Remove Ana's Scope Delay

General Discussion
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This might be another harmless buff you might want to add blizzard, allow ana to scope in and scope out without delay on her sniper. I am not even an Ana main and I find it annoying when you have to wait until the scope takes 2 seconds to load to fire.

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quick scoping is like .1 second though

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Yea but after you fire one shot then scope in and out there is a delay.

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I agree wholeheartedly with this suggestion. The way Ana’s time between shots is reset by using her scope makes her feel extra clunky. Firing alternating scoped/unscoped shots should not affect Ana’s fire rate.

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Good idea, but there are other things she needs more.

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I know, but I just think it’s another small buff that couldn’t hurt :slight_smile: I just went with this one because suggest the wrong buff for the wrong hero, it creates a controversy.

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Why not give her a machine gun when you are on it.

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I don’t think you understand the OP’s suggestion. They are saying to remove the delay before you can shoot after scoping in or out. They are not suggesting that Ana have no delay at all between her shots.

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This. (20 characters)

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basically lowering her skillfloor?

nah it took time for me to time it perfectly, i don’t want ana to be easier which doesn’t really help her on matches

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People are having massive outcry for ana buffs, so any buffs technically do lower her skillfloor. But on the other hand without any buffs she is one of the weakest healers.

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This is a bad suggestion. It not only lowers her skill floor, but also removes any reason to use her unscoped gun. If there isn’t some kind of penalty for using her hitscan weapon, what is the point of her even having an unscoped projectile fire?

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This is a good idea imo

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this just makes her easier to play but doesn’t make her stronger in a game

i can quickscope perfectly but it doesn’t mean she is a good pick

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The unscoped projectile fire is so she can heal team-mates at close range without having to use her scope, to which hitscan is not necessarily needed.

Ana’s skill-floor is already lowered with the new buffs, but she needs the buffs to even compete with other healers.

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If the fire rate was the same (because the delay was removed) there would be literally no reason to use her hip-fire.

I don’t really agree with the shoot through teammates change. Ana is best atm on maps where this didn’t happen anyway. All it means is that you can’t prefire now.

However, the ammo buff is just an increase to her healing consistency. No one can get around her ammo, it’s an inherent part of her kit. It doesn’t lower her skill floor. However, it also doesn’t particularly heighten her skill cap. It just makes her better overall.

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From a certain perspective though, it will make her better at healing, allowing her to distribute healing slightly faster.

either way she needs any form of a buff to compete with healers like brig and moira.

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she needs buffs that fit her and doesn’t change her like this suggestion

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It’s a straight mechanical buff, dude. Harder to get one clipped by a tracer when you can quick scope way faster. I know you don’t like losing something you had to practice for but seriously, dude.

The scope delay is not a defining aspect of her character and it doesn’t mess with her identity to improve it.

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tracer one clipping doesn’t happen unless you’re standing still or walking in a straight line

i don’t have any issues with tracers because i can quickscope/land sleeps reliably if they get too close