Bastion Update (Day 4)

DekuNut-1500 · April 2, 2018, 7:05pm

Just trying to get an update from the Devs on our favorite Omnic. Thereare some Good discussions int he forums down below.

Thank you for your time

Bendubz11-2740 · April 2, 2018, 7:09pm

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DekuNut-1500 · April 2, 2018, 7:10pm

SOS is right my friend.

Lord-11217 · April 2, 2018, 7:11pm

The real Omnic crisis is that Bastion hasn’t been buffed yet.

Astrobiology-1687 · April 2, 2018, 7:15pm

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DekuNut-1500 · April 2, 2018, 7:21pm

I’m glad to see the more I post about this thr more people begin to start replying

Afrostache-1599 · April 2, 2018, 7:34pm

I’m a devout Bastion main, and I don’t want to see any buffs that could risk making pirate ship a dominant meta option.

I want to see utility and flexibility buffs that don’t impact pirate ship, like a speed boost when he’s repairing in Tank or Recon, taking no rocket damage from himself while tanking, maybe faster transformation time to tank or an extra 2 seconds on his ultimate… But Sentry mode is actually in an excellent spot in terms of situational strength, just don’t position aggressively and leave Sentry when enemies start getting too close or you have too many looking in your direction.

DekuNut-1500 · April 2, 2018, 7:53pm

While I like the idea of Sentry getting buffed. I agree with you that it is something to keep in mind. I still really like the idea of tank as a E ability

Terranguard-11978 · April 2, 2018, 8:01pm

Bastion Megathread On His Current Situation *Bug Fixed!*

Possible Rework

General Changes

Sentry: remove Iron-Clad

Sentry: revert spread nerf

revert headshot nerf

E ability: Tankmode

you transform into a weaker tankmode

120 damage per shot

“footstep” sound decreased to normal audio instead of the echoing ultimate sound

configure time 1 second down from 1.5

5-6 ammo in a clip

2 second reload time

no self damage

This will give him some vertical mobility as well as a way of dealing with fast, flighty heroes. It has less damage potential than recon and sentry but has a higher burst with a splash radius.

New ultimate: Overclock

boosts and gives 150 armor in any mode

You can change modes during the duration at twice the speed

This will allow rapid switching between modes so you can adapt to the situation at hand vastly increasing his ability to change his specialization in a fight

Overclocked Recon

30% bonus speed (7.1 meters per second)

double reload speed

This will double down on the main point of recon, movement while making his gun not suck during his ultimate

Overclocked Sentry

immune to CC (like Orisa’s fortify)

gains infinite ammo

This will increase his effectiveness as an immovable defensive structure while ulting, much like Torb’s level 3 turret

Overclocked Tankmode

damage restored to 205 damage per shot

infinite ammo

This will just be old tank so you can still assault with higher burst like normal but you don’t get the damage of sentry like Overclocked Sentry or the mobility of Overclocked Recon

Thanks to Zirkel for the rework suggestion. I made some adjustments to either clarify or to change some things to be more balanced. (Such as 150 armor instead of 200 and solidified unboosted tankmode’s damage)

This involves reverting sentry which means he’s easier to kill but can kill better. This means flanking is better vs pirateship. Click the arrow to view it.

DekuNut-1500 · April 2, 2018, 8:20pm

At some point I want to make a thread with all the rework ideas and buff ideas posted.