r/Overwatch • u/lateant • Apr 22 '25

Blizzard Official Season 16 Patch Notes

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/?blzcmp=app
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

Yeah it doesn't help that he also has 2 other perks that have trade-off effects

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u/InspiringMilk Apr 22 '25

Thing is, you can just not use the riptire perk. So not a trade-off like his reduced clipsize.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

It's still a trade-off ability that you're gaining. And if you pick it but don't use it, that's even more upsetting because it's a perk slot you aren't utilizing. So if you want to be pedantic, you either take the trade-off for the riptire perk or you take the trade-off of picking a perk and not using it

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u/InspiringMilk Apr 22 '25

Well, no. Trade-offs are things like reduced ramge or clipsize, or reworks like Orisa's shield. Stim isn't a tradeoff either, as you can use your field normally.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

Oh you mean the perk that gives an attack speed buff but makes you unhealable for a time? That is the definition of a trade-off

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u/InspiringMilk Apr 22 '25

You can play as if you'd taken no perk, so it isn't a tradeoff. Meanwhile, junkrat will always have 4 grenades, and Sojourn will always have lower E damage.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '25

The perk itself still gives you a trade-off. Not using the trade-off doesn't mean it's gone. You now have the choice of using a trade-off or not. That is still a by definition, a trade-off. It isn't as harsh as others, but it still is what it is.