Questions about the speed of the Payload & Robot (aka TW-1)

General Discussion
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PAYLOAD SPEED:
Here are some basic facts, the payload moves faster forward with respect to the number of players on / near it, while on offense:

1 player : 100% payload speed
2 players : 116.5% payload speed
3 players : 133% payload speed

Questions:

  • What is the actual rate of movement of the payload (meters/second)?
  • Does the payload speed differ from map to map?
  • What is the actual rate of movement of the payload pushing backwards (meters/second)?

ROBOT (aka TW-1) PUSH SPEEDs:
Here are facts about the speed of TW-1 robot, and how it differs from payload speeds:

TW-1 (robot) has 2 speeds:
Sprinting (not pushing barricade)
Pushing (pushing barricade)

ā€¦both are NOT affected by the number of players near it. Only 1 player is needed to maximize either speedā€™s full potential

QUESTIONS:
What is the actual rate of movement of TW-1 sprinting (meters/second)?
What is the actual rate of movement of TW-1 pushing (meters/second)?
Does the speed of TW-1 differ from map to map?

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I recall someone saying that the top speed of the robot is equal to that of the default 5.5m/s speed of most of the cast.

Definitely donā€™t know this one, aside from ā€œslow as BALLSā€.

Probably not. Nothing concrete for evidence, though.

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Ty for your reply.

Hereā€™s another thing I noticed just today that I donā€™t believe is intentionalā€¦ but serves as great intel

On Robot (aka TW-1) maps, youā€™ll notice at the top bar (that indicates the progression of the robot), next to the icon itself (regardless of which way itā€™s being pushed), is THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS STANDING NEAR THE PAYLOAD, despite 1 being the maximum itā€™s needed to be pushed

For example, the game today, when I noticed the enemy pushing the robot (FROM SPAWN AND OUT OF SIGHT, personally), it kept jumping back and forth between 1 to 3 basically indicating 1 to 3 enemy players were near the Robot. Stranger though is if this was intentional, why Ive never seen that number go above 3 (despite the other team obviously having 5 players)

Additionally, and in all fairness, I didnā€™t thoroughly test or ask teammates if they actually had vision on the robot (in a sense where those numbers I was reading at the top were being relayed semi-automatically). I feel itā€™s moreso likely Blizzardā€™s mistake when producing Overwatch 2 and utilizing the payload progress bar as a template, but didnā€™t see to change it?

I mean, unless it is truly one of my teammateā€™s actually having vision on the Robot w/ enemies near it, thereā€™s really no good reason why the other team should or be capable of knowing how many are near it, no?

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It does, as does the ā€˜hold timeā€™ at certain checkpoints.

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You can use the unofficial wiki:

https://overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/Escort
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The payload also heals attacking players. the Push bot does not.

The number of players will be displayed at the top of the screen each team when near the payload, 3 is the max speed, but the number can still display more. Up to 6 including Asheā€™s ultimate BOB.
The same for the psuh robot, but his max speed is 1.