I come to you today with a farewell to my 550 Gambit. I can honestly say, I was the only one, in all of MPQ that was using him nonstop for all of 2018. (There may have be one more player out there that has used him, but Gambit was not part of his A team.) I loved Gambit pre-pre nerf, pre-nerf, and sadly post-nerf. He was my only 550. Of course after the nerf, Thor was not a natural partner anymore. I went in the opposite direction and went with HawkEye. Still great on offense, but become a slow defensive annoyance and hoped for the best. My A team became HawkBit, and so it was for all of 2018 and into 2019. I’ll be honest, I was slow. Always trying to keep up with the S4 speed madness of ThoyoKe.... but slowly I learned and mastered the art of HawkBit. The countdown tile priority, the shuffling of opponents to time the countdown tiles. Praying to rng that Hawk’s 1st and 2nd countdown get fortified. Eventually Gambit could fire his countdowns and then it was just gravy at watching 550 opponents crumbling. Of course, this took twice as long as a lower leveled Thokoye, but HawkBit was MY team and I powered on. Placed t5 routinely in scl9. Tried to be FiBO as much as I could. Even though I knew my speed would handicap me.
HawkBit was a great trusted friend. But now it’s time to say goodbye. I will always remember you. I could always trust in your ability to make a comeback out of nowhere. As the last true Gambit player in all of MPQ.... I salute you. From the days of your greatness, to your fall from grace as the pinnacle of OP’ness.... you will be remembered.
You ain’t never had a friend like me,
Djinn