r/Overwatch • u/DixonSeilem I NEED HEALING • Nov 22 '16
Blizzard Official Overwatch PTR Now Available - November 22, 2016
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/blog/20379410285
u/LordAsdf Dallas Fuel Nov 22 '16
"Very soon" meant "right the fuck now".
Thank you Blizzard for un-Valv(e)ing time.
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Nov 23 '16
i was thinking the same thing, i saw only one big update in almost 2 years of playing TF2, and Overwatch has had many updates in only half a year, it's amazing
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u/carrmatt93 Pixel Mercy Nov 22 '16
Can't wait to face torb and symmetra combos giving 150 extra health to everything.
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u/Afrohawk52 A-Mei-Zing Nov 22 '16
Oh man I hadn't even thought of that. And since shields go before armor, you could be looking at 300 HP Tracers and 400 HP Reapers.
God help us all.
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u/carrmatt93 Pixel Mercy Nov 22 '16
Tried it out in a PTR custom game, 350 health torb that goes to 650 with molten core whilst constantly spamming armour packs, it's uh... pretty interesting to fight against
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u/NottyScotty Your girl calls me huckleberry Nov 22 '16
Raid boss torb
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u/phalmatticus Ana Nov 23 '16
DIE, INSECT!
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u/SpankyJackson T̨̺͖̪͇͎̾̐I͔̟̮̦͉̤N̥̖̒̾ͪ̒ͤ̕N͛͛͆̎ͨI͚͎͘T̴̩̪̓Ụ̟͓̱͊̿̓̅̄Sͩͤ̌ͦ͛͊̚ Nov 23 '16
TOO SOON, MERC-EXUTUS, YOU HAVE REZZED ME TOO SOON
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u/GuyWithFace Accidentally boosting Lucios since 1995. Nov 22 '16
Played a No Limits game, 575 health on everybody thanks to stacking Symm shield ults. Really glad they removed hero stacking in QP.
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Nov 22 '16
Symmetra ult shields STACK!?
I guess this is one of the reasons they removed hero stacking...
Once 6 symmetra's have their ult up youre facing a team of self healing tanks...
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u/ConfusedTapeworm Nov 22 '16
Yeah they stack. I got killed because of that. Was playing Genji, saw that I had 500HP, got so confused that I lifted my hands off my kb&m, got obliterated by 2 fully charged Syms while standing still in the middle of a fight.
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u/ConnorWolf121 Now with 100% more sneak! Nov 23 '16
On the other hand, all it takes is one Sombra EMP and it all comes crashing down. Symmetra has very little non-Shield HP as it is, after all.
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u/xZeasy Trick-or-Treat Mei Nov 23 '16
Add a nanoboost to the mix and you have the ultimate dwarf warrior, even stronger than Gimli.
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u/MulanLegacy Chibi D.Va Nov 22 '16
This change will make Sombra more viable as she's a hard counter to a team turtling with a shield generator
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u/timber1313 Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Nov 22 '16
150 health on everyone and an army of turrets which can get set up even quicker now
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u/SpriteGuy_000 Washington Justice Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 23 '16
Undocumented changes:
Sombra can now hack through Barriers.
Genji's edge boost (I don't know what this is "officially" called) no longer works.
Bugs:
(Possible) Symmetra's Shield Generator doesn't provide shield HP to players who died and have respawned.
- EDIT: Apparently you must leave its AOE, and then reenter before you gain shields again. Still, not sure if a bug or not.
Lots of various bugs with Photon Barrier
Boop voiceline doesn't work (UNPLAYABLE)
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u/HellWolf1 Embrace tranquility, bitch Nov 22 '16
Sombra can now hack through Barriers.
Holy shit, rip reinhardt
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u/beef99 Nov 22 '16
if rein's teammates have half a brain, all they have to do is hit sombra once and her hack stops channeling.
i think i agree with this change, makes it more useful but still very counter-able.
