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| Mixed feelings about the new Spy gear so far by Fortinbras 05/22/2009, 12:23am PDT | ||||
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| The Ambassador is a fucking wash. If they had mentioned up front that it did less damage on non-headshots I wouldn't have been so excited about it. Lesser firing time AND less damage, for the pleasures of being half a sniper? Please.
What I would have preferred was that the Ambassador rewarded Spies who fired carefully and made every shot count, but hey what do I know? I also didn't think they'd seriously go with a jar of piss for Snipers AND not disarm them of the Kukri. Yeah, they have to part with their SMG, who gives a shit. The Cloak & Dagger drains cloak energy twice as fast, AND increases the drain the faster you go. If you jump off a ledge you can kiss half your bar goodbye. Standard cloak doesn't have this issue. Its main grab is quite compelling, being able to hang out in the middle of a shit-ton of the other team and not have them suspect your presence is a godsend to a newbie Spy who's tired of trading one kill for one death and wants to earn himself a nice killing streak. For someone who's experienced it's a wash. Good Spies are quick thinkers. The only real benefit I was able to glean out of it is it's great for stalking nemesis/Wromg. Also, and this is quite bizarre to me: You recharge cloak while uncloaked at standard speed, and you also recharge cloak while standing still while uncloaked at the same speed. Waiting for your cloak to recharge is an obnoxious wait in agony, and with the recharge making not a single goddamn bit of sense the best thing to do is go in with a disguise and pray they don't kill you, then trigger your cloak once you're inside so you can walk around at a leisurely pace. Good thing is that it gives you quite a lot of leeway when you're just about out of charge. Also it's possible to rapidly tap W and move forward at about half-speed and not lose cloak charge. The Dead Ringer watch I haven't gotten my hands on yet. But I read it emits a distinguishable sound when your 8-second death cloak runs out. Great. What was the point of giving me an out in the first place if you're just going to ruin it after 8 seconds? Honestly, I'm more impressed with the miscellaneous shit like giving me an Ubercharge bar, random health, Spy+spymask, and all the other assorted stuff. |
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