Hacked targets instead receive fewer packets from the server and at a delay. This would lower reaction speed and disorient the player while still giving them full control over their hero. It would be very thematic and have a high skill ceiling for counterplay
Sombra in general feels more and more like a support. The complete design seems to be mainly being invisible (survivability) or applying a debuff, so reworking her into a support would be one of the easiest things to do. Not to mention the mirrorwatch version was universally liked by the community and that was also more a support than a DPS.
They really cant get it right, as a DPS because she would need to lose one or both of her core aspects to not be either banned in 90% of the games or in a state where she would not be allowed to be good.
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Isnât the main gripe with sombra the invis, ttk with virus and hack? Like she comes out of nowhere, locks you out because youâre slow and canât react to a 0.65 cast and then she kills you. I think she is fine right now (liked the previous version better though) but iâm obviously in a minority so iâm trying to come with some constructive suggestion. Wouldnât reworking 1/3 abilities fix her? Personally I would remove virus and give her some team buff utility. Like hack an ally to reduce their latest cast cd by 30-50%, anti virus with a cleanse or something like that.
She doesnât need to be reworked into a support just because she has have some utility for the team. Soldier has heals but nobody would call him a support, symetra has tp but she was removed from support.
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People just hate everything about her. At this point, itâs not even about whether itâs justified or not. People hear âSombraâ and immediately get mad.
Remember when the problem was supposedly her permanent invisibility? Now the same people are complaining again about the limited invisibilityâbecause the duration is absolutely irrelevant to the actual issue, while at the same time the compensation buff (which Sombra mains warned about) is just going to make the problem worse!
Itâs been like this since OW2, because they tried to nerf Hack, which led to Sombra either completely dominating or being completely useless.
Sombra is like clockworkâyou canât just remove one piece and expect everything else to keep working.
By the way, the fact that the hate has become irrational is really obvious in posts suggesting a âsimpleâ fix.
1. Nothing is simple with Sombra, and
2. The solutions are often absolutely terrible.
I recently read a suggestion where someone wanted to keep the placeable translocator, but make it so you could only teleport if you hadnât taken damage for 0.75 seconds! Try giving that mechanic to any other hero and players would riot and burn Blizzard to the groundâbut with Sombra itâs somehow acceptable?
Honestly, the problems started with the need to nerf hack.
And after that the devs gave her virus.
That iteration wasnât even that bad, it was just an awareness check.
The simple fix to the perma invis sombra would have been to make her audio cues louder. (Like the reveal swoosh that happened when you walked too close to someone)
The amount of times my heart leapt to my throat when someone revealed me was immense. But i can count on one hand the times when those people reacted to the sound. They just kept walking and ignored me, after which i killed them for their error.
Meanwhile i intentionally positioned myself in places where a sombra couldnât get past me without that sound triggering, and then they claimed i was wallhacking when i shot at them while i could see them XD
To this sombra right now, giving her footstep sounds while invisible could help a bit. Adjusting virus could work as well, but much canât be done without dumpstering her.
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I still havenât gotten an answer as to why people donât react to being hacked by just turning around and you know, shooting her?
1 sec is almost nothing unless youâre almost dead, and itâs not like she shuts off your monitor, shorts out your headset, and jams your weapon.
Iâm a support and even I have no issues with her.
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I mean. Iâm a mercy main and i never had issues with sombra. So itâs definitely a skill issue if people donât react to the sombra approaching and just kill her. (Always funny to make a sombra swap off because you kill her a few times)
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In all honesty, I donât think Sombra will be considered âfairâ until sheâs burned to the ground and completely rebuilt. Hack canât be stronger, invis canât be stronger, tp canât be stronger, virus canât be stronger. Her entire kit would have to change.
Sombraâs one of those characters that there really canât be a middle ground on because her kit is so polarizing.