Perks are a fun system and I hope that they’re here to stay. Let’s start right there. Overwatch feels a good bit fresher since the addition of perks and — dare I say it — I’m actually having fun in this game again. So, I want perks as a system to get more support, and that’s where my request comes in.
My friend last night was playing Mercy and took the wrong perk. They wanted the minor perk that increases GA range and took the self healing one instead. They asked how they could undo their selection, and our little 3 stack all realized that we didn’t know of a way that existed. Since you save perk choice and exp even when you swap heroes, that wouldn’t even work to reset it or anything.
I understand that for balance reasons, perk choice should largely be permanent. If a hero has perks that are stronger into certain team comps or strategies, they shouldn’t be able to swap perks to keep up with enemy counter picks. That said, a 30 second grace period where you can undo a perk choice would be phenomenal please.
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Really? I thought those were deleted. Thats why earning perk exp gets easier as the match progresses. I’d have proposed to double check that and then switch off and to a character to reset perks, but thats ult charge and perk exp inefficient. Shouldnt be an issue in between rounds though
To be specific: different heroes ofc get perk exp individually, but if you swap off a hero with perk levels selected, then back onto them, you keep those perk choices, meaning once you select a perk, that hero’s perk is locked for the rest of the match.
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I think they should make the minor change to make it possible to swap perks from spawn room.
Should just allow you to delete a perk and have to re-train the level to choose again.
This might work, but this sounds like overcomplication to me. The leveling up mechanic is already complicating life for no reason.
Best thing to do is to make perks selectable as soon as you pick the hero, without farming them, and to give the option to pre-select perks in the settings or with the press of a single button.
And sometimes we accidentally pick perks in a fight.
You get your perk points but are also almost getting your ult so you pick the perk the boosts your ult (e.g. zarya, ana). You then ult 10 seconds later and then you switch to the other perk that is not ult dependent.
Not all perks should be swappable. They are situational and the player can take advantage of this in the moment. If you could only select perks in spawn then maybe allowing swapping before you leave spawn, but that isn’t the case.