Snipers are too powerful

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All snipers shouldn’t be able to 1 hit kill by an indefinite charge up, that defeats the purpose. They can just hold up and charge to 1hit kill. instead, they should charge up and it should deactivate after a few seconds. They shouldn’t be able to charge, then hold it forever to 1 hit kill upon release. That’s way too overpowered on any 200 hp. That’s not any different than being able to 1 shot someone every second.

Hanzo’s sonar should be more obvious to opposing team. especially since he gets to have it off CD.

Pharah needs a sound cue when near-by like echo does

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Maybe if flankers were not dumpstered and supports didnt have Invonrability snipers wouldn’t be so popular

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What rank are you.

20char

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Hanzo is not a sniper. He is a mid range hero who is less consistent then some heroes

Why do people want to thwart the purpose of sonar arrow. If everyone knows then what is the point of the ability.

We have 1 sniper which is Widow.

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We have 2 ana just sucks at head shots lol. But people usaly hate heros they suck at or suck at fighting happens with mercy and genji

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Your right we have 2 snipers with Ana

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Also forgot popular but that doesn’t apply as much to widow and hanzo

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Sombra dumpsters on Widowmaker but the playerbase has spoken and hates her more than Widow. So pick your poison. TF2 players handle it so much better with Sniper/Spy smh.

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obligatory skill issue post in which op proceeds to cry about X game mechanic killing them as they refuse to learn the game and understand why they keep dying

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he’s still a sniper-tech; they shouldn’t be able to “HOLD” their 1-hit ko potential forever is what i’m saying. it should de-activate after a few seconds… and ana DOESNT headshot

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He was labeled as a sniper by the game itself.

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Snipers are too strong, but healing is also pretty strong too. An uncoordinated team benefits from the one shots greatly.

Remove one shots, nerf healing, nerf damage. In that order. IMHO, the game just got better.

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Where does it say that?

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It used to say it in the “tips” on the character select screen in the past:

I feel like I’ve seen it listed at least one other place in game as well.

I think they removed a lot of this labeling in OW2 so it likely doesnt exist anywhere anymore, but the game did in fact consider him a sniper for a very long time.

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How to fix snipers -

Delete Hanzo from the game. There is no way to make his kit work in OW2 unless they completely rework the hero and that is never going to happen so just delete him.

Nerf Widow’s scoped charge. Widow one shot is fine but it needs to take significantly longer for Widow to charge a full powered shot instead of just spamming all game.

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Yeah I don’t see him that way and he is no longer mentioned in game that way except by people who lob him in with Widow.

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I mean, it doesnt really matter if you see him that way. The devs labeled him as a sniper and was labeled as such for at least like 5+ years.

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Alright call what you want then, but I find it hilarious people lump him a bow user with someone who actually uses a sniper rifle.

Maybe when the bow was invented it was considered a sniper weapon.

Which still does not account for how people treat hanzo like he is widow with strange suggestions

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It should be changed so only Hanzo sees it. On choke maps it’s a mini widow ult with 40% uptime. There is no need for the whole team to see it. It is also something that should not be on a 1-shot hero.

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Why should it no be on a 1 shot hero?

Should his abilities not synergize together?