Its been a while since people have been discussing their thoughts on the new symmetra. Whether they are pro, against it, or in the middle.
I believe Blizzard should make some kind of announcement about what they think of her personally and about what they have gathered form us players constantly providing our own unique viewpoints/feedback of her current state.
If blizzard cannot comment yet at this time. Can they tell at least tell us if there is an upcoming announcement coming from the dev team any time soon?
It’s very important for the player base to not remain in the dark about this topic. We are communicative creatures, after all, we need that interaction. Any reply from them will surely help us all greatly and maybe focus our thoughts and criticism much more effectively.
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Blizz, if you’re reading this and thinking about her primary, here’s an idea:
- Beam cannot ramp up past level 1 on enemies, only on barrier and Mei Walls
- ramp up values: 30 / 120 / 180
- Beam gets either: autolock again, lock on at 15 meters, tether break at 25 m, 0.5 second delay on tether break; OR soft lock, fixed 18 meter range
- when enemies are being damaged by the beam (which will always remain level 1 on enemies) their movement abilities are disabled
This would not only make the primary fit for purpose (destroying barrier), but also transform it into a multifunctional utility tool, whilst also not being oppresive to enemies (because it won’t be able to do more than 30 dps on enemies).
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you know that paladins actually implemented this on one of their chars? They were very similar to symmetra, but they were a tank instead. It was a great success, really.
The primary became orbs that he throws out (they don’t charge up) so its same small size and flat dmg no pierce.
The auto lock on ability then became his right click and its called.
NULLIFY
Focus the power of your gauntlet and channel a beam of energy on a single enemy for 2.5s, silencing them and dealing 800 damage over the duration
his old lock on beam became similar to your idea.
The silence stops the enemy from using abilities, such as movement abilities. They can still auto attack though. It also has hard auto lock with no ramp up. it has a cd too.
They broke it down into two abilities in his rework. So his self shield recharge ability can also deplete enemy shields completely and giving it to himself. it too has a cd.
I think your idea will work nicely for her with a tiny bit more dps imo.
Or maybe add a cd on it as well and further increase the flat dmg if it has a cd? she is a offensive char, we shouldn’t be too afraid of adding dmg into her kit as long as it is controlled. I think higher flat dmg with cd is better and she has to decide to waste the cd on a shield or dpsing / immobilizing the enemy in front of her.
I really want to see what blizzard thinks about everything symmetra related in general.
I think removing movement skills needs some nerf even if it does no damage that is almost instant hack to dive heros
they are aware that symm’s primary fire is weak
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good good, Did they say anything specifically about it / her? Any links showing this?
do you know exactly when sym is mentioned because thats a lot of timeframe lol. Or is what was quoted the only thing they have said about sym?