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Songbearer
Jul 12, 2007




Fuck you say?
It's already been shown that the drone can recall to Crypto wherever he is, give it some sort of long range deployment / quick warp ability so Crypto can monitor the area faster and spend less time in VR

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SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


Give Crypto picture-in-picture when the drone is recalled, with a view behind him

An Ounce of Gold
Jul 13, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Maybe they should kill a legend*... for lore!






















*crypto

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




stick a random legend in the care package each week and you can body swap into them if you loot it, no team limit

Vengarr
Jun 17, 2010

Smashed before noon
A stealth mode that gives static Overwatch over an area (eg “Tap Q to watch/scout this area” vs. the active mode, buffed to not be a noob trap. Make a weaker version of the EMP part of the base kit and give him a new ult where the drone goes full sicko mode and starts shootings missiles or something.

Crypto isn’t just weak, he’s also kinda boring. Even his name is lame. When I hear “Crypto”, I either think of Superman’s dog or Bitcoin. Not super-hacker-agent-man-on-a-mission.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Crypto should be able to hack the map circle somehow at the survey beacons. Or lock doors. Ir steal others’ abilities after they’re used near him. Or do anything hackerish really.

dragon enthusiast
Jan 1, 2010
the area he EMPs becomes a ring flare and plays the prepatch sfx for everybody in the game

highme
May 25, 2001


I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!


Vengarr posted:

A stealth mode that gives static Overwatch over an area (eg “Tap Q to watch/scout this area” vs. the active mode, buffed to not be a noob trap. Make a weaker version of the EMP part of the base kit and give him a new ult where the drone goes full sicko mode and starts shootings missiles or something.


You can park the drone and exit out of it and any enemies within its scan range will be highlighted for the whole team. I don’t play a whole bunch of him, but I’ll use him to knock down any challenges without complaint. In Arenas I’ll find an early hiding spot, throw out my drone then park it where the bad guys tend to congregate.

I will say playing nothing but Seer last night for a few rounds of ranked Arenas, his power is way more useful.

This may already be known, but I discovered last night you can buy a Thermite grenade and load the Rampage in spawn, then go fill up the rest of your nade slots. Though, you have to time it so you’re not wasting a bunch of the timer in spawn.

Vengarr
Jun 17, 2010

Smashed before noon

highme posted:

You can park the drone and exit out of it and any enemies within its scan range will be highlighted for the whole team. I don’t play a whole bunch of him, but I’ll use him to knock down any challenges without complaint. In Arenas I’ll find an early hiding spot, throw out my drone then park it where the bad guys tend to congregate.

The drone glows green and roars like a jet engine while informing anyone it sees “WARNING: YOU HAVE BEEN SPOTTED (by a drone!)”

Leaving it parked ensures it’ll die super quick.

E: give him one of the RC car drones from Rainbow Six. Parking those in stupid spots to spy on the defenders was great.

Regrettable
Jan 5, 2010



Vengarr posted:

The drone glows green and roars like a jet engine while informing anyone it sees “WARNING: YOU HAVE BEEN SPOTTED (by a drone!)”

Leaving it parked ensures it’ll die super quick.

E: give him one of the RC car drones from Rainbow Six. Parking those in stupid spots to spy on the defenders was great.

This is why you tuck it into an area where they can't shoot it like under their platform, on the roof of the building they're in, etc.

Vengarr
Jun 17, 2010

Smashed before noon

Regrettable posted:

This is why you tuck it into an area where they can't shoot it like under their platform, on the roof of the building they're in, etc.

If you do that, it’s not providing any value! It needs line of sight to do anything except EMP. If you can’t park it somewhere with useful Overwatch, you might as well recall it.

If you are near the edge of the ring you can park the drone outside the circle. It does blend in somewhat with the orange tint.

MarshyMcFly
Aug 16, 2012

Maybe they can reduce the amount of time that crypto is tagged by all recon abilities. Wall hacks, mirage decoys, wattson fences, they all have a reduced amount of time of marking crypto.

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




Vengarr posted:

The drone glows green and roars like a jet engine while informing anyone it sees “WARNING: YOU HAVE BEEN SPOTTED (by a drone!)”

Leaving it parked ensures it’ll die super quick.

E: give him one of the RC car drones from Rainbow Six. Parking those in stupid spots to spy on the defenders was great.

you can sometimes get cheeky and park the drone inside of a tree or against a bright light but generally speaking yeah, it's not a strong choice for arenas. especially with seer eating his lunch (beautifully)

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer

PhoenixFlaccus posted:

It seems like the best defense against Seer is running away to reposition, but try telling that too a pubbie. Yesterday a teammate of mine got barely missed with a charge rifle shot, got ulted by Seer, then started slowly peeking over the roof of building with a 2020. He got headshotted immediately.

I dont remember playing with you but this is clearly me.

OGS-Remix
Sep 4, 2007

Totally surviving on my own. On LAND!

MarshyMcFly posted:

Maybe they can reduce the amount of time that crypto is tagged by all recon abilities. Wall hacks, mirage decoys, wattson fences, they all have a reduced amount of time of marking crypto.

This would be a decent buff and fitting in character. Also they should give him back his old EMP where it didn't slow teammates so you could actually do coordinated aggression with it.

MarshyMcFly
Aug 16, 2012

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/ozd7li/seers_q_is_so_balanced/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

Lol

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
If Seers Q were an orb exactly like Rev's it would still be ridiculously strong.

10 Beers
May 21, 2005

Shit! I didn't bring a knife.

Seer getting adjusted "soon in an upcoming patch."

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegend...utm_name=iossmf

wyoming
Jun 7, 2010

Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.
God, the :qq: in the apex reddit is something else.

Look how overpowered Seer is! *posts a video of a scenario where they were absolutely fuckt regardless*
Like, wow, Seer interrupted the phoenix kit you somehow thought you could get off in middle of combat, I guess the octane that was already flying in on you is just part of Seer's fault as well.
Seriously, every "Seer is OP" video on there is some 1v3 pushing uphill poo poo.

idk, Seer could use a narrower funnel or longer cooldown and whatever, but those reactions are wild.

And just, imagine being this salty and sad about fuckin' cosmetic melee weapons.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/oy1v1r/for_all_the_folks_who_flex_their_heirloom_shards/

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




10 Beers posted:

Seer getting adjusted "soon in an upcoming patch."

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegend...utm_name=iossmf

gently caress y ou for trying to make me look at reddit

resistentialism
Aug 13, 2007

You shouldn't pay obscene amounts of money to waste space on your screen.

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem
octanes knife make it easier to bunny hop and wallbounce, and I've only ever bought a single battlepass. my friend got his on his second pack.

Chard
Aug 24, 2010




CoolCab posted:

octanes knife make it easier to bunny hop and wallbounce, and I've only ever bought a single battlepass. my friend got his on his second pack.

is this true? i crafted rev's scythe after the event ended, and from messing around in the arenas waiting chamber i've noticed that he is noticably more 'sticky' than anyone else and has a wider window for the good walljump. i had just chalked it up to his wallclimb passive and i can't remember if there was a change before/after crafting the heirloom since iirc he was also buffed around that time

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem
I dunno if it's true of all heirlooms but they start animating the change of position, jump. you can do this with guns too, I just like it for practicing when I'm running here to there.

An Ounce of Gold
Jul 13, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Maybe they can update Crypto to send out a little Seer instead of a drone.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

Do free apex packs count towards the 500 pack pity timer? If so how close are we to all the day 1 grinders getting an heirloom all at once?

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
I mean, I don't know if you guys played ranked lately but it's just a constant buzzing of seer Q's sniping people in the final circle hiding spots and draining shields.

