Phantom...


(PixelTwitch) #1

So as I am sure we all know, Phantom is not that useful right now…
I thought I would try and come up with a couple of abilities that could help…

1, Dash… Kinda like the dash from Dishonoured… Would allow Phantom to teleport around 40ft. You could use the Kira style floor marker to do this… Around 7.5seconds recharge (to allow quick attacks and escapes) no real charge time on the ability other then getting the input from the player of where they want to go.

You could increase the recharge and actually allow instant kills on anyone he passes though…

Other options include allowing the character to STACK charges to a maximum of 3-5.

2, Cloak Shield… When in cloak phantom receives 60% less damage but each shot will eat 5-10% of his cloak charge.

3, Passive Electro Sheild… Allows Phantom to not be effected by Mines or Turrets.

4, Stars… Has 2-3 throwable stars that do a set % of damage or heavy hit… 50hp or so… Make them skill based with travel time.

5, Proximity Scanner… Enemey mercs within 30feet radius of phantom cause a beep for phantom (this would not be shared with the enemy OR other friendlies)

6, Spikes… Spikes that work in the same way as the Molotov but do a lot less damage (around 5hp per second) but slow the enemy by 50%.

7, Akimbo Silenced Pistols… Give him a little more firing power.

There you go… Just some simple suggestions that could help phantom a little bit.


(DJswirlyAlien) #2

He can have the ninja stars providing he says “Oh my stars!” when throws them and they have rainbow trails. Those are my conditions

That or he should have a decoy projection ability.


(Smooth) #3

Of all the Mercs currently available, Phantom requires the most rework.

You’ll likely get a very different version of him in a few months when we ‘re-release’ him. Not any time soon though.


(Ashog) #4

I agree with Pixel that Phantom needs a third ability/item - e.g. caltrops or shurikens.
And the best thing to do to him is to buff his bullet weapon - idea of silenced akimbos is just great.

Akimbo suppressed Browning Buckmark Campers:


Slowing down caltrop:

Exploding gunpowder caltrop:


Shuriken set:


(BrightIs) #5

He does need the most rework, I’ll think more about it later but for now…

One minor additional ability could be to pick pockets, press f behind enemy and steal whilst cloaked, enemies ammo.

As he is stealth like and walks like a ninja he should be able to naturally walk over mines without them exploding.


(Ashog) #6

Hmm, stealing someone’s NX nexon credits isn’t such a bad idea :wink:


(acekiller345) #7

Imagine the rage that would occur if that made it into the live game…

Random person who spent $100 on NX credits: OMG U HAXOR!!! MY CREDITS!!! F#&K YOU!! uninstalls


(DJswirlyAlien) #8

Sorry to dig this up but I had an idea for Phantom. What if he could cloak team mates “abilities”; Proxy’s mines, Bushwacker’s turret, Vassili’s recon ball thing, Stoker’s ammo station…