lazuli wrote...
CC-Tron wrote...
Powers: As long as they don't dump JT's Barrier skills in ME3, I don't care what skills they add to him. The lack of toughness is what I don't like about most of the other squad members. Lose the barrier spamming which was totally Bioware's fault for not fixing (Grunt and Legion also have this problem but get a free pass by the haters because they hate JT for other reasons and use this as an excuse IMO). Judging from Garrus's skill set in the ME3 demos he will probably still have Pull.
Weapons: An assault rifle isn't needed. All he needs is a long range shotgun option like the geth pulse (which is better than any AR) and he's good to go.
Ammo Power: Fine the way it is. Inferno Ammo has no match.
When Grunt spams Fortification, all you're losing is Concussive Shot. And when Legion spams Geth Shield Boost, all you're losing is the highly situational AI Hacking and the Combat Drone, which possesses an absurdly long cooldown. But when Jacob spams Barrier, you're losing access to the quickly recharging Pull, useful for starting Warp bombs, nailing area staggers, and shutting down entire groups of enemies at once.
It is my theory that this might play a role in the decision some players make when deciding to complain about Jacob while giving Grunt and Legion a free pass.
Interesting theory. If one doesn't consider Concussive Blast very useful for crowd control then yeah that's ALL you're losing. As for Legion, some like Combat drone despite the long recovery and want access to it as soon as it's available.
Jack makes a better pull bot anyway. Her much faster cooldown would make her a better choice for someone interested in casting warp bombs and using area pull often. Barrier and Inferno is what makes JT stand out from Jack. Take Barrier away and JT is almost obsolete except for squad incendiary which is lame for crowd control because your squadmates can only attack one enemy at once (Who cares if only one enemy stunned from incendiary?). The far superior Inferno ammo is best utilized by a tank (with barrier) who can last long in fire fights and even survive getting in close occasionally.
Modifié par CC-Tron, 30 juin 2011 - 06:40 .
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