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This is one of my favorite weapon designs in the game. A friend did the original. I got to work on the updated version.:)

Edit: just for clarification, I did some concept art for an updated version of this weapon, but I didn't build the model (Not trying to take credit due anyone else's awesome work)

I suspect the melee lunge range is a tad bit higher than it should be, it's a bit too hard to bait and fake out punches right now. Gota talk to JayBiebs about that, since he's the one in charge of live balance :)

Now the user is going to get frustrated at the inability to control the brightness with limited space, then you are probably going to suggest to add the ability to adjust the brightness once you have placed a fence.

Also, how as an opponent, do I learn about the different brightness of the fences? How would they tell that the brightness and if the effect have correlation to its impact, and the distance the fences are placed? Also, how does Wittson plan around the effect it would do, since it would be fairly difficult for her to learn the damages and slow effectiveness too?

Now this then place a burden of knowledge on its opponents. They need to know what your ability does, and all forms of it, and how to play around it. This is because it's very difficult to learn what it does immediately, and expect the same result each time.

In short, it's overly complex for little to no gain. One of the first rules of design; Keep it Simple Stupid. A simple character tha...

That’s what I’m here for. If Rampage or Seer are busted out the gate, we adjust quickly with a hotfix. If they’re strong but we’re not sure where they fall in the meta, we generally wait till a later patch to let things develop

Looking for feedback now;

Instead of asking a few questions first, how do you think I should have approached instead?

In the past, I've seen devs shanked by stating why the idea wasn't ideal. So now, I feel like I'm stuck in a lose-lose situation by commenting.

GL HF <3
Being a noob myself, I think she brings a lot to the team, but the general population tends to play aggressively, so it's hard for her to play to her strength.

You have it like half right.

Caustics is more about "Stay in here (for an extended period of time) and die" - Slow and painful death. Wattson's more about "Come in here, and die (because you are slowed and a sitting target for bullets)". The important thing to note is that Wattson's fence SLOWS. Outside of bullet tagging, not many abilities in Apex slows or immobilizes; It's hard to survive when you can't run to dodge bullets. So I would say Wattson's impact is there, but is not being capitalized on. So Caustic and Wattson are fundamentally different;

Anyhow, I am digressing, and let's get back to my main point; The impact of removing ability clarify.

With the way the image you have provided is drawn, the fence is pretty much invisible against a non-black background, or during the thick of combat. Generally speaking in video game design sense, when you walk into an invisible trap in a game, the impact and chains of event that could happen with said trap need...

I would like to ask you a few questions first;

Why do you think the fences are so clear, loud, and in the opponent's face in the first place; and because it is so loud, how does this allow designers to tune Wattson?

How would it feel to play against Wattson's fences if it had 'effectively' zero visual tell that it was there in the first place? Would there be an outrage stepping into a highly impactful and invisible trap?

I don't suppose you want me to tell you why that would be a bad idea?