spideematt
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It's bothered me that Deadlock doesn't have very many examples of powerful creatures entering through the rifts. There are the patrons, of course, but very few of the playable characters would be considered active alien threats to New York, or even alien at all. In my head, Traveler would be kind of a lawful or neutral evil who came through or was summoned through a rift to Earth and is making a play for the patron's power for his own nefarious deeds. This likely wouldn't be the first time he's done something like this, and he exudes an air of arrogance and veterancy reflecting his familiarity with rituals and battle.
Traveler is some kind of void space entity. They wield a ray gun in the left hand and a bo staff in the right which they use to channel powerful magic.
Concept: Traveler is a character with high vertical mobility who is able to weave close to enemies to unleash a stun + nuke combo, and can threaten to nuke prolonged fights with a high damage ult.
1. Power Beam
Traveler channels his bo staff in place momentarily (think somewhere between half a second and a full second), then unleashes a long but narrow piercing beam that deals high damage. The damage falls off the farther from Traveler the target is. While channeling Traveler is greatly slowed and his vertical velocity is massively reduced, similar to channeling a Yamato or Grey Talon 1. As part of the ability point tree, Power Beam will recast itself in the same spot after a delay, similar to Shiv's dash.
2. Gravity Shift
Traveler temporarily greatly reduces the effect of gravity on himself, allowing him to jump, dash and slide further. Can be re-cast after a short delay to greatly increase the effect of gravity, causing him to instead fall much faster. As part of the ability point tree, Gravity Shift will regain a stamina point upon cast. Maybe ability charges on this would be cool!
3. Starstruck
Traveler strikes the area in front of him with his staff, light meleeing enemies and stunning them. The stun would be long enough to channel a power beam or heavy melee, but not do both.
4. Atomizer Bomb
Traveler channels in place for up to 5 seconds. While he channels, a large projectile grows above him. At the end of the channel, or whenever Traveler releases it, a large bomb slowly flies toward his cursor. Upon impact, the bomb explodes, dealing massive damage with an increased radius depending upon how long he channeled it- think .1x spirit scaling per .1x seconds, plus some flat scaling.
Some concept images for what I'm thinking about:
I know that Traveler in the form I imagine him has no chance of being added to the game- by virtue of the fact that I'm a random dude with no professional game design experience and no connection to the deadlock team- but I do hope that some of these concepts get experimented with or discussed internally. Really I just think that a character that plays with gravity and channels a huge nuke would be pretty cool!
Traveler is some kind of void space entity. They wield a ray gun in the left hand and a bo staff in the right which they use to channel powerful magic.
Concept: Traveler is a character with high vertical mobility who is able to weave close to enemies to unleash a stun + nuke combo, and can threaten to nuke prolonged fights with a high damage ult.
1. Power Beam
Traveler channels his bo staff in place momentarily (think somewhere between half a second and a full second), then unleashes a long but narrow piercing beam that deals high damage. The damage falls off the farther from Traveler the target is. While channeling Traveler is greatly slowed and his vertical velocity is massively reduced, similar to channeling a Yamato or Grey Talon 1. As part of the ability point tree, Power Beam will recast itself in the same spot after a delay, similar to Shiv's dash.
2. Gravity Shift
Traveler temporarily greatly reduces the effect of gravity on himself, allowing him to jump, dash and slide further. Can be re-cast after a short delay to greatly increase the effect of gravity, causing him to instead fall much faster. As part of the ability point tree, Gravity Shift will regain a stamina point upon cast. Maybe ability charges on this would be cool!
3. Starstruck
Traveler strikes the area in front of him with his staff, light meleeing enemies and stunning them. The stun would be long enough to channel a power beam or heavy melee, but not do both.
4. Atomizer Bomb
Traveler channels in place for up to 5 seconds. While he channels, a large projectile grows above him. At the end of the channel, or whenever Traveler releases it, a large bomb slowly flies toward his cursor. Upon impact, the bomb explodes, dealing massive damage with an increased radius depending upon how long he channeled it- think .1x spirit scaling per .1x seconds, plus some flat scaling.
Some concept images for what I'm thinking about:
I know that Traveler in the form I imagine him has no chance of being added to the game- by virtue of the fact that I'm a random dude with no professional game design experience and no connection to the deadlock team- but I do hope that some of these concepts get experimented with or discussed internally. Really I just think that a character that plays with gravity and channels a huge nuke would be pretty cool!
