The bow/crossbow has been memed into DB

(GatoCommodore) #1

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(Artyrim) #2

OH OH OH OH OH
NICE!!!
The new map looks just <3 .
The only sad part is that HE IS A MALE. I wish a female fast merc as Archer(an Elf/D.Elf xD) would be the best. Ofc 99% I will end using the hunter

(TheStrangerous) #3

@TheStrangerous said:
I just had one last night!

I dreamed that SD released a new merc. He was a Phantom wannabe/cousin or something, wore mask, hood and cape. His color scheme was lime and brown, and the weapon he used was a bow…

Did I predict future merc?!

My prophecy was almost accurate…

So, now we’re gonna make hockey and maple syrup jokes?

(Mc1412013) #4

@Artyrim said:
OH OH OH OH OH
NICE!!!
The new map looks just <3 .
The only sad part is that HE IS A MALE. I wish a female fast merc as Archer(an Elf/D.Elf xD) would be the best. Ofc 99% I will end using the hunter

Well last 2 mercs were female so i see why he is a male this time

(FishRolls) #5

His melee looks like dual knives, and his ability is an arm-mounted crossbow.

I think he’ll either be an Assault with Burst Rifles or a Recon with Burst Rifles or DMRs, and his arrows spotting enemies they hit.

(frostyvampire) #6

I hope he will be fast at least. Crossbow + mobility = fun

Edit: this made me think, crossbow = sniper, sniper = recon (in DB at least)
So new recon merc confirmed?

(Press E) #7

We need more fast mercs, but because he looks fairly armoured I’m assuming he’ll be more assault-based, similar to javelin and guardian. SD seems to like assault mercs anyways, so it makes sense. I wish we had some fast squishy male mercs though.
Crossbow suggests recon, even his name suggests recon, so I think we know the answer there. Although some of the images they show of him have multiple quivers, which gives me a nader-y impression. Someone with a more spammy, lower damage ability, as opposed to the 9 million damage cheese factory bows you see in literally every other game ever.

Honestly not excited for him though. Besides the fact that more mercs are getting redundant anyways, AND that he’s probably a sniper, I really hope his bow is unique compared to other games. Maybe if it had a special effect tied in with it, but as a straight high damage crossbow, please no. All that’ll do is attract the annoying bow fetishists from other games, just like what happened with the katana.

The DB equivalent of Hanzo mains.
Please SD.

(binderr) #8

looks like explosive bows!

#9

I dig it. Okay, back to turkey food I go.

(Eox) #10

Hunter looks like a RedEye I would be able to not suck with.

(Mr.Cuddlesworth) #11

Hope his melee weapon doesn’t get nerfed like Javelin’s axe

(FishRolls) #12

@STARRYSOCK said:
Honestly not excited for him though. Besides the fact that more mercs are getting redundant anyways, AND that he’s probably a sniper, I really hope his bow is unique compared to other games. Maybe if it had a special effect tied in with it, but as a straight high damage crossbow, please no. All that’ll do is attract the annoying bow fetishists from other games, just like what happened with the katana.

The DB equivalent of Hanzo mains.
Please SD.
As a Hanzo main I disagree.

I should have enough credits saved up to buy him when he comes out.

(Guziol) #13

I just hope it’s not explosives.

(Sorotia) #14

@frostyvampire said:
I hope he will be fast at least. Crossbow + mobility = fun

Edit: this made me think, crossbow = sniper, sniper = recon (in DB at least)
So new recon merc confirmed?

First thing that came to mind with me is Skye from Paladins…another stealth merc could be scary lol

(Press E) #15

@FishRolls said:

@STARRYSOCK said:
Honestly not excited for him though. Besides the fact that more mercs are getting redundant anyways, AND that he’s probably a sniper, I really hope his bow is unique compared to other games. Maybe if it had a special effect tied in with it, but as a straight high damage crossbow, please no. All that’ll do is attract the annoying bow fetishists from other games, just like what happened with the katana.

The DB equivalent of Hanzo mains.
Please SD.
As a Hanzo main I disagree.

I should have enough credits saved up to buy him when he comes out.

I just don’t want more mercs that are super similar to what we have in other games. Bows and crossbows in general have been done to death with almost no variation. At least in DB guns all act differently from the same model of gun in other games, but there’s not much room to make a bow “unique” without making it into something different.

And like I said, it would be more of what we’ve already seen with phantom’s katana, or even vassili. People new to the game, who see a sniper and think “hahahahha I sniped in cod I’ll buy vassili” and end up ruining the match for their team. I’m not saying all of them would be shit, but it’s one of those weapons people tend to fetishize about.
That’s why I really don’t want to see any more of these weapons added. People who buy mercs, not for the mercs, but because of a sentimental attachment to something about them. And that’s another reason I really hope Hunter has other abilities. So while people are getting off to their bow, they can at least be somewhat useful to their team.

(Teflon Love) #16

@STARRYSOCK said:
People new to the game, who see a sniper and think “hahahahha I sniped in cod I’ll buy vassili” and end up ruining the match for their team

At least SD should monetize on this and raise the prize of all recons to 100k credits / 20 EUR. :trollface:

(FishRolls) #17

@teflonlove said:

@STARRYSOCK said:
People new to the game, who see a sniper and think “hahahahha I sniped in cod I’ll buy vassili” and end up ruining the match for their team

At least SD should monetize on this and raise the prize of all recons to 100k credits / 20 EUR. :trollface:

Honestly it just upsets me. A trash merc like Phantom is 50k while Thunder is only 35k.

(Press E) #18

@FishRolls said:

@teflonlove said:

@STARRYSOCK said:
People new to the game, who see a sniper and think “hahahahha I sniped in cod I’ll buy vassili” and end up ruining the match for their team

At least SD should monetize on this and raise the prize of all recons to 100k credits / 20 EUR. :trollface:

Honestly it just upsets me. A trash merc like Phantom is 50k while Thunder is only 35k.

At least noobs don’t buy phantom as often, lol

(Drac0rion) #19

While SD didn’t manage to keep their promise of new merc ever 6-7 weeks, I’m still glad they talked about it and even gave us some idea of what the next merc will be way ahead of his release.

With Guardian, her ability reveal was rather close to her release and I still found that the community brought up some great points about it over on these forums and reddit.
Guardian did end up becoming a more situational merc than expected, but at least her launch was nowhere near as disastrous as Javelin and I’d very much like to believe it was thanks to the community being overly cautious and posting about their worries of what the Skyshield could have done to the game.

I really hope that SD is done with their hybrid class mercs and that both Javelin and Guardian receive a heavy rework in the future.

As for Castle though, visually it looks amazing. Really gives off the Wolfenstein:ET vibes.
Return to Castle Dirty Bomb

(K1X455) #20

I intended to post something but I’ll cop a shitstorm of dislikes, hates and possibly a warning so I hope it’s just a stun arrow.