Maybe because Echo is already on PTR and they are trying to adjust some characters to introduce her?
Like, Pharah is competition to Echo, Genji is a competition… Ashe is a counter…
Imagine releasing a new hero and people going crazy about “she makes Pharah useless, She makes Genji useless, Ashe can’t counter her…”
Again Covid-19 hampers Development. Homes don’t have farms that are necessary for the development process. You can build a rig for game development but without a farm, processing takes longer. So no statements can be made until there is something concrete. They cannot afford speculation.
No opinions, personal or otherwise, can be made by employees unless cleared as they may not be reflective of the design philosophy. Jeff could personally want a support Symmetra but he can’t say anything as that’s not what the development team as a whole wants to be done. Until its unanimously agreed upon don’t expect him to share personal opinions. Especially given YOUR record of over speculation which will lead to claims of false advertising and just becoming a legal nightmare.
iirc, didn’t they said we would see 1-3-2 for a few days at a time multiple times? a new version probably is being considered
as far as mirrored maps, every koth map is mirrored, and every push map is roughly mirrored. so we’ve got tons of mirrored maps coming for ow2, it’s reasonable that those won’t be in expiremental
RQ and buff balance patches. Which is far more important than whatever silly mode that’s entertaining but doesn’t really solves the main issue of OW right now.