Thoughts on Captain?

[MarkEmUp]

I just wanna know the general opinion regarding him. He is my new favorite by far and it feels weird playing anyone but him now. The combination of attributes from my next two preferred survivors; high utilization of item synergies akin to commando, and an amazing utility skill/single target damage capability like loader makes playing him a blast. His only drawback to me is low mobility but just like artificer I compensate by prioritizing Qualls and Feathers in multishops and printers, making it a non issue unless I have bad rng.

[Raptor]

Probably the single strongest character now. His passive microbots eliminate quite a few dangerous enemies and apply to his drones. His default shotgun is 8 pellets that all can proc things. He has two hard hitting skills in orbital strike and whatever you choose for his ultimate. He can make multiple chest free including legendary ones. He is one of two classes that can open the door to the free bands on aquaduct by themselves. He makes the game much too easy and could easily have parts of his kit moved to other characters and would still be the strongest by a mile.

[Senki]

Gameplay-wise he's really strong, one of the best characters in the game (only gets outclassed by others in the mithrix fight because his mobility is entirely reliant on rng). Personally I don't find him too fun to play though.

[MessiahofMelons]

Super fun and satisfying to play

[Conga Lyne]

Captain is overpowered.
He gets free items which lets him begin the teleporter faster, get movement items faster, everything faster; all on top of having a super reliable M1 and "utility"~

If every other character had the option to bring hacking beacon, for most of them it would be a direct upgrade to their R even with how strong some of their R's are both early and late game.

The problem isn't even in captain either, it's the hacking beacon itself, while I love the mechanic I do think it's a bit.. busted.
You get the same items for less difficulty timer.

[Sir bunny sheep]

Originally posted by Conga:

Captain is overpowered.
He gets free items which lets him begin the teleporter faster, get movement items faster, everything faster; all on top of having a super reliable M1 and "utility"~

If every other character had the option to bring hacking beacon, for most of them it would be a direct upgrade to their R even with how strong some of their R's are both early and late game.

The problem isn't even in captain either, it's the hacking beacon itself, while I love the mechanic I do think it's a bit.. busted.
You get the same items for less difficulty timer.

all of the beacons are pretty much useless after the first loop

[Sir bunny sheep]

I personally love captain, i dont think he is OP or anything because his lack of movement really hurts him at times, especially with the mithirx fight

[Amble]

Extremely powerful base damage, gets through early levels fast without sacrificing too many items thanks to hacking beacons, free legendary chests, scales like crazy with on-hit items and defensive microbots are just broken as all hell, he can ignore so many attacks that are deadly to every other survivor.

And yet I've already gotten pretty tired of him, mashing M1 and sprint after every shot kills my fingers and beacons just feel kinda iffy in general. Seems like there's no reason to use anything but double hacking beacon and having one less ability to actively use is lame. I'm not sure what exaclty to suggest, but I think I would prefer just a normal cooldown based ability with a long cooldown and a bit less power on them.

If you could swap fire modes on his M1 in some way, between the default charge mode and a hold auto fire mode that'd dramatically improve my enjoyment of him. But besides that nitpick he's a great character, especially in the visual and audio department.

[itssirtou]

He's spoiled me with hacking beacons. You leave the early stages with 2-4 more items than the others, gets to skip grinding on Abyssal, free AC-280 drones.

Microbots is a godsend against Greater Wisps and Elder Lemmys. And a very satisfying and potent M1. Downside is no mobility is a horrible drawback that gets you killed a lot earlier...

[Lunacy]

He's ridiculously powerful with that shotgun and on-hit items. Find a clover or two and you'll probably crash the game with molten perferator.

[Mercury]

Fun, despite being old and slow.

[PixelHero]

Amazing primary weapon, fantastic passive (microbots).

What are his skills again? I can't seem to remember. I think I used them once.

[<color=#CD3210>Lunatic]

High coefficient proc rate for primary.
Additional projectile negating.
Powerful Multihit AoE in lieu of movement skill.
Varying totems of incredible usefulness.

Possibly one of the most powerful characters released to far.
With exception to the Null.

He's all about controlling the situation, perfect for players that want to be in control.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Captain has the best Primary weapon, but among the worst M2 and Shift. His R is a mixed bag. Slightly stronger than Huntress's alternate R, but less reliable thanks to the hit delay and inability to use it in Secret realms.

Captain doesn't really get OP until you have a horde of drones, which are really Captain's unsung super strength, as each drone will be armed with a defensive microbot, greatly increasing both the drone, and more importantly, your defense against projectile attacks.

Captain's main weakness is no mobility skills, which means something like a Hopoo feather is make-or-break for him. Even the Head Stompers are a welcome sight, anything to augment his lack of mobility or other defensive abilities.

[Bogan]

He's really fun and really strong. Doesn't even need much mobility to survive against most threats because of his ridiculously broken passive. Buy a bunch of drones and laugh at all the hopeless ranged enemies. It's nuts how attack speed doubles as a damage/survivability item for him.

[XCABAL]

If you can stack tri-tip daggers, the imp boss item, and crit you can stack stupid amounts of bleed dots on everything which will melt just about anything the game can throw at you.