PTR Updated now?

Any news as to what this is?

Did they already add all of the support changes/Zarya/Widow/Hanzo and whatnot? Because, if not, well, that would be my guess.

yeah they added it the day after the forum post. probably some bug fixes now.

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so far, hero gallery has changed

How so?

oh yeah, there’s a “what’s new?” button to see all the new content

That was there in the original PTR update tho.

From what they have stated in the patch logs, looks like not much other than some bug fixes, adjusting the sensitivity for Armour Repair, and slightly increasing the range for Sym.

Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to teleport to unintended locations.

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It’s probably just merging in whatever code changes were involved with the loot box hotfix for live.

I can tell you they aren’t fixing symmetras primary or the splash damage on her secondary.

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Not by any decent extent anyway; supposedly it increases its range from 10 to 12 (which doesn’t sound like much…).

Ya it’s the minimum range it should have been from the start but is useless in addressing the viability of her primary far less viability over her secondary. It’s like putting a fresh coat of paint on a car that won’t start lol. It’s a joke.

So all thats left is her orbs for damage and the splash damage is useless since it doesn’t do the flat 60 you are lucky if you get half that. Which means you have to go for direct impacts ground level if you want to be effective. This basically cuts how symmetra can be played in half and also significantly reduces the utility of her teleporter.

Yeah, that smaller range for someone with relatively little protection/mobility (considering that the effective range is roughly the same as for tanks bar Orisa and maybe Wreaking Ball or Heroes like Brigitte and Tracer) is pretty weak. The lock-on was at least useful for handling Tracers or Genjis bouncing around, but now…

You have 2 alternatives:

  1. Blizzard do not change symmetra.
  2. Blizzard buff her too fast, and she gets Sombra’d.
    I personally prefer this slower approach to balancing.
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lmao you are overestimating Blizzards competency. They never fixed symmetras weapon interaction with mei ice walls even after 2 years, in fact they nerfed it and made it worse.

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That doesn’t change what I said.
You’ll notice (especally with heroes like reaper and mei) that Blizzard have started to slowly buff or nerf instead of massive shifts one way or another in recent months.

That doesn’t mean it’s applicable as an argument in this situation. It’s like putting a new coat of paint on a car that doesn’t work. That isn’t going slow it’s trolling.

Yes. Blizzard are trolling symettra mains. They just hate you that much.