I was absolutely sure Hero 28 was going to be Hammond, but it might be coincidental that the new info hinting him came out, because they were reworking the lunar map anyway so why not add some more lore in and throw us off over hero 28 at the same time? A far more subtle change came recently when they removed the Junkertown Queens voicelines from Junkertown, to me they probably did this because if she was a playable character it’d be weird if she was in your party and talking over coms in Junkertown as well. I also remember that a page online, that was either by Blizzard or someone connected to them, did a poll that asked what factions people would join if they were an option, one of those factions were the junkers, if the junkers were a faction just Junkrat and Roadhog don’t really feel like enough characters to represent a whole faction when there are more heroes affiliated with Overwatch and Talon, adding the Junkertown Queen would help with this. I also think the Queen would work as a tank and we are due for a tank, although I think Hammond could work as a tank too if he had mech armor or something. Another thing is, as it is in the lore at the moment Junkrat and Roadhog are exiled from Junkertown, so they kind of aren’t even Junkers, so maybe at Blizzcon there will be a new cinematic where Junkrat and Roadhog go with their plan of blowing up the Queen, but something happens and they end up teaming up with her and she allows them back in Junkertown at the end, then all 3 of them would be able to be used to represent the Junkers as a faction if factions were to come to Overwatch.
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