Daily thread of Please fix Sombra, bug list inside!

Yes I have already posted in the bug report forum.

I tried to put together an updated list of common Sombra bugs (some of which Blizzard said they have already fixed but are actually still in game), the examples were gathered with the help of users of /r/SombraMains and a couple of clips from Fitzyhere’s stream (https://www.twitch.tv/fitzyhere). I shared the list on reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/86j8q8/updated_list_of_sombra_bugs_with_examples/?st=jf5r3yj4&sh=faf9ec5d) and I thought of posting it here too.

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All bugs in the list are currently in game and all the examples in the gifs were taken from games after the recent patch of Feb 27 2018.

  1. Phantom throw: the animation for throwing translocator is completed but no translocator comes out and the ability does not go on cooldown.
    Example:
    https://clips.twitch.tv/PoliteChillyFrogKappaWealth?tt_content=player_twitch_logo&tt_medium=clips_embed
    https://gfycat.com/GorgeousDeafeningGrassspider
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3Az8mXItt0&feature=youtu.be&t=672

  2. (FIXED) Phantom translocate: you translocate on the spot rather then where you left the translocator. Apparently it happens when translocator is left in inaccessible locations, though the player has no way of knowing they are leaving translocator in such a place.
    Examples:
    https://gfycat.com/FabulousPossibleImago
    https://gfycat.com/PossibleDeterminedDiscus
    https://gfycat.com/MelodicPlainGreyhounddog
    https://gfycat.com/ForsakenFortunateHalicore
    https://gfycat.com/FarflungJointArthropods

2.1) (FIXED) Phantom translocate also happens if you try to teleport the exact moment your translocator expires.
Example:
https://gfycat.com/SomeHarmlessCranefly

  1. Death while translocating: translocating animation starts but you still die on the spot.
    Example:
    https://gfycat.com/PracticalTestyGalapagospenguin
    https://xboxclips.com/Somvra/ed3d2d44-26f3-4584-8a70-18e084c06b20 (also contains bug n°4)

  2. Spinning translocator bug: this can happen the first time you use translocator after dying while translocating, the camera spins wildly and goes back to the spot where you died for a few frames then teleports the player facing a different direction from where they started.
    Examples:
    https://gfycat.com/MessyBigheartedBassethound
    https://gfycat.com/UnimportantSaltyDassierat
    https://gfycat.com/FocusedMassiveCattle

  3. Camera bug: the camera should remain facing the same direction you were facing when you start to translocate but sometimes it moves at an angle, disorienting the player.
    Example:
    https://gfycat.com/CarefreeWellgroomedHammerkop

  4. When you mess up a translocator throw and it lands out of the map the ability goes on cooldown normally but sometimes translocator lands on something and remains deployed for 20s, at this point your only choice is to wait it out.
    Examples:
    https://gfycat.com/RashPreciousIcelandicsheepdog
    https://gfycat.com/BigSpotlessKitty
    https://gfycat.com/ForthrightSlowAmericanwigeon

  5. (IMPROVED WITH PATCH 1.21) EMP’s interaction with Orisa’s shield is buggy: when Orisa’s shield is placed partially inside a wall EMP cannot destroy it.
    Example:
    https://gfycat.com/MiniatureUncommonLice

edit to add:

  1. (IMPROVED) Hack LoS problems: introduced with the latest patch, hack now gets interrupted seemingly without reason or because small objects ‘breack’ LoS.
    Examples:
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/daily-thread-of-please-fix-sombra-bug-list-inside/74837/200
    https://streamable.com/yi566
    https://clips.twitch.tv/GracefulSuperLeopardSoBayed
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/daily-thread-of-please-fix-sombra-bug-list-inside/74837/207
    https:// us.forums.blizzard. com/en/overwatch/t/sombras-los-hacking-is-completely-broken/41190
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/sombra-hack-los-problems/40251
    https://www.reddit.com/r/SombraMains/comments/87xiqm/clip_collection_of_sombras_hack/
    https://vimeo.com/267006405

  2. Hack taking too long: sometimes hack takes way more time to complete for no apparent reason (taking damage, target moving away, LoS)
    Example:
    https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundScrumptiousVultureKappa

  3. (FIXED) Visual bug when Rime skin is equipped and the marionette emote is used.
    Example:
    https://i.imgur.com/Abw6Mdt.jpg

  4. (FIXED) Translocator bumping into invisible walls unpredictably
    Examples:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebXcI3t2BM
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/daily-thread-of-please-fix-sombra-bug-list-inside/74837/208?u=leith-21665
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/daily-thread-of-please-fix-sombra-bug-list-inside/74837/177?u=leith-21665

  5. Translocating off the map in Retribution when throwing translocator on the ship
    https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/daily-thread-of-please-fix-sombra-bug-list-inside/74837/209?u=leith-21665

  6. Sombra is silent when exiting stealth while emoting (it’s an old bug that is back):
    https://www.twitch.tv/videos/269831660

  7. (FIXED) when Sombra’s translocator falls off the map, it does not go on cooldown but remains deployed.
    Example:
    https://clips.twitch.tv/TenaciousDignifiedRadishHassanChop

  8. (Introduced with the most recent patch) Translocator falls through (sometimes invisible) cracks of the floor.
    Examples:
    https://clips.twitch.tv/StrongOptimisticWalrusBCouch
    https://gfycat.com/SpiffyDeficientAnole
    https://clips.twitch.tv/LitigiousGenerousMoonBibleThump

  9. Bug/exploit (!) Sombra can use the translocator to get inside the payload and contest infinitely.
    Example:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=4Td40DU7G1E

  10. Rein deploying his shield interrupts hack even when it does not interfere with LoS.
    Example:
    https://clips.twitch.tv/FunBlatantNeanderthalSquadGoals
    https://clips.twitch.tv/SlipperyCleanWhaleDoggo

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Keep posting it , one day the devs will see this

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One day… One day, maybe.

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I’ll keep posting until I get an answer or the bugs are fixed.

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Yes, please! I still love Sombra but I find myself enjoying her less because of the bugs.

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You forgot he sound bug where sucessful hack sound would randomly not trigger.

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Also how when you’re almost done hacking someone and they die the cooldown still starts

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Come on blizzard, listen to us :pray::pray::pray::pray:

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nah i’ll just bookmart to bump when it starts to die

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tbh that’s the least troublesome bug and maybe we shoudn’t address it now bc devs will fix it and ignore more crucial bugs lmao

That would be awesome of you! It would really mean a lot to me. I’ve been posting about this issue both here and in the bug report forum for more than one month now but the threads get buried really fast. I’m still hoping the devs will see one of my posts…

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these los checks are brutal

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everything seems to interrupt hack now…

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Bumping because there has NEVER been a time where Sombra DIDN’T have a bug and that’s ridiculous.

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Every new update brings a slew of new bugs to Sombra

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Some bugs have even been there since her release in the game more than one year ago.

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There’s a new “Phantom Hack” bug when you’re casting Hack, you stop casting & break LoS, all sound effects and animations tell you you’re not hacking anymore, but the hack somehow completes & your target becomes hacked.

I can’t find a clip of it, but it happens to Fitzyhere often.

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If you do find a clip please send it to me so I can add it to the list!

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Can’t wait for someone to appear and say #8 is intended even though:

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seeing and doing are different things it took them over a year to actually buff her gun with the suggestion everyone kept asking to add and i’m sure it will take two years before they even bother talking about fixing her trans-locator but at least that’s not without reason the bugs are pretty rare and are hard to reproduce unlike 4 months into her release where she would always die and get stunned despite tping away.