Sombra's current state is unacceptable: A bug list

She has a multitude of bugs associated with her hack ability. Sometimes it breaks for no apparent reason. Sometimes it changes targets mid-hack. Sometimes it hacks a target despite losing connection. Sometimes it hacks targets through barriers. Sometimes it takes noticeably longer to complete than it should.

On the PTR, Sombra even got a new bug: Translocator does not despawn if it lands out of bounds, forcing Sombra to wait a full 24 seconds (20s duration + 4s cooldown) before she can use it again. Or she can deliberately use it and die, which might actually be faster. Considering how much Sombra relies on her Translocator, this is crippling.

Here’s a bunch of video evidence of her current bugged state.

  1. Hack sometimes fails for no readily apparent reason.

https://clips.twitch.tv/GracefulSuperLeopardSoBayed
https://clips.twitch.tv/HealthyFitReindeerCopyThis
https://youtu.be/FUjdTuWnfNY?t=15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfFIFlysrsY
https://streamable.com/ys2jp
https://streamable.com/3ird9
https://clips.twitch.tv/ResoluteInquisitiveMeerkatWTRuck
https://giant.gfycat.com/OnlyWideeyedBighorn.webm
https://clips.twitch.tv/PiliableGiantLatteMikeHogu
https://gfycat.com/EnlightenedReasonableIslandwhistler
https://clips.twitch.tv/JollyCutePidgeonCurseLit
https://clips.twitch.tv/CuriousAlertRhinocerosTheTarFu
https://clips.twitch.tv/BovineAffluentDunlinFloof
https://clips.twitch.tv/ChillyHonestNuggetsTBTacoRight
https://clips.twitch.tv/BenevolentAltruisticReubenVoteNay
https://clips.twitch.tv/AntsySpinelessChinchillaEleGiggle
https://clips.twitch.tv/PiliableGiantLatteMikeHogu

  1. Hack sometimes takes longer than the advertised 0.65s to complete.

https://clips.twitch.tv/HealthyFitReindeerCopyThis
https://streamable.com/3ird9
https://clips.twitch.tv/ResoluteInquisitiveMeerkatWTRuck
https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundScrumptiousVultureKappa
https://clips.twitch.tv/ExuberantSneakyShieldPJSalt
https://clips.twitch.tv/DeadPoorEyeballBibleThump

  1. Hack sometimes switches targets mid-hack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9hve08Ao9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCh9yX-kLs
https://clips.twitch.tv/BovineAffluentDunlinFloof

  1. Hack sometimes completes despite losing connection to the target.

https://clips.twitch.tv/HotTenaciousMooseDeIlluminati
https://clips.twitch.tv/EndearingTangentialKimchiSeemsGood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EuuBj61PA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBk67rANYJU
https://clips.twitch.tv/JollyArtisticOcelotKeyboardCat

  1. Hack sometimes works in situations that it shouldn’t.

https://clips.twitch.tv/CleanSourUdonArgieB8
https://clips.twitch.tv/GoodOddPeafowlFeelsBadMan
https://clips.twitch.tv/HelplessPlainOctopusDoggo
https://clips.twitch.tv/AmusedSpookyNuggetsLitFam

  1. Hack sometimes breaks in situations that might be working as intended but nonetheless feel frustrating to the Sombra.

https://streamable.com/yi566
https://clips.twitch.tv/PluckyBashfulBearRuleFive
https://clips.twitch.tv/GloriousSourPhoneMcaT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUjdTuWnfNY

  1. [PTR] Translocator does not despawn or go on cooldown if it lands in an inaccessible area. FIXED!

https://clips.twitch.tv/TenaciousDignifiedRadishHassanChop

  1. [PTR] Hacking a health pack, letting the hack expire, then hacking the health pack again results in a red particle effect and sugar skull, making it look like an enemy pack that’s unusable for you and your team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jK7u3rc2Qg

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hopefully devs see this because apparently the other threads they didnt see since
once again no sombra fixes were included in a ptr patch

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Ugh I already have that feeling the devs wouldn’t see this, I am already lost hope with the balance of the game.

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lets just hope they address the bugs soon :clap:

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While you’re dreaming, would you like a pony?

Mine’s name is Charles.

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A fix is inevitable. We just need to see how long it will be for them to fix it or at least say a fix is in the works :roll_eyes:

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I’m sure they’ll fix her soon

I’ll believe a fix is inevitable when they acknowledge the bugs.

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Well it took them 8 months to fix Doomfist Hitbox bugs, I just so mad that the devs don’t even talk to us it’s like the devs don’t even care about the hero

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Hoo boy, that’s a lot of links

It’s not like the dev’s don’t know about this bugs, they just don’t fix them … maybe they don’t care, maybe they just don’t know how or maybe both.

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What’s it take get the devs to pay attention? Spam “Fix Sombra’s bugs” in chat during Overwatch League?

…Actually, put that in the idea pile, we can use that.

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Maybe get someone to hold up a sign in the audience. “FIX SOMBRA’S BUGS YOU COWARDS” or something IDK.

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No no, we don’t want to be combative about this. We’re trying to get them to pay attention.

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I’m glad to see Sombra getting forums attention-- it gives me hope. What I’d REALLY love to see is an acknowledgement of the situation. I totally get it. Fixing stuff like this takes time. Knowing it’s high on the priority list would make me feel better, even if it will take a long time for the team to work it all out.

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See, that’s why I want Blizzard to just issue a blanket comment of “yeah, we know Sombra’s got bugs, we’re on it.” Any sort of acknowledgement that they’re working on fixing them is what I think a lot of Sombra players want.

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It’s been 3 months since they did or said anything about her, and prior to that they told us they’d “keep a close eye on her.”

Pretty soon they’ll probably just make a Sombra mega thread and dump everything in there to not be read Mercy styles.

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The darkly humorous thing is that if they go to the effort of merging all the Sombra threads together then that would actually serve as proof that they notice them, which is more than they’ve done so far.

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