When did the lifts at Hollywood get changed? Why did they get changed?

[darkdill-1531]

I miss being able to put a Torb turret on the one at Point A and have it move up and down. That made for a surprisingly annoying defense.

Now it won’t go up with just a turret on it. T_T

[Kaedi-11739]

This was a change in the October 13th patch.

@JoshNash-1223

Feature Update: Elevator Adjustments

Elevators will now wait at the bottom of their track until a player boards the platform. After a short delay, the platform rises rapidly upward. Once the elevator reaches the top, it pauses briefly before returning to the bottom.

Developer Comments: We’ve received quite a bit of feedback about the unreliability of the looping elevators in Hollywood and Volskaya Industries. In an effort to improve that experience, we have re-designed the elevators in both maps so that they no longer endlessly loop. We hope that this change will make elevators a quicker and more reliable form of vertical transportation, while granting nearby players fair warning that the elevator is in use through updated sound effects.

[Drowsckab-1655]

I like this version way better; it feels like non vertical-oriented heroes can contest high ground way more consistently like Soldier, McCree, Ana, Zen, Sigma, etc.

[WAITRESS-2668]

Annoying, right?

I liked playing widow there.