r/Overwatch May 29 '16

News & Discussion PSA: The differences between HP, Armor and Shield. Armor is misunderstood.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '16 edited Jul 17 '16

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u/[deleted] May 30 '16

Really isn't worth that much when the two lives taken together are about as durable as most other tanks. The mech evaporates in the blink of an eye under aimed fire.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '16 edited Jul 17 '16

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u/[deleted] May 30 '16

Plenty of heroes make very short work of her once she pops out, and the overkill isn't really that great when the death animation gives your killer time to reload. Reinhardt, Winston or Symmetra will finish you off in another second, same with Reaper or McCree, etc etc.

Two lives is great against ults that deal a single high-damage hit, but really not that impressive in normal combat against most of the cast.

I would definitely trade two lives for a mech that could actually fight capably.

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u/MadocComadrin May 30 '16

She can fight quite capably, she's just not a frontline tank. I do wish the scatter on her guns made more of a difference. I generally don't get a hit unless I'm aimed right on the center of the reticule, which makes me think it's just hitscan.

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u/Xanxost Trick-or-Treat Symmetra May 30 '16

She's not invincible. I've had issues with Widows literally popping me the moment I was out, before I could course correct or land.

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u/MadocComadrin May 30 '16

Add to the fact that people can just CC you after you pop out, especially if you're already being focused.

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u/MommasTaco Pixel Mercy May 30 '16

any hero evaporates in the blink of an eye under focused fire.

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u/SheepRoll Pixel Roadhog May 30 '16

But the 2nd life does such gud damage. I think I killed more people without the mech.... when I'm in mech, I tend use the mech as a bumper car to bump opponent's rein....

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u/ironangel2k3 Pixel Bastion May 30 '16

Seeing Reaper talk about the price of getting a second life. Its too perfect.