An Apex Legends fan has grown tired of Crypto being too far out in the Season 5 hierarchical order, and has come up with a Surveillance Expert benefit that will better reward players for using it.
Certain characters have dominated selection rates in Apex Legends since the game’s release. Wraith, Lifeline, and Pathfinder have remained incredibly popular, despite some dips as the meta changes.
However, one legend who fought to have a significant impact on the game’s meta is Crypto. The Season 3 legend had the potential to change the game at first, but it has quickly sunk to the bottom of Apex Legends.
His current skills are the Surveillance Drone, Neurolink and Drone EMP. On paper, they are quite powerful tools, but many players have quickly learned counters, or simply to do it without the equipment that destroys their EMP blast.
Crypto’s current skills in Apex
A Redditor, u / Spylt420, shared an idea, which generates a unique Crypto profit. It reads: “Completing a finisher on an enemy reveals the locations of the enemy’s team for 5 seconds.”
While on paper this can make Crypto overlap, it’s important to remember that completing a finisher is not entirely without risk. If the player gets caught making a finisher, they will surely die and the finisher bonus will be lost. Therefore, it would be up to the player himself to determine whether it is safe to carry out a final animation.
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However, this was not the only idea of profit. Another Redditor who liked the idea, u / Clark94vt, suggested that enemies blink depending on the color of their armor. An enemy who is wearing gold armor, for example, would show gold on the minimap, and so on.
Both suggestions would fit the character of Crypto, a hacker known for gaining information about his enemies. The shield indicator, especially, would inform players on whether they should push enemies or not.
An enemy team in full purple and gold armor should not be pushed, while a team wearing basic armor would be much more susceptible to attack after their location is revealed.
Respawn Entertainment has shown in the past that they are eager to hear player feedback when it comes to polishing and reworking legends. It remains to be seen if they do the same with Crypto, but there are certainly many players who believe that the Surveillance Expert needs a benefit.
