I don’t mind changes to Ashe & Hanzo but Sigma receiving only a redeploy shield cooldown from 1 to 2.5 seconds doesn’t satisfy me one bit while Wrecking Ball is meh.
Talk about starting 2021 with a whimper…
They buffed ashe lol.
She can’t 1 shot with Mercy anymore (or zen for that matter) which is actually significant. It does 195 dmg now with dmg boost, which can be healed quickly if you take cover or use CDs.
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I was hoping they would look at bottom tier heroes and giving them some buffs or changes
This is not a buff
Not even slightly
Dmg boost no longer one shots and her damage is going to be noticeably lower at mid-long range duels
She’s net weaker. Spamming shots to run out of ammo faster isn’t helping a sniper
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It’s better than breaking them by throwing everything at the wall at once.
The Sigma change is the most significant change here IMO. 2.5s… That’s a long time.
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I just played Sigma on XP - if you think a c/d to 2.5 is meaningless I don’t think you play enough. I just ran it, it felt terrible to be honest. 2 seconds even or 1.5 would have been a better first start.
It’s absurdly huge to be honest. And yet again Hanzo, Hanzo gets a buff… who at Blizz is in love and protects this one shot clown?
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She wins duels at close range with ease now, she also charges bob faster due to how much damage she out puts.
It makes retrieving your shield instead of leaving it less impactful since with these changes you either wait 3 seconds for the shield to come back or 2.5 seconds. I feel like 2 seconds would punish leaving the shield out for too long but would also be long enough for counterplay.
2.5 seconds is nothing compared to Orisa who has to wait 10 bloody seconds & his shield is more durable btw. So this change to Sigma doesn’t do much
She just pops another up almost instantly, there is no comparison here.
they need to be more drastic with their balance changes imo
Yes, I’d like to see Rez on a 3 minute c/d. Drastic enough? Let’s make Hanzo arrows now go with 2ms speed? Drastic enough?
Orisa puts shield out & the enemy suddenly spams fire on that shield & its gone in atleast 2 seconds so where is she supposed to redeploy a shield when its still on cooldown & she is wide open to attack.
What the hell is your problem? lmao
In all honesty OW is in a pretty good state.
200HP one shots with Ashe? Gone with the patch.
Stupid hammond shields? Nerfed a bit.
The Hanzo and the Sigma changes are not needed but the other two are perfect. They dont destroy characters anymore. Thats a good thing.
The CD was increased by 150%. Do you even know what 1.5 sec is to a tank?
I anticipated .5 sec maybe even 1 sec but 1.5 is just stupid. Half the dps roster can blow up a tank in that time if they land their shots.
All this change will likely do is revert the Meta to Hog/Zarya.
People found value on WB when his adaptive barrier couldn’t be used in ball form. The only time you’d dare us it was at the apex of a slam cuz any other time was suicide.
You have to fix other tanks, not nerf the few that are still playable.
This is the result of people never using tanks.
Orisa has 150 clip with projectiles that travel at Hanzo arrow speed allowing her to effectively pressure people from far away. She doesn’t play like Sigma.
Sigma is require to sit at 20M range and can shoot his orbs at a 1.5 sec interval. This means after dropping his barrier he will only be able to shoot one volley and hide or try to shoot 2 unshielded meaning he is unprotected for over 3 sec.
Keeping his barrier up too long results in it being shattered. Sigma is going to get run down all day long now. Terrible
They will never fix Orisa since that is very blatant from the devs.