Buff Repair Box Launcher

Serious issue in the bay: Duct Tape

Why do people use Duct Tape, an item that offers no posibility of fixing a teammate? Because it offers more self healing than a repair box and is much easier to use. Immediate effect, unlike repair box where you have to wait for it to be thrown in the air and drop. Repair box reveals to enemies where you are headed when attempting to self heal with it making it easier to lead shots. More...

In my personal opinion, a skill-based and riskier item should always be more effective than a no-skill-required item.

Duct tape players choose to fix themselves rather than fix others. Repair box users have the option to give them to a teammate or use for themselves when truly necessary which I find should be more rewarding in effect of the item.

I am not looking for a complete revolution of the item, nor am I looking for repair box to have higher self heal potential than a duct tape of similar level, but I'd like the item to be more convincing for a duct tape player to use as the item is a true 'fix'ing item which I would like to see more 'fix'ers using.

Spoiler: Cringe Alert

Don't be selfixh, be a fixer.

That is all.

 

I find repair boxes disappear too quickly. Unless the fixer drops one specifically for you, you can almost guarantee that any you’ve seen dropped won’t be there anymore. Seems unfair when stupid mines hang around for ages.

At the moment it’s almost like a really short ranged bolt.

 

Supposedly, Mines and Repair Boxes have same expiration time (90 sec), but my mines seem to stay in the same spot all game long without expiring...

 

Right now I find that repair boxes are balanced compared to duct tape. All the cons you stated about repair boxes are due to the fact that it's a versatile healing item. It can be dropped pre-battle for teamates to pick up later (albeit it disappears too quickly), and it can be used to self heal + heal teamates. So it has to provide weaker heals, so a fixer has to decide if he wants to prioritize surivability, then he has to get 1 duct tape on board (not talking about selfish fixers) at the expense of healing teamates less. Any buffs to the repair box would effectively render duct tape useless again, though I do agree that the repair boxes should last much longer than they do now.

 

You forgot to mention the most important cons to the repair box,
SOME DYING SHOOTERS HAVE A MILLION ALLIED REPAIR BOXES RIGHT NEXT TO THEM BUT THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IS A REPAIR BOX SO THEY DONT PICK IT UP

 

every fixer play to win at first and then to fix ,and if your fixer was sunk(bcuz everyone shoot him first) you will lose the most important one on your team
and you will lose probablly
so duct tape is really important for mk6 not sure for mk5

 

If you are not healing, your team will die and so will you when you are 1v3-5.

Being a fixer gives off the impression that you are going to heal. If teammates think they are going to be healed and they aren't, they will die.

 

since i have been useing 2 pulses i can heal and do more damage more than mk5 shooter he should be doing at least 3× damage more than me ,
apart from that if just my team stay with me, 2 repair pulses will heal more than 3 repair bolt , and then i will focus on dealling damage

 

there should also be a rant for fixers not being protected. that's why they are turning to tapes for protection.

 

Nice play. Not ideal for a fixer carrying double pulse to go aggro though. Lucky he didn't get focus fired. 3 hits and that boat's gonna sink easily.