Strengthening unpopular skills and adding new functions is more meaningful than increasing the level of skills on the data.

For example skills:

1. Scan the ball:

(1) If both sides are within the scanning range, the skill owner can charge, causing melee damage along the line.



(2) The melee damage of the charge increases with the level (200%~800%). Using a charge consumes the number of Scan Orbs (six at level 6), and the charge cooldown is 2 seconds.



(3) Overcharging, it can be charged directly from outside the circle to the position of the scanning ball. (The longest distance is 50 meters)



2. Guard the drone:

(1) Additional increase in movement speed, 5% per level, 30% movement speed per level 6.



3. Bombing drones:

(1) The bombing is changed to missiles, and the bombing range is the aiming range of small missiles. After flying over, it will drop semi-tracking missiles at an equal distance according to the flight distance (the tracking distance is 20M, and the explosion distance is half of the existing one)



4. Flame turret, the range is doubled, but for the extra range, if the enemy target triggers the burning abnormal state, it needs to be attacked by the flame tower for five seconds.



5. Flame yo-yo,

(1) The burning state is changed to the blinding state, and target tracking can be manually selected (no longer limited to aiming at the floor).

(2) If the attacked target is attacked within a certain period of time, it will cause additional explosion damage. (Maybe the explosion damage is 15% of the original weapon or skill damage dealt (phosphorus?)

(3) The duration is affected by the user's abnormal state, but the additional explosion damage cannot be reduced by the recipient's abnormal state protection, but is affected by the explosion resistance.



>> This suggestion is more complicated. Let me tell you the reason for the suggestion:

1. The current skill selection method is not easy
operation, but other skills in this series have automatic tracking function.

2. Only by focusing on explosion damage can you effectively attack mechanical targets and increase the appearance rate.

3. Cooperative attack, you or your team can enjoy the extra effect after the attack to increase the fun of cooperation.

4. It will not affect the original heavy armored enemies too much.

5. The blinding effect is not very strong, so extra damage is added.



6. Glitter Firefly:

(1) The blinding state is changed to the burning state, and more importantly, the fuel injection effect will first trigger the unbalanced effect of the shield user in the PTS when the shield is destroyed (the abnormal state protection cannot be protected), and then burn.

(2) Reduce the number of locked targets and increase the range.



>> The usage rate of this series has always been low, and the skills are prone to failure, but is this the focus of official skill improvement in the past?


(1) Reduce the number of possible targets, speed up the total time to complete the aiming, and endow the operation with convenience and advantages.

(2) The application of the unbalanced effect of adding shield destroyed also has a slight effect on players who are immune to PVP.



7. Instant firefly? :

Probably the most unpopular skill in the entire game. It uses the earliest version of Survival Expert's armor-piercing arrow effect. It needs to touch an adjacent target to detonate. However, the touch effect of specialized weapons has been officially deprecated in previous versions, but it still remains on this skill.



Hard to improve, the blast system's split ball used to be Over Power.

(1) Unless the target rolls, it still explodes after an additional 7 seconds. After rolling, the bomb falls to the ground and becomes a trigger mine.
> Borrows the concept of enemies firing sticky bombs at the player.



8. Healing traps:
 
Perhaps also tied for the least popular skill in the entire game. The abnormal state protection processing method is complex and the idea is novel. However, the use of benefits is not enough to be favored by players.



(1) In addition to abnormal protection, it may also give the effect of over-healing (it becomes blue armor when the upper limit of treatment is exceeded). Players are encouraged to use it before shooting.



9. Revitalize the Hive: A skill that has been modified several times.

Unlimited team running speed>Increase team damage>Provide 20%~60% (increase with skill level) weapon control, danger protection, melee damage bonus.



Personally, I think that the control of the weapon must cooperate with the rate of fire of the weapon to make sense.

(1) Weapon Control changed from: 10% to 40%.



(2) Rate of fire from 3%>6%>9%>12%...>21%.



(3) Hazard protection change increased from 10% to 40%.



(4) (or a sub-scheme of PTS change: change the abnormal state protection to scan resistance)



(5) Melee damage bonus has been removed.



[Overcharge]:

(1) Additional team movement speed (the earliest version), melee attack will stun the enemy; the combination of melee attack and running speed is more reasonable; can it be combined with the scanning ball to achieve amazing results?

(2) Ignoring distance, all injected friendly forces,

Strengthen the skills that are rarely used, and so on.

Other PTS recommendations:

I noticed that there is an abnormal state after the shield is broken (a bit like the action game Elden Ring), and the above suggestions are mostly based on action changes.

: This abnormal state should be reduced by the core armor attribute, and each core attribute should reduce the abnormal effect of shield breaking by 12%, which is beneficial to balance shield users, encourage high defense users, and punish players with full firepower for using shields.

Phase 2 bug? "Dread Edict" doesn't work with vest equip effect "Focus".

