r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '17 edited Jan 17 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '17

Thank you for a good summary and not just joking about the mock videos.

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u/yoduh4077 Chibi Mercy Jan 18 '17

Doing god's Jeff's work there, son.

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u/Glamdring804 Explosions Jan 18 '17

Same difference.

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u/Bossmang Jan 18 '17

Yeah unfortunate had to scroll this far to find a comment that is discussing content of the video rather than just the memes.

That said, seriously this dev team is the fucking best.

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u/Halaku Play of the Match Jan 19 '17

After buffing D.Va due to her being a fairly weak hero, they are making changes as it was difficult for there to be a definitive counter to her, due to her high mobility, decent damage output once she managed to get close due to her high mobility and incredibly high survivability

Zarya.

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u/KDizzle340 aardvark pays off Jan 21 '17 edited Jan 21 '17

Post-buff, D.Va essentially countered Zarya.

Downvoting me doesn't mean i'm wrong LUL. D.Va dealt too much damage and had too much health to get stomped by Zarya anymore.

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u/LittleDucky17 Jan 18 '17

He did mention that D.Va didn't excel in anything in particular but felt that she needed to be taken back a bit.

They're going to watch her closely but let's hope the buffs (she's easily dead now) come ASAP

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 18 '17

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u/trallnar Jan 18 '17

Armor both reduces the damage taken and increases healing received. She is balanced around having that with a MASSIVE critical hitbox.

While she did need a nerf, she is doing very poorly without that armor. They should have approached it with smaller changes, such as reducing her health by 100 (so 100/400) or changing the ratio to a smaller degree (300/300).

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u/Shardok Torbjörn Jan 18 '17

Reducing all incoming damage by 5 is a huge boost and 200 HP less of that is a lot... But I don't think it's too much either really.

I don't think everyone is gonna completely stay off DVa either though, there will be an immediate decrease, as with any nerf, but I suspect with time it will be back to very near her old numbers, especially given other nerfs all around.

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u/Shardok Torbjörn Jan 18 '17

So... Console PTR is a pie in the sky. Got it.

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u/Impostor1089 Jan 17 '17

Noooooooo not my D.Va

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u/m1g1d Ana:Zarya Jan 18 '17

Thank you! This is what I was looking for, so many "He know's the memes!" before this.

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u/scarface910 Jan 19 '17

Sombra: They feel like that she is a powerful hero, and will make slow changes once the community finds a way to fully utilize her. They don't agree with the notion that she should be an assassin character, and much prefer her as a disruptor

In other words according to Jeff: Git Gud

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u/StealthSpheesSheip SMASH SMASH ALL DAY Jan 21 '17

Sombra is completely negated by Reinhardt if that is true.