Although the devs couldn’t have foreseen this initially, she shouldn’t have been changed to DPS
Contributing to the support/DPS/tank hero number imbalance that we’re facing right now
They didn’t know what to do with her, since her hero revolved around shields and utility
She could have been tuned to be a much better support hero if her weaponry was changed to be more consistent and her shields and healing were emphasized
Bit weird seeing a small Indian woman in no dress for combat melt tanks in under .5 seconds
this is exactly why we stan.
absolute QUEEN preach and SLAY ON THE WALKWAY YAS YOU GO GIRLLL
anyways.
people would complain if sym was a support with no healing especially with 2-2-2- but people complained about her anyway so there would be no difference.
I wish sym was a support so she would be on the “pick hero” screen right next to my mains lined up in the support category.
sym, mercy and moira together. perfect.
oh and it would be nice to see sym in the support category because the DPS queue times are clownery.
They knew they didnt want her to be a healer they tried that and didnt like it
It was autolock it cant get more consistent than autolock outside of increasing the range or having it be 120 dps from the get go
She never had healing and when they tried giving it to her they didnt like it so they moved her to dps since the definition of a support now is a character who’s job is to heal somewhat consistently
Let me rephrase, I just don’t think her primary should be beam-related at all. Perhaps some sort of light shard projectile
Can you link to this
She’s got a huge time machine strapped to her chest which completely protects her heart. I’d call that some form of armor. + her primary is harder to use
Wouldnt really make it more consistent but cool idea
Sure
Yeah but that time machine is pretty much just as important as her heart since without it she starts fading out of existence and its completely on het center mass, also Symmetra be using hardlight armor to keep protected while staying fashionable
These developers don’t have the capabilities to improve Symmetra’s shield support side. They ignored all feedback that could of worked, but nope with limited knowledge = a swap to dps land. The fate of creative unique kits with limited knowledge of knowing how to design it.
I remember being happy and furious when Brigitte released.
Happy because I really really wanted an off-tank/off-healer mixed character, and Brigitte delivered that fantasy perfectly.
Furious because Repair Pack was basically the best suggestion I remember people were giving about making Symmetra more of a healer. Ie, some kind of burst healing and overhealing with temporary shields. When I saw that I knew the devs would instead try to make the “turret healing” (terrible) idea their main focus, and she would inevitably end up as a defense hero.
I’m currently double furious because Sigma also stole all our ideas for improving on her old Photon Barrier, from being able to stop it on demand to making it a bit larger.
Now answering OP, I think Sombra and Symmetra should had been moved onto support roles and rebalanced as necessary. Mei and Doomfist should also move into tank and also be rebalanced as necessary. Blizzard releasing 222 with a role imbalance that big (50% of all characters on DPS) was their biggest mistake.
The major problem with support Sym, an actually well though-out support design, can be summed up in the following word: Brigitte.
Sym could have been reworked to be a proper mitigation anti-flank support without the obscene brawl potential and meta shatteringness that Brig brought.
Just as a start, Brig’s armor pack could have EASILY been Sym’s E ability to replace the old photon shield from 1.0, just using blue HP instead of armor.
Throw on a 25 shield aura, reworked sentries to be more anti-flank / "sentry"esque tied to right click instead of shift, current photon barrier as an ult, a changed leftclick, current TP, and boom! A hero.
Well as long as she would keep her much more objectively superior 3.0 kit design along with some stat changes, then I would personally have no problem with her remaining in the Support role…