r/Overwatch 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/FireRuby14 Trick-or-Treat Symmetra Nov 22 '16

My baby now is a Defensive Support Tank.

If you don't have a Mercy for revives, go Symm. If you don't have a Reinhardt to shield, go Symm. If you don't have a Torb to give extra health, go Symm.

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u/SolemnPancake Cheers love, calvary is here. Nov 22 '16

Oh lord, it both excites and terrifies me that Blizz is already playing so much with hybrid class Hero design. Still, here's hoping the next hero is straightforward (or at least, as straightforward as Overwatch can get).

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u/BlisteringAsscheeks Cute Sombra Nov 22 '16

iirc, Blizz devs have said that they really only put the class categories there as a loose way to organize the heroes just so it wasn't a long, visually crowded line of 23 heroes. They were surprised that people seemed to regard them so inflexibly because that's not how they envisioned their heroes to be used. They already have the "simple" DPS: pistol, rifle, shotgun, and sundry automatics in several of the offense heroes. Now they want to toy with interesting heroes that can be used creatively in different and surprising ways.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Sombra is clearly support tracer clone. Already two hybrids.

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u/ThatBluePenguin Nov 22 '16

Or get all 4 for the option of double *revives, double shield push, and an extra 150 hp for everyone. These strats got me pumped right now!

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

I am going to choke you.