Bit like Ultron in Marvel Rivals but done better as i think that character has a few ptoblems imo
I saw this article where the dev team said Illari was originally going to have a drone focused kit
A lot of other online games have a drone support like character so im kinda surprised OW doesn’t have one yet. Characters in the lore like Overlord (who literally has a drone with his mech) and Dae-hyun (who’s appeared a lot recently (porsche video, vocie lines, christmas comic, abilities for Dva in stadium) would be perfect. Both are mechanics/engineers so a drone would fit well in their kit plus the community have asked for a Dva related hero for years
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So what is Zen doing?
Feels like a drone following me.
If it did damage as it healed me, the heal would be worse (somehow)
If it only does damage, why is it a support at all?
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I mean i wouldn’t personally class Zen as a drone support
Its the same thing just reskinned. Drone follows and heals me. Ball followes and heals me
as long as his/her ult shoots a kinetic blade that shreds everything in sight from the drone.
Basically Zen Harmony orbs that you can destroy?
It’s a cool idea, but they really gotta be careful about adding more supports with overly impactful free value abilities/healing (see Kiri, Weaver, Illari, Juno).
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They will add it, who are we kidding here lol
Let’s see how aqua turns out and ill come back and update this reply.
A character with an attack drone would be cool, especially if a big part of their mechanic was finding a place to hide and hunker down, and then taking control of the drone.
Maybe the character would be a little weak outside of controlling the drone, but could set some sort of traps, barriers or utility-providing structures outside of that.
please no more “set and forget” mechanics. theyre rarely engaging imo
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Big part of OW I think is being in the moment and playing as your hero so getting a character that takes you out of that would go against the nature of the game IMO and I don’t think they would implement this style of gameplay where you support your team from the safety of the shadows, though it is such an interesting take on support such as HotS Abathur.
If they added a drone style support it would have to be made so that the hero can control the drones in a way that is fluid with actually being present in a fight or they have a set it and forget it style of play similar to the builders we have.
So the drones need to be engaging while in teamfights, you could add this level of skill and engagement if you had to manually control a set amount of drones. Think of if you had two drones that could be applied to players, then you are given utility in the form of buffs and heals that the drones can apply to teammates. If you then give the new support charges to their abilities, you can make it engaging for fights cause you have to either use them both on a single hero or spread it amongst everyone with a drone. Much more interesting than sitting in a corner and needing someone to find you in order to kill you.
I think the drone could just as easily be an omnic, or maybe the character is an omnic and the drone is part of its body that detaches. It could even be their head, lol. The drone could have a personality, too, is what I mean.
Outside of drone-play, I just really like the idea of them materializing barriers for defense, or traps that hinder the enemy team reaching them or teammates.
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I personally want a drone character to be a mechanic like overlord or Dae-hyun but a omnic drone does sound interesting! We definitely need more omnic heroes!