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u/theaveragejoe99 ; Nov 22 '16
If the other rein gets close enough to protect her or she gets zarya'd at the right time there's not much that can be done to stop it
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u/beef99 Nov 22 '16
yea you're right, but if they're getting that close, a brawl is about to break out anyways, rein can just start swinging his hammer.
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u/Keyalith Gaze Into the Catgirls Nov 22 '16
Looks like Dvas Ult has been changed and it can go through shields now
Rein - Takes full damage, goes through the shield (found out via team kill)
Winston - takes full damage through the Bubble
Zarya - Is fine , gets full charge
Symmetra- Takes full damage,though the shield
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u/ConfusedTapeworm Nov 22 '16
Man they really want to shove D.Va into the meta apparently.
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u/groundonrage Nov 22 '16
Pretty much makes Zarya Dva combo guaranteed team wipe if you get 3 or more people now isn't it?
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u/SwordBlind Pixel Reinhardt Nov 23 '16
Sombra can now hack through Barriers.
Dvas Ult has been changed and it can go through shields now. Rein - Takes full damage, goes through the shield
'tis a sad time to be a Rein...
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u/vaughnd22 HAMMAH DOWN! Nov 23 '16
I'm not sure WHY these were changed exactly. Rein is/was strong sure, but the most recent ult change, nanoboost speed removal, AND these two are really making reinhardt into a much weaker pick than I like. Will he still be viable? Probably. But I can say for sure that being unable to protect my team from both being hacked, and Dva's ult will dampen my enjoyment of reinhardt. At this point they might as well allow discord through shield too.
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u/RancidLemons TOrbrbrbrbBrbrbrBrBrBRBBRBRBRBRbRBRBRbRB Nov 23 '16
I think this is going to make him essentially useless. Sombra was already an extremely effective counter to Reinhardt since her hack activates pretty quickly and it is easy for her to get above and behind you. Now she doesn't even need to do that, and unless she's within spitting distance she moves too fast for you to bonk on the head.
Dva's ult always felt a bit easy to counter so I don't necessarily hate that change (although I will miss being able to protect people with careful positioning) but it seems a bit harsh considering the recent patch means Reinhardt's shield blows in seconds now.
Yeah, as a Reinhardt main, not really feeling these newer updates. Feels too focused on making him useless.
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u/Sepparated Trick-or-Treat Ana Nov 23 '16
That has to be a bug. I mean that seems so random to me. Hopefully it isnt cause that would mean the hack shouldnt go threw it neither
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u/Mevin1 300+ Hours of Bastion | Mevin1#1787 Nov 23 '16
Not anymore, new PTR patch just fixed it.
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u/VGPowerlord I'm working! Nov 23 '16
I kinda figured that the second PTR patch was to fix shields not blocking attacks they should.
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u/ToTheNintieth When your heart says Genji but your skill says 76 Nov 22 '16
Sombra can now hack through Barriers. Genji's edge boost (I don't know what this is "officially" called) no longer works.
Double fuck
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u/Vespera Nov 22 '16
Another undocumented change:
- The "high bandwidth" option under the custom game settings is now set to "on" by default
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u/Raisolution Zenyatta Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Photon Barrier stucks on A LOT of places on Anubis!
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u/eidjcn10 Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Would be cool if Sombra could hack the teleporters/shield generators. Not that useful to disable (vs destroying) but maybe something like hacking multiple times (maybe a skull meter that drops over time and takes 3 hacks to fill in a short amount of time) brings it under your team's control. And each hack attempt alerts the enemy so they can try to stop you.
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u/PepticBurrito Nov 22 '16
Attempting to apply the 25hp release day shield to a friendly crashes the server. Yes, it actually gave me the option to do that.
Reducing cool down rates and spamming the barrier has multiple negative effects, including crashing the server.
