Can sym orbs finally be made more aimed?

[Potatoad-21404]

That’s how I remember it, but my memory isn’t exactly the greatest. Still, the patch notes make it sound that way:

Symmetra

Teleporter

• Now lasts an infinite duration until destroyed
• Players can destroy their Teleporter with the ability 2 input
• Cooldown now starts when Teleporter is destroyed

Overwatch Patch Notes

There’s also threads like this:

The Sym changes are nice, but why nerf it in general?

It’s a bit of a trade off. The infinite duration teleporter ended up being oppressive to play against when we tried having the cooldown start immediately. It meant Symmetra effectively had 2 teleporters and enemy players didn’t feel rewarded for destroying one.

With comments like this:

@GrossGamer-1129

I’m down with starting the cooldown after destruction instead of on cast, but nerfing the cooldown to 15 in addition to that feels unnecessary.