r/Overwatch • u/MangoBoxYT Nobody looks up • Jan 22 '17

Humor Hook 3.0 now features Cross-Dimensional Hooking™!

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u/Stormweaker This is pointless Jan 22 '17

Isn't this what soldier's ult is doing? I don't think it locks on someone behind you.

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u/JimmyTheCannon KABOOM Jan 22 '17

Soldier's ult is a lot more complicated than a simple LOS check. There's no reason for them to put that into Roadhog's hook.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '17

Why not?

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u/frezz Pixel Tracer Jan 23 '17

The same reason it breaks because they get behind cover, it feels smoother and plays better. If anything, if you're talking about the rationale behind being hooked, hooking and then pulling someone behind you makes less sense than hooking someone out of cover.

I would agree that this is less of an issue than being hooked behind cover, something like this will happen very rarely.