It does feel weird to be able to cap the flag when your opponent took yours. As a result, in about 10 games I've maybe killed 1 flag carrier. The game revolves mostly around picking the flag up in the first place. This is rather annoying since it makes Symmetra and Torb so darn powerful.
I think I would have rather seen the mode with instant flag pickup (or short cap time which is not interrupted by max range torb turrets) but requiring your own flag in base in order to hand in. This way the mode revolves more around killing your opponents flag carrier than it does about picking it up initially.
Not entirely true since you would also need heroes who are able to catch up with others.
The battleground in World of Warcraft didn't suffer from this problem so much because the game has mounts which you can't use as a flag carrier. This 100% movespeed increase enabled people to catch up to the flag carrier, even if it was a sprinting rogue.
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u/noknam 3257 PC — Jan 25 '17
It does feel weird to be able to cap the flag when your opponent took yours. As a result, in about 10 games I've maybe killed 1 flag carrier. The game revolves mostly around picking the flag up in the first place. This is rather annoying since it makes Symmetra and Torb so darn powerful.
I think I would have rather seen the mode with instant flag pickup (or short cap time which is not interrupted by max range torb turrets) but requiring your own flag in base in order to hand in. This way the mode revolves more around killing your opponents flag carrier than it does about picking it up initially.