The Moira Nerf We Got Was Not What We Needed

For those who managed to NOT see somehow:

Moira

Biotic Orb

  • Damage radius reduced from 5 to 4 meters
  • Projectile speed increased from 16 to 20
  • Projectile duration reduced from 10 to 7 seconds

This? This is what got changed? We expect somewhat of a rework but all we got was small changes to what (to me) doesn’t seem like what most of the moira complaints were about.

Not to mention ZERO baptiste changes…

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Tbh I was expected them to adjust her secondary fire. Maybe they’re saving it for PTR?

It’s worth noting that they said there would be more changes than what they mentioned, and yet the only changes in the patch notes is the ones they mentioned. They really shouldn’t have said that part.

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I’m surprised they didn’t shrink her absurd beam hitbox.

That’s the crux of the issue IMO. It’s ridiculously forgiving.

All this change does is make it so you use an additional brain cell for throwing out your orb…which isn’t that much of an improvement. :roll_eyes: This doesn’t do anything at all. Still going to be dominant in lower tiers below Master, still going to be trash in higher tiers.

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it was what most needed, the only one’s mad are the ones expecting they would make her have to aim

looks like she can still kill the bad genjis :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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Nah i’m still quite upset that i’m still going to have to hear her ulti voice line practically every single fight from her ridiculous ult charge rate which is a big problem with her.

Not to mention that if THIS was supposed to stop RNG orb… it doesn’t even do that. So what was the point of this.

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Ohhh, I’m very pleased that that’s the dmg change.

I wish they looked at her resources but… :tada::tada: This is a positive dmg change I like

I actually would take the dmg back for a smaller aoe tbh. Really focus on the trig

oh well if you just mean her ult charge rate then fair enough i agree it’s a little too fast and easy to get

Can anyone give me a link if I missed something???

Please!!

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They are only changing numbers and saving all the big guns for ow2 at this point. Truly unfortunate that we have to wait so long for just some lore and a couple of heroes/maps we were supposed to get, but they kept saving…

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Hmm, interesting changes. Not as catastrophic as I thought. Should encourage more careful damage orb use.

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as ive been saying all week…moira mains need not worry as experimental has up to now just been number tweaking…which is exactly what they did

unfortunately for the game as a whole…the types of changes she actually needs wont be happening in OW1…and frankly i worry they wont happen in OW2 either…she needs fundamental changes…design changes…not number tweaking

like yay…a minor orb nerf…big whoop really…twirls fingers

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Jeff litterly said they don’t want CSGO style guns Only.

Changing Moiras beam hitbox would kinda lead to that, if you think about that

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What… how? You’re just making it so the moira can’t just nonchalant, HALF track the person they’re going for.

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I guess I can accept these moira changes. They didn’t ruin her. I was so nervous but now I feel more relieved.

That just shows you that they want her to have forgiving aim requirments.

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More like “not the nerf some dps players wanted”. Maybe, despite the best efforts of some here, Moira is largely in a place where the devs are happy with.

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Because her beam hitbox serves a purpose.

Deal with it.

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^ This.

Moira needs to be able to deal steady damage so she can replenish her resource. If people want her hitbox shrunk then the devs need to either give her more resource (which IMO would ruin the point of the character) or increase her healing output to compensate, which would make her too superior.

She’s fine where she is.

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Question for Moira defenders… Why do you overrate the healing resource as if you run out fast as sht and you’re down with no heals, needing to constantly beam any enemy you can find. I have yet to run out of resource while playing moira. And this is keeping my team up. Is it maybe that they need to learn to manage the resource better instead of just holding down the mouse button?

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