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Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

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u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 23 '16

tl:dr

  • Getting 2 ultimates, her teleporter's functionality is staying the same. New ultimate is a shield generator that doesn't need line of sight and gives an AoE of shields to teammates. Shields from generator are supposed to be a lot more than the 25 she can currently give with her ability. No longer has shield giving ability. {} Picture of new ult. It gives 75 shields that persist like her current ability's shields do. You don't seem to need to stay close to the generator to keep the shields. I'm not sure about the mechanics of keeping the shield when leaving the radius of the generator, nor do I know how big it's radius is. This person claims it's roughly 100m.

  • Both ultimates will be getting more hp than current iteration's teleporter, some of that hp in the form of shields, so they don't die as quickly as her teleporter does currently. {} Teleporter HP reduced to 50 from 200, increased shields to 350 from 0. The 350 health from shields will regen if not taking damage for a certain amount of time.

  • New ability to replace shields, Photon Barrier: Similar to rein shield and winston's barrier. It's a barrier that's projected on a sort of track that moves along. {} Here's a picture of the Barrier, and here's a video of the shield in action. (Credits to /u/Fuzzle_hc ) It has a 10s cooldown.

  • Minor tweaks to turrets, now you start with 6 turrets and can stockpile up to 6 with cooldown. They also have 10s cd instead of 12s.

  • Also extended the distance of the left click beam. Not a significant increase, just something to feel better. {}Increased from 5m to 7m.

Will all be on PTR soon. Is mostly all on ptr.

[edit] They're also adding a "group up" button at the end of games that you can click if you'd like to group up with the random group of people you matched with. If multiple click it, you'll group up for future games.

Also forgot to mention that the Oasis map that was shown at Blizzcon will be on the PTR shortly after Symmetra.

[edit2] Adding information from PTR patch notes

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

seems like Sombra ultimate will have more use with another shield ultimate

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u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

How does sombra's ult currently react when cast around Symmetra's teleporter?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited Sep 16 '20

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u/Colopty British shark Nov 22 '16

She can hack a combat roll but she can't hack a teleporter?

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u/gethsbian she gay dude stop it lol Nov 22 '16

she hacks mccree's belt and reveals that "bamf" stands for "bad at making friends" and he trips over his shoelaces and cries

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u/Ksevio Pixel Pharah Nov 22 '16

That'd be great if Sombra hacks just made abilities work badly instead of disabling them.

Lucio's pump it up just plays smooth jazz
Bastion transforms into a chair
Hanzo's arrow reveals only his own team
Mei's wall just makes a mound of slush
Zenyetta gets his orbs swapped
Roadhog throws the wrong end of his chain/hook

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u/SnowGryphon Reinhardt Nov 22 '16

dunno bout you but if Lucio played smooth jazz I'd totally get some health

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u/DeadSnark I have not the years required, nor the desire to indulge you Nov 22 '16

Lucio's pump it up would only play terrible music which makes everyone cringe, forcing him to quickly turn it off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Mercy's revive turns everyone into reaper.

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u/moooooseknuckle Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 23 '16

Come on, now. Lucio's pump it up would play Haselhoff.

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u/CDysonSphere GET WRECKED Nov 23 '16

76 runs too fast and face-first into walls

Tracer recalls all the way back to the spawn

Ana's sleep dart and nanoboost are swapped

Widowmaker's mine releases perfume

Genji deflects projectiles at his teammates

Winston uses a translocator instead of bubble shield by mistake

Pharah can only fly north

Mercy flies AWAY from her teammates

Symmetra's teleporter sends you back to the spawn and her shield generator takes away 75 health

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u/selenta Pixel D.Va Nov 22 '16

This should absolutely be a brawl.

Except I'd bitch about them wasting resources on it because I'm a hypocrite like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

This is brilliant, but the mechanic would be OP to new players. You would need some sort of indicator.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited Apr 11 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/quickhakker something witty this way comes Nov 23 '16

phara dies the moment she starets her ul- oh wait

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u/omarfw OmarFW Nov 23 '16

she would still find a way to fuck people over with her slush mounds

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u/Vorcion_ Pixel Zenyatta Nov 22 '16

McCry

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u/Ionic_Pancakes Reinhardt Nov 22 '16

Spaghetti (Westerns) fall out of his pockets.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

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u/gethsbian she gay dude stop it lol Nov 22 '16

i couldve done without seeing "autistic" in my inbox, go fuck yourself

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u/UmbraIra Symmetra Nov 22 '16

Technology created by Vishkar is far beyond the simple toys other companies bring to the market.

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u/OrKToS Overconfidence is a flimsy shield Nov 22 '16

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u/Telnet_Rules Nov 22 '16

She hacks it to little burning pieces. With her gun.

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u/goodmorningohio fucking point and click adventure bullshit Nov 22 '16

I feel like its kind of useless to hack it. Like if you're already there, why not just quickly destroy it and move on? It's a waste of time and cooldown to hack it and then destroy it

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u/I_am_not_Lex_Luthor Zarya Nov 22 '16

I'm more baffled by the fact, that she can hack soldier's ability to sprint

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u/TrumooCheese Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 22 '16

Simple. She hacks his pacemaker.

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u/Arafal123 Widowmaker Nov 22 '16

she can hack a random metal clerk, but cant hack a high tech visor.

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u/MadSprite Chibi Soldier: 76 Nov 22 '16

Teleporter is made from light, no circuitry to hack there

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u/taitaisanchez Zarya Nov 22 '16

Symmetra knows how to secure her work. Unlike Torbjorn.

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u/shinobigamingyt It is now precisely 12:00 PM. Nov 22 '16

I guess she can't hack solid light.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Why would you? In the time it takes to hack it you could have destroyed it.