Trying to swing while holding my shield, feels like I’m playing with 1000ms.
It takes so long to start the swing animation it’s actually stupid.
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But in real life you can stop yourself from swinging a hammer if you wanted to…If animation cancel is stupid, then all the other heroes need to not be able to do this either. That’s the issue. If Reinhardt is the only one who can’t cancel, it’s a problem.
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I think they did and that is the reason they actually fixed it.
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Again. It’s not a fix if Reinhardt is the only one affected. It’s a bug if only one person is affected by this. Also, that’s a huge change; it should make the patchnotes.
If this is intentional, tell us, then apply that to all of the other heroes, and then wait for the complaints to start blasting inward.
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Animation cancelling is a part of competitive games. Fighting games, LoL, CS:GO, Overwatch. It’s a technical skill that players learn and makes them better than others. If you don’t think animation cancelling belongs in games then I guess go play Pokemon or something
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You can still animation cancel melee swings like before, but it seems that right click activation takes a moment longer.
Slowing down with deployed shield even in the air is in line with DVa’s or Orisa’s behavior. Even if you start shooting mid jump, you lose speed. I don’t see why Reinhardt needs to be special in this regard.
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Orissa and dva get slowed down during shooting as they have range and weight, Reinhardt doesn’t, why is it not being turned against him?
Not sure I understand what you are saying. Jumping doesn’t let DVa and Orisa circumvent slowdown. Reinhardt shouldn’t be able to do it as well. Jumping to move quicker doesn’t belong in this game, it’s not Quake.
The jumping doesn’t make you quicker if your shield is up. It only makes you “quicker” when you lower the shield real quick and throw it up again. You’re technically lowering your defenses so that you can move temporarily at a normal speed. So you’re not really going faster than his normal speed. People still outrun you no problem.
Mercy got the bunny hop added in, so where’s the issue with Reinhardt lowering his defenses to jump forward 1m slightly faster had he done it with his shield up.
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Jumping Reinhardt flashing barrier moves quicker than walking Reinhardt flashing barrier. So, you have to jump to gain advantage. Overwatch devs do not like forcing weird behaviors like that. Which is why old WM quickscoping was taken away.
I mean, can we say good Widowmaker’s use the Hook to propel themselves up to higher grounds so that they can shoot people down over walls real quick? Highly doubt Blizzard intended it that way. It was just something good players learned to do. So should Blizzard remove that?
There’s playstyle changes and mechanical differences for every hero depending on the skill-level of the player. There’s a reason why a Silver Reinhardt would never be able to keep up with a Masters Reinhardt.
This game has the achievement for sniping someone while grappling hook jumping as WM since day one. It’s not a weird behavior. Using grappling hook and then aiming down the sights to shoot an enemy is not weird.
The more they nerf Rein and make him feel “clunky” means less new people will pick him up because he doesn’t seem fun. Which leaves you with only 2 other main tanks, one of which isn’t as useful in this meta and the other is situational. It seems to me like good tank players in OW are only good because they know how to tank in another game.
I hope they fix Rein, but we need more main tanks.
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So what about Bunny Hop Mercy?
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Let’s fix the ones we have first, then let’s add another one. That’s just my opinion, though.
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That is weird, but Blizzard doesn’t want to fix it. At least you don’t have to spam inputs to pull it off.
I meant why should it be turned around on Reinhardt now *
What I mean is, Reinhardt doesn’t have range or mobility like they do and can’t do anything while his shield is up whilst also moving slower so he NEEDED shield jumping to keep up with his team and get in range of the enemies without being deleted instantly
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Then just ask for higher movement speed with barrier up, not return of an exploit. I would not be against it, personally.
My point is, all or nothing. Either none of the heroes can take advantage of elements of their kits, or all can. Why target Reinhardt. Why not say anything about it. Plus, you’re forgetting all of the other bugs that just came with this patch on him. It’s clearly a new set of bugs on him.
Oh okay, while we’re at it lets remove Genji animation cancel and just increase his dps
Problem solved! Balanced! 10/10!
No you dont, because it will never happen and will upset the balance of variable other things
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