If her head hitbox was too big from one angle then they should fix that. I do not think they should avoid making obvious QoL changes to a hero because of the balance of said hero. They should treat them separately and deal with them both.
Have you seen how absurd it was?
That was a must fix
Even with his body shape his hitbox is far too big.
Good now time to fix Zen headshot hitbox.
Meanwhile Torb’s entire front is still a crit hitbox
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To be fair, I’ve found it extremely easy to ping Echo, even while completely smashed irl.
Keep in mind it says the height has been reduced, it’s says nothing about the volume being changed.
Did you see how big her head is?
I don’t think this is meant to be a balance change as much as it is a bug/consistency change. Her head hitbox is giganto compared to her sprite and makes it so that the person shooting gets awarded headshots despite having not actually shot her head.
Of course, having that smaller hitbox is going to be a bit of a survival buff for Echo, but I’d rather have sane-functioning hitboxes and apply more intentional nerfs from there.
Buffed Rein too.
Good to see that they focused on buffing weak heroes this patch.
You think Rein and Echo are weak?
Apparently a sunglasses emoji does not convey sarcasm well enough.
I’m going to have to go update my Twitter bio.
My bad, running on 3 hours of sleep and my phone did not display the emoji properly. o_o
Laughs in Grandma’s hit box
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Actual keystrokes from me playing Ana.
Like…why? Did she need it? Was she not powerful enough as-is?
To OP: I personally believe that Echo benefits from those changes, and is also in a good and balanced state right now. I am ergo, very much happy with Echo in her current state, and feel that the devs have done a great job in both creating and balancing her.
The point of her flight and speed is supposed to give her an advantage over targets. A hitbox the size of a barn would invalidate this to a degree (look at Dva and Ball for example)
Which is something she needs, though you’re correct insofar that in the context of having flight it makes sense.
Which brings me to what I think actually needs to be done: remove the glide entirely and keep just the momentary forward-boost of her flight, remove the free-flying. So it’s more like a hop.
Echo is the definition of a 5head hero.
Reinhardt
General
- Reduced the height of Reinhardt’s head hit volume, making it harder to hit him in the head from behind
They did it to Reinhardt too. Evidently this was a change made for the sake of having hitboxes work properly instead of balancing the game.
Only thing is they removed the critbox and hitbox from between her head and back so Widow doesnt kill her by shooting in between.