Talk:Mirage (Warframe)/@comment-93.100.52.231-20140810234731

Interesting warframe, very perverted and... tunneled. Like a result of Loki anal raping Ash to the point of male childbirth(remember, we are space ninjas, all is possible). Subtle nature of Loki... with most extreme single-player orientation of Ash.

Hall of Mirrors, arguably one of the strongest abilities in the game... Being 1st, cheapest ability. Highest offensive and even some defensive capability, long duration, no consideration for manacost whatsoever. Is extremely annoying to look at.

Sleight of Hand, a sister-ability of Switch Teleport, which instead of trolling players - trolls enemies. And, just like Switch Teleport, has no practical usage and high energy cost.

Eclipse, distant cousin of Link, cheapest 3rd ability. Defining survivability tool for Mirage.

Prism... annoying to look at. Long cast time. Terrible control. 250 damage TOTAL per second, not per target... And blind radius hardly stands near the subpar Excalibur, let alone the cast time to perform it. Waste a slot for NT? I don't think so...

I see only one practical build for this abomination: full strength, full duration with merely streamline, possibly even Quick Thinking. 40+ second HoM and Eclipse, ignorable manacost, considerable survival, huge damage.

Building for Prism will ruin these crucial skills, and Prism doesn't deliver. SoH is out of question.

So all is good, except for... it's pointless. If I want a durable warframe for quick nightmare/alert... there is King Rhino, taking on any role. If I want best possible survivability... I take Trinity or Nyx, both for group and solo. If I want high damage, there is Nova, there is roaring Rhino, there is Nyx.

HoM makes damage overkill... but only for you. Eclipse is versatile... but limited to light. You can't tank where you want to. Even for rushing missions, there is always stealth, there is daddy Loki.

I see no reason to try and manage or tolerate Mirage's personal abilities, when there is Iron Skin, Link, Absorb and Molecular Prime.

Now if HoM was more defensive and less... idiotic, even acknowledging it being the first weapon-scaling ability(disregarding external absorb-type abilities, like Link-Absorb-AMD).

If SoH was reminiscent of Radial Disarm+Chaos - having both some CC and deception, instead of cheap trickery.

If Eclipse was a reasonable mix of Radial Blind+Turbulence, preventing enemies from aiming well and stuff.

And if Prism had faster cast, was stationary and had about 100 damage PER target...

This warframe could work with a variety of mixes of duration or strength, maybe even range. But right now it's a mastery fodder, too inconvenient and demanding to even bother.

Oh and before people start saying that Mirage can do stuff like 100+ waves of ODD solo and other... solo performances of 95% damage reduction, of triple weapon damage... I don't give a fuck. Nada. Even Nekros could solo T3D back in the day... where is it now? Right, desecrating...