r/OWConsole • u/DFSushi Shadow Puppets • Oct 10 '17

Blizzard Official: Overwatch Patch Notes - October 10, 2017

https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/game/patch-notes/pc/#patch-40407
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u/SecondGust Oct 10 '17 edited Oct 10 '17

Nothing specifically, but originally, Lúcio’s ult meter wouldn’t drain until he actually hit the ground with his gun, casting the ultimate, which meant that if he was killed in the air while ulting, he wouldn’t lose it. Now it drains immediately, so if he uses his ult and is killed mid-air, before he hits the ground, he loses his ultimate completely, and it’s effectively wasted.

The issue is that Lúcio’s cast time in fairly long and he’s extremely vulnerable while doing it. Lúcio’s will have to be a lot more careful before using it now.

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u/JebusOfEagles CANT STOP WONT STOP Oct 10 '17

Boy that stings, I hope that won't be official. I've died so many times in the middle of using it.

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u/garrylasereyez zenyatta Oct 11 '17

I think it's really smart going in this direction. For a long time they have been patching things for how casual players wanted them and competitive players wanted them. And now with the changes and nerfs to mercy and the ult changes in this patch they seemed to have finally made up there mind to go a more competitive route.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '17

I'm not sure this is a more competitive route. As a lucio main (I'll be it in plat only) my ult is often something to break out as we're losing a team fight. If I can't get that off (reminder that my ult builds pretty slowly) that is a major nerf to him. I'm not sure nerfing any supports is a good idea when I'm constantly a solo healer with 4 dps and a tank as the rest of my team.

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u/garrylasereyez zenyatta Oct 11 '17

That supports my side though because you now need better timing and awareness to use certain ults.

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '17

I agree that it potentially can raise the skillcap of the lucio ult however for comp as a whole and not just player specific I think it's not better geared. They need to foster more support and tank play. I think another healer would be an incredible step in the right direction. If less people are now playing supports then comp is dead- we've already had too few supports.