So it’s been said a thousand times by now but Proxy really needs some changing, she is used public because she is fun to run around with but she hasn’t been seen in above average level play since Bushwacker was introduced. Personally, but I think most will agree, that her main problem is that her ability is just utter useless in non-public play. My solution, patchnote style:
Proxy changes:
- Proximity Mine sound can now only be heard by friendlies.
This will make her mines less noticeable to enemies giving them a slightly bigger element of surprise.
- Proximity Mine teamcolor highlights are now only visible to friendlies.
This will make her mines less easily spot-able.
- Proximity Mines now take a minimum of 80 damage to be destroyed.
This makes her mines slightly less easy to remove unintentionally as previously they got destroyed by pretty much all random spam in their vicinity.
Due to the highlights now only being visible to friendlies the “Bomb Squad” perk needs a slight changes aswell to which I’d suggest:
Augment changes:
- Bomb Squad now shows highlight on enemy Proximity mines and other explosives.
Offering a small counter to the new Proxy Mines, adding a little bit of value to any loadout cards with this augment.
Personally I think this would make Proxy much more viable in competitive play without really changing the way she is played in public, and if needed the damage and radius of the mines can be changed accordingly aswell as maybe even giving her 3 mines instead of 2 but making them slightly weaker. Also I think that doing things like buffing her HP/speed or guns will do very little for her as her very underwhelming ability still keeps her in the worst of the Objective Specialists group.
/discuss?