My default reply when someone goes out of their way to enter and read a Sym thread is “nobody forced you to read this.” Do people not understand how absurd it is to go out of their way to read something they “don’t like” or “find annoying” just to complain about it? Who is compelling you to do that?
Anyway, this one is FOR the haters. Let me explain a few things. Let me explain why there are “so many” Sym topics. (There really aren’t)
A. Balance and specific treatment of Sym balance
Symmetra was literally described as an underperforming hero, and a few weeks later, received multiple nerfs.
Then:
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Beam-type damage reduction against Armor health pools increased from 20% to 30%
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(Secondary Fire) Max damage reduced from 140 to 120
As for specific treatment of Sym, the problem is she is like the only hero where they’re SUPER cautious about buffs.
- (Primary Fire) Delay before losing charge increased from 2 to 4 seconds
^This didn’t go through. Why? I honestly have no idea. What makes us mad is that they have no problem giving 4 flat buffs to an average hero, even when EVERYONE knows it’s gonna make the hero broken, yet every potential buff to Sym is treated with absurd scrutiny and caution. This is a weird double standard and we notice it.
B. Community perception is still trash
We still get told horrible things. We still get flamed by the 11 other players in the game. She is STILL thought of as a no-skill hero by the majority of the players of the game. (Makes sense, since the majority of the players aren’t that great and will naturally struggle against things that are extremely easy to counter once skill and gamesense are attained.)
https://imgur.com/SP7IWdO
https://imgur.com/KKCnMWi
https://imgur.com/x3V5H66
^Yep this crap still happens to us, a lot. And these were just the screenshots I could find in the 10 seconds I bothered to look.
C. Little things add up.
It’s not about not having a legendary skin this halloween. It’s about the little things that add up which is why we cry “neglect.” Listen, we know we’ve had a decent amount of attention from blizz, but frustrating things add up.
- No legendary skin for 2 years
- OWL emote spelled wrong for crying out loud (Proton barrier?)
- Radio silence on her balance state / direction besides saying she’s underperforming then nerfing her
- TP selfdestruct bugs, gamebreaking bugs since 2018 that have not been acknowledged or fixed
- Turrets selfdestructing when going off the payload via TP
- Easy QoL features we’ve been asking for years not acknowledged or implemented
- No highlight intro or victory pose showing her weapon
- Main use in OWL is as a taxi bot to then swap off to a real hero
- And more.
Just a bunch of things that add up to big frustration.
This is not to mention the fact that we can seem like a “loud” or “noisy” bunch, because, in all honesty, we’re the mains of what was essentially 2 different heroes, which may end up being 3 if the whispers from the dev AMA are true. We’re a heterogeneous bunch with different visions and directions for the hero that we enjoy / enjoyed playing.
At the end of the day, we complain because there are things to complain about. People that are satisfied or near satisfied with the heroes they play are not on the forums making topics about balance, they’re playing the game. When heroes were OP there were tons of threads about them, same with UP heroes, it’s only natural.
Many Sym players such as myself have stopped playing the game or the hero because of how frustrating she is to use. She’s a high effort low reward hero who really is only good for catching enemies off guard and relies on teamwork to get the same base value other DPS heroes can get alone. There’s no real reason to pick her on the ladder except for love of the hero. I mained Ashe this season and did way better than I could with Sym, even on maps where Sym should be in her so-called “niche.”
Anyway, that’s it. I hope for some buffs / changes / tweaks to the hero that I enjoy so much.