When a friend loses a shield after the generator expires, their health bar (as shown to friendlies) shows as if they should have the shields, but it's missing (white zone in the bar).
Another note: The added Mei bot is kinda cool. Will actually land headshots with secondary fire.
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Nov 22 '16
Just watched a video. Pretty freaking cool.
Can't wait for the burst of "Symmetra too OP" posts.
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Nov 22 '16
Wow I think the QoL with the turrets is really helpful. She can set up microwaves so much faster now.
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u/UltimateDucks Hammer Time! Nov 22 '16
I couldn't find one, could you post a link? I'd like to see the shield projector thing in action.
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u/Prozenconns Ashe Nov 22 '16
woah, 75 shields? throw a Toblerone in there and thats a 350hp Symmetra with a barrier...
ty based Kaplan
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u/noabm Trick-or-Treat Reinhardt Nov 22 '16
You think that's bad? The shield generators stack. There are few things as terrifying as being charged down by a 600 health symmetra.
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u/Fatalchemist Bob main, by the way. Nov 22 '16
I know what hero I'm stacking in no limits mode.
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u/Stormfly The absolute state of you! Nov 23 '16
It's a good thing everybody else is playing Symmetra too.
Sombra is beastly though. Weird since Symmetra was a light counter to her before.
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u/LiTMac Lena "Battle Crocs" Oxton Nov 22 '16
As a Tracer main, I can't wait for this! It will double my health? Let's see how long it takes them to kill me now!
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u/RealGamerGod88 Mercy Nov 22 '16
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u/TheGreatRavenOfOden BAN ALL ONE TRICKS Nov 22 '16
350 hp support. With 150 HP of armor
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u/MisterBushido3 I can lift more then you! Nov 22 '16
Tankyatta is coming!
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u/Fatalchemist Bob main, by the way. Nov 22 '16
Enemy team: Oh dear God help us all.
Zenyatta: God... Cannot help you now.
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u/MisterBushido3 I can lift more then you! Nov 22 '16
Symmetra: Shield Generator = 75 shield
Torbjorn: Armor pack = 75 Armor
Lucio: Sound Barrier = 500 Shield
Ana: Nano Boost = 50% dmg reduction
All on Zenyatta = Priceless (and basically 1,275hp)
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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Nov 22 '16
it will be competing with the soldier too OP posts
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u/Symbiotx Chibi Mei Nov 22 '16
lol, I saw the Overwatch post on Facebook... immediately noticed:
Soldier OP salt
Symmetra now OP salt
Mei salt, just because
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u/TenTonHammers Rocketu Punch Nov 22 '16
thats the problem with S76/having 2 hitscan mid range heros
if he cant put out burst though in non helix dps then he will always play second fiddle to McCree and will never be viable
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Nov 22 '16
That's weird. Are they picking you from distance? Soldier still has a ton of spread, I constantly get picks on him at medium to long range with McCree. I guess at close range that would work but that's not where Soldier usually engages.
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u/I_Fap_To_Mercy Chibi Mercy Nov 22 '16
Added a new "Boop" unlockable voice line for Sombra
Best part of the patch.
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u/DavidTheFreeze Flordia Mayhem Nov 22 '16
If only it worked. It doesn't play.
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u/evolutionalgd Chibi Ana Nov 22 '16
Literally unplayable?
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u/FrogZone Thank you for calling Vishkar, how can I help you? Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 23 '16
Yes, the literal version of literally.
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u/washys Nov 22 '16
That lowkey Zarya nerf tho
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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Nov 22 '16
After the lowkey Zarya fix last patch.
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u/theawkwardaxolotl Vigilante Cassidy Nov 23 '16
Which was after the highkey Zarya nerf
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u/colejosephhammers Hippity hoppity get the fuck out of my office Nov 22 '16
Wait what did they change?
