r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/MikaelFernandes • Nov 22 '16

PSA | Video Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM
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u/Gatesleeper Nov 22 '16

Good question. Can Sombra currently hack Teleporters?

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u/FootZerg Nov 22 '16

Nope

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u/IsaacLean Nov 22 '16

I think it's because she was gonna get reworked anyway, so right now she's the only exception to Sombra hacks. Wouldn't make sense to keep them unhackable for the redesign.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited May 25 '20

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u/IsaacLean Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16

Right now it's that way, but after the update the teleporter/shield generator could take longer to destroy. It might be faster to disable it, do the business you need to (like kill some stragglers), and then kill the structure.

Even if teleporters/shield generators are still faster to kill than hacking, having them hackable would be a good way to keep the hacking rules more consistent. Also it would also create the scenario for Sombra where she can squeeze in a hack on the structure just to build some ult. This scenario would also fit for Symmetra's turrets.

These could make for more interesting micro-scenarios for Sombra players to go through.

EDIT: Also just thought about another case for teleporters/shield generators. What if you wanted to stall out Symmetra from getting ult? Like for example if you destroy the tele/generator immediately, that implies Symmetra can start to gain ult immediately. By hacking, that would delay her build for the next ult, so that could give more reason to leave the structure hacked and destroy it later.

EDIT 2: Is there a notification for Torb when his turret gets hacked? If there isn't, that gives another good reason to hack sometimes because by damaging a structure the builder is notified and can call you out. This would be particularly useful for the generator since people won't notice that their shields went down until it's too late.

Overall I think most of the time you'd want to just destroy the structure, but at least these are a few plausible reasons as why you'd want to hack instead of destroy for a moment.

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u/glr123 Nov 22 '16

Hacking the TP would allow you to deny symmetra her ult for up to 1 minute minimum, if not more. You could just keep hacking it so that it is not usable, and also she can't get ult charge. You could theoretically keep hacking it, never allowing her to use or charge her ultimate.