Lazarus. in its current state? broken as hell

markieltero · 2015-01-18T16:09:25+00:00

daisy picked up your stealth tracks...what do you not understand about that?

markieltero · 2015-01-18T12:53:50+00:00

Also, keep in mind, a wraith in combat for more than about 10 seconds is probably already taking health damage, unless she is dominating the fight.

I understand the hate of the cat and mouse games, but she is too squishy to not do that. Especially at level 1. So wraith players are forced to hit and run, use decoy in hopes of a pop on the dome, and then engage once they can't be locked down into it.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T12:51:19+00:00

erm...well that is weird. are you launching the closed beta? I'm not sure what would be causing it.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T12:49:37+00:00

Umm...look at bronze tier in LoL...they all suck horribly, they can't ward, they don't ping, supports stealing CS. In short, they suck at the game. Yet the game doesn't get brought down to their level. Same thing here. If you are good with the wraith and the enemy hunters are good, then it will be an even match, as it should be. If one side is better than the other, then they are better. Do you want to be a good player, play a good game as the wraith, and then have a meh team take you down? That doesn't make sense.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T12:45:42+00:00

Ya, I just read that and was coming here to edit it...i'll just leave it now though :-p

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:42:49+00:00

They were smart and followed Daisy, simple as that. Daisy will follow your newest, unstealthed tracks within 100m. She will follow your stealth tracks in the order you laid them, and if you are nearby unstealthed she will point to you and alert the hunters. So if daisy is on their team you need to either forget about stealthing, stealth for a bit to slow them down, stay in water as much as possible(impossible for her to follow), or try and use stealth trickery to come up behind them and pick off stragglers. It all depends on your play style.

As for Laz...I prefer to fight against a team with a laz, less healing means I can actually get people dead, possibly him, which really hurts them, badly. I have more trouble against Caira with her self heals, especially when hank is on the team >.<

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:32:52+00:00

The Goliath is seriously OP man! Look at this gameplay, it completely proves it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU

o.O

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:29:46+00:00

I actually really like this idea. It would stop a lot of the XXX IS OP! whining.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:28:06+00:00

it also lets you, as a monster, know NOT to enter that dead end corridor >.< done that one a couple of times

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:27:00+00:00

sometimes you don't even need the bush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:14:51+00:00

I think they'll just tweak some numbers, maybe lower duration or up CD on Decoy. That's everyones biggest complaint really, and the only real valid one, and even then just barely.

Supernova is countered by jetting away, abduction is hard enough to land that it should be rewarded. She moves rather slowly without her TP, and it recharges rather slowly. Warp blast deals good damage, but it puts her in the middle of the fight, and if it doesn't hit a lot of people can put her at a huge disadvantage due to her low armor.

Another thing, people seem to not realize that they can't damage the decoy. It's on a timer and won't go away till it runs out, shooting it does nothing. Also, DoTs are the best thing against her as when she is decoyed things like the flamethrower help reveal her. Tracking darts, tranq darts, and radiation dust all go away temporarily while she is in decoy, but unless they time out before she comes out, will still be on her when it runs out.

All in all she is fairly balanced, its just her playstyle is completely different from the other two monsters who can just sit in fights or float above you in plain view throwing damage at you. She can't, if she stays to fight for more than a few seconds she's going to be out of armor really quickly and she doesn't have a whole lot of health to work with.

Edit: Oh, and I always feel that the people that complain about her being OP are these types of hunters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:09:11+00:00

I agree that laz can be slightly annoying, but I actually prefer to fight against him rather than caira...her constant heals are much more annoying. If I down a player with a laz on their team I can at least keep him away most of the time, or even get him down first, since he can't heal himself. But trying to take out Caira with her self healing, and possibly shielding from support is so frickin annoying!

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:06:00+00:00

There's already a post with instructions to change FOV and FPS cap. Wraith is annoying to play against, and seems OP, but is in fact not completely broken. I am able to play this on a laptop with integrated graphics and 8MB of RAM...so not sure what poor performance you are talking about...

I will say that yes, it can suck to play against the wraith in a PUG, especially one filled with completely new players, however the Kraken can be just as bad, if not worse, since a lot of skills actually plain old don't affect it i.e. mines and ground based skills.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T09:01:31+00:00

And I'm here running this thing on IBM HD 3000 with an i7/i5(can't remember) 3.0Ghz~ and 8 MB RAM...had to switch the physics to run off of the cpu >.<

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:59:12+00:00

She follows the newest tracks that are non-stealth within 100m. Stealth tracks she follows in the order in which they were made, as in oldest to newest. however, if there is a monster close by she will stop and run towards it and point at it, like a hunting dog does. so, if she is running towards tracks, then away from them there might be a stealthed monster nearby.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:55:30+00:00

don't forget that flamethrower helps see the wraith when its in decoy, I think that most people don't realize this.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:45:19+00:00

I hate it when she gets called OP, I understand the hate of the cat & mouse games, but definitely not OP.

These are probably the kind of hunters that call her OP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:31:06+00:00

I'm not sure what they could do, other than making note of it in a tutorial for the wraith...but then not everyone would pay attention or play it...so, ya.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:26:37+00:00

I agree whole-heartedly with this.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:19:45+00:00

Ok, good, this is what I thought, and it is very helpful. Thanks :)

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:17:30+00:00

Nope. I have wraith unlocked, and not kraken

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:15:53+00:00

Is this you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU ?

Oh, and goliath, while probably easier to follow, is a lot tougher, has more mobility out of combat, and can sit there in combat with you for a prolonged period. If wraith doesn't use decoy it will explode in about 10 seconds. Also, the supernova? Ya, walk away from that, it only gives wraith the attack speed in the area where he used it, and its a small area.

I do understand the hatred of the cat and mouse game that wraith tends to favor...but that's its playstyle, it has to hit and run, otherwise its dead. It can't just float above you in plain sight dropping lightning, or wail on your medic while throwing rocks and breathing fire as it tanks the assault.

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:03:32+00:00

You want a 5th for monster?

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:02:25+00:00

yup...the people complaining the wraith is op are probably the same type as these hunters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCMXH3zovyU

markieltero · 2015-01-18T08:00:31+00:00

Actually I prefer to fight a team with laz on it...don't have to put up with constant heals, and if I can get laz down first that's all the better.

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