Difference between prime assets

[It's who I am]

Is there any meaningful difference between prime assets? Or are they just reskins of each other?

[TOBIAS]

One’s got a rope of lightning, and breathes like a mad man while he runs at you.
The other has a drill disguised as a goose puppet in her right hand, and shouts so loud it reminds me of my mother when I was about to get la chancla.

Gameplay wise, I found Gooseberry perhaps a bit faster than Coyle and also less dodgeable. Coyle has a telegraphed grab animation that you can avoid easily, but gooseberry WILL grab you immediately when you get in range. She can also be absolutely sneaky while the cop announces himself like an electric trap. Coyle’s weapon also allows him to detect you farther in the dark.

[Valkerone]

I've noticed that Gooseberry and Coyle bash locked doors open faster than normal Grunts, but in their own different ways. Gooseberry smashes locked doors open in one hit (like a Big Grunt would), while Coyle performs the Grunts' usual "one-two-three" bash on the door, but at an even faster rate.

And yeah, I've found that while Coyle is tough, his attacks are a little more telegraphed and he mainly grabs you when you run directly into him. Gooseberry on the other hand loves to grab you once she closes in and her attacks are very quick. She's also deceptively fast during chases.

Upcoming third Prime Asset, Prescott Whitehorn, will be far more different from Gooseberry and Coyle in gameplay, I imagine. From what little info has been revealed about him, he's a massive guy with a sawed-off shotgun.

[Nikusui 😗]

The Gooseberry seems less likely to see you in the dark, the same can't be said for Coyle. Maybe it's his glowing stick. *shrug*

[{|Octavian|}]

Coyle's electricity makes his detection range in the dark slightly larger and Gooseberry is overall more aggressive with her attacks, and is capable of bashing down locked doors with one hit

[DragonSam]

I personally noticed that Coyle gets stunned for very short time with the Stun RIG, unlike Gooseberry who gets stunned for a longer duration. I don't know about the Bling RIG though.

[Valkerone]

Originally posted by DragonSam:

I personally noticed that Coyle gets stunned for very short time with the Stun RIG, unlike Gooseberry who gets stunned for a longer duration. I don't know about the Bling RIG though.

Yeah, I've seen this happen twice.

First learned it the hard way when I played a Program X round of Sabotage the Lockdown. Coyle caught up to me at the generator, so I threw a Stun at him to buy myself time to get the generator running. He recovered STARTLINGLY fast and killed me.

Second time happened when electrocuting the Snitch in the "thief loadout" version of Kill the Snitch. Stunned him, and again, he recovered fast. I may as well have thrown a brick at him due to how little it did to ward him off.

[Blaze Shadowflame]

On top of what's already been mentioned, they also have their own traps. Coyle uses electric grids placed on the floor that have a timer, and will deal constant damage. Gooseberry has those bomb ducks that explode if you get too close for too long. Grids can be jumped, bombs deal no damage if you stay at their absolute maximum range, and both are disabled by throwing stuff at them.