Phantom Redux: -invis +blink

(subtleMode) #1

Title says it all. Get rid of the invis and armor on Phantom, and give him a blink skill similar to that in Dishonored. It could still be used to flank by blinking from cover to cover across LOSs quickly, and would still give him away to close to melee range, without the ridiculousness of one shotting from invisibility. As far as it being too easy to approach with, once people learn its range, it would be easy for all classes to stay outside of it, unless the Phantom player has played well and positioned themselves for a good blink + stabbity stab.

Nosgoth has a similar skill (Shadow Step), and it isn’t OP.

(Ghosthree3) #2

Um Nosgoth is an entirely different type of game so don’t try to make a comparison.

Blink would be completely retarded. Right now you can make sure nobody, nobody, can flank your team if you cover the right areas. Blink would make that possible. It would also allow him to blink through projectiles or a sniper shot. Lame.

(Dwu) #3

Yeah lets turn this game into cs 1.6 wc3 mod.
How about no.

(cornJester) #4

Sorry but that sounds even worse.

(capriRocket) #5

i love the idea. i used to play natural selection 2 quite a bit and it reminds of the fade.
if you do teleport you need to let people know where you teleported to, with a beam of light, a moke cloud or whatever.

id prefer a dash where he becomes a blur but still visible. also you can make him just move very fast instead of actual tele, if he bumps into something itd have the same effect as running into something.

heres how the fade does invisible movement: https://youtu.be/dlyTJ-5ongk?t=1m25s

i actually linked it at 1 min 25s but it starts for me at like 1:10 :f

look at vortex, you fire a sort of projectile and when it expires you beam to that location. much amazing, i just realized i miss that game quite a bit.

ns2 is a pure multiplayer, very competitive hybrid of RTS and fps with a steep learning curve in movement as alien.

his abilities are not hard to see, his shadowspet is always the same range and starts and ends with a black smoke.
his blink ability make him propel forward in a blue cloud, he can however go any direction while using it.

(Ghosthree3) #6

tfw ns2 ruined itself by trying to rework the entire alien side
tfw fade was never fun again

(capriRocket) #7

i quit playing ns2 as they did mayor overhauls, probably the ones you mention.
i didnt quit playing it because of these changes but because i got caught up in another game. i played again at a later time and i had no ides how the game now worked with xp and other confusing stuff.

i cant comment if they screwed up the game but it sure was fun as hell the few months after release, like db :confused: