Here’s another shot in the dark for my ideas on addressing some problems of gambit, and maybe giving it a fun return from the grave.
From what I’ve spoken about with people, there are two main issues:
Invader imbalance (both sides) and snowballing.
Invaders:
The STYLE of invasion needs to change. Heavy weapon spam, and invader wall-hacks with snipers are not fun. I propose the following:
Invaders get the Eye of Riven / Taken blast abilities.
In this state, it takes about 3 or four shots to kill a guardian, and the invader is resistant to heavy weapons and less so to regular weapons. This encourages the invaded team to work together without one side being able to insta-kill the other. I’m sure there are other aspects of this that can be looked at, but I feel like experimenting with this would be a good idea.
Snowballing:
This isn’t really a one-size-fits all fix for this, but some things can help. For one, maybe adding an enemy mechanic can be added to recover from heavy losses. Maybe make a special enemy periodically spawn for the losing side that drops about 50% or so of all recent mote losses. That way, the losing side can have a chance to catch up, but won’t be able to erase big mistakes.
Thanks for your attention, and please let me know what you think.
Cheers.
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[quote]Invaders get the Eye of Riven / Taken blast abilities.[/quote] I'm really not sure what these are, but I've always thought invaders shouldn't have guns. They just invade with something similar to a roaming super, but specifically designed for Gambit. Something like Fists of Havoc with a decent lunge range, good overshield, and an AoE attack. Maybe we're thinking on the same page? Invading should be a trade off. Like once you summon, you can't damage a primeval while your team has an invader on the other side. While snowballing isn't fun for the team getting rolled, the better team should still have the advantage. If they can melt their primeval that's fine, but let them choose between invading and melting. Mote draining needs to go. Maybe some other adjustment to blockers? I don't know.