Roadhogs bs hook (little buff pls)

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Let me get this straight from the beginning: I dont want him to be OP af like in vanilla OW, BUT his current hook is so inconsistent it hurts. My main problem with him is that the hook cancel that happens way too often because of the most ridiculous reasons. Why does it cancel even after youve hooked an enemy? I had way too many genjis, mercys and lucios who happened to slide behind something (a pole for example) after ive hooked them which caused the hook to be cancelled. In the end im left with a failed hook (which is even on cooldown) and the disappointment of not being able to use him properly. I mean, why does it even cancel out? You NEED to have line of sight to your enemy now (which is fair) but why do you have to KEEP the line of sight for the hook to work properly?

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i need to ask when did this happen? i remember once the hook broke 3 times in a row, it was complete garbage and i hated it, i feel since the bug fix it has improved a tonne, not saying it still doesnt break but it breaks a lot less, at least for me, however it did once break twice in one match against tracer here

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but for the most part its 100 times better right now

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Because no one wants to go back to hook 1.0 where you could be falling off the map when hooked but get pulled back through the 4th dimension to roadhogs face.

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i do :stuck_out_tongue: seriously though there has to be some kind of happy medium, it doesnt need to be hook 1.0 or hook 9/10 times it breaks, currently imo it feels pretty good though feels pretty fair for the most part, i wonder if the upcoming changes to hog will touch the hook though, i doubt it

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That’s exactly what OP said, thanks for repeating it.

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did you know that no one wants to go back to hook 1.0?

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Feel bad playing against a hog now as any hero
Used to be that hero you wanted to be nowhere near because even without a hook he could delete you
Now even with a combo a lot of heroes can survive and get away.
I miss the days of fearing a roadhog, if you play with a brig you can just get right in his face and he wont be able to fight either of you.

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Me too, maybe he will shine again someday.

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Yes it is better than before but when I hooked a mercy and she ‘fell’ behind stairs my hook was cancelled, which was infuriating. My question still stands as to why a line of sight must be KEPT even after the hook? If you hooked a hero properly (after all the updates) it was fair and square (not the hook 1.0 bs) but why cant they be hooked until you pull them to you? It wouldn’t be too OP now would it? It would only be fair. And the cancellation with heroes who can teleport away is also still messed up yeah.

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i agree its not perfect

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I’ll just play devil’s advocate for a second, the LOS checks were implemented because the position of players are delayed and sometimes people would be behind cover on their screen but not on Roadhogs. For most attacks and abilities they just went with “favor the shooter” otherwise the game would feel really bad, but with Roadhog’s hook you get a chance to analyze how bs it feels to be behind cover as you’re dragged away from it. I still get slept by Ana behind walls and it feels pretty dumb, but at least I’m still behind the cover.

They went overboard with hook, to the point where you always felt jibbed with Roadhog, and they took far too long to fix it. It does feel better now though and I’m happy they are finally looking at Roadhog. I still think they should allow more tolerance with vertical LOS checks as if the enemies ankles get behind cover the hook still seems to break.

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yes its in a good position now. Damage is ok, hook hitboxes are fine, cooldown is also alright but the hook cancellation after the hero is hooked is still garbage. The crucial hooking of certain priority heroes (healers mostly) is sometimes just not possible. If it would be my lack of skill of hooking them, then alright im the noob, i can live with that but when the game mechanics themselves stop you from your goal then its just infuriating and depressing. Will there be any changes in the future at all or should I just quit him and change to another hero? Its just sad to change one of your favorite heroes because the mechanics don’t allow him to be on top of his game