🛰 (BTC) Overwatch Dev Update - The Youtube Vid Worth the View Today

[Doomfish-21368]

Overwatch Dev Update - Possible Mercy Reaper & Junkrat Buffs and more!

The Only Youtuber that didn’t waste my time today. (saw them all today)

Take Note of that. (Though I did have Master Ian Gamer get back to me with a question, still though). Sponsored by this: 🧞‍♀ 344 Days Since The Start of this post about Sym (4/10/18)(3/20/19)

[Badarm-2748]

@GeoffGoodman

I actually looked into the railings stuff with Symm/Reaper ground targeting and worked on it for a while last week. It turns out its a bit more complicated and is going to require some code changes to try to change it, but i’m hoping we can get something in next patch if it goes well in play testing.

As far as the teleport build speed… maybe. I totally get the thing where you go to try to make the clutch save and the build time is so long that they die anyway, but the concern is we need to make sure we don’t just give your whole team nearly instant teleportation across a huge area. If we’re not careful it could really make all chokes not even worth trying to defend etc. That said it something we could try and play test with and see how it goes.

@GeoffGoodman

I actually looked into the railings stuff with Symm/Reaper ground targeting and worked on it for a while last week. It turns out its a bit more complicated and is going to require some code changes to try to change it, but i’m hoping we can get something in next patch if it goes well in play testing.

As far as the teleport build speed… maybe. I totally get the thing where you go to try to make the clutch save and the build time is so long that they die anyway, but the concern is we need to make sure we don’t just give your whole team nearly instant teleportation across a huge area. If we’re not careful it could really make all chokes not even worth trying to defend etc. That said it something we could try and play test with and see how it goes.

@GeoffGoodman

I always thought it would be cool to try to do some sort of “tunneling” effect, where you could maybe temporarily destroy or remove a small part of a level to move or shoot through.

Honestly it’ll probably never happen due to immense tech issues, but it always seemed like it could be cool to see.

@GeoffGoodman

We’re mostly going to see how this next patch shakes out, since it has a ton of changes in it already.

That said, we would have liked to keep the Junkrat buff at 140 from a pure DPS stand-point (especially against Tanks/Barriers), but it was just really pushing it once he could one-shot 200 health heroes with a 50%+ boost (Orisa ult, Nano, Baptiste ult, etc). We experimented with making the grenades no longer explode on enemy impact once they hit a surface (as a way to nerf his spam, without affecting direct hits) but it felt really weird and kind of broken in a lot of cases.

So possibly Junkrat buffs and some different Reaper buffs, since the pure passive healing buff was really problematic at the lower ranks.

@GeoffGoodman

I’d say at this point its pretty clear Brigitte’s initial balance was pretty far off the mark. She has been nerfed multiple times since then and she is still very strong.

Another regret is although I really like the way Hanzo has turned out, I somewhat regret increasing his projectile speed specifically. It will always feel great when testing a change like that, and it has helped make him a lot more consistent… but he has lost some of what helped make him feel very different than other heroes. That’s not to say you’re going to see Hanzo nerfed next patch or something, but its just one of those retrospect things that I wonder if there was another way to get to the same goal.

Or just read it directly here.

[Haychii-2819]

BTC is the best OW Youtuber out there (imo)

[Doomfish-21368]

-👓 Sym and Reaper "Proper" changes (3rd Person Placement) (Non Beyblade) (How I would change Reaper’s Shadow Step and Sym’s Teleporter)

Basically making 3rd person placement happen with Reaper’s Shadow Step and Sym’s Teleporter. (Think Doomfist’s Ult)

(Unlike Doomfist 's Ult) There would be some important differences.

Placement effect would basically happen same as 1st person placement happens, though 3rd Person would give them more range and ease to place the placement.

They would be vulnerable while using the ability. (think of Junkrat during his ult, remember to hide.)

(Optional) Whatever they are using for the 3rd person placement, either Black cloud (Reaper) or Camera made of Light (Sym). It can be destroyed. (Optional)

They would be able to see the enemy from a safe distance and relay it to their team like current Sombra

They can place the placement anywhere within a 50 meter radius. (Even if it’s behind walls, on roofs, etc…)

Everything else still happens the same.

(3/8/19 Edit: Limit Sym’s to 3 people cause Geoff seems to have a problem with the whole team going though Sym’s Teleporter.)

Bonus for Sym: Instead of her summoning Flying Turrets.

Have her Summon Flying Barriers again

and when the Barriers hit a wall or a surface have then turn into Turrets.

Basically the return of Proton Barrier (or a lesser version of it, Or greater depending on the situation) but doesn’t let her lose anything else.

[ƁATHORY-1387]

Basically repeats what the oranges posts here were?

[NickiMinaj-11791]

Not all heroes wear capes

[Doomfish-21368]

No, he actually talked more about Sym’s and Reaper’s Shadestep and Teleporter then just what Geoff said. (Since MIG just went to closing remarks after reading them.)

Literally all I cared for. So worth the view.

[Zwei-11485]

Info wise sure but personality wise… lets just say he isn’t so stellar.

[Devil-26652]

Eh, I don’t know.

His content seems to become a bit more clickbaity and he’s starting to get a little ego. (I also don’t like his hero concepts, but if that’s what he likes to do, then so be it.)

Hes still one of the best overwatch youtubers though.

[Doomfish-21368]

Again the focus to me was thoughts around Sym’s and Reaper’s Shadestep and Teleporter, and every other youtuber failed that today.

[Badarm-2748]

Took me about a minute.

[Devil-26652]

True.

The problem I have noticed with the other (more popular) YouTube channels is that they focused to much on the popular heroes causing less effort and attention on lesser popular heroes (Unitlost) or them being biased (YourOverwatch).

BTC tries to be neutral and actually does research before posting his videos. He even goes as far to thoroughly test it first. He’s really one of the best Overwatch youtubers.

[Doomfish-21368]

Now if only Geoff could commit on my Suggested Changes… that I really put Bone Marrow into. (Literally broke my leg at one point back in Augest(At the same time of starting to form suggested changes… so counts.)

[chimeradna34-1324]

@Devil-26652

Hes still one of the best overwatch youtubers though

low bar to jump over lol

[Doomfish-21368]

To be fair… it’s hard to be a well liked Forum topic poster.

But that’s how Overwatch is.

[chimeradna34-1324]

@Doomfish-21368

To be fair… it’s hard to be a well liked Forum topic poster.

Seeking validation from the Internet is like grabbing a rabid raccoon by the shorts and expecting him to gently lick your earlobe as you coo in pleasure.

Good luck with that!!!

[Doomfish-21368]

“Dreaming of World Peace” is such a lie.

[PVCPrincess-2622]

I liked BTC until the Echo teaser on route66.
“I noticed the top of the egg is the same as the top of D.vas mech”.

Oh REEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY you noticed that? i’m sure you noticing that had NOTHING to do with Master ian gamer releasing a vid with that little bit of info a good few hours before. Give credit where its due or you dont get my view

[Doomfish-21368]

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[Kristal-11786]

BTC has his own flaws. Shuts down the opinions of a top 500 bastion main, only uses overbuff for his statistics and using only that to say bastion is useless and there is no video that isn’t a popular opinion on overwatch. I like YourOverwatch because they talk about a hero and will sometimes say the hero even if it’s pickrate is low on Overbuff, is actually a hero people haven’t really pushed to their limits because the community perceives the hero as useless