Well I think he is not as easy to drive at it seems.
Every character has its own behavior. When a new character comes everyone starts complaining.
It´s a game based in diferent characters. Every character has its own personality and its own skills. I have been killed by every character in the game and I have killed every character in the game. When I was dying I was not thinking about “Wow he/she is a demigod of revenge and the game is bad and the Devs dont have any idea and its OP and they have to balance bla bla bla”
I was thinking about “Wow. This game is amazing. They have imagination and are trying new things. The behavior of this character is different. He/she is beating me. I have to examine his behavior in order to understand him/her. Predict him/her and beat him/her”
For example. I thought Nader was to hard to beat. But searching on the net you can find videos that explain his weakness. Usually Nader player starts shooting all her nades. 5. Then she hasnt more. Thats the moment to appear, shoot and kill her. You have to play around that. And playing with Nader you have to play around that too. Reserve grenades.
Today I have killed a Rhino with Sparks and her Empire9. How? Well she has 470 of speed. Just going in circles close to his back and shooting. I got him by surprise and I had luck. He killed me some times in the game. It was hard but it wasnt impossible.
The first games I played yesterday I killed a lot of people with Phantom because everyone was surprised. I bought him and his bronze card 5 minutes after the new fix. (I also bought Bushwacker, but I have an Iron card that makes the job, so I didn´t buy a card for him).
When Ive entered today at the game people was crazy. Wow wow. Op Op. Nerf Nerf.
Also saying things like “pay to win. pay to win. Wow wow”.
Really, I think that People like to talk a lot and people like to criticize a lot.
I have not spend any money yet. Only I have spend the credits of the game that Ive get playing. I will spend real cash later to support the game because I think its a very very very good game. I have not much fun with a game in years. But now Im trying the game. Ive been playing it since a week and a half (more or less 10 days). I have 118 hours of game. I have been loving shooters since Doom (The one from 90s. He was my first shooter and I have played a lot of shooters. Its my favorite type of videogame) People says that you have to “farm”. Hey. Think a little bit. Whats the point of a game that give me everything at the start. Wheres the challenge??? They are giving me free credits to buy more things by free!! And with that credits I have bought Bushwacker and Phantom. I got Fragger with the free code. Where is the paying to win?? This is more like a play, enjoy and win than a p2w. But as ive said. People says a lot of things. Another thing is that they are right.
I think that its the same point with phantom. They are saying the good things that he has. Why anyone is not saying the bad things?? Because they havent played with him. And I think that you have to try things to have a good opinion.
Today people was playing better agaisnt me. They were seeing me. They were hearing me. Today were more players playing with Phantom. I fought agaisnt them. You can see it. You can hear it. Be water my friend. Use your ears. Its easier to hear a sound, because you can “see it” behind/around you and prepare yourself/turn, than seeing somebody behind you. You cant see behind you.
People says that “oh he kills aura/proxy with only one shoot”. Well. Proxy is the character that killed me more today. Why? Because she moves faster than Phantom. And she usually uses a Shotgun. (She killed me also with smg).
Also if you fail with the katana stab you´re a little bit of time without moving. Do you know that it means agaisnt a proxy/aura? I think I dont have to explain it. Also you spend a valuable time changing from katana to smg. And I think that I dont have to explain what it means also.
He is not that fast. And it counts. Well, whats the point with a melee player that cant kill with melee? For those about complaining about the katana.
Of course that I killed people. But they also killed me. Of course he is a strong character! but he has also his weak points.
Vasilli neutralizes your invisibility. And it happens suddenly when you enter in the area of his sensor. Without warning. Then everyone sees you. In the middle with a katana. And everyone haves a smg. Good game!
Bug: Its hard to destroy Aura´s health station with the katana. They have to fix it.
I tried also another strategy. I tried a card without a katana. But I could recharge faster.
Have you tried it? I bet than the reply could be “No”.
When everyone started complaining about the Katana I tried to play with him without the katana. The point was to be invisible and giving support to other players shooting from one side. They could see my friends and they started to shoot them. But as they were distracted, they werent seeing me. And I was going behind the attackers. It worked but I have to admit that I didnt have as fun as using the katana and also I killed less people. But it worked.
I usually use Phantom to kill snipers or to kill “hard characters” making troubles for my team. For example a couple of naders having a nade party agaisnt our ev and killing all my team. Then I got the job of “snipe” them. But physically instead of shooting from long range. It also worked.
Also think that invisivility is his Skill. He doesnt launch aerial strikes. They kill people and evs. He doesnt launch fraggs or nades. They also kill people. His skill has to be good and has to kill people also.
Summing up. I think that time must pass and people has to addapt a little bit. It cant be that only one or two days after everyone is saying that is Op, wow its Op. Its a different concept of character and you have to know to play him and you have to know to play agaisnt him. If youre thinking about corners, and open your ears (buy a headphones) its sure youre going to be more protected agaisnt him. Time will say.
Its the same with proxys mines and bushwackers turrets. They make sound. It is supposed that everyone knows that they will be at the corners. Why then a lot of people “eats” them? They are overpowered? No. You have to pay attention to the sounds and be conscious.
If you pay atention to the game and the sounds you can avoid them. The same with Phantom.
This is my opinion and I can be wrong. As I said Its only my opinion. I was not going to write but Ive seen some people that are thinking the same that me. Then I decided to write it too.
What is going to happen when new characters arrive? When they launch smokebombs, you cant see nothing and then another one launch a firebomb and you start to burn? Are you going to start writing at the chat that they are overpowered? Every player has its own skills. There are lot of players and I think that you have to addapt to their behaviors.
As Ive said this is just my opinion and I can be wrong, but I really think that more time to addapt and more new characters to compare are required to have a good, global and balanced opinion. He is balanced and needs no changes at all.
He was available from yesterday. Open you ears as with proxy and Bushwacker.
Sorry for my bad English, it is not my mother tongue.
