that Jesus agrees with the idea of removing the Stiletto (which is more valuable as a mobility tool) shows how little he knows of the game.

Anyways, the Phantom is not even worth playing, He should have team utility or more killing power before we even think of balancing his loadouts. People always think “Phantom has cool melee weapon therefore he should be melee class” when thinking about the bastard. It’s not helping with balancing the class whatsoever, and actually harming what he could become later on.

But if players want Phantom to use heavier melee weapons to defend himself and remove his ability to run quickly with the Stiletto and the Combat Knife, then there’s the Kukri and the Cricket Bat. But please, buff his speed a bit after that.

Another weeb should get the Katana.

(Amerika) #10

Phantom’s killing power is perfectly fine in pubs when played properly as a gun merc and not melee priority/only. His issue is he brings nothing else to the table that makes him suitable for competitive matches as there are better pure killing choices. Once he’s given utility, and assuming it’s good, he will be a much better choice and might work his way into the meta as a useful tool. Some other small tweaks would be nice too (and even some major ones depending on what they are).

(sgtCrookyGrin) #11

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(Amerika) #12

Twitch ASCII art spam has finally arrived on the forums.

(brennanfreak) #13

You could run up to an Aura, who will probably hear you along with all her teammates, and die you’ll die instantly after you attempt to melee them. Or you could sit back with an easy escape route and shoot them in the back of the head quickly and then move.

It took me about 5 minutes after Phantom’s launch to realize how to do well with him. People need to stop trying to force a square peg into a round hole by meleeing all the time. I’m honestly a little shocked that most everyone else didn’t come to the same conclusion eventually themselves.

It really sucks seeing all the melee phantoms on servers, even by players with hundreds of hours, who maybe go 1:1 at best as a kill class when you could do so much better. I get that people want to melee and think that gimmick is fun. It’s fun doing it on proxy and aura too. But it’s a gimmick, not a consistent and good play-style.[/quote]

I top-scored using melee only with phoenix once. That game was won.