I think the magnifier of this new SVD is 12x, so this effect should be triggered.


Previous versions of Nemesis also had this problem. (Fixed)

I have a BD that fits this new mask better.

1. But I actually test it.

It is to improve my operability, but the benefit is not very big, because my original version (tardigrade) can pass the legendary difficulty and can give teammates better protection.

2. If you just protect yourself, the BD in the direction of the tank will have a higher survival rate.

3. The purpose of the design should be that the effect is higher when facing a large group of enemies.

But in this situation, there are other talents that can be replaced (Vanguard, Unbreakable)

4. The advantage is that the vest talent is liberated, but it may be weaker than the other two exotic masks.

5. From the perspective of removing abnormal status, it may be more suitable for PVP masks.

6. The shape of the mask is quite cute, it is recommended to keep the original function.

(1) After the stack of added functions is full, give a gas grenade, stack up to three pieces and three levels. When thrown, all the gas grenades will be thrown out. The grenade has the effect of the earliest version of the plague, and the poisonous smoke after the explosion (Lv1 blood loss, Lv2 chaos, Lv3 plus explosion range).

(2) The explosive power is related to the core armor level: Damage scales with core armor dealing 25-100% damage of a concussion grenade.
(Reference: Explosive Delivery)

(3) It can be stacked with the unique grenade of the specialized occupation

Although official grenades are designed for different specialized classes, only one exotic is currently useful."Acosta's Go-Bag"

A little disappointed.

@latenitedelight

This proposal concept is OK.

But more to me it feels like a return to the TD1's weapon plugin system.

TD2 gave up the random quality of weapon plug-ins, TD2 because of the abnormal RNG, people supported the calibration and optimization system.

I actually miss it more. The negative system of the weapon plug-in that just came out, just open and drop it, and the normal weapon plug-in can coexist with the negative system.

I generally agree with you, you have provided very good advice

I guess this is an inertial idea. The early production team was ridiculed by players that the shield was made of paper.

After the DLC New York, the skill balance has not been done well (or reasonably balanced), and the guardian drone can obviously be designed to be able to shield the idea. Shooting the drone will temporarily disarm the defense function, and the shield can be changed to a cumbersome usage ( TD1's Guardian Bunker)

Shields can be used in more team applications. Teammates can enter your shields and share passengers. If this new function is added, I think it can add the effect of losing the room when the shield is destroyed, but it does not affect the people hiding behind the shield.

What you say is true.

As a return bug test player, I saw that the official lied blatantly with a pts3 note.

It's really disappointing that players have to deal with the official lies in addition to the plethora of Delta 3 issues.



Reported on April 16, 2022 at 2:55 pm. Article link

PTS Phase 3 - Patch Notes [Updated 17:08 CEST]

Fixed the issues with the Focus Talent not working with the new exotic “Dread Edict.

can still see that the general SVD can use the focus talent (A&8 configuration)

Only "Dread Edict. Still doesn't work.

@latenitedelight

This proposal concept is OK.

But more to me it feels like a return to the TD1's weapon plugin system.

TD2 gave up the random quality of weapon plug-ins, TD2 because of the abnormal RNG, people supported the calibration and optimization system.

I actually miss it more. The negative system of the weapon plug-in that just came out, just open and drop it, and the normal weapon plug-in can coexist with the negative system.

@im_pine

No, you are very humorous.

I also supported you in your earlier article, you may have forgotten.

I used to be very often in the TD2 discussion area, and the suggestions of many people or most players are easy to OP (I also like to do this),
Although a large part of the imbalance in the game comes from the official itself, part of it comes from the players.

M1A, Eagle Bearer. There are many people who support BUFF to go back, but sometimes the design team does it well.

@marriorqq It is neither a buff nor a nerf. The gun would work exactly as it does right now but with the added benefit of not losing all your accumulated damage if you need to revive a teammate, take cover to apply an armor kit or wait for an animation in a mission.

I'm not asking for opinions either, simply highlighting a minimal change that would make the gun more cohesive in its design, in light of what they're choosing to do with Heartbreaker.

A lot of things about stacking in this game could be improved:

1.
Sadist
Eyeless
Ignited
Future Perfect

2.
"Rifleman" works the same way as backfire
:"Landing headshots adds a stack of bonus +10% (11%) weapon damage for 5s.
Max stack is 5 (6).
Additional headshots refresh the duration."

On Empty even has a cooldown and cannot trigger continuously

3. I also just put forward my opinion, saying that your reformation is a kind of NERF for me.
I will give you a reference to the talent of the weapon, you think a single weapon talent should be applied to the equipment (the talent effect of four pieces)

In short, I also hope that the stack of plague can be reduced on this weapon instead of being removed all at once, if your opinion is accepted.

@im_pine

First of all, why do you think this is a BUFF?

For me, it's NERF in a certain way, BUFF in part, but BUFF may be too OP.

