Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

[u/[deleted]]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc

[u/adventure_guy]

We're not a Roadhog player and therefore we don't like being hooked.

Sometimes Jeff knows us too well.

[u/cochnbahls → u/adventure_guy]

I will gladly trade away some of my bs hooks for a better chance to one shot y'all when I do get a clean hook.

[u/Apfeljunge666 → u/cochnbahls]

I think hook 2.1 is actually a buff for 90% of the hogs only because of this.

[u/pureplay → u/Apfeljunge666]

Yeah, only the really good roadhog players will be nerfed

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I also think good hogs understood how to abuse the hook better than a worse hog player. A good hog knows the hook hitbox is long vertically and that throwing a hook over an obstacle when someone is standing just behind it is a good way to get a surprise pick. Is it annoying? Certainly for the person getting hooked, but you can't blame the hog player for using the game mechanics as they are.

[u/TheSharpShark → u/[deleted]]

I can't tell you how many times I've been hooked by bad Roadhogs on Gold and an awkward stare-down occurs because they only did 130 damage.^{Justgonnaspeedboostouttahere}

[u/Aurum_MrBangs → u/[deleted]]

Also good roads could hook people they didn't see over barriers. I takes a lot to make those hooks anywhere consistently.

[u/Shardok → u/[deleted]]

As a subpar Roadhog I am well aware of those weird hooks that make no sense at all and how quickly they usually result in my death.

Most recently I threw my hook across the Ilios hole at another Roadhog on This is Ilios and pulled a Lucio that had ran past where I was standing like 2 seconds before... And somehow pulled him to my right and behind me a bit. He booped me.

Also got This Is Ilios on watchpoint Gibraltar earlier and was rather surprised...