Was there any feedback from the pros playing the playtest that you didnt expect?
Is there any you are already planning on acting on?
Finally, theres been a bit of talk about Zarya’s bubble cooldown in OW2 as it exists now. Has there been any talks of potential changes to this, such as an async cooldown for each bubble?
Was there any feedback from the pros playing the playtest that you didnt expect? Is there any you are already planning on acting on?
GEOFF - Yep, we had a good mix of things we expected and things we didn’t expect. Probably the biggest surprise for me was just how good they thought Sombra was in this iteration. We had been playtesting those changes for at least a few weeks and while she felt strong, she never really felt like she taking over our games or anything.
Obviously when you get her in the hands of pros with amazing game sense and coordination it makes confirming kills a lot easier. We’ve since focused a bit on her numbers and tweaked her down a bit to try to keep her under control while still allowing her new kit to play well.
Finally, theres been a bit of talk about Zarya’s bubble cooldown in OW2 as it exists now. Has there been any talks of potential changes to this, such as an async cooldown for each bubble?
I think there is a good amount of iteration to still be done with Zarya. I think Josh already touched on some Zarya stuff in another thread but I would definitely say she is not set in stone. She was always going to be a bit tricky to tweak in this 5v5 environment and im sure she’ll see some more changes over time.