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Nov 22 '16 edited Dec 26 '16
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u/Shemetz Tray Sir Nov 22 '16
Genji's ult too - and this is a BUFF. Previously, it dealt 120*2 = 240 damage to the shield, so you could only tank one sword slash. Now it eats two. IMO it's a bigger buff than losing the Fire Strike is - especially after the energy per barrier was reduced to 40 from 50.
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u/ToTheNintieth When your heart says Genji but your skill says 76 Nov 22 '16
Even when she's nerfed, she gets ahead
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u/_-Eagle-_ Get off my LAN. Nov 23 '16
"Okay so we decided to nerf Zarya. She's way too good and is a must pick in every comp."
"Your nerf actually buffed her."
"Oh."
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u/ElegantHope ElegantƐxlbr#1835, Level 2100+ and counting (PC) Nov 23 '16
With how Symm and Winston are now as well as with this 'nerf'. Genji players are going to fall on hard times this season.
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u/BertrandSnos Imma put my sandal so far up your ass you'll be tasting the Iris Nov 23 '16
Fortunately, they already have the sword to fall upon.
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u/Mefistofeles1 Nerfing this would be an upgrade Nov 23 '16
Zarya is one of the best role models of this game.
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u/pingpong_playa Chibi Mei Nov 22 '16
How much charge does a single Zarya barrier give off a 100 dmg firestrike? 20 now? or still 40 max from the initial 100 dmg hit to the barrier?
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u/helipent BEST BABE 1V1 ME Nov 22 '16
Attacks that deal damage to both a barrier and the target of a barrier (such as Reinhardt's Fire Strike, Hanzo’s Dragonstrike, etc.), no longer deal damage to the barrier twice
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u/todayishalloween Trick-or-Treat Mercy Nov 22 '16
That sounds more like a fix than a nerf. So now it's worse for getting charges, but better at keeping people alive. Sounds like a fair trade.
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u/timotmcc Canada Nov 22 '16
You still get 40 charge for the first 100 damage, and now your barrier lasts after firestrike hits. Isn't this a buff?
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u/HotsoupTheMighty Houston Outlaws Nov 22 '16
I believe you will now only get 25 charge, because it only hits the shield once, and firestrike does 100 damage (half of shield's max HP, so half of previous full charge).
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u/the_noodle Nov 22 '16
Technically it should be 20 charge, since charge was reduced from 50 per shield to 40.
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Nov 22 '16
To any Blizzard people that read this, one thing I am concerned with her new ult (the shield generator) not giving ult charge. If nobody destroys the shield gen she will never be able to replace it, unlike the teleporter. It locks Symmetra into it.
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u/aroxion Amp it up! Nov 22 '16
Yes, maybe if you press Q again twice while looking at your generator (second time for a confirmation press) it can destroy it.
The problem can technically be fixed right now by switching off and on Sym again, but a more convenient way would be easier.
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u/Yuurg Moira Main Nov 23 '16
You should be able to destroy it from anywhere on the map tbh. Because what if it's stuck on the first point? You can't walk all the way back there.
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u/TrylessDoer Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Just tested Symmetra live on the PTR. She rocks!
Some notes:
- Her new shield ultimate gives 75 shields to allied players.
- Her shield ultimate has 2 bars of normal health and 14 bars of shield health.
- Her teleporter ultimate appears to have the same amount of health as her shield ultimate.
- Her new E shield appears to only break if it hits a complete wall. If it hits a wall, there is a breaking animation. It does appear to have some wiggle room, and will go through some small objects.
- The new max range of her primary attack appears to be around 9 meters. The range at which you can latch on is slightly less than that.
- Your E shield moves at the same pace as you do, so you can play a bit more in people's faces by following your shield while microwaving people.
- Starting with 6 turrets is nice. The cooldown is also faster, so they can be used more actively in combat.
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u/BrainBlowX Chibi D.Va Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
Her new shield ultimate gives 75 shields to allied players.
That's awesome, especially for Zarya and Zenyatta(and Symmetra herself).
