#Pharah overwatch 2 Patch

The ones that immediately come to mind are Sombra Hack reducing max health for a minute, Wrecking Ball knocking down enemies he rolls over, and D.va having an ability to tether and drag enemies with her mech (launching them tethered to her ult was hilarious and mean). The most polarizing changes are usually during the hero prototype or rework phase rather than anything for live balance.

#Pharah overwatch 2 Patch

The turn around time to have it patched and reacted to between releases means it isn’t really feasible as a testing for upcoming live patches sort of thing, though hopefully we’ll try to find some fun uses for it again in the future outside of just patch previews. Question: It feels like it's super easy to progress in ranks at the moment.Ĥ/6 players on my team have currently gone to GM in the past week, and none of us deserve itĪnswer from Lead Balance Designer: The Experimental Card was much more useful in the past when the patches were further apart (months vs weeks). Losing that would likely alienate a large portion of her fans.

Her design started as the ‘rocket launcher’ hero but her identity quickly shifted to the ‘always flying’ hero. We’ve considered potentially reworking Pharah to make her more interactive, but it would be a dicey one since to make big changes there, it would likely mean she has to lose the air time she is capable of. I wouldn’t put that all on the Mercy combo, but it is very powerful. She is quite situational as a pick but very capable of taking over the game in the right circumstances and is sort of a harder skill check for the enemy team than most heroes in terms of trying to counter her. Pharah is a hero that is tough to find buffs for (and she performs better on the stats side than most so it always becomes a question of if she even needs changes). When discussing balance internally are these community sentiments about 'evergreen' heroes ever talked about? Is there ever an attempt to make sure they are always toward the more powerful end of the hero spectrum? And how do you approach discussing and changing those less popular heroes? Is there more care involved?Īnswer from Lead Balance Designer: This is an interesting one since I often play Pharah even without Mercy, so I’m probably biased there. Meanwhile there are heroes like Roadhog, Doomfist, and Moira that people absolutely despise ever being meta. I'm referring to heroes like Reinhardt, Winston, Tracer, Lucio and Ana who every one seems to be happy with being meta in ranked and open play at all times. Question: Hey guys, throughout my time playing Overwatch and watching people discuss balance I've noticed there is a theme of certain heroes being somewhat beloved by the community.

For example, Roadhog was not buffed despite under performing on launch, because of his synergy with Kiriko. We take into account upcoming heroes and changes when making balance decisions. However, these suggestions can be often flawed since they don't account for the game balance ecosystem, or don't align with the goals of the designers. Answer from Lead Balance Designer (Summarized): We enjoy seeing community balance ideas since it means players are engaged with the game.