Sorry if I missed it in this thread but can someone post a link to the clip of whoever is throwing? It's very easy to action people if there is video evidence. We just need to see it.
Again, sorry if I missed the link in here if it's already posted but it's Sunday and I am not at the studio right now.
Hey. My only concern with spam is that I can build my ultimate off shields. I want to always be aiming for that for a quick build up and a tank trying to prevent ranged poke and spam against his team could actually be helping the enemy team. How do you feel about placed shields (not the ones attached to heroes) charging ults, and is there any consideration to tweak it? or leave as is?
Well we've recently been experimenting back and forth with this mechanic. In our latest builds hitting shields doesn't generate ult for either party.
But even with the way it was, both the shield owner and the attacker gain ult equally (and even then only at a 20% rate), so if you were firing into an enemy barrier to charge your ult you're also charging his/her ult as well.
Just to clarify: We do actually have damage fall off for certain weapons in the game, but Soldier: 76 doesn't currently use any. We tend to reserve fall off for weapons that are intended to be close range weapons, such as Tracer's Pulse Pistols or Reaper's Hellfire Shotguns.
For example, In a game of upward in TF2, I can spam the doors with soldier but I can only deal 30-40 damage (if they even hit the target). To dish out the real damage I have to get close to the enemy and take risks
As far as spam is concerned, there's a few things to keep in mind comparing Overwatch to TF2. Firstly, we're only 6v6, whereas TF2 can range from 8v8 to 16v16, so they tend to have a lot more stuff flying through the air at any given time.
Secondly, our tank role heroes are generally very good at shutting down spam like this. If your team is being locked down by a bunch of Pharahs firing rockets into a choke, a single friendly Reinhardt pushing out with his shield up should be all your team needs ...
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Soldier 76 is the first labeled offensive hero which rocks a support ability, when compared to other heroes with a offense "role" on the battle.net/overwatch website. I am actually a little concerned about this, and possible balance issues down the line.
My question specifically: currently where do you feel Soldier 76 is in terms of damage/health/support when compared to other offensive heroes currently? Are you finding the balancing of Soldier 76 to be a delicate problem, given his aoe healing ability?
Some 'topical' observations:
Soldier 76 rocks the same health as Pharah, and more health than Tracer, but has the ability to heal. He has a slightly slower weapon speed than Tracer, and possibly more damage output than Pharah. He would be able to escape Reaper with sprint, has an ultimate essentially as strong as Reaper and McCree, and seems like he can hold is own in a 1:1 quite well among any of them.
Finally, I had the privilege of playing Overwatch at Blizzcon 2014, and simply cannot wait to play more of this exciting game.
Its true he has a typically more support-like ability in his Biotic Field, but the roles aren't meant to be hard rules that we have to follow. They're meant to be more guidelines so players can more quickly understand how to they should approach playing the character.
For example, as you guys have seen by now Zenyatta can pump out some insane damage, but he is listed as a support still.
As far as 76 being overpowered, he is! Everyone is!
How does 76's ult work? Is it simply a temporary 'aim-bot' where his bullets are guaranteed to hit all enemies that he can during a period? Or is there also a buff that goes along with it, in terms of bullet damage or whatnot.
It works (hopefully) how you'd think it does, by automatically aiming at the nearest target to your reticle within a certain area on the screen, which is currently designating by that large circle in the HUD.
The thing you might now know about it though is that it also locks your spread to zero, which means you can just hold the button down and go to town. This means even if you are an FPS god and somehow can literally hit every bullet without your ult, it still offers you a significant benefit in aim, in a sense.