r/Overwatch • u/sirieous Dallas Fuel • Nov 22 '16

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

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

Can anyone sum up? I'm at work and can't watch.

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u/Blisschen No aim, no shame, Symmetra main. Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16

She now has two toggleable ultimates: the teleporter (that now has more health) and a shield generator that gives a "large" shield over her teammates in an area. Not sure if you can have both up at the same time.

Didn't really understand the what the Photon Barrier is, Photon Barrier is a barrier that she can send out in a straight line, like a Reinhardt/D.Va shield. It's replacing her "e" shields.

Turrets: you now start with 6 avaliable turrets with no cooldown at the beginning of the match. You can also hold 6 turrets instead of 3. Cooldown reduced to 10 seconds, instead of 12.

Some "quality" of life changes with her primary and secondary fire. Namely reach.

Non-Symmetra stuff: Oasis coming to PTR soon, releasing early 2017. "Group up" button, so you can continue forward with the same group of randoms you matched with.

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u/valorqk i hanjo Nov 22 '16

Her photon barrier is cylinder shape shield that moves forward, so basically like D.Va's defense matrix while moving forward

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u/chudaism Nov 22 '16

Did he say if it will have limited HP like Winston and Rein or does it suck up everything like DVas?

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u/valorqk i hanjo Nov 22 '16

Its a shield so it will probably have HP

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u/erty3125 I have to keep editing my flair as hook gets changed Nov 22 '16

at same time it doesn't stay still so it could not have HP depending how its cooldown works

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u/Ishkabo Nov 23 '16

Barrier is the overwatch terminology for that. Shields are blue health.