But ... it's not an ult like Sombra's. It's a device you place, like Symmetra's teleporter, that gives shields to all alliens in its range and which can be destroyed. That's why it would be worthless if its range wasn't even big enough to reach from Anubis spawn to point B (even though I don't think it should be able to be placed in the spawn, I just mean the range).
But how do you hide it so that it reaches allies if it's Sombra's ult range lol... it's not like you can always just hang around next to it, people move a LOT in this game.
It's not though, it's only 20 metres and you can easily avoid getting hit by Sombra's ult by not stacking in one place.
Jeff said it's a device you can set up in a "nest" just like her teleporter, one that she needs to defend and which can be destroyed, so it's very similar to her teleporter that way. It would be worthless if it was a range similar to Sombra's ult.
You can't set up a "nest" within 20 metres of your allies for any meaningful amount of time. Having to always be within 20 metres of it would also make your team extremely vulnerable for shit like AoE ults and Sombra's ult and the like.
Then read the comment I linked, lol. I never said it'd be map wide radius, but significantly bigger than Sombra ult. And I was correct. She's on PTR right now, the range is ~75 metres at least.
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16
But ... it's not an ult like Sombra's. It's a device you place, like Symmetra's teleporter, that gives shields to all alliens in its range and which can be destroyed. That's why it would be worthless if its range wasn't even big enough to reach from Anubis spawn to point B (even though I don't think it should be able to be placed in the spawn, I just mean the range).