Are there any other ways that the teleporter could be buffed other than making the build time faster? Many people have theorized that making her teleporter permanent would give it a lot more use cases in both attack and defense.
It really sounds like it would have a same effect as with Sombra where it doesn’t hurt the high-skill Symmetras, but it would help all the skill levels to utilize her teleporter better.
Oh great Geoff, what are your thoughts on Bastion? We have seen lots of changes for heroes that actually deserve them, but no news about the beeping robot.
Geoff, I have a question for you. Is there a design reason for your own hacks (as Sombra, obviously) showing up as red on enemy players? It looks a lot like some random enemy buff effect instead of a debilitating status effect, which is bad for readability.
For example, it doesn’t stand out at all when looked at side-by-side with the likes of nano, bubbles, visor, etc.: https://i.imgur.com/yCLYetK.png
I whipped up a photoshop of what I’d prefer it looked like on enemy players: https://i.imgur.com/7vLIhFR.png
Of note is that it’s already purple on health packs and enemy buildables (although buildables also flash a red skull for some reason) and the OWL spectator client colors all hacks to match the Sombra that did the hacking, e.g. Danteh’s hacks are all green if the Outlaws are the home team.
If it’s alright with you, mind if I just modify this question of yours a slight amount? My modification isn’t as much as you might think.
Perhaps this might just be my opinion, but I would modify it to, "Why have you guys abandoned Console in general?"
I know that Geoff manages balance, but the fact that they don’t even respond to Console issues is a bigger concern in my humble opinion. And while I can’t speak for others on this, I can say that it’s partially the reason why I haven’t really touched OW in a long time, even despite being able to play it on PC now. It’s the fact that I can relate to Console Players in this front that has amplified my bitterness in their lack of communication to the Console playerbase.
With that in mind:
Geoff, can you answer the question that I’ve posted above please? Why have you guys abandoned Console in general? Not just in terms of separate balance, but in regards to other issues as well. I’m not arguing against the fact that patches take time to release because of Sony/MS certs. But with the lack of communication that I’ve seen from you guys with regards to issues on the Console versions of the game, I feel like you guys are not treating your Console playerbase the same as your PC playerbase.
Thanks so much for all of your feedback! Can you address the issue where Bastion is a God when babysat and worthless while alone? Will there ever be changes to Bastion again along reworks?
Exactly! I couldn’t agree with you more on that front.
Heck, even just some transparency on things related to Console would be very nice to see. But alas, they haven’t even responded to anything Console related in over 4 months. And that response was Jeff explaining how it is logistically challenging for them to implement a Console PTR. Just asking them to give us some sort of update, y’know?