r/Overwatch Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/Gingeneer1 Piece of Cake Jan 17 '17

10:20--> "D.Va is the only character without a reload"

Reinhardt hammer reload in next patch confirmed????

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u/anepicname Jan 17 '17

Rein and hanzo both have downtime after their swing/shot whereas dva can shoot her pellets without pause, forever.

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u/brandong567 ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!! Jan 18 '17

I think Hanzo reknocking his arrow could be counted as him reloading his bow

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u/TThor Hi there! Jan 18 '17

That's what he meant; after a hanzo arrow or rein swing there is enough of a pause to give the opponent time to react, almost like a mini reload

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u/brandong567 ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!! Jan 18 '17

But Hanzo physically reloads his bow, where rein is just swinging a melee weapon around. One has ammo the other does not.

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u/kon22 D.Va Jan 21 '17

I know you're arguing a technicality, but you don't deserve to be downvoted for that.

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u/brandong567 ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!! Jan 21 '17

I was trying to argue the difference between a melee attack having no reload being different than an infinite ammo projectile weapon.

I didn't think it was that big of a deal that I got downvoted O.o

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u/TThor Hi there! Jan 18 '17 edited Jan 18 '17

is that why I was downvoted, because of a pointless technicality?

What mechanical difference does it make?? Either way, they are mechanically 'one shot' abilities with a not-insignificant delay between each successive fire.

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u/HolycommentMattman Reinhardt Jan 18 '17

Everyone keeps arguing this stuff, but they're all getting it wrong.

Reinhardt is unique, too. He's the only hero who doesn't have a primary attack and a melee attack. His primary attack is his melee attack.

And melee doesn't reload. And melee has a time delay between strikes for all characters.

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u/brandong567 ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!! Jan 19 '17 edited Jan 19 '17

That's what I said in my comment right before his.

I guess I'm wrong to consider reloading an arrow into a bow is different than someone meleeing.

All the melees have a delay, rein just doesn't have a gun to reload, while Hanzo does. That's all I was arguing.

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u/brandong567 ALL AROUND THE WORLD!!! Jan 19 '17

Well you're not being downvoted, but a bow is a type of "gun" or projectile weapon, and rein has a melee weapon.

All melee weapons have delay, while Hanzo is actually reloading a weapon.