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There's an animation of her popping the bird to flash the enemies, which isn't there anymore. She can directly pull out her gun after deploying the flash.
There's an animation of her popping the bird to flash the enemies, which isn't there anymore. She can directly pull out her gun after deploying the flash.
There are two main things - she equips out of her bent birds faster, and if she lets a bird fly straight she can pop the flash without taking her gun down. In either case, she’s better at capitalizing off of her flashes than she used to be.
Inb4 this is declared a bug and removed before the patch hits
Not a bug!
Now I understand what you meant by initiators being more self-sufficient! These are great changes. Did Breach get similar love?
Yup! Breach got a similar treatment. Fewer flashes, but a faster re-equip.
Isn't this encroaching on the roles you guys had in mind for duelists vs. initiators? In this interview https://youtu.be/wjAGbl6kKnI?t=1425 you guys say that the intention is for duelists to have shorter debuff times against enemies but faster re-equip times, whereas initiators would have longer debuff times but longer re-equip times with the intention that they'd need a teammate to capitalize. Now it seems like if a team needs a flash agent, I can easily just play Breach or Skye and make plays for myself with longer flashes in comparison to duelists, plus this new lower re-requip time. This seems like it has potential to be "abused" in both ranked as well as competitive pro play.
It’s a bit of a newer development, for sure. Duelists still tend to have a lot more capability to heal up after engagements or deny trades to secure more advantaged fights over a round, whereas initiators bring a broader spread or larger volume of raw utility. It’s something we still talk about a lot, but feel these versions of breach and Skye will also be easier to balance across competitive environments overall.