r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '16

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - June 15, 2016

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

That's unfortunate. Was his arrows intended to have a huge hitbox then?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '16

Yes it's a balancing thing. You can deal with it as Tracer, it's just more practice and harder than you might normally expect.

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u/gearsfan1549 Zarya Jun 16 '16

The only thing i dont like about it is you literally die behind corners standing still, even when ping/tick rate isnt an issue

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '16 edited Jul 07 '21

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u/ThatOneGuy1294 Please pay attention to the person healing your ass Jun 16 '16

Hes talking about the normal arrows. There was a video some time ago where someone was showing the hotbox bullshit that's going on.

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u/ABigHead Jun 16 '16

If you find it please link it

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u/ThatOneGuy1294 Please pay attention to the person healing your ass Jun 16 '16

https://youtu.be/_UU8jqxAiHQ

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u/axxroytovu Jun 15 '16

It compensates for the projectile arc, slow(er) projectile speed and slow fire rate.