Sombra's hack should force Bastion into turret mode

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because technically, recon is his secondary function

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Force a character into their strongest state…?

Instead of getting a character out of their state which they can only access Via Ability?
Might as well force 76 into Sprint, who walks as 76 so walking is his secondary function.

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I appreciate the humor. But Sombra robs heroes of their special abilities. And Bastion’s special ability is that he can walk on two feet. His name is Bastion fcol

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No. I appreciate the humour.:smirk:

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I don’t think the word technically means what you think it means… But yeah,

  • Bastion should be forced into Sentry Mode.
  • Pharah should lose the ability to land.
  • Lucio should get suddenly launched at the nearest wall and glued to it.
  • Mercy should be locked into using her pistol.
  • Torbjorn should be locked into using his hammer.
  • Soldier should be forced to sprint.
  • (Edit) Wrecking Ball should be stuck in ball form.
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you’re following the wrong line of logic, walking is Bastion’s special feature.

turrets like Bastion are very numerous, but only special turrets are able to walk, walking is what Sombra should rob Bastion of

I actually think this should be a thing

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Hell no, this would make bunker comp even stronger than it currently is. Removing one of the hardest counters to bunker would be poor balancing.

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Technically right is the best kind of right. Amirite?

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Hacking Zen should force him into Transcendence, even if he doesn’t have it.

Agree with me or you’re wrong!

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I’m arguing from a lore/logical standpoint, not a balance standpoint.

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I’m legitimately curious where this is stated.

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From a lore point of view hack is like the most nonsence ability ever…

Like how do you stop hogs ult?
Etc
Etc

But its a good thing it isn’t balanced like that.

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LOL… LOL Again…

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it has to do with the quintessential robot

any robot can be a turret
any robot can be a microwave
any robot can be a car

but it’s when they change into humanoid form, that’s what makes them special, kinda like transformers

and this is what I want Sombra’s hack to be like. Hog is unhackable (maybe you can hack his health drink, idk)

and I don’t like when ppl counter this idea with balance concerns, because you could just balance around it.

but maybe EMP could still work the same as it does now. like it messes with your brain waves.

if you can’t hack melee, you can’t hack hook

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My first job was in robotics, pretty sure if there was going to be a “quintessential” form it’d be a single articulated arm.

What about humanoid robots that change into microwave ovens? Is microwave oven form what makes them special?

It sounds like you want a game that isn’t Overwatch, maybe you should make your own? I can direct you to free training and development resources, just ask!

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I was talking about in science fiction .

no because we have microwave robots now, they’re called microwaves

this is subjective

I already did

you’ve already shown that you’re not interested in my requests

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If we have “microwave robots” now, then we also have “gatling gun robots”.

You made a game? Awesome, what is it? Link please!

No, really - if you need any programming pointers or links to training and development resources, just ask!

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Yea what about Bastion and Zen?

Do they just die?
Do they change team?
What about Dva why can’t I activate Her ult against her like every 8 sec?
Also let the most heroes not shoot anymore because there Weapons Probably have electronics in them…
Rein has deduced DMG…

Why not use logic on other Heroes too?
Why doesn’t Zarya’s ult consume the Planet?
Why don’t we add Falldamage for Pharah?
And Zen is just gonna Sit there because why should a silly Robot fly?

Yea Logic has a sertend presents in Videogames but somewhere is too much…

Sombra’s hack isn’t really a hack is just a Silance and it works like one, has Rules like one and making it work realisticly would just be silly.

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this is true

it’s a boardgame

you only help when it’s convenient, I’ll decline, thank you though

Sombra hacks with electricity.

anything that uses electricity is unable to work

now… balance the rest of the game…

this would be my understanding of a hack.

but then we can make up stories to make overwatch playable…like her hack is not strong enough to render an omnic dead

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His default mode is Recon, that’s how he appears when he respawns.

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