Please let soldier:76 able to aim down sights

For superlong-range hit-scan we have Widow.
For close-range to mid-range we have Mccree.

and now the newly arrive Ashe is for mid-range to long-range.

but soldier:76? he stuck some where in between of all of the above. He like a Jack-of-all-trade hero that good with a lot of thing but not best at anything. which is make him pale in comparison with another hit-scan hero we surrently have now. Spray and pray is not a good thing anymore.

I remember when at the begining of OW , the dev say they want player from all kind of game can enjoy OW. what even which type of game you come from, OW will have a Hero that suit you.

Soldier:76 was the Hero that design to be hero for FPS player like CoD,BF ect. So I think why we don’t give him the full kits that traditional FPS usually have?
like ability to aim down the sights , a Side Arms , a pack of Granades all those thing.

Honestly, I was thinking this for a long time now that his E is seem out of place for some reason :joy:

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That’s what he is supposed to be though.

He does consistent damage over time, has answers to any hero, and can heal. An easy, beginner, hero. That works decently at any rank, and in any comp.

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He isn’t supposed to be good at any one thing.

Rather, he is a nice generic hit scan that you can pop into any comp for consistent ranged dps

Aim down sights doesn’t really have much purpose anyway. For Ashe and the scope characters, it totally changes their weapons’ firing modes. In typical shooter games, it’s just an extra button you have to push to get the appropriate accuracy, which Soldier already gets by default.

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I don’t see how ADS will help S76.
He would still be spraying and praying with ADS.

Besides, I believe his fall-off distance is shorter than Ashe’s, and that’s why giving him limitted field of view would be a disadvantage.

However, an option won’t hurt, if people really want the feeling of COD, but I definitely won’t use it.

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It could work If they do what destiny did with the suros regime.
If you aim down sights you deal more damage, but get a slower rate of fire.

Soldier normally deals 19 damage with 9 rounds per second.
Let him deal 32 damage with 5 rpm and less spread.

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Why? It won’t lower his spread or increase his dps or magically improve the players aim any more than a crosshair would. It would just slow him down.

He doesn’t have pinpoint accuracy like other heroes who can scope. He has a steeper falloff that actually DISCOURAGES aiming at long range.

And adding in higher power shots at a slower rate of fire would infringe on the territory of Widowmaker and Ashe.

He doesn’t need an ads.

Soldier is fine the way he is lol plus if you notice while using him he has HEAVY AIM ASSIST. No need for ADS with heavy aim assist…

Soldier:76 not being able to ADS is a great way for people to get used to the feel of Overwatch. Allow me to explain:

Overwatch advertises itself primarily as an FPS, before Overwatch, people from the FPS genre are used to and very comfortable with ADS’ing in their games, from CoD, Battlefield, Halo, etc. Soldier:76 not being able to do that, while still being a representation of those kinds of games, take players out of that comfort zone that they’re used to when utilizing reticles and such, as he’s the first person you’re introduced to when you first play Overwatch.
The few heroes that kind ADS in this game are primarily snipers, with an exception to newcomer Ashe. Everyone else relies on what would look to be “hip-firing”, and for me starting out it was a bit awkward, but thanks to Soldier:76 being the way he is, I was able to get a better feel for the game and it helped me in the long run.

He doesn’t need that. He needs to reload while sprinting and give him his 20 dps back.

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20 damage is too stronk ATM, especially with his better spread. It would be an absolute nightmare.

Hell yeah, let him reload sprint!

I agree that I don’t think this would help him, but FYI, his falloff is about the same as Ashe’s scoped fire, and it’s longer than her unscoped

100 health, half speed, firing a pistol.

Get ready to die instantly then.

Would be just a delayed respawn.

Props for thinking outside the box though.

Aim assist? Some of us here play on PCs, you know…

Nobody remembers where the FPS genre began anymore. Hip fire vs ADS is a new concept in the history of games, not a classic feature. Even the Halo series started out with most weapons lacking an ADS feature, which was limited to only the pistol and sniper in Halo 1 and the battle rifle and sniper in Halo 2.

Aim-down-sights has its merits as a gameplay feature, but it also means the gun is covering half your screen and it’s hard to see anything beyond what you’re aiming at. I very much prefer using right click (or left trigger if you’re on console) as an alternate fire mechanic. Having a completely separate tool to use on that button makes for much more variety in gameplay compared to just shooting the same gun more accurately, and I’m glad that ADS in Overwatch is limited only to heroes whose weapon mechanics dramatically change while scoped in.

What Soldier needs isn’t damage buffs. He needs a lower cooldown or better utility from his healing field, which is the thing that actually sets him apart from other damage-dealer heroes.

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I can’t go anywhere without someone bringing up that “they play PC BTW”.

It’s something we need to talk about, because Overwatch plays differently on PC vs Console.

Ads is pointless on soldier, he absolutely needs to be able to dodge while firing.

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…that makes me feel much older

Well of course we know obvious differences on pc vs console. With PC the aim assist isn’t as needed because with your mouse you have so much more control on aim then we do on console with analog sticks. It’s just common knowledge. I can only speak for us console users who need that aim assist for heroes like Soldier and Hanzo for example. For some people who mention PC make it seem you have a huge disadvantage when in actuality you have the greatest advantage.

What would be the value of ADS? There’s no recoil on his weapon so he does not suffer from the typical issues of hip firing in CoD-style games.