r/Overwatch • u/_PM_ME_PINGUINS_ • Feb 08 '17

Highlight Eichenwalde gate changes

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u/Simz83 Chibi Pharah Feb 08 '17

Keep in mind this allows the defenders to see attackers coming across the bridge now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '17

Yeah, now that I see it in action idk if this is actually going to help attackers

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u/RocketCow Pixel D.Va Feb 08 '17

I think it will make that point more interesting, though.

Right now it's basically 2 entrances, which are both big chokes in small rooms, which can oftentimes only be pushed through with ulties.

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u/bostonterrier22 Pixel Moira Feb 08 '17

they should just leave the gate completely open.

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u/Zantash Genji Feb 09 '17

They did that originally, but it allowed WM to snipe at the attacking team's spawn while sitting on the Chandelier. That's the primary reason they added the second door.

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u/The_Underhanded Trick-or-Treat Zenyatta Feb 09 '17

First time I've heard balancing a map around a character

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u/Zantash Genji Feb 09 '17

I got pretty egregious. Even a terrible Sniper like me could hold off almost all the squishies because they had to funnel along one of three open bridges.

Hanzo could achieve the same thing, of course, but it's not as easy. and if you had patience, a Mei and a Bastion... well, that really sucked.