Lore characters I NEED as playable characters

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Any of DVA’s meka squad
Sven, Torbjorn’s old friend and now rival would make a perfect character to join Talon
Maximilien would be a very interesting hero
Lynx 17 would be interesting, also being a hacker could maybe be a support that uses similar stuff to the supportive Sombra from Mirrorwatch
Sanjay Korpal, Symmetra’s former friend who is actually working behind the scenes on Talon’s inner council
Any of the other apes from Horizon, preferably Simon as he’s the one who began the uprising against the humans, would have beef with Winston.

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Wildebeest and the one guy on the screen in recall who looks like Nightwing from Batman also need to be put in the game. They look way too cool to be background characters.

On a similar note, some characters that have been shown in the past could also have death scenes in a Reaper cinematic. Give him at least a little bit of a redemption for always being a chump in the existing cinematics.

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I remember that there was a hacker in the deadlock gang. it would be interesting to pull them into the game.

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I’d love to see Maximilien.

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I’m a big fan of the lore, I can give you several suggestions of who we could / should have:

  1. Emre Sarioglu: mentioned recently by Sojourn in Havana, and mentioned several times in the past for Operation White Dome;
  2. Mirembe: another Overwatch agent mentioned and SEEN countless times in the lore and art. Same for Kimiko;
  3. A real new support villain hero. Moira has been the only support villain in the game for too long;
  4. I personally think it’s time to have a hero who sincerely wants to enforce the Petras Act. I understand that the world is crying out for Overwatch to return, but I find it ridiculous not to see at least one character who firmly believes that Overwatch should not return without being part of the villains. I initially thought this role would be Pharah or Zarya, but after New Blood… now we really need a hero of this type.
  5. An Italian hero. Maybe the replacement for Vialli who died in Masquerade. After all, Vialli was replacing Antonio for Talon’s business in Italy, right? I don’t think it’s any mystery that Colosseo is hiding potential new heroes.
  6. An omnic. Or rather, multiple omnic heroes. It’s also fine if they are STANDARD MODELS of omnics like Zenyatta, but with their own personality. It would better reflect the world of Overwatch based on cultures and backgrounds rather than just in “omnic models”.
  7. a Gwishin hero. Maybe more like a “creature”, but definitely an interesting robotic concept to explore.
  8. It’s strange to note but… there is no one representing the Hashimotos. Many people are (rightly) busy complaining about Kiriko’s biographical inconsistency, but when you think about it, there is no specific “Hashimoto” hero to fight;
  9. maybe with the latest Wrecking ball online short story and the release of Juno we could see someone representing Lucheng Interstellar. I doubt it could be Dr. Chao but… some of her students?

Some special mentions from the book Declassified (if you haven’t read it, I’ll put it under spoilers:

Wildebeest and sounquack were mentioned in the book, but also Hivemind as a villain. I also did a topic on the technologies mentioned in Declassified, if you’re interested;

Or maybe even heroes interested in the other God Programs. Anubis wasn’t the only one, and the new lore mentions Los Murtos being interested in reactivating Xibalba in Mexico, a lore that’s never been mentioned in Shadow… but maybe useful for someone else.

Yep: Frankie, from the novel Deadlock Rebels. And we know she’s still active in the gang (Ashe’s short story in Heroes Ascendant);

I never found maximillien suitable as a “hero”, he seems more similar to a “civilian”, like Iggy and Efi Oladele. However, it would be interesting to include more stylish omnics, perhaps like Leonora Botruvio (visible at the Rialto museum). or Luna (cabaret Luna) that in the lore designed for Paris there was supposed to be a civil revolution underway for the rights of the omnics (but I don’t know if with invasion this plot has been overwritten)

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Or maybe even heroes interested in the other God Programs. Anubis wasn’t the only one, and the new lore mentions Los Murtos being interested in reactivating Xibalba in Mexico, a lore that’s never been mentioned in Shadow… but maybe useful for someone else.

Chernobog would be a great name for a God program if they don’t end up using either of the other two (since Anubis is canonically massive). I think it would be cool to see a humanoid and human-sized god program walking around.

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or a “small” god program. In Declassified it is said that Athena was the first AI project developed after Aurora by Liao, while Echo was the fifth.

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Dae-hyun as a meka support

Lynx as a hacker support

Emre as a dps

Sanjay as a vishkar tank

Meri as a tank and geiger as a dps

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I liked Maxamillion’s vibe…but he is DEFINITELY the “pays others to do the dirty work” type. If they included him at all, he would be in a mech or super suit of some sort.

Speaking of mechs and super suits, HELLOOOOOO junkers!!! They named and showed off 2 of JQ’s top crew in her cinematic. I can’t say much for how a zerker’ type covered in blades would play, but the dude in the mech…had large grippers and a tow cable…there are some interesting beginnings to a new hero there. I also want a junker support. Badly. I know they aren’t the most advanced society, but an eccentric “doc” type character with questionable instruments and unknown concoctions to heal people with…kinda like whatever it is RH is puffing XD I wanna see it blizz!

I am also eagerly awaiting at LEAST one other MEKA hero. I know blizz has gone on record saying they don’t have one in the pipes…and they are probably a HUGE pita to make (giving the human AND mech a skin), but I would like to see it.