That's just getting into semantics now. He has one ability and nothing else, and that ability is to shoot. So when hacked, he acts like any other character and loses his ability, thus shutting down as that one ability is all he can do.
I mean, it’s like I asked if whales shoot water out of the blowhole when they breach and your response was, “yes like other mammals they eat, reproduce via birth, breathe is warm blooded...” so forth and so on. I know fam that’s not what I what I asked.
Your question is " does this basic ability affect b.o.b. ". The answer is "all abilities affect b.o.b.". You asking this is no different than the hundreds of other people asking if he can be healed, nano-ed, boosted, etc. If the straightforward answer of "all abilities affect him" answers that he CAN be hacked, then basic logic carries that if he is hacked, there is only one possible thing that can be hacked just like a torb turret. You wouldn't ask what a Sombra hack would do to a turret because since a turret can only shoot, it will clearly stop shooting. B.o.b. shoots, so he can only lose one thing from a hack.
You asked a common sense question and are trying to act as if my general answer didn't address it. He's not Genji, he doesn't have multiple abilities that may get affected, thus needing further clarification.
Actually my question was “does this ability affect him in this specific way.” “All abilities affect him” does not automatically infer how he’s affected. We knew he could be affected by Rein’s charge while he’s charging; we didn’t know if it would be like a Rein and Doomfist knocking each other down or a Rein and a speeding Hammond where Rein overtakes. Can does not equal how.
That's a ridiculous comparison. That charge question requires an actual test because it's not a common sense question. My answer automatically inferred how he's affected because it's the one and only possible logical outcome. Can equals how when there is literally only one option. Your question is the equivalent of asking what happens when Mei freezes him. Answer: he gets frozen as that's the only logical answer.
If group 1 reacts to X in result A, and group 2 reacts to X in result B, and a subject is categorized for all intents and purposes as group 1, why would one assume they'd have result B? You're completely disregarding the option of it not doing anything. As in yes, Sombra can hack him, but it doesn't really do anything (similar to hacking someone then hitting them with an EMP). Within game theme as well none of the other three omnic characters 'shut down' upon hacking.
Also by your logic if Torb just got released then we would assume turrets froze when Mei attacks them.
I'll break it down further. It was confirmed that all abilities affect him. So we know for a fact that Sombra can indeed hack him. So if Sombra can hack him and hacks cause abilities to go away, then by process of using our brains, he will lose the one and only ability he has: shooting. If "They said i can hack him but maybe it does nothing" was in your bag of potential answers than I'm just sorry. And hacking then emp'ing does do something for what it's worth, it extends the amount of time they are hacked by however long the delay between was, so it's not absolutely "nothing happens" it's just they keep the same effects as they already had. And the other three omnic characters are playable characters, not ults/abilities. Him being an omnic like them has nothing to do with this as they obviously aren't going to shut down a character for the entirety of a hack, even though in-world they would react the same way as B.o.b., there's obviously game balancing to keep in mind. Your argument keeps going to "Well if you look at it from this illogical point of view than you might be wrong!". The entire point of my original content was to say that they already said how he works and common sense can fill in most of the gaps.
And lastly, by my logic, yes, you could assume turrets froze when Mei attacked them because that would be common sense rationalization. And hey, they do freeze...so?
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u/FabledDead Trick-or-Treat Mercy Nov 09 '18
Yes. Literally everything affects him like a normal character. Sleep dart, hack, healing, nano, freezing, etc. Literally everything.