u/zombz01

TLDR: Remove the silence effect in favor of an ability nullifier.

Quiet time - Cancels/destroys any active player ability instead of applying overheat. When locked onto an enemy, tactical travels at half speed and becomes destructible.

Applies a 0.5s slowdown. (UNCHANGED)

I recognize that it might be a bit early to call for a change to Ballistic, given that his buff was so recent, but I feel it's justified. The general sentiment around this perk is that the trade-offs don't seem to justify the power that you get. Here are my thoughts and how I propose we fix it.

Current problems with the perk:

1. The duration of the silence is too short. 6 seconds of silence can be impactful, but it typically only really affects movement-based abilities the most. Other legends can usually wait that duration and still use their ability without much of a difference in the fight.
2. The cooldown is too long. Losing the overheat effect is by far enough of a nerf to the tactical in order to gain the silence effect. Having to wait 1 min to 1:30 min to get all your tacticals back is overkill.
3. The perk is too similar to Seer's tactical. This perk essentially turns your tactical into a mini version of Seer's. Inherently, there isn't anything wrong with that, but I prefer if Legend abilities have more distinct capabilities.

What this Perk does right: The stun effect it adds. For those that don't know, selecting this perk will give your tactical a 'momentum stopper' similar to cuastic gas or a wattson fence. The stun effect is an extremely cool idea and is fun to use while in a fight. It allows you to easily catch and stop enemies from running away. So I want this to carry over into the 'reworked' version of this perk.

My proposed rework:

Quiet time: Cancels/destroys any active player ability instead of applying overheat. When locked onto an enemy, tactical travels at half speed and becomes destructible.

Applies a 0.5s slowdown. (UNCHANGED)

The idea: This perk will stop anything and everything, active caustic gas, ziplines, jumpads, gibby bubbles, etc. It will turn Ballistic into the ultimate legend counter at a pretty high cost. Your tactical becomes a glass cannon that can be stopped mid-air if a player is paying attention (the tactical would be one shot). It would still remain indestructible if it's in trap (bubble) mode, as I don't want to punish players who prefer to play more defensively with Ballistic. It does nothing if abilities are not actively being used, so the idea is that you would wait to use the tactical at the right moment instead of just spamming it out.

The stun effect will still allow Ballistic to slow down movement legends, although not as effectively. However, this change would make this tactical perk more effective against ALL legends instead of predominantly movement legends. It would also just be more unique overall.

Thanks for reading! What do you guys think?

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I understand what they were going for with each ability. Vantage's tac is more about repostioning, while Revenant's tac is more about quick aggression, either entering or exiting a fight. The concept is definitely there; I just feel the execution makes both abilities feel identical, especially after Vantage's recent buff.

I'm not calling for a rework for either ability; I just think some small adjustments would do the trick. For example, they could reduce Vantage's base speed when she relocates to an open area and significantly increase her speed when she relocates to an area with a nearby platform. For Rev, they could give his pounce dynamic charging, where if he deals a certain amount of damage, his tactical would temporarily charge up faster, allowing him to better capitalize on that damage.

What are your thoughts?