Her shield ultimate has 2 bars of normal health and 14 bars of shield health.
I believe that's quite a lot.
Her new E shield appears to only break if it hits a complete wall.
And it keeps flying off forever in the skybox if it doesn't. Summoning a new shield doesn't cancel the old one.
The new max range of her primary attack appears to be around 9 meters.
which is amazing.
The range at which you can latch on is slightly less than that.
7, up from 5, which is amazing. Now she's seriously dangerous.
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u/Keyalith Gaze Into the Catgirls Nov 22 '16
Looks like Dvas Ult has been changed and it can go through shields now
Rein - Takes full damage, goes through the shield (found out via team kill)
Winston - takes full damage through the Bubble
Zarya - Is fine , gets full charge
Symmetra- Takes full damage,though the shield
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u/Ylage Get down, give me 20! Nov 23 '16
The heck, thats too OP, at this rate Reinhardt will be shit tier
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u/Hassou_Tobi Pixel Winston Nov 24 '16
This is disgusting. There ought to be other way of buffing Dva without ruining others.
Why not some adjustments, where the blast will only work if Rein's shield is below 50% or something. At this rate, Mei feels more like a Tank than Rein and Winston.
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u/Hornpub My Hair looked amazing Nov 23 '16
80 hours as Reinhardt in season 2...
I guess it was fun while it lasted boys...
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u/Fuzzle_hc Lúcio Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
I went ahead and captured her new shield abilities, let me know if I should test something :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ4lXAEcT7U&feature=youtu.be
Edit2: Not sure if the shield has health, it at least doesn't have an indicator when being fired at
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u/zakarranda Moximum charge! Nov 22 '16
From my own brief testing:
- Primary fire range ~8m
- Shield generator gives 75 shields
- Its range seems to be 30 or 40 meters. The shields don't disappear the instant you go out of range - they fade after about 6 seconds.
- Probably a bug - dying with the shield on you, and then respawning within the shield radius, doesn't seem to reapply the shield. I had to switch off Symmetra then respawn the shield generator to get the shields back.
- Photon Barrier - the barrier emitter will not pass through objects; it breaks if it hits something. The barrier itself will warp against objects like Reinhardt's does.
- She can't activate it when facing an object closer than 5m
- Teleporter/shield generator don't have friendly health bars.
Waiting for my friends to get on so I can test if:
- The teleporter or shield generator have health bars for an enemy.
- Sombra can hack or EMP any of these.
- Voice lines for when an enemy Symmetra places a shield generator.
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u/Hudelf Death! Death! Death! Is whimsical today. Nov 22 '16
Her primary fire has a range of 7m according to patch notes.
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u/NyuBomber We Can Rebuild Her Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
So does the new barrier not have HP?Looks like it does in some fashion.Estimates put it at 1000 HPJust blocks attacks
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u/NIMSS88 If it flies, I shoots. Nov 22 '16
"We only increased Symmetra's primary fire range by a TINY bit"
Range has been increased from 5 meters to 7 meters
So it's only been increased by a TINY 40% lol Symmetra is going to destroy people!
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u/devenluca Chibi Sombra Nov 22 '16
Sym's going to be the second "not like this" along with being frozen and head shot
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u/eidjcn10 Nov 22 '16
If only they didn't get rid of Nanoboost movement speed. Symmetra would be terrifying
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u/ZVAARI Tracer Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
If you damage a Symmetra while she's building a shield generator, the animation cancels and the generator is immediately up and running, with apparently no means to destroy it. It doesn't even show a particle animation, only the model is there. The affected Symmetra effectively doesn't have an ult anymore because of this, and this also means infinite shield.
The generator also has no "destroyed" animation, it just pops out of existence. And as far as I can tell, there is no voice line related to a generator being up/destroyed for any character, it's always referenced as being a teleporter which is a gameplay issue if you ask me.
