I see a lot of arguments against snipers, but in my opinion the problem is that there is very little control in exploiting the cover of the map… if in between there are different types of abilities that detect the enemy’s position. in my opinion it is not wrong that the sniper earns the headshot and I would act instead in the wallhack abilities. here are some suggestions:
- give all overwatch heroes the same detection indicator that sombra has. it is often against the enemy widowmaker’s ultimate it is difficult to understand if it is still active or not. even the enemy hanzo’s sonic arrow, it is very difficult to understand if you are in its range.
- make hanzo’s sonic arrow a destructible object. it is very simple, let’s make it very similar to widowmaker’s mine, and when it is destroyed it does not detect the opponents (obviously maintaining the current duration on the field). ditto for cleanse abilities to cancel its effect.
- sombra’s hack on the enemy widowmaker in ultimate cancels the wallhack.
the only abilities that i think deserve to keep the wallhack that can only be eliminated with a cleanse effect are hacking, symmetra’s turrets and widowmaker’s mine, although i would still give all of these the “you are spotted” signal.
i then have another idea for widowmaker that could definitely justify a oneshot of hers in this game: in the presence of boosting (from mercy, ana or other heroes) aiming makes her emit a red laser. yes, the exact same laser that we saw in battle for olympus where widowmaker was lethal… but visible to literally everyone in the source of the threat.
about hanzo’s one shot… i actually have no ideas. i honestly don’t consider it more lethal than widowmaker, considering the non-instantaneous speed of the projectile.
anyway, no matter how it goes, i find the idea that a sniper, after having worked hard to aim at an opponent’s head, doesn’t still receive a clean oneshot on the opponents to be damn wrong. i find it unfair and immature to beg for nerfs on this type of kill for a sniper (and i say this as an absolutely-NON main widow). Isn’t fair, isnt a good fps game if the sniper dont do its job after a good aiming.