I’m incredibly shocked that people agree with this considering the majority of the player base got crushed by old sym shield gen 
I don’t think a shield gen ability is inherently bad, I just hope that its executed well.
Ngl, shield gen in mystery was cancer lol. Having 3 or more shield gens running with a torb giving out packs and everybody is a tank.
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I want the old Shield Gen back, or at least the Photon Shield during Beta test.
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fun cant be had in OW.
mercy had fun. nerfed.
sym had fun. nerfed.
bast had fun. nerfed.
etc etc.
tbh i’d be fine with shield generator, BUT not a 100% uptime one.
either make it have a duration (like i.field where it ends over time or can be killed early) or tie it to her life.
it was legit broken in old days where u kill it and she just puts another down immediately.
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I think a tank with such passive ability would be nice to have
nono not more barrier pls no
Was it continuious regen? If so ofc people would be mad cuz every instance of dmg is reduced by 50, basically.
it gives permanent shields to any hero within its pretty big range. the shields behave the exact same as normal shield hp but they are immediately lost when the shield gen is destroyed. it wasn’t overpowered or anything, I just remember it being incredibly annoying unless you had a tracer due to its snowball effect.
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Oh that, so it’s every instance of dmg -50 if played cleverly. That’s indeed fairly annoying and w/ the tracer back then, ugh.
You could technically argue Ashe is a defence hero since every sniper (aside from Ana) was considered one.
It would have to replace a heroes current HP otherwise health stacking would become an issue.
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I like this idea, but shields are still very strong in the meta. A new hero that can buff other shields might be OPAF, but what do I know.
when brig and sym could ult for shield and armor, it was OPAF. I am definite that stacking shields and armor would be an issue.
What if, when placing the new barrier, being within x meters of ut grants shields? A combination of shield gen and her huge barrier
it was a flat shield amount and it regened after a bit of no dmg.
basically made it so you couldnt 1shot anyone.
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As useful as the old shield generator ult was, I found it incredibly boring as Symmetra. You plonk it down, and until the enemy destroys it you can only watch your team have fun farming and using their ults, while all you can do in that regard is sending trollish e-mails with a picture of it to the enemy Junkrat.
To OP’s point: I completely agree - I loved the idea of a non-healing support, and feel Blizzard went the easy route and threw the baby out with the bath water when doing the rework.
Now, don’t get me wrong: I think Symmetra 3.0 was more engaging and useful than her earlier incarnations - until they crippled her with that infinite teleporter abomination. That said, they could have done the same basic changes while keeping her a shielding support.
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Well Sym’s identity was supposed to be shielding. I think we should try some stuff out with her.
Give her and her builds a 25 shield aura. Maybe temp shields for using the TP. Something. Anything. Blue HP for allies is the entire reason I picked up the character to start.
Don’t worry, it’s gonna be a DPS who can move through walls and has AoE beam.
I wish they allowed Hammond’s Adaptive Shields to be also applied to nearby teammates. 