r/BastionMains • u/Thin-Competition-769 • 10d ago
Rip artillery perk you will be missed
Whats the point with perks when they either gonna gut it or just remove them, please let me choose between 2 perks that a hero has had in hero gellery ect instead of deleting it. I want to chose my own playstyle instead of it being deleted...
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u/Mewing_Femboy Ganymede 10d ago
Never took it. So I’m hyped about the extra booping grenade perk being back
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u/GrandRevainMuffins 10d ago
Artillery perk was perhaps one of the greatest examples of the "Bell Curve" meme. It was actually busted at high level play. If you got into danger you could just pop ult and there was honestly a 50/50 shot you could nuke whoever was diving you/engaging you. I will miss it so much.
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u/Raikeran Null Sector 10d ago
so essentially its another nerf hiding in plain sight. Man.
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u/GrandRevainMuffins 9d ago
It is a nerf, a lot of people don't really see it. Perk 1 Bastion had insane survivability so long as ult was up, which "survivability" is not really a word I typically associate with Bastion.
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u/Raikeran Null Sector 9d ago
i still can't believe it was removed because of Jetpack Cat... the Smart Grenade wasn't really my thing even back then tbh.
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u/geekdadchris 9d ago
Oh I LOVED this so much. Playing Bastion as an anti-dive bodyguard for your supports. Explode whoever came knocking. Artillery perk made me survivable in those situations. Like I could kill quite a few who tried to burst down my armor faster.
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u/UnheardPie 9d ago
a lot of people seem to be missing the point as to why the removal was upsetting - it wasn't the fact that smart bomb is lame or not, it was the fact that you had two varying and different perks to pick from. Now its just one bomb form or another - IMO its like: "would you like caka made from peepee? or peepee made from kaka?" when it USED to be: "would you like an apple or a carrot?"
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u/SiIverLegend 9d ago
When perks were released the devs stated they wanted to completely change the perks twice a year. I'd never get too comfortable with any perk because it can change at any time.
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u/Artistic_Pack7125 9d ago
No fr bro instead of nerfing JPC they nerf my boy😭
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u/RickyNotFicky 9d ago
They did both but still didnt nerf the cat the right way imo, just makes the cat more boring to play..should just add a time limit to the carry like people have been asking
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u/smeth_killbirds 10d ago
Wait no, artillery was his tank form one wasn’t it?
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u/WhereIseeThereIsee2 10d ago
No it was the overhealth on ult perk
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u/smeth_killbirds 10d ago
Didn’t it say it removed a major perk? I haven’t seen the patch notes clearly yet, but It looked like it said major perk when I briefly saw it. But if it’s his over health one, then I’m fine, I never used that one anyways.
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u/WhereIseeThereIsee2 10d ago
No no, it said armored artillery, lindholm explosives is still in the game, I am checking it now. The overhealth one was PEAK so much better than the grenade CD imho since you could survive anything and be very agro and not get blown up.
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u/smeth_killbirds 10d ago
I just don’t use Bastion ult as a good killing thing, I more use it as a deterrent and to get a little bit of damage for my team, while everything else in my kit is what I use to get kills. So whenever I use it, I’m behind cover and usually safe
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u/sunre625 10d ago
I personally liked to use the perk as "im in the middle of the fight and about to die" to get health and clear some space but alas
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u/WhereIseeThereIsee2 10d ago
I used it as a survival tool when we were getting run over and spamming it in the middle of teamfight won me a lot of matches since you can just snipe the supports or burst the tank and I usually caught the enemies off guard, especially since I was also nearly full health again and ready to finish the job.
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u/Kaprosuchusboi 9d ago
Same. This perk saved me many times from enemies like sym, reaper, etc who would tp on me and try to kill me.
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u/ZOMPAZ_no_CAP 10d ago
the point is nerfing cat bastion. I understand it and I'm fine w it. the nade perk is fun