Is Widowmaker still a sniper with damage fall off?

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High, fast and precision damage at range? :man_shrugging:t2:

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Yes she is.

there are only 2 maps I believe that she will hit the 85m max fall off. Junkertown and Havana. Maaaaybe close on Kings Row from the church tower.

85m is a LOOOONG range.

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There was a patch which changed it from 70 to 200 metres a while ago.

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Now that you mention it I do remember that.

Judt goes to show how long 60m and up actually is in OW

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I mean if the forums complained that Brigitte was overpowered, yet donā€™t complain about Mercy then I guess

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If youā€™re talking about FPS. She is not a sniper anymore. But overwatch is FPS/MOBA so in this case, she still being a sniper (also because the falloff is so far away that it almost donā€™t make a difference)
If it was a Battle royal, she couldnā€™t snipe anymore due the long sight lines this games have

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She fires high damage rounds with precision at long distances, so sheā€™s a sniper

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For me itā€™s 40m+ because itā€™s well outside the fall-off range of pretty much any hero youā€™d consider midrange.

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A better physical view of 60 meters is that itā€™s further than Reinhardt can charge in a straight line

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Yes. Only change where I even noticed was Junkertown and Havana and Ilios Ruins.

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People do know that when you shoot a gun, the bullet loses force over time due to air resistance right?

This means even sniper rifles not only have a technical ā€œfall-offā€ for maximizing efficiency but also the bullet dropping due to gravity.

Yes she is a sniper regardless.

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Iā€™m not asking about stats, Iā€™m asking about is she whatā€™s broken? Is the character broken or are they propelled by the state of the game around them?

Get the bias outta here and give me a straight answer

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This nerf is purely symbolic. You will never actually see it happen in game

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I mean, a sniper is any character thatā€™s really accurate at long ranges.

If you want to be REALLY technical, even Baptiste and Zenyatta would be ā€œsnipersā€ since they have to ā€œsnipeā€ their target, which only means to shoot from a far range and/or from a hiding place.

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Scoped-shots are not a qualifier for being classified as a sniper. Never has been in any FPS.

Widowmaker still qualifies as a sniper, Ashe does not.

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Real snipers account for this by doing math.

I donā€™t think its fair to use IRL logic with this, because while I always appreciate it, we do have to admit that this is a game.

A game where widowmaker is blue because some future science somehow slowed down her heart and manage to not kill her.

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Why in the world wouldnā€™t Ashe be a sniper when she has to literally snipe her target?

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And itā€™s not fair to put hero concept before game balance

Dva apparently shoots rubber bullets with automatic shot guns and being rammed by her multi-ton mech via rocket thrusters feels like being spat at.

Widow with fall-off is healthy and fair. Regardless of the logic we use, irl or in-game logic, sheā€™s still a sniper.

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It completely is when its done right.

Can you believe there was a time when people thought overwatch had great balance? I believe this was before even Ana was released, but she didnā€™t do much to harm the balance.

Goats happened, and everything has been out of wack since then.

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And the past few years sheā€™s dominated this game :roll_eyes:

This fall-off is fine considering the range is only what Widow would be taking advantage of.