What the developer meant about Sym's new ultimate

[Maka-21687]

Continuing the discussion from [Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – June 5, 2018]:

@TomPowers

New Ultimate: Photon Barrier

Deploys a barrier that is big enough to span and cut through an entire map
Orientation can be changed by pressing the ultimate button again
Has 5000 health

Developer Comments: The goal of these changes is to move Symmetra to her new damage role and make her more flexible and viable across more areas of the game than she was previously. Now that Symmetra is no longer a support hero, she is expected to be able to dish out heavy damage, and these changes allow for her to do so. She should be more powerful and interesting in more team compositions and maps, and she should also be stronger on offense and defense.

please let me fix this for you

Developer comments : The goal of these changes is to make Ana even less reliable than she is right now and burry her into oblivion where she should never escape from

[RayneFall-2606]

well it’s basically a shield right? can’t you walk past it?

[Vitruvian-11906]

Pretty sure there’s several abilities in the game that don’t go through shields, why are you pickin’ on Ana’s incapability specifically?

[Maka-21687]

Because Ana’s a sniping burst healer, her primary function is to heal from far away and she’s the only healer whose healing doesn’t go through shields. She’s having enough of a hard time right now with all those barriers, we don’t need an “infite barrier that goes through all the map”.

If you just want to “cross it” you might as well pick another healer because Ana’s mobility/survivability don’t allow her to be in close range

[APPLEBOMB-1611]

Well it only lasts 15 seconds sooooo.

[JadeDragon-1453]

So Symmetra’s barrier is an ultimate. Meaning she has to earn it. And it is a good counter against Ana, but not something she’ll be able to use often.

[Snurtlicious-1727]

Unfortunately, they’re changing Moira’s biotic grasp as a “bug fix” so she can no longer heal through barriers either. This puts both Moira and Ana at a disadvantage against barriers.

[Maka-21687]

This puts both Moira and Ana at a disadvantage against barriers

pretty sure her primry fire goes through barriers. Your comparison would be good if you compared biotic orb to Ana’s nade : both projectiles thzt don’t go through shields

[Ephemiel-1266]

Why would it affect Ana in most ways? Were you trying to snipe Widowmaker-style?

[Snurtlicious-1727]

Moira’s primary fire definitely doesn’t go through barriers. The orb she fires can heal and damage through barrier but her primary and alt fires cannot.

[Maka-21687]

I got all mixed up, you’re right, Her orb DOES go through barriers, and her primary does not, at least not anymore with the last patch

[LETMEHEAL-1304]

Ana does need a huge buff maybe her healing increased or allow her healing to go through allies and heal everyone the bullet goes through or her rate of fire increases or give her back her heal over time effect from biotic grenade or increase effect time from biotic grenade??? Just a few ideas