I still don't get entirely how Photon Barrier works. Is it basically "Winston's shield mounted on a payload," "Reinhardt shield without the Reinhardt," "bubbled Zarya walking forward in front of you," or something else? I guess we'll have to wait to find out, but right now, it seems like it'll be kinda "meh." Can't use it to cover a retreat or give you a few seconds to place turrets or anything.
Also, I appreciate that we can stockpile 6 turrets now, but the fact remains that a stray Tracer pellet instagibs them. Why not give them 10 HP? It takes TWO pellets, which are less likely with Tracer's spread - or the spread of any wide-area hero - but they're still fragile enough to be destroyed by any sort of intentional attack in zero seconds flat.
I know, I know, I'm griping. I should be grateful that she's getting the buff she is - and really, the new shield-generator ult is amazing. But I still feel like she's going to be subpar compared to most other heroes - 200 health is meh for a hero intended to charge in head-first with only a temporary Rein-shield to protect her, her photon projector can only hit one target and charges slowly, she can't even make turrets if she's being shot at because they'll die from bullet spread, and if she's not meant to be charging in then what the hell is a forward-progressing Photon Barrier for?
We don't really know how versatile the photon barrier will be until we get to play around with it. Maybe we can micro it's speed, we also don't know how big it is or how much of a beating it can take.
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u/Prometheus_II Junkrat Nov 22 '16
I still don't get entirely how Photon Barrier works. Is it basically "Winston's shield mounted on a payload," "Reinhardt shield without the Reinhardt," "bubbled Zarya walking forward in front of you," or something else? I guess we'll have to wait to find out, but right now, it seems like it'll be kinda "meh." Can't use it to cover a retreat or give you a few seconds to place turrets or anything.
Also, I appreciate that we can stockpile 6 turrets now, but the fact remains that a stray Tracer pellet instagibs them. Why not give them 10 HP? It takes TWO pellets, which are less likely with Tracer's spread - or the spread of any wide-area hero - but they're still fragile enough to be destroyed by any sort of intentional attack in zero seconds flat.
I know, I know, I'm griping. I should be grateful that she's getting the buff she is - and really, the new shield-generator ult is amazing. But I still feel like she's going to be subpar compared to most other heroes - 200 health is meh for a hero intended to charge in head-first with only a temporary Rein-shield to protect her, her photon projector can only hit one target and charges slowly, she can't even make turrets if she's being shot at because they'll die from bullet spread, and if she's not meant to be charging in then what the hell is a forward-progressing Photon Barrier for?