Has anyone found a way to bring back old sym in the new workshop mode? I’m on console so of course we have to wait 3 years to get the ptr update
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its a little bit more difficult than that, the old symettra had different assets and different animations. You can adjust her kit but I don’t think you can adjust her play model etc… I see it being possible though
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I’m pretty sure you can’t do this. From what I’ve seen you can’t change how weapons work like that. Also as stated above, her old shields and what not are no longer in the game so you can’t just re-add them yourself.
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If you can prototype entire new heroes then you should be able to do this.
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Has anyone made hero prototypes yet? Jeff mentioned this but didn’t elaborate on it all.
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Wouldn’t it be possible if you tweak existing assets? Like Mercy beam doing damage and rein/orisa shield having movement etc? So it’s not exactly the old version but you can still get close to the playstyle.
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Yeah he blew that point over the top… its nothing like that.
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i made mercy mass rez work again, if that means something for ya
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You can…
Seriously. Old shield is easy to do. even her old shield ult if you are after Sym v2.0
The weapon will look a little janky, but, I can make it work the same as her old one.
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really? howd you do it?
its WIP
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That’s using code that’s already in the game. People that want old Symm shields back or her old weapon beam won’t get those.
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Give it the same centre lock as Moira in its current hit box. 
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So you pop Valk and they come back? Close enough we can get I guess😅
that’s a good suggestion to add… old skills/animations that are no longer used
it can be done using E rez as well
we cna probably cancel valk funcionality entirely if we wanted to
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The shields part is easy… The scripting languge wears that.
Making her beam work the same as old Sym, ALSO easy…
Making her beam LOOK the same as old Sym, not easy.
I can ask for the nearest enemy hero, in the view cone in front of me, out to 10 meters.
I can apply damage to that hero. It works…
But…
Getting the beam to look right? it will work less well I think.
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Make Valk an Overload style ability when you need more heals.
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honestly it wouldnt suprise me if it was possible,
i need to read the UI more to see what i can do
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cool 
so many things we can try. Making her overshield like Doomfist. the possibilities