After the battle and before the next battle time, if the stacking decreases slowly, it means that if the player is not immune to bleeding, he will be penalized for moving speed if he wants to reload the bullet before the battle.

I think the real fix to BUFF this gun should be to use this weapon to kill every enemy and give 15% protection against abnormal status for 45 seconds. (It can be stacked within 45 seconds and completely removed after 45 seconds)

What you say is true.

As a return bug test player, I saw that the official lied blatantly with a pts3 note.

It's really disappointing that players have to deal with the official lies in addition to the plethora of Delta 3 issues.



Reported on April 16, 2022 at 2:55 pm. Article link

PTS Phase 3 - Patch Notes [Updated 17:08 CEST]

Fixed the issues with the Focus Talent not working with the new exotic “Dread Edict.

can still see that the general SVD can use the focus talent (A&8 configuration)

Only "Dread Edict. Still doesn't work.

@carlosart1989

I think my warehouse is going to explode...

If similar guns have different shooting modes, I suggest that the development team can click or control the option on the talent tree to enable three bursts or (or the highest rate of fire per second mode)

It will protect the player's fingers and mouse.

@marriorqq it is true that it is not happening and but with "Focus perfect" it works for me
I think it's a bit lacking in damage really. for a sniper it is too lacking in damage
I am to play with the "white death", M1A, SCAR, SIG 716 or the regulus. All of these weapons have a HeadHunterPerfect combo that kills in 1 shot.
This new sniper you have to kill 3 people or use another rifle like "White Death" to start the combo because otherwise it doesn't

my opinion would be to increase the damage a little close to 600k

"Focus perfect" , may be a bit problematic.
I tested it at the base range, using Aces & Eights with "Focus perfect".
Test SVD and new exotic. Then I found this BUG.

Other comments:
1. The damage of the weapon you mentioned is weak, but I don't want it. If this gun is strengthened again, it may completely replace other non-bolt-type sniper rifles.

2. The sniper rifle should be based on two factions, one is a single-shot with Headhunter.
The other should be "Aces & Eights" with multiple hits (faster rate of fire).

3. But the latter was very miserable by NERF because it was too powerful before the DLC.

4. This time PTS, the official seems to have the intention to strengthen the burst sniper rifle, but by strengthening a single gun type, adding new exotic. (SVD).

5. "Hunter's Fury" strengthens submachine guns and shotguns. New Heartbreaker strengthens Assault Rifle &LMG in PTS.

Aces & Eights, which are suitable for sniper rifles, are obviously weaker than the above two.
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For the above reasons, I think the "Aces & Eights" Gear Set is what really needs to be strengthened.

"Dead Man's Hand:

Flip a card when landing shots with a Marksman rifle.

After 5 cards are flipped, the damage of your next shot is amplified by 30%.
More shots are enhanced the better the hand revealed.

Four of a Kind: 4 shots
Full House: 3 shots
Aces and Eights: 2 shots.

Flip an additional card on headshots."

In addition to the original functions, new functions should be added.

Card shooting will target a part of the target like Skill "Achilles".

@dutchlmb4ever

I also made the same opinion, but I didn't actually test it in PTS.

But my opinion is that the core blue attribute is not based on the skill level, giving more survival space for tank gameplay.

After all, the common tower defense in the skill direction seems to be slightly stronger than the tank BD (PVE)

@DutchLMB4ever

The problem is not the hunters but the jammer...

Some people will have special configuration for hunters, (I have seen three or four play styles in my impression)

This is one of my more commonly used ones. Since I used this set, it seems that I have never lost to hunters.

share with you.

I have a BD that fits this new mask better.

1. But I actually test it.

It is to improve my operability, but the benefit is not very big, because my original version (tardigrade) can pass the legendary difficulty and can give teammates better protection.

2. If you just protect yourself, the BD in the direction of the tank will have a higher survival rate.

3. The purpose of the design should be that the effect is higher when facing a large group of enemies.

But in this situation, there are other talents that can be replaced (Vanguard, Unbreakable)

4. The advantage is that the vest talent is liberated, but it may be weaker than the other two exotic masks.

5. From the perspective of removing abnormal status, it may be more suitable for PVP masks.

6. The shape of the mask is quite cute, it is recommended to keep the original function.

(1) After the stack of added functions is full, give a gas grenade, stack up to three pieces and three levels. When thrown, all the gas grenades will be thrown out. The grenade has the effect of the earliest version of the plague, and the poisonous smoke after the explosion (Lv1 blood loss, Lv2 chaos, Lv3 plus explosion range).

(2) The explosive power is related to the core armor level: Damage scales with core armor dealing 25-100% damage of a concussion grenade.
(Reference: Explosive Delivery)

(3) It can be stacked with the unique grenade of the specialized occupation

Although official grenades are designed for different specialized classes, only one exotic is currently useful."Acosta's Go-Bag"

A little disappointed.