Barrier can be deployed without interrupting reload.
Developer Comments:Orisa has one of the longest weapon reloads and interrupting it to deploy a new barrier felt too disruptive to her gameplay. This change allows her to reload as needed while still being able to protect herself and her team.
Symmetra
Teleporter
Teleporter interact range increased from 1 meter to 1.5 meters.
Developer Comments:This is primarily a quality of life improvement as it was possible to create a teleporter that Symmetra was unable to interact with unless she moved toward it.
Pharah cant be buffed properly as long as Pharmercy is a thing. She simply cant be ‘‘solo’’ balanced as long that thing exists. That and the fact that 2 thirds of the roster cant deal with her, and even more cant deal with pharmercy.
I think the issue with Pharah is that it’s difficult to buff her in a way that doesn’t make her next to impossible to deal with in lower ranks and on console. A good Pharah already necessitates a switch to some kind of hitscan and makes every CQC character useless since she can totally out-range them. Not to mention, she has the most synergy with Mercy and they’re still a powerful duo.
I definitely think maybe just some small things like a little more jet fuel or a cooldown reduction on her boop would be fine. Straight buffs, nah, but some little things that make the experience of playing her better, sure.
Anyway, I’m glad they’re still trying to give Symmetra buffs instead of just sitting on her. It has been agonizing waiting for all the tiny buffs over the last year, but we’re getting there slowly.
Orisa needed that buff for years. She finally gets it when she was already meta. lol
Orisa is very strong in Season 16 and onward now.
The last thing Orisa needs is a timer on her Shield Barrier so her and her teammates know when that is about to expire. There are pictures that give an example to what I’m talking about.
im so glad they finally increased the TP range (hopefully that means tp-bombs will be more consistent too) AND gave orisa that very needed QoL change :^D