The Thread in General Discussion gave me this idea. Please alert me if this has been suggested before!
BOMB:
2*-Sleeping Vaporizer
3*-Sleeping Vaporizer MKII
4*-Sleep Inducer
5*-Torper Gas
COLOR: main colors are dark blue and bright blue as the Vial says.
GUN:
Type: It's a two, quick piercing gun.
2*-Tranquilizer (Deals Piercing and may put opponent in a moderate sleep) CHARGE: A single shot goes and hits one enemy and releases the needles from the target hit, able to cause weak sleep.
3*-Slumbolt (More Piercing and fair chance of moderate sleep) CHARGE: Same ^^^ but four shots are released form the target.
4*-Comaton (More Piercing and fair chance of causing moderate sleep) CHARGE: Same ^^^ but four shots can cause moderate sleep, and shot explodes on the first target.
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USES: Many combat this idea that sleep is completely useless or ineffective. In contrast, it plays a very good role in trying to take out that constantly moving monster AND not receive damage even if it's no longer mobile. Putting everyone around you to sleep, you can potentially single out every enemy coming your way. In PVP, it's the same, unless you have Jelly :D.
Sleeping Weapons
i like the bomb cause that can be useful more than freeze. EX: 4-8 alpha wolvers chasing and u can use that just to single 1 out and not worry about the rest.
many people say it is useless cuz 1 freeze and completey traps things and sleeping will regenerate all of the monsters lost health.
Of course i support. Many people think that sleep is useless but i think that everyone who wants to give it a try should hve the oportunity.
@nacho yes, your thread. I took it from the General Discussion! :D Sorry for copying, but wouldn't you agree Sleep needs one more chance? I just put my own ideas into this. Who thinks the bomb's name should be changed to Snore Cloud, Dream Cloud, Explosive Pillow/Comforter, Knocker-Outer etc... ? :D
This has been suggested before, but I'll give my support again anyway.
This thing would be pretty scary in Lockdown. Just keep spamming Sleeping Vaporizors on the control point, no player (even if they have recon cloak!) would be able to capture! (Well, besides gunners who snipe you. I hate gunners.)
@Bobomaster
Same with Freeze and sometimes Stun (very slow).
Freeze allows you to still attack. So you're still not a sitting duck, you're fully capable of defending yourself (Unless it's a gunner, and you're not, but still...)
Stun does make you a lot weaker, but at least you have a chance. You can still attack, albeit slower.
Sleep allows you to do nothing. You'll just stand there, patiently waiting for the kill. You can't fight, you can't move; you can't do anything!
You're getting healed until you're attacked. Voila. Plus vaporizers can only deal minor statuses highest. As for the gun, it's limited to 2 shots before reload. This will make the Jelly Line more useful with sleep condition. And I barely noticed it also protects against Piercing AND sleep...
Should start at 4* because of its usefulness
Also, Sleep+Poison=ownage at PvE!
I support
And in case you think sleep is bad. A tranquilizer that deal sleep and a toxic catacalizer or toxic vaporizer... Means an overthrow of the snarble barb in lock-down. Hooray!
I also put a suggestion a few days before, it didnt get much support but anyway. Shock and freeze vaporizers also ruin lockdown, mostly because i only use swords but the thing is that theres only one way to fight vaporizers: dont get into the area and keep shooting.
If you have enough skill with a sword ( excluding the troika line) you an deftly weave your way to the bomber and destroy him.
(Hint! Taking damage interrupts charge times!).
Actually, if the bomber starts at a point, and just starts permasleeping (Get the charge time to maximum, possibly with recon/trinkets/armor etc), nobody but gunners can kill him. Yeah, you can rush, but you will fall asleep after AT MOST your second hit. You can't weave to a bomber when they're right in the center of a bomb. Okay, let's word it differently.
Player A has torper gas at level 10 (CTR med) & 2 elite focus bomb modules (CTR med + med = very high) (CTR Maximum!)
Player B has some random good gun.
So, in lockdown, A spams sleep bombs. No swordsman can get through, as there is always sleep gas around the point. Player B protects player A from gunners and/or bombers by spamming shots when one gets near. That point is now pretty much locked for the other team. Yes, there are ways to bypass this strategy, like use a gun to lengthen charge time, then doing a rush right when the sleep gas dissipates, or for all players to switch to a gun, and just spam shots at the bomber. But those require super precise timing/coordination, while players A & B just spam right click for the whole game. This would be even more evil when you have your whole team play sleep bomb/graviton vortex, and just spam those right at enemy base. Graviton = sucked out of forcefield, sleep = sleep. GG.
I rest my case.
PS: Taking damage just increases your charge time by 50% of max, so it doesn't exactly interrupt the charge. Just lengthens it. And so what if they are healing? They were probably at full health anyway! Just get some buddy to bat them a few times with a GF.
Same with Freeze and Stun. You may be able to fight back, but it's a definite bring back. Therefore, wear Jelly Armor. Or other armors that may protect from sleep, if that's your biggest issue. Sleep is almost extinct except for vials, and even the vials aren't necessarily used. Use a gun and take that bomber out, maybe with a Comaton :P
to balance a sleep bomb, it would most likely have to have an explosion similar to the radiant sun shard bomb. An AoE would be too overpowered.
:D