Phantom in his current state

(Kevin) #21

I don’t think Phantom has the perfect concealment as you say. His cloak makes a loud noise when cloaking and enemies just have to turn your way to see you when your moving just a bit. Only when standing still no one would be able to see Phantom which makes no sense, since after all this a supposed to be a fast paced game.

(Sussepus) #22

after finally trying phantom(free rotation) i only came to the conclusion that i don’t understand phantoms role in his current state. no matter what role i was trying to use him in i still knew about another merc who simply would do the same role better. i guess that means i find him underpowered but underpowered compared to what role? lol

imo SD should take this merc back to the drawing board, figure out what role he is supposed to fill and design him specifically for that role. then give him back to every one who bought him for testing. Throw in a free elite case or two to the ones that already bought him as a apology for the mess or offer a keep/refund option.

(Ronan) #23

On one of the Splash Damage’s dev streams, someone brought up ‘why did you release Phantom before Redeye’ which, in my mind, is a pretty good question. Why not release Redeye first, and then in Phantom’s rolecall in the ‘playing against’ portion, talk about how Redeye can see him. Boom. Counter to Phantom solved.

But, instead, and I generalize my quote with this. “We released him as he was to see where he would stand and change him from there”. Apparently ‘changes’ meant nerfing him to oblivion.

In the least. I’d like to hear they’re looking at him, and seeing how he can be fixed. Instead of people having to go down into the forums making these posts about him. Leaving us in the dark is only letting the players stew.

(Killerbee) #24

His cloak is too loud and too visible, it’s impossible to do anything if there is even one person on the enemy team who has a proper monitor or actual game sense. If this is the case you are reduced to just being a discount fragger without grenades.

(Samniss_Arandeen) #25

I voted Other because some aspects of him are overpowered, others underpowered, still others completely missing the point of a character like Phantom. Too much health, cloak offers damage resistance (why? Isn’t being invisible supposed to let you avoid a fight?), not fast enough in my opinion. Melee is completely broken for everybody, but Phantom’s nerfs in this area really brought him down.

(Killerbee) #26

Nothing about him is overpowered, not right now.

(Sorotia) #27

And you can surprise people with Rhino if they’re not paying attention…I don’t see how that is a attribute linked to Phantom.

I think they need to rework him…either go full ninja or full samurai…not that half and half master of neither, it just isn’t working well.