Would be a lot less annoying if they removed the damage and just reset progress on your current revive or healing item if it's also going to be a 8 second health bar reveal.

And that's not even getting into how his passive let's him know exactly where to aim the thing and how the passive is better then bloodhound's Q if he has a mic.

CoolCab
Apr 17, 2005

glem

repiv posted:

Do free apex packs count towards the 500 pack pity timer? If so how close are we to all the day 1 grinders getting an heirloom all at once?

yes, event packs do not however. someone worked it out once and it was like, 500 battlepass levels and I want to say nine? seasons and every available mini event. 500 is a lot.

wyoming
Jun 7, 2010

Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.

repiv posted:

Do free apex packs count towards the 500 pack pity timer? If so how close are we to all the day 1 grinders getting an heirloom all at once?

Looks like you get about 200 for level 500 and just over twenty for every season.

https://mike.zarandona.com/coded/apex-packs-calc/

According to that, for two battle passes and level 500 I'm halfway to heirlooms.

repiv
Aug 13, 2009

I guess I'll get an heirloom around... season 14 if I keep up the grind :toot:

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Increase the level cap and give me more free apex packs, Respawn plz

Evil Kit
May 29, 2013

I'm viable ladies.


repiv posted:

I guess I'll get an heirloom around... season 14 if I keep up the grind :toot:

hey, you could get lucky and have it pop before! You never know, the guaranteed one is basically a pity prize in case you get that unlucky.

Regrettable
Jan 5, 2010



Evil Kit posted:

hey, you could get lucky and have it pop before! You never know, the guaranteed one is basically a pity prize in case you get that unlucky.

This is true. TimTheTatMan has been playing Apex recently and wanted a guaranteed heirloom yesterday so he bought 500 packs and spent two hours opening them on stream. He actually ended up getting two of them. The first was on pack 50 and the second was pack 470.

Evil Kit
May 29, 2013

I'm viable ladies.


A newbie/old player picking the game up goon posted in here they got two Heirloom shard packs within a month of each other with free packs. Insane luck but really I imagine most players get theirs around pack 200-300.

MarshyMcFly
Aug 16, 2012

wyoming posted:



And just, imagine being this salty and sad about fuckin' cosmetic melee weapons.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/oy1v1r/for_all_the_folks_who_flex_their_heirloom_shards/

I found that post super amusing though…

ZeusCannon
Nov 5, 2009

BLAAAAAARGH PLEASE KILL ME BLAAAAAAAARGH
Grimey Drawer
I like seer fine and dont find him too annoying though he is basically top pick atm. I would say dropping damage from his active would be a fine move.

Beyond that eh. This is the most fun ive had in apex in a few seasons and i dont even have seer unlocked.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Yeah this is a good patch but Seer's power level isn't just an issue with him, but other champs relative downgrade because of him.

The Q should just be a scouting tool that shows outlines/health and not do all the other stuff and he'd still be a high pick.

Revitalized
Sep 13, 2007

A free custom title is a free custom title

Lipstick Apathy
Doesn't it track for 8 seconds? Bloodhound tracks for 3. I feel like I've been able to just clown on people who get tagged by a teammate Seer.

The duration is long enough that I can rotate through a house and still know their exact movements by the time I reach the other side.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011
I imagine they thought they made the Q so hard to hit with (like a sniper shot they said) they figured they had to make it 8 seconds of health and movement tracking.

The balancing of the recon scan abilities reminds me of when the guy in charge of the pathfinder grapple changes to 35 second cooldown (that they said nobody would ever really reach playing normally) showed off his moves on a stream.
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/ja65hy/grapples_by_the_man_behind_pathfinders_recent/

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Rodney The Yam II
Mar 3, 2007




Just give Crypto lightning-fast transitions between done and first-person. As a Crypto lover this would be enough for me, because smoothly maintaining both perspectives is fun and I want to do it more

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