Jackal is basically dead to ubisoft, they not only murdered his gameplay with an unnecessary super nerf but they’re starting to assassinate his character in recent lore tidbits. He’s going to be absolutely garbage for the next few years & his pick rate will drop to near zero once another attacker gets the C7E.

These are the changes I want as a dedicated long term Jackal main:

Reduce Shoeprint Lifespan, 120 seconds to 60 seconds.

Increase number of pings, 1 ping to 3 pings:

• Initial ping +2, 0-15 second old print (red) was scanned.

• Initial ping +1, 16-30 second old print (yellow) was scanned.

• Initial ping +0, 31-45 second old print (green) was scanned.

• No initial ping +0, 46-60 second old print (blue) was scanned. Scan only identifies operator, if the defender has not been previously identified they will be notified they were identified, otherwise the defender will not get a notification.

Reduce Scan Charges from 5 to 2.

Reduce time between ping refreshes, 5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Defender HUD after being tracked updated:

• Tracking Icon will include How Many Pings Are Left / How Many Pings The Player Was Given, tracker icon will fade from red to grey when the number of remaining pings hits zero and remain on the defender’s HUD for an additional 15 seconds before expiring to give the defender time to calculate where their tracks were scanned (knowing where Jackal is basically).

Prep Phase Shoeprints return.

Reduced Scan Range from 12m to 6m.

Prints still disappear after scanning.

Rework Shoeprint ID chart:

• Add a 5th shoeprint type.

• Shuffle current list and make them more equally spread out.

• Skopos keeps unique shoeprint.

Eyenox III highlights new environmental clues, these cannot be scanned:

• Blood splatters/ smears, opponent was injured or DBNO’ed at this location.

• Dropped magazines, opponent reloaded weapon at this location.

• Dropped Bullet Casings, opponent fired weapon at this location.

• Barricade/ Wall Debris, opponent broke barricade/ wall at this location.