New defense matrix visuals on the PTR;

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Before ;

After;

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I kinda like it :o

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This is really cute! I actually think it’s pretty and still remains undistracting.

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The thin lines aren’t a good visual at all, though. That’s the problem - if she uses it from the side or anything that’s not directly in your face, it’s ridiculously difficult to see it.

The problem wasn’t the range; it’s the fact that you can’t accurately or easily see Defense Matrix’s range or area of effect.

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EWWWWWWWWW that looks gross

I like the perfect lines of the original.
Plus the distance numbers are gone.

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But how does it look to the enemy?

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Not entirely sure. I would imagine they changed those visuals too, if they went out of their way to change it for the Dva player.

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I’m going to honest, I constantly forget they’re there. ~50 hours on D.Va btw.

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I like it but I wished the kept the little numbers though, they look cool.

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Jesus christ the cone area is so small at the end.

This is even worse than I imagined, they are truly trying to kill dva. That cone doesnt even cover her frikken mech, much less any tanks she’s trying to protect.

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It’s the perspective. The cone is actually the same size along the whole length. The hitbox’s width and height weren’t changed, the visuals just indicate its actual size more accurately

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I’m not gonna buy that till I see 3rd person view of the changes and how much area it covers, because they pretty much seemingly just slashed the 1/3rd of the lenght and called it a day. The diameter on original matrix is fairly large because it’s a cone.

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It looks really nice from third person. I was playing Mercy when my D.va used DM it was very clear what would be blocked and what wouldn’t. I love irt.

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That’s exactly what they did. They cut 5 meters off the end, and updated the vfx. The cone never got any smaller because it wasn’t actually a cone to begin with. The hitboxes for abilities like this are almost always cylinders, and D.Va’s defense matrix is no exception

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That’s because they did that.

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What does 3rd person look like tho?

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Wth that looks super small?

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They nerfed defense matrix.

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I know they nerfed the length but that pic makes it look like they nerfed how thick it is too