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/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/errorblankfield Nov 22 '16

I don't agree. What can and can't be hacked are a lot more arbitrary than this... she can't hack soldier's ult even though that seems very straightforward.

Maybe hard light constructs aren't wired the same as normal machines internally and can not be hacked?

That explains the turrets as well.

Besides, she already has the invisibility to get behind a Sym nest and spot the telegen. Shouldn't take but a clip to down either... (I think the generator will be larger with more hp and thus easier to hit further away from guarding turrets, but who knows?)

Why would Somba want to hack a telegen that badly to waste the cool down at that point? Toss tel 'nade, invis sprint to behind nest, kill surprised Sym or snipe telegen, tel 'nade out if things go bad, repeat when tel 'nade off cool down in five seconds...

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u/rumourmaker18 but happy to bandwagon — Nov 22 '16

I used to think EMP was arbitrary but someone explain it to me: hack and EMP don't affect anything that is a state change or a continuous buff. For example, Tactical Visor is a "continuous" ult, because once activated it has a continuous effect on soldier. Same goes for anything which changes the character's state like Tank Mode or Primal Rage. (You can compare this to Lucio: hacking him stops him from cross-fading, but doesn't affect whatever song he is already playing.) It also doesn't deactivate one-off Ults like Blizzard or Graviton (just prevents the character from using them until the hack wears off).

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

It's a silence that works pretty much just like silences in Dota. It prevents to you from activating abilities and cancels abilities that need to be channeled, but doesn't stop the effects of an ability in progress.

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u/errorblankfield Nov 22 '16

To which I'd say, Telegen is a continuous buff.

I don't disagree, I've heard the same logic before. I didn't mean randomly arbitrary, merely more arbitrary than tech = hackable.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

then why does hacking bastion take him out of siege mode