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    Upcoming major hero changes PTR patch

    http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overw...ic/20749877229

    I'm annoyed, because this says absolutely nothing other than "something's coming soon" which we already knew. But I'm glad we're gonna see more hero changes.

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    I'm going to venture a guess they are going to attempt to reinvent some of the lower tiered heroes in a way that makes them viable for high level play while also keeping them in balance with lower level play. Good time for some drastic changes just to see if they turn out well.

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    I'm cautiously optimistic. I'd like to see them tweak the 'lesser played' heroes like Symmetra whilst also tweaking those that are, perhaps, a little too good.

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    A lot of conflicting information because there doesn't seem to be official notes, so here's the Reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/c..._update_231gb/

    I like Torby passively generating scrap. I never found it fair that a defensive hero needed to run out into the battlefield to gather the scrap and risk getting killed.

    I like Soldier's spread nerf going back. As it is now, at any kind of range you almost have to three-shot burst with him in order to get any kind of accuracy.

    Symettra's alternate fire seems to travel faster, which is one thing I thought they might end up doing. Except they said she's not gonna be included in this patch.

    And of course, finally, D.va moving faster while shooting. Also she has more health.

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    It's really unprofessional to release a PTR client patch and not have patch notes that don't tell you what's been changed so people can try and get a feel of them.
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    Patch notes are official http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overw...ic/20749857162

    Was expecting a lot more changes...

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    Ultimate costs have been increased by 25% for all heroes

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    Ultimate cost has been increased by 15%
    Does that mean Mei's Ult cost is going up by 35%? I hope so, she gets that way too often in my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramaloce View Post
    Does that mean Mei's Ult cost is going up by 35%? I hope so, she gets that way too often in my opinion.
    Or it's multiplicative. Either way, her ult charge got lessened beyond the 25% everyone got. As a Mei player, I'm actually ok with it too. I relied on self-healing to get to my ult too much.

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    Well that really wasn't as exciting as I was hoping for. These changes don't even warrant that warning we got.

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    no symmetra for november?

    BOOOOOO

    fuck off if she looks good internally put her on the PTR boooo
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bovinity Divinity View Post
    I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is his hammer actually an issue? :O
    I think their intention is that they didn't want to encourage hammer plays (torb ult + ana ult) but could be used when in a pinch (building his turret) because hammer + ult is actually a thing sadly....
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    Sounds a bit extreme with the ulti charge nerfs.

    Woooo more D.Va buffs! She never needed any but keeps getting more

    Of course we're all waiting to see the Symmetra changes...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bovinity Divinity View Post
    I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is his hammer actually an issue? :O
    That thing was clearly OP.

    Not only could it do damage, it was great for banging in nails.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mormolyce View Post
    Sounds a bit extreme with the ulti charge nerfs.

    Woooo more D.Va buffs! She never needed any but keeps getting more

    Of course we're all waiting to see the Symmetra changes...

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    That thing was clearly OP.

    Not only could it do damage, it was great for banging in nails.
    You must of missed the hidden nerf....

    (defense matrix duration reduced)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bovinity Divinity View Post
    I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is his hammer actually an issue? :O
    Well in a way this is kind of a buff because it allows him to really beat the crap out of close targets, or repair his turret faster.

    OT: Seems like a lot less than I would have expected, I like the S76 buffs, not looking forward to D.Va getting more annoying though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zito View Post
    You must of missed the hidden nerf....

    (defense matrix duration reduced)
    There is no change to defense matrix. That was just some assumptions made by people playing the PTR before the patch notes were released.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bovinity Divinity View Post
    I'm sorry, did I miss something? Is his hammer actually an issue? :O
    It was funny. Torb's hammer does the same damage as Reinhart's despite being about 20 times smaller. Plus given the swing speed it actually had him doing more dps.

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    I wonder if they should give Winston wallclimbing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by zito View Post
    no symmetra for november?

    BOOOOOO

    fuck off if she looks good internally put her on the PTR boooo
    They'll likely keep the changes for her a surprise until closer to the time. Unfortunately that may mean that we don't see her changes go live until mid to late November...

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    Quote Originally Posted by NoiseTank13 View Post
    I wonder if they should give Winston wallclimbing.
    I'm actually surprised Winston has had no changes. He fails as a tank. They nerfed his bubble absorbing and cd at the very start yet rein still has hours big ass shield that absorbs what? 4x more AND regenerates and he does more damage with almost the same range

    The only use he has is the sniper counter or the occasionally bad genji who doesn't know how to out range winston
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    The Mei buffs are delicious~

    +Activation speed on Blizzard
    +Radius size on Blizzard

    The D.Va buffs are decent.

    The damage buffs to Soldier seem insane.

    I still think that Genji could use some touch ups of some sort.

    Junkrat I feel needs to be nerfed really hard.

    I feel Pharah needs to have a velocity increase on her primary rockets. The lead time you need on them is pretty insane.
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