Was it wise to nerf her shields?
I really want her to say "chic peas and curry"
Symmetra's shields are a boring mechanic. They're literally "Press button on ally to shield them forever". There's no depth whatsoever, even Torbjorn has a resource to manage with their armor packs and they aren't permanent within a given life. It shouldn't be a primary aspect of the character, and them nerfing it is fine.
Whether she's a good character on her other aspects is a concern, however.
I never notice them. I don't know how they were before the nerf but currently they feel EXTREMELY underwhelming
I think it would be better if it was a chargable thing, and the longer you waited the stronger it gets, but you can only apply a single shield to a single ally at a time.
>>339963394
what was she like before the nerf? right now the 25 shield isn't noticeable at all
POO
>>339963394
POO
>>339963810
You gotta reshield them when they die or change characters.
>>339963394
No, they shouldn't have nerfed the shields but rather the characters that would become too overpowered with shields
>>339965518
That would be a better idea.
>>339963394
Yeah, it made squishies a bit too strong. It gave more mobile heroes too much.
Is her shield enough to let 150HP characters survive a sniper shot?
>Nerfed her shield because stacking with Troj armor made small characters OP
>Not nerfing shield and Torj equally
They need to move her from Support to Defense, it's nonsense that the Team Tips will accept her as fulfilling the support role.
>>339966280
A fully charged body shot does like 150 so yeah.
>>339965385
They gave 50 shields before the nerf IIRC
>>339966280
Yes.
Widow full charge is 150 dmg
Hanzo is 125
>>339963394
i think symmetra needs reworked entirely
she is far too situational. first of all id like her to be playable on king of the hill maps
>>339965518
I can see that going poorly. No one would ever get shields, because they'd be waiting for a bigger charge.
>>339965614
They were 50. Combined with eternal Zenyatta healing orbs, Tracers and Genjis were fucking retarded op.
>>339966280
full charged bodyshot is exactly 150 so yes it lets you survive one with tracer and zenyatta
however widow is so overpowered that it's an easy double tap to kill less than half a second later
>>339966380
Symmetra can give her shields immediately. Toby has to wait for them. 50 shield from the start is strong just to immediately hand everyone, but I get where you coming from. I don't understand anything Blizzard does, and it's good we don't.
>>339966560
It would have a cap of course
It wouldn't just keep going and going.
Anyone got a webm of Pharahs Raindancer/Thunderbird intro with missile barage?
>>339966380
Torj has a resource to manage with his armor.
Symmetra just gives everyone a shield right out of the gate.
Instead of a bigger shield (still wish it was more than 25 though), maybe give it a 25 boost and replace 25 normal health with shield health since it regenerates. That man maybe have sheilds cover some roll over damage. Like if you had 1 shield health left, it'll take most of a rocket's damage before transferring damage back to health. It'll probably be too good in that case, but I'd like to see it tested at least.
>>339966745
You don't seem to know the difference between shields and armor. Please research it and rethink your post.
>>339966565
I could see how that would suck
As tracer a lot of times I only die to getting 1 shot so if I could survive that and passively heal up I don't see how it'd be possible to die unless you fuck up majorly
>>339966862
>Implying that armor will save ya when a sniper shoots your face
>>339966558
Symmetra has a time and place and works very well with her current state
She's my 3rd most played and I think she's fine balance wise
It would be retarded if she actually got buffed to the point of being able to be played on any map, Overwatch isn't about being able to one-trick any hero, it's about being flexible and smart with your picks
>>339965518
What about a system where each spawn they get a limited number of charges for their shield which is enough to either give everyone a +25 shield or give 1-3 people more powerful shields?
So it won't be abused the next spawns shields won't stack with the one your last life set up?
>>339966558
She should be able to throw her turrets like sticky bombs so she can chuck them ahead of her to slow enemies down. Her Orb should just instantly shoot a fully charged version but have a reload after each shot. I don't really agree that her Teleporter should be an ultimate. More like a long cooldown ability, and then maybe have her ultimate like giving everyone damage reflect for 3 seconds a bit like lucio mixed with genji. Might make her OP though?.
>>339963641
I want to hear her say "Hurry Im out of curry"
>>339966891
Zenyatta orb was probably the worse offender there so I wouldn't mind them buffing her shields back to 50. As she is now she is useless on most maps.
>>339967376
>>339963394
should've buffed her ugly face
come on blizz, with a lewd outfit like that you give her this abomination of face.
>>339966703
Stop asking.
/r/ is that way.
>>339966703
watching a tournament right now and it literally just happened
too lazy to make a webm so just watch the vod
twitch /gosugamers/v/70517280?t=2h30m30s
I would rather her have the ability to replace 50%-75% of a single ally hero's health with shields until they/she dies. It feels like a boring answer to one shot bodyshots being a thing, and doesn't really offer much else
>>339967535
Its not her face that is the problem, its her ethnicity
That's as attractive as Indians get.
