Hi, I’d like to see what you think about the new Sombra changes, I’m personally with them but I’d like to see what others think of it.
https://strawpoll.com/spaec8ch
They devalue her kit for ease of use.
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The only thing that was ‘devalued’ was her speed increase in Stealth? +2 major buffs, 2-1
Also cant stall points, which was a sombra specialty. The reduced speed is going to be more impactful than expected when seasoned sombra players cant make the jumps/flanks that they previously could. This rendition literally makes her easier for people (no decent sombra actually needed a longer translocator or stealth), and made her less effective for people who could use her well.
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Removal of stealth contest?
She didn’t really stall, she could hold it for a couple of seconds and that’s it.
Only thing that was a buff really was the fact we can cancel translocator without having to warp to it if it ended up in a bad spot for say that invis wall hitting bug… That’s great. But there wasn’t a single mention of actually fixing any of the bugs she has, stealth was already long enough to make great use of, and the cooldowns on her moves reeeeeally are short enough that there never felt like this need to have more time to use them. I feel like she just got random changes. They don’t do anything for her.
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Games are won and lost in fractions of a second, her stealth stall was an invaluable and unique asset of her kit. Taking that away will cause immense frustration for players. Imagine coming back from spawn on defense, in stealth because of faster movement speed, only to find you didn’t de-stealth fast enough to start contesting and lose while standing on the point. I would be furious, and with these changes that will happen.
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I don’t think the stealth changes are for engaging, they are changing stealth from a strictly engagement tool, into a general tool like soldiers sprint.
here is the poll
Soldiers sprint is a toggle ability with no cooldown.
I dont really like the changes that are coming. Infinite stealth and translocator is not what she need IMO.
I was thinking why not a second passive which give her a % damage boost on enemy hacked (idk how many %) and put back ult charge gained on health pack used (lower the amount given if necessary but just put it back please 
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Maybe not both, just giving some ideas.
I have no idea what they’re thinking, they see that people clearly think Hanzo is overtuned. So what does Blizzard do? “Yeah let’s mega buff two of her abilities, and we never revert changes or listen to feedback before a release so this is gonna stay like this! Enjoy overtuned Hanzo and overtuned Sombra!”
i’m not saying they are making it like soldiers sprint, i’m saying that they want it to become a more general ability like soldiers sprint, if you get what i mean. Not that they are doing it very well.
These are not buffs. These are nerfs.
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No longer being forced onto a time restraint and having more freedom to act as you want is a nerf? Well they better nerf D.va and give her unlimited defense matrix. Or are you saying it’s a nerf cuz she can’t contest anymore?
Either way, we’re both on the same side that we don’t want these changes, right? So glad we agreed on something :]
More comparable to we give D.Va infinite boosters, but remove impact dmg and boop and reduce the movement speed of it.
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The changes are like the Ana changes. They’re something no one asked for that doesn’t address the real issues with the hero
I mean instead of posting stuff like this you can actually read why sombra mains do NOT want infinite invisibility. Take the time and actually care about the topic at hand if you’re gonna talk about it.
Sombra’s problem is her downtime. No sombra worth her salt had problems with the cooldowns. What we did have problem with is that we’re out of the fight too much. “Infinite” stealth and trans only reinforces poor sombra gameplay and leaving your team facing a 5 vs 6.
Is that clear now as to why it is NOTHING like an infinite matrix?
Also, if you wanna make a comparison, compare it to infinite meteor strike.
I mean yh cool “pick your moment” and stuff but while in meteor strike and stealth you’re actively absent from the game
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