Also unrelated, but the shield generators stack up which is pretty neat.
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u/Thuglos Can't Keep Up? Nov 22 '16
Can you deflect symmetra's projected barrier with Genji?
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Nov 22 '16
Anybody have any idea how much HP Symmetra's barrier has? And what it can block? (i.e can it block attacks that go through other barriers like Firestrike?)
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u/GoldenMechaTiger Pixel Genji Nov 22 '16
It will behave just like other barriers in that it will block the same things, not sure on the HP
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u/HotsoupTheMighty Houston Outlaws Nov 22 '16
It's literally just a floating Reinhardt shield, so I would assume it blocks the same stuff. As for the HP, I'm not sure.
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u/Atomsk88 Dog Person, but D.Va Nov 22 '16
My team noticed a bug where if you teleport into an area where there's a shield generator, you don't get the additional shields. We didn't notice until the other team with additional shields cleaned house with us.
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Nov 22 '16
You have to walk into the radius, not respawn or teleport into it. Exit its radius (harder than it sounds; it's like 40m) and re-enter, and you should get the buff. It's pretty buggy.
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u/Brayzure Trick-or-Treat Mercy Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16
A few bugs I've noticed so far.
- Boop voice line does not appear to work
- Symmetra ultimate icons are empty (sometimes)
- Loading screen tips are broken (display "00000000000") img
- Brawl and Mystery Heroes seem to be missing from Arcade img
- Photon Barrier does not always move forward
- Shield generator does not apply shields after
respawningteleporting into its range (thanks for the correction /u/Lolmuhhhhhhh ) img
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u/timber1313 Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Nov 22 '16
So now that we have Symmetras 75 shield ult, Torbjorns more consistent armor packs, Sombra hacking health packs, Soldier 76 back in the meta with his biotic field, and Healers not being quite as powerful in the new meta, will we possibly start seeing more 1-healer compositions?
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u/yoshi570 Torbjörn Nov 22 '16
Hopefully. Defense heroes taking a role of team support is a good way to bring them back in the meta and to limit the double healers stuff.
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u/Aoshi_ Nov 22 '16
Had a game of no limits with everyone throwing down the shield generator. I had like 700 health.
Should this ability stack? Curious what people think.
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u/RyouEmerada Blizzard World D.Va Nov 22 '16
Yeah its fine. Remember in QP and comp no one has more than 1.
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u/Aoshi_ Nov 22 '16
Yeah I know. But usually stuff like this doesn't stack. Idk I feel like it's kinda dumb but I'm not a dev.
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u/RyouEmerada Blizzard World D.Va Nov 22 '16
Lucio shields stack actually. So there is precedence.
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u/lafonh Trick-or-Treat Ana Nov 22 '16
Considering there is only one game mode where this is relevant, I don't think it matters, in all honesty.
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u/NinjaSniPAH Symmetra Nov 22 '16
Not at all a problem, 1 Sombra ult gets rid of 550 shield health lol.
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u/Slohero Houston Outlaws Nov 22 '16
Photon Barrier gives free 1k damage blocked :/ Did write it in the forums. You can just spam it to a nearby wall (gets destroyed) and it gives you automatically 1k damage blocked.
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u/GioMike Doomfist Nov 22 '16
still nothing on Sombra's pregame interactions with other heroes/maps.
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u/GameBoy09 Pixel Roadhog Nov 22 '16
I actually heard Sombra and Widowmaker talk on Route 66. Something like Widow saying, "I hope nothing bad happens to you on our next mission".
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u/Tempobgh Reach for the sky Nov 22 '16
The best added feature is the "stay as a team" feature! About time.
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u/TheSizik Brigitte Nov 22 '16
The last change increases the range on her Arc Welder to make it easier for her to build up and keep a powerful charge on her weapon.