>>339967737
Fuck off and die and never come to this board ever again.
![symmetra_presskit6[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/4mt1okV.jpg "symmetra_presskit6[1].png")
>>339967937
her concept art is good
it's just the 3D model that looks like shit
>>339967937
Arab, Persian and Indian women have the genes to be some of the most beautiful bitches in the world. Get some class, swine
>>339968490
Every ethnicity has the "genes" to have some of the most beautiful bitches in the world
You've just have poo poo fever
>>339968490
>yfw Pharah is so hot you'd even let her dominate you even though you're not a submissive
Still want D va bent over the table taking in my man seed though.
>>339966591
Then why not make Symmetra have to wait on shields like her turrets but increase the shield amount?
>>339967338
>I don't really agree that her Teleporter should be an ultimate. More like a long cooldown ability
That would make her a 100% necessary pick for defense maps every time. You severely underestimate just how vital that teleporter is for defense.
>>339966527
>Widow full charge is 150 dmg
>Hanzo is 125
Wait are you serious?
The hitscan sniper that can shoot just as fast and has escapes/traps does more bodyshot damage than the sniper who shoots projectiles?
There is no way blizzard can be this fucking stupid.
>>339966862
Armour halves the damage you take so long as you have it, shields is a very small amount of overheal, that's why Torb needs resources to give you it, it's effectively 150 free health as opposed to 50.
>>339967650
Thanks dude
>>339969239
Blizzard also are somehow surprised that Mcree is dealing so much damage with hammer fanning.
Like, are you joking? It takes 5 seconds to punch the numbers to see how much damage he can do in a split second. There's no way somebody wasn't looking at the characters and went "Yeah, reload on roll and fan the hammer totally won't be used to kill tanks, despite being the highest source of burst damage in the entire fucking game"
>>339968664
Vague argument. Find a gook chick with African ass, then hmu.
I'm talking in a macro scale, those brown bitches are prone to have curvy bodies more than anywhere else
If you ain't about tits and legs, then enjoy the reject pile of basic bitches
>>339969545
>I'm talking in a macro scale, those brown bitches are prone to have curvy bodies more than anywhere else
It's always hilarious to see people who are clueless about genetics talk about them.
>>339970085
Genetics is literally just the expressive way just the way to convey my exact argument, you massive turd
>>339967937
Pharah is by far the most beautiful girl in the game, and she's fucking egyption. Ethnicity matters fuck all in video games and 2D.
>>339969279
Armour actually takes away 5 damage from any hit you take. The exception is when you are hit for less than 10 damage, in which case the armour reduces the damage by 50%.
>>339969424
hitboxes
aim bloom
lag compensation
player quality
can all effect the real DPS vs theoretical DPS,
>>339967535
Her nose is awful
>>339969239
and yet people will still defend Hanzo as the better sniper
just ask in the general, it's hilarious
>>339971140
>egyption
why does everybody in this game have robot arms
>>339972573
Exactly.
The highest DPS in the game is surprisingly on Symmetra.
She just has to stay alive and keep using m1 on enemies.
>>339974965
>futuristic setting starring mercenaries in a world where cybernetic implants and robotics are commonplace
dunno man
>>339967246
How do you see your rank?
>>339975192
>The highest DPS in the game is surprisingly on Symmetra.
So Symmetra kills tanks faster than MCree now? Neat! Was this just patched in last night, or are you living in bizarro land?
What if they buff symmetra's ass?
>>339975335
Her theoretical dps is the highest in the game.
This assumes that all of her turrets and her primary attacks is fully charged and it's all focused on a single opponent.
What is this game even anyway? Multi ethnic, superhero brigade version of TF2?
>>339975248
Put in your full battletag
http://masteroverwatch.com/
>>339975791
It's time lads rate and hate
>>339975791
Sweet, thanks anon.
>tfw the only characters I like are big team players
>>339976056
>4:3
>people have below 2.0 kd on most heroes
embarassing desu
>>339977003
>He says with a blantent 0 KD on the list
>>339977078
mercy isn't a hero you get kills on senpai
post yours and we'll judge
>>339977003
>not having 3.0
>>339977190
touche
post them all though
Speaking of nerfs
Why wont Blizz touch McShits flashbang again???
>>339977598
it's on their to-do list along with buffing D.va
I had a chat with my mates and suggested they keep it the same but change fan the hammer to only fire 3 rapid shots, have a 1 second pause time, then fire 3 more. That way he deals with pesky heroes like genji and tracer just as well but can't just faceroll tanks like a fucking idiot.
>>339977532
the only other heroes I have with any real play time are mercy and reinhardt
>>339977771
they already said they aren't nerfing flashbang, they're going to nerf fth instead.
They wont nerf flashbang because stunning is the only reliable way to shut down a tracer/genji
because balance.
