Symmetra Rework: Defense or Support?

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So in an interview 5 days ago, it was confirmed that Symmetra will be removed from support and placed in the defense category… Yet now in a more recent interview it was stated she was still being discussed and possibly will be given healing capabilities OR be put in the defense category… Which is it?

You don’t have to go into full details, but I just want to know what to prepare myself for as a Sym fan. I don’t want to prepare for a new DPS version and suddenly she’s the the 6th healer of the game, and vice versa.

I’d just like confirmation one way or the other, please and thank you.

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We currently have moved her to Defense. We tried a healer version which had her turrets healing instead of dealing damage, but it felt super awkward, especially with how fast Overwatch moves.

That said, we are playing with a new way her turrets deploy. Instead of having to stick them directly onto a wall herself, she can now fire an un-deployed version like a projectile, which sticks to walls/ceilings/etc. Once it sticks, it will unfold like it does on the wall currently when she builds them.

This helps for a bunch of reasons but one of the big ones is that it makes it a lot easier to play her on offense or just be able to preposition her turrets much more easily/quickly.

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That actually sounds pretty cool! Thanks Geoff! Also, have any changes planned for her barrier?

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Oooh! The fun possibilities will be endless now! Well, more than before anyways. I really like how this is sounding. Thank you Geoff! ^^/

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That’s actually pretty dope.

Looking forward to see how she plays out as a whole.

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london spitfire predicted this

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Geoff, quickly. Should I buy Golden Weapon for Symmetra or nah?

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Many of us predicted this.

Well…I know I did. There are now I believe 4 things I’ve gotten correct. :]

  1. This.
  2. Sombra Spread
  3. Doomfist Hitbox
  4. Avoid as Team Mate.

:smiley:

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Do it. If you buy one now, you can drive some people crazy.

If the rework is good, you can say you had the golden gun before she was fixed. Can play it like a hipster.

If she’s still bad, you can still drive some people crazy!

It’s a win win, really.

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Now you have to aim at walls. What a joke…

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So interesting! I have been hoping that you guys went that direction with her turrets. When you say fire her turrets, how fast do you guys want her projectiles to move?

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Erm. For the Symmetra player, this shouldn’t be very difficult to do. They already have to worry about proper turret placement.

For her enemy, you already had to worry and deal with the turrets on walls, ceilings, etc.

I’m not sure what the complaint is about?

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I’m just throwing my two cents in there, but an idea may be to give her a teleporter ability instead of Ult and have the teleporter slot be used for a healing generator with 1000 health (maybe 800 shield, 200 health). This way she does have a way to heal, but the team would still need another healer.

Again that’s my two cents, just tossing an idea.

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Symmetra players have been asking for that turret change for years lol

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I remember just regular Symmetra players on these forums asking for this back during her first rework.

This is such an obvious change.

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What about giving turrets 25 or 50hp instead of 1hp? :wink:

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Do you guys even play Overwatch? Like casually, at home? Just curious? Like at least 15-25 hours a week?

To me, this sounds like a terrible, terrible idea but its hard to make those judgements without seeing the rest of the changes.

But this one change alone sounds really bad.

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Are the turrets instantaneous or will you be able to kill the turrets in flight or are they invincible until they make contact with a wall?

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Why is it a horrible change? Its a buff, period.

Are you suggesting we dont buff the worst hero (objectively) in the game??

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Literally nothing changes other than making it easier for Sym to set up her turrets.

You know they were reworking sym to make her more useful, they are not going to fundamentally change the character design so she’s unrecognizable to her player base, and the game has had elements of FPS and other various games in it since day one.

I really do not understand the complaint here, unless you just don’t want Sym to be sym any more or you just never want to see her?

Okay, but why does it seem bad to you?

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