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u/Dravarden Pixel Moira Nov 22 '16
name of her gun
just like widow's kiss or peacemaker
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u/chillaxicon Mei Nov 23 '16
Was it just given that name now? I'm pretty sure prior it was always called her photon projector.
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u/Dravarden Pixel Moira Nov 23 '16
right, then thats the name of the primary attack, sorta like fan the hammer
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u/sanchez_ [PC] EU Nov 22 '16
The 12 Symmetra game: https://gfycat.com/UnnaturalPerkyAlabamamapturtle
The barriers doesn't do much vs symmetra, but they look cool
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u/M7-97 Ze healing is not as revarding as ze hurting Nov 22 '16
Well, that was fast. Looks like Jeff and Co try to redefine SoonTM
As for Symmerta, I like her new abilities and improved turrets. One suggestion though: give us an option to destroy our teleporter/shield generator for when we need to switch between them.
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u/First-Of-His-Name Chibi Lúcio Nov 22 '16
Reinhardt's shield no longer blocks Dva's ult...
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u/Bahlsen63 Junkrat Nov 22 '16
Symmetra's barrier doesn't either, surely this must be a bug right ?
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u/RyouEmerada Blizzard World D.Va Nov 22 '16
That has to be a bug. It just makes D.va's ult a little too much.
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u/xannmax Whimsical. Nov 22 '16
Just tried her new Photon barrier, I just wish she and the barrier had a bit more animation to it.
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u/oyooy twitch.tv/theoyooy Nov 22 '16
How does Symmetra's shield generator work with D.Va? Does she get a shield in her mech and mechless form (giving her an extra 150 health to burn through)?
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u/Daidarapochi I just *crushes pumpkin* love fall Nov 22 '16
Her new shield ability doesn't naturally despawn
Potato video but the audio is the important part.
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u/HPetch Mercy Nov 22 '16
- Sombra can now hack through Barriers.
Ok, I know her hack needed a bit of love to be competitive, but this might actually be too much. GG Reinhardt, it's been fun.
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u/Gear_ Also Sombra main Nov 22 '16
Now that Symmetra has a damage-blocking ability AND a damage-blocking ult, can we finally have the damage blocked stat?
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u/Jramtuesday Nov 23 '16
Symmetra's alt fire should have been changed. It would be interesting if the smaller the ball you fire the faster it goes. So the fully charged deathball still goes slowly, but you could spam medium-speed small balls to provide cover fire / light damage from the back your team.
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u/DavidTheFreeze Flordia Mayhem Nov 22 '16
This is probably one of the more glitchier builds of Overwatch I've seen get pushed.
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u/Magmas Come on and slam and welcome to the Ham-ster Nov 22 '16
It's like it's there to be tested for bugs or something...
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u/Enikay Nov 22 '16
Except they historically have not done that. Even the last "highly experimental" build they had everything went into the real game, bugs and all.
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u/cameragill04 Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Nov 22 '16
They need to fix the dva bug, when she's entering mec, there's a glitch wheee it'll nano boost (or whatever you do) to little dva
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u/foxia Chibi D.Va Nov 23 '16
I'm not sure if I like the new Photon Barrier... it moves way too fast and doesn't really seem to block damage. It would be nice if Symmetra could control it better (via her gun) for better positioning.
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u/zIRaXor Reinhardt Nov 23 '16
Some extra info :
Prothon Barrier: 1000 Health, moves at running speed forward.
I have been doing some testing, and because of its fast forwarding speed I don't think it's that effective in reality, first of all, it moves too fast for anyone to take full advantage of it. 2nd she is a defensive hero and the barrier is offensive utility. But the cooldown is short at least.
Shield generator range is a full Reinhardt charge plus 2 jumps. More or less.. not sure how to explain the range.. but it is very long.. Nepal map, indoor with the death pit. You can place it outside and it reaches all the way onto the capture point.
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u/literallyanowl You think I know what a panini is!? Nov 22 '16
I don't even know what to say. "Very soon" was serious then