Will Aimee Get the Grandeur?

(SpinnerzNQ) #1

I hope not. It’s Red Eye’s signature weapon, and it’s been solidified as that. I mean I’ll understand why if she gets it (my guess is that she’s gonna get the same weapons, besides secondaries, as Red Eye), but I just hope she doesn’t.

(GildedDark) #2

Back in the alpha she had the same weapons as Vasilli, but being that she is undergoing a rework she may have the same weapons as Redeye or completely different weapons

(SpinnerzNQ) #3

I think it’d be cool if she had like shotguns like Proxy. She could use her Third Eye to scope out the room and spot people. I think @Faraleth said she should be like an infiltrator class.

(SaulWolfden) #4

She could have the bolt action Vassili doesn’t use by default (I honestly don’t remember what his default loadout has), the GSR, and the other bolt action to make her fairly unique. That way two Recons have a PDP, the bolt actions, and a GSR between Redeye, Vassili, and Aimee.

(Faraleth) #5

The only likely weapon for her right now is the PDP. This is her default weapon, although nothing is entirely confirmed - she may get a whole lot more of a rework. After all, Phantom’s primary weapon used to be sniper rifles too (same as Vassili).

Guess we’ll just have to wait and see… But yes, she is a recon merc (Vassili / Redeye / Phantom).

(lavenderMan) #6

But the Grandeur does sound french. At least for me

(SaulWolfden) #7

Though the weapon itself is based on the M14.

(DB Genome editor) #8

Correct, “Grandeur” in French would translate to “Greatness” in English. But weapons nationalities have had no impact on which mercs use them so far, I guess true mercs don’t care much about silly notions like national pride :wink:

(SpinnerzNQ) #9

@Djiesse then Turtle better have the Kukri so I can have an all Kukri squad. I could do that now, but I just have to an engie in my squad. I just have to.

(SaulWolfden) #10

Given that Stoker and Thunder both got the kukri, he’ll probably get one too, not that I’d complain, the weapon is so fun to use.

(Reddeadcap) #11

My guess is since her default is the PDP and Vasilli’s is the MoA and Redeye’s the Grandeur and their alternatives are a more powerful and more long range rifles and a closer range less powerful rifle I think She’ll get the Grandeur and the MoA.

(LifeupOmega) #12

I’d like to see her get at least one loadout with an SMG to be honest. Would be nice to have a (proper) recon with closer range capability. Unless they finally give Phantom an actual recon ability, in which case, forget I ever said this.

(lavenderMan) #13

Technically Phantom can Recon.

Cloak through enemy lines and then stay on one hidden place until cloak recharges, then move to for example barricade generator room say how much people there are leave and repeat.
If it wasnt for noisy cloak it wouldve been easier.
And hardly in a pub match teamwork exist but rarely to an extent you find in a competitive match.

(streetwiseSailboat) #14

But weapons nationalities have had no impact on which mercs use them so far.
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Thunder has the Timik and Fragger has the M4 instead of vice versa but other than that, no impact.

(aRagRappy) #15

I hope she doesnt get snipers of any sort, vassili and redeye have the long and mid-range down. SD was talking about making a close range recon with smgs and shotguns, and given her low hp but high speed aimee sounds perfect for that.

(XavienX) #16

I hope she gets at least the Felix and MOA and hoping that they buff Felix at the same time. Maybe a new sniper for her also would be awesome.

(LifeupOmega) #17

Technically Phantom can Recon.

Cloak through enemy lines and then stay on one hidden place until cloak recharges, then move to for example barricade generator room say how much people there are leave and repeat.
If it wasnt for noisy cloak it wouldve been easier.
And hardly in a pub match teamwork exist but rarely to an extent you find in a competitive match.[/quote]

He technically can, but I don’t give two damns about where an enemy “roughly is” when a Redeye or Vas can mark them and I can see exactly where and how many they are - and then on top of that murder those people as soon as they turn a corner due to their crazy fast kill times.

That’s a major flaw of his, he’s apparently a recon merc with none of the tools to help your team pick out opponents. On top of that, if it were MM/Comp, why would you run him over a longer range recon or another merc with superior killing power? You just wouldn’t, it’s too large a downside. He needs something to make him worth taking, right now there’s nothing that he can do that others don’t do better.

I’ve said it before but the only time Phantom is really useful is holding C4 while cloaked, if you’re fast enough you can kill and gib any engineer before they know what hit them.

(SaulWolfden) #18

Well I think Aimee should have snipers because otherwise Vassili is the only Sniper character in the game. Redeye isn’t a sniper, he’s a marksman. The GSR would give her mid range ability if she also had both bolt action snipers.

(SpinnerzNQ) #19

Red Eye is a sniper and you can’t even argue that. They are both meant to shoot at long ranges, and we don’t need 3 mercs like that in Dirty Bomb. The GSR is a sniper rifle (hence the name Grandeur Sniper Rifle). Red Eye has access to the PDP which the other sniper in the game can use. I’d say that makes him a sniper.

(SaulWolfden) #20

Red Eye is a sniper and you can’t even argue that. They are both meant to shoot at long ranges, and we don’t need 3 mercs like that in Dirty Bomb. The GSR is a sniper rifle (hence the name Grandeur Sniper Rifle). Red Eye has access to the PDP which the other sniper in the game can use. I’d say that makes him a sniper.[/quote]

The GSR excels at medium range as does the Dreiss, 2 out of his 3 weapons are meant for medium range, hence he is a Marksman and not a sniper. Sitting back goes against what Red Eye’s playstyle is, since he’s meant to be closer to the action than Vassili.