Invisibility and Traps

Unknown
Unknown
edited March 2015 in MPQ Suggestions and Feedback
I'm sure I'm not the first person to suggest this, but here goes:

It doesn't feel thematically right for invisible characters to ignore trap effects. When I watch my opponent make a trap tile match, trigger an ability, and then just walk away from it, it doesn't sit well. When I'm actively trying to hit an invisible dude, it seems reasonable that s/he could dodge it. When that dude blunders into a trap, it makes less sense that s/he ends up walking away unscathed.

If we want to be a little nerdy about it, consider the major traps in the game right now: Fury's Demolition and Daredevil's Ambush. Explosives don't care if they can see you or not, and Daredevil is like the first character to show up on my list of superheroes who can still hit you when you're invisible.

The easiest fix would be to make it so that invisibility only protects you on your opponent's turn. That way you can still invisible your way through Daredevil's self-activated ambushes, but not evade his crotch-kicks when you stumble into them.

Again, a lot of this stems from my gut reaction to watching invisible guys dance around traps--it just feels wrong. Maybe it would make traps too strong and invisibility too weak, but it seems like that balance is oriented in the other direction right now.

Comments

  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I like it, combat Invis with traps and aoe's.

    On a side note can we make IW's invis tile a trap making it that much harder to find.
  • FaustianDeal
    FaustianDeal Posts: 760 Critical Contributor
    Especially Xavier, to me his invisibility seems like it shouldn't be able to survive him taking AoE or trap damage. It is an effect generated through focus and concentration... is he really going to maintain focus when a rocket goes of and he is taking shrapnel?

    This would also give a different avenue to improve his power with additional covers. As he improves his focus and concentration he is able to maintain the invisibility through additional effects (shakes off traps at 3 covers, and shakes of AoE @5), or have it be a damage threshold that breaks his concentration and that % threshold goes up with covers?
  • KrazyKeylime
    KrazyKeylime Posts: 367
    Cryptobrancus wrote:
    I like it, combat Invis with traps and aoe's.

    On a side note can we make IW's invis tile a trap making it that much harder to find.
    maybe not a trap but hidden, trap tiles get overwritten by special tiles.

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