Defense matrix, I believe.
Even if that’s what they meant, how does changing Defense Matrix protect Tire? Did it eat the tire before?
I believe he’s referring to an allied DVA using defense matrix to protect the tire as it reaches it’s target - but tbh I haven’t really kept up with what the two of you were discussing so I’m not sure what his implication was. He’d have to clarify.
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16.66% speed difference is not going to cause you to be unable to perform any task you currently perform, other than Parkour jumps that are risk free. Being able to travel via Parkour over populated areas with a single beacon is different from reaching a single, isolated area.
This is the only thing that the speed decrease prevents, thus it must stay. There is no longer a reason for it.
“Parkour” is only a utilization of an ability NOT a main focus of her speed, there has NEVER been an outcry from the community in regards to her speed during stealth, the devs just got rid of it because they made invis infinite. Like I stated before re-positioning, escape, flanking, scouting, and stealth purposes are the main reasons why speed is pivotal to her kit and must stay.
Having additional mobility for a small amount of time doesn’t make the main focus of the speed ability to run and jump around on a few things. It doesn’t put her on par to Lucio, Genji, and Hanzo’s mobility, these maps aren’t solely built with nooks and crannies only Sombra can get to that makes her faster mobility such a game breaking ability.
Plenty of other heroes can utilize their abilities to reach obtuse places, Pharah can fly where ever she pleases should we get rid of that? And when Lucio is boosting the team Everyone can “parkour”.
Revert the speed changes and everyone goes home happy.
Agreed , Id take the current speed and indestructable transolacator every day
I think she’s fine where she is. Sombra mains will continue to rant about her no matter what (idc rant about me) but it’s true, no sombra will ever please them, they want an overpowered sombra meta
Hey all, 190ish hour Sombra main nerd here.
I have to say, the speed of Sombra is one of the most exciting aspects of her play style. I kind of feel like one of those cheesy cyber punk hackers you see in a movie or book frantically trying to break into the system etc. If that was removed, it would just ruin Sombra’s KEY playstyle strategy. The faster you are, the better Sombra you will be for yourself and your team.
The time limit on her stealth is another aspect that makes her playstyle exhilarating in a way. You only have so long to get in, do damage before youre spotted. It just seems lame to have that power of being invisible forever. Stalling the point is one of Sombras main advantages over almost any other player in the game, although not overpowered since it is only for a few seconds.
Anyway I just heard about this about ten minutes ago, and it has made me a bit sad. Personally though, I should just get on with my life since I derive so much of my entertainment to this amazing hero.
Thanks for the 3 seasons of good Sombra Blizzard!
None of us have ever wanted that. And I for one certainly don’t want a Sombra meta. Playing vs enemy Sombras is annoying af for Sombra herself when you have to start fighting over medkits and stuff.
I feel like our message over the last 5 months has actually been pretty clean and concise that we just want her fixed and maybe a small QoL change or two. TBH if you ever got the impression that we wanted an overpowered Sombra meta, I feel like you haven’t been paying much attention at all, and it then scares me what the devs inferred from our posts.
Yeah, with like 6 hours of total playing time I’m sure you do. Making a forum post about a character you know little nothing about while generalizing that part of the community because your to lazy to look into her documented issues doesn’t help anyone.
We in the Sombra mains community have offered plenty of evidence over a course of months to help make her viable in OW with precise requests for fixing issues we feel plague the character from Qol or bugs, etc. Before generalizing us as whiners please do you homework, we certainly have.
Since he is quoted in all the Sombra threads:
@WorstSombra
Might be on crack for saying this, but I honestly think sombra is ok now with the recent ptr update. Was just running through some strats, and there’s some mega op stuff you can do that cannot be contested.
And your point is…? Look, he’s entitled to his opinion as we are entitled to ours, he’s not our de-facto leader just a part of the community like everyone eise.
No point. But as said since he was quoted ad nauseam when complaining he should also be when satisfied no?
My favorite part about this topic is the “I need to speak to the manager” tone the title has.
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Stealth isn’t going to help her get in the backlines when she moves slow with an ability that forces her to be revealed by taking 1 damage.
It will not work! This is a TERRIBLE change to stealth.
So you say you have no point, but then go on to explain your point? Whatever you say man.
LOL!! Yeah, that’s the kind of vibe I was going for.
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This is an unpopular opinion, but that first post looks like a huge over buff and I don’t think she needs even half of that to be decent again.
What first post…?
Those changes arent meant to catter to the “sombra main” community . They are meant to lower the skill cap lvl to allow more player to start playing sombra (hence to increase her playtime not her winrate).
Similar to the changes they made to lucio wallride for example.
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Not a single one of these tasks is imperiled by the loss of 16.66% of her runspeed.