I was hoping Phoenix was added instead of Redeye (No hate on Redeye, he’s cool too, I just like Phoenix more) . I really wanted to play as him.
Phoenix pls
Sinee
(Sinee)
#2
I was really hoping for Phoenix too. But I know a lot of people are happy about Red Eye. I’m really shocked though. The devs said the E3 trailer mercs would be rolled out sooner than the rest, also that Red Eye would be close to last released because of balancing or something
Oh well, he seems interesting. 
Maybe there’s hope after all I won’t have to wait 50 years for Aimee.
ludicrousBlast
(ludicrousBlast)
#3
[quote=“Mercy;60521”]I was really hoping for Phoenix too. But I know a lot of people are happy about Red Eye. I’m really shocked though. The devs said the E3 trailer mercs would be rolled out sooner than the rest, also that Red Eye would be close to last released because of balancing or something
Oh well, he seems interesting. Maybe there’s hope after all I won’t have to wait 50 years for Aimee.[/quote]
They released two recons in a row, I doubt Aimee will be next.
Sinee
(Sinee)
#4
Oh I don’t think she’ll be next but I hope it won’t be 900 months away lmao. I hope Phoenix will be next though.
ludicrousBlast
(ludicrousBlast)
#5
They broke the schedule where they said the mercs in the E3 Trailer would be added first, so who knows who could be next. Considering Phoenix is almost the icon of the game, I’m thinking he will be added soon, along with Turtle. That leaves Thunder, Stoker, Aimee, and possibly Javelin.
Yak
(Yak)
#6
Aimee is most likely to be the last of the currently known mercs to be released, they said she was far off.
Next is probably Turtle, since with the addition of Red Eye we now have 3 of each class of merc, and the first “third tier” class to be released was Fletcher, an Engineer, putting it at the top of the list to be added again. Of course, they could just choose to ignore the order they’ve gone in so far.
XavienX
(XavienX)
#8
What I’m REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, is that since RedEye is gonna be released and Phantom isn’t still tweaked good enough…well…
RIP PHANTOM
ludicrousBlast
(ludicrousBlast)
#9
[quote=“XavienH5;60531”]What I’m REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, is that since RedEye is gonna be released and Phantom isn’t still tweaked good enough…well…
RIP PHANTOM[/quote]
Even old phantom would completely suck against Redeye. Phantom definitely needs some tweaking now, along with Arty. And as the schedule usually is, people will whine about Redeye being OP.
Malkovich1
(Malkovich)
#10
I really don’t get how people get hyped about Phoenix. His heal is ok but not amazing I’d rather have Sawbone’s heals. As for his signature ability, an ability that counts on you sucking and losing a gunfight AND on the enemy for being dumb enough not to finish you off? No thanks. Rather have Turtle. But whatever, each to their own.
Sinee
(Sinee)
#11
[quote=“XavienH5;60531”]What I’m REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, is that since RedEye is gonna be released and Phantom isn’t still tweaked good enough…well…
RIP PHANTOM[/quote]
I’m hoping that Phantom will receive some revisions after Red Eye has been out a while. I read a lot that he was Phantom’s biggest counter, but Phantom has been nerfed into uselessness. So it makes me worry about that merc a bit…
titaniumCrouton
(titaniumCrouton)
#12
[quote=“Mercy;60521”]I was really hoping for Phoenix too. But I know a lot of people are happy about Red Eye. I’m really shocked though. The devs said the E3 trailer mercs would be rolled out sooner than the rest, also that Red Eye would be close to last released because of balancing or something
Oh well, he seems interesting. Maybe there’s hope after all I won’t have to wait 50 years for Aimee.[/quote]
And they have been. People, I think misunderstand and mispresent quotes like this fairly often. Although this means people like Turtle/Phoenix will be out sooner than the majority, it at the same time does not in anyway mean that wouldn’t push out a merc NOT in the trailer. It just means they’ll be part of the early crew before the entire crew is out :).
Had this exact argument on Tuesday with a guy who kept calling me an idiot for saying Redeye was going to be next. Appearntly, I’m a moron because “They said E3 trailer mercs were first stupid.”
To which I tried to explain the above, but never got through. Hopefully now that Redeye has been confirmed for next, people like the un-named man above, will get what I am saying a bit more.
srswizard
(srswizard)
#13
Inb4 Red Eye is spotted in a single frame in the scrubs trailer, or “he was hiding inside the smoke, but he was there the whole time, you guys ;););)”
CCP1151
(CCP115)
#14
I want Phoenix as well.
But then I realised we only had tow recon mercs, so Redeye was pretty much guaranteed.
srswizard
(srswizard)
#15
[quote=“extravagentBypass;60593”]I want Phoenix as well.
But then I realised we only had tow recon mercs, so Redeye was pretty much guaranteed.[/quote]
To be fair, we only have two medics as well… and one necromancer.
Snark
(Snark)
#17
so lets not add Jesus to the mix, right?
That said, last I saw phoenix, he seemed weak at healing compared to the alternatives with the self-revive rarely being allowed to go off. I am looking forward to seeing how he’s been reworked since aura healing is a hard thing to get the right balance on so it’s neither cheesing up the outcomes of firefights nor useless compared to sawbonez packs.
ludicrousBlast
(ludicrousBlast)
#18
[quote=“Snark;60615”]so lets not add Jesus to the mix, right?
That said, last I saw phoenix, he seemed weak at healing compared to the alternatives with the self-revive rarely being allowed to go off. I am looking forward to seeing how he’s been reworked since aura healing is a hard thing to get the right balance on so it’s neither cheesing up the outcomes of firefights nor useless compared to sawbonez packs.[/quote]
In a gameplay video his form of healing had some advantages. He healed everyone around at the same speed as Sawbonez, but only has 1 of them with a 10 second cooldown. Kind of a combination of Aura and Sawbonez healing abilities. However, you are right, his healing did seem weak, at least to me. Maybe having two of them, or a smaller cooldown would help.
CCP1151
(CCP115)
#19
[quote=“ludicrousBlast;60616”][quote=“Snark;60615”]so lets not add Jesus to the mix, right?
That said, last I saw phoenix, he seemed weak at healing compared to the alternatives with the self-revive rarely being allowed to go off. I am looking forward to seeing how he’s been reworked since aura healing is a hard thing to get the right balance on so it’s neither cheesing up the outcomes of firefights nor useless compared to sawbonez packs.[/quote]
In a gameplay video his form of healing had some advantages. He healed everyone around at the same speed as Sawbonez, but only has 1 of them with a 10 second cooldown. Kind of a combination of Aura and Sawbonez healing abilities. However, you are right, his healing did seem weak, at least to me. Maybe having two of them, or a smaller cooldown would help.[/quote]
This is what I am most scared of.
A cool, Spanish medic with some sick clothes and a freakin robotic leg.
But his abilities are bad, weak, and boring.