I play with several Genji mains and since the Deflect got (rightly) reduced in size I have seen many examples of a Genji deflecting and literally eating a rocket or an arrow to the face
This isn’t splash damage or whatever, it’s “watch Genji deflecting and getting an arrow in his head” or something similar.
Anyone else experience this?
That’s either due to latency and has always been in the game for whatever reason.
Or it’s the bug that appeared ever since deflects reduction happened, and that’s because its hitbox is way too thin, not in terms of size but girth.
It’s such a thin hitbox that a projectile that has a large hitbox itself will sometimes hit both genji and deflect at the same time.
That sounds like it could be it
I actually had no idea that was why that happened. I wonder if they could extend the dedlect hitbox back into his body without it protecting him from the side.
I think the problem is that if they make it big enough to avoid the “overlapping on the ground” problem, you are back to the BS where Genji can deflect while standing behind you and you basically kill yourself because you don’t know you are in the Genji Deflect Bubble
Honestly I wish Genji’s deflect was replaced with the Reflect mechanic from Unreal Championship 2 where if your melee swing hitbox hit’s an incoming projectile hitbox, it bounces it back
This rewards a high skill Genji who can time his swings properly, and replaces Yet Another Button Press Ability with a skill based one
This gives Genji a buff that isn’t simply MOAR DAMAGE or whatever, but scales with skill.
If you could use it without any extra cool downs besides the normal melee recovery that would actually be sick not gonna lie. Are you a genji player at all?
I don’t play him much because I am usually stuck on support, but I played a LOT of Unreal Championship 2, and Genji is clearly an inferior Right Click Save As version of the Light Class from that game
Double Jump? Check
Reflect Mechanic? Check
Wall Climb? Check
Fast Moving Squishy? Check
I mean it would give Genji a lot more utility.
Tired of Junkrat spamming your choke? Genji Tennis Goooo
Also you could have Rocket Tennis Duels.
Someone fires a rocket
Genji Deflects
Enemy Genji Deflects it back
Repeat till one of the Genji’s makes a mistake and eats the rocket
Would you mind offering your opinion on the qol change in that thread in general? It got axed with hardly any feedback after being in the game since Echo PTR but was never listed as a change, even tho devs themselves said it was intended as a QOL buff. Trying to get devs attention on this considering they already programmed it ):
Could I get a link?
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Sure!
I commented in the thread but I am still unsure how this worked since I didn’t get to see it in action
Yes. All the Moira mains downvoted these complaints. So Blizz still doesn’t know…or care?
I doubt it was those pesky “Moira mains”.
Genji being able to slightly aim his dash has zero impact on Moira
No the deflect complaints.
it’s just typical game issues. Can happen with any hero. Not just genji. The reflect size being large wasn’t only to make it viable. It also helped masking the hitbox issue.
Some similar situations can be named too. Like the doomfist ghost punch. or widow headshots completely disappearing. Or hearing arrow headshots while the opponent is completely fine.