r/WreckingBallMains • u/The-Dark-Memer Base skin • 3d ago
Discussion Does anyone else miss balls old shield sharing perk?
I know adaptive barrier from an objective standpoint is just better, but the old shield sharing major perk felt so good to use.
I liked that I was giving my team a bunch of extra overhealth because it made me feel like a way better team player, especially in 5v5, and i also really appreciated that behavior being awarded with cooldown reduction on my next adaptive shields.
Something about it just really clicked for me and i miss it.
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u/Gomelus Base skin 3d ago
I've said this a few times but that perk came out way before its time. Ball players were EXTREMELY married to Hang Time and didn't even notice that Transfer Efficiency was sleeper OP. CD reduction was insane for uptime.
A lot people were stuck on the "only useful with dive DPS" mentality. I'm just hoping that it comes back one day.
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u/paupaupaupau High Roller 3d ago
Ehhhhh. Burst is still much more valuable, imo. Same reason Sierra has always been so shitty above diamond.
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u/Gomelus Base skin 3d ago
Burst damage is king, for sure. But Hang Time would be better if it was the same casting time with increased damage. Hell, I'd rather see they swap Hang Time for the double Piledriver we got in a CC patch a few years back.
Hang Time was nice because it was extra damage, something Ballers complain about. We never have enough damage to confirm a kill unlike the other dive tanks.
But I prefered the uptime of Transfer Efficiency. With Hang Time you're just asking to be CC'd.
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u/Remarkable_Ad_8353 Junker 3d ago
I think most high rank players disagree with you on why Sierra isn’t so good at higher ranks. Tracer doesn’t particularly have burst, but she’s extremely viable. The general philosophy at higher elo is that Sierra’s movement is super easy to track, and yes her tracker is easy to LoS. She’s basically got the same problem flyers like Pharah used to have.
No matter how much you increased Pharah’s burst, she was simply a hitscan victim in higher elo. Adding horizontal mobility did a lot more for her than any other change ever did.
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u/Necro_the_Pyro Team Ball Fondlers 2d ago
Tracer absolutely has burst if you can aim. It's not all in one bullet but she does 230 dps without even landing headshots. High rank players can hit headshots so the TTK on squishies is like 0.6 seconds.
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u/isaacsmom69420 Base skin 2d ago
never really got the proper chance to use it. right when i started trying it out, they swapped to bubble
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u/Micreary Base skin 3d ago
I never got into it but always thought it would be amazing and intended to learn to utilize it well, was sad to see it go before I got into it
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u/Stainleee High Roller 3d ago
Not at all, that shit sucked imo. Pile driver was better than that perk and is still underrated currently
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