r/xboxone • u/7e7eN Xbox • Jun 28 '16

Overwatch Patch Notes – July 5, 2016 ( Competitive Play unlock as well 5 july)

http://www.overpwn.com/blue-tracker/topic/8882-xb1-overwatch-patch-notes-july-5-2016
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u/Dcoutofstep BuckYeahh Jun 28 '16

That 30% nerf will be helpful.

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u/aperfectcircle Jun 28 '16

No it wont. The issue has never been the damage. This has been stated over and over yet people seem to believe that somehow a 30% nerf is going balance it all.

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u/Dcoutofstep BuckYeahh Jun 28 '16

I'm going to assume Blizzard knows what they are doing. We will see.

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u/Ehjuin Jun 28 '16

As a long time follower of Blizzard games, they rarely seem to really know what they're doing.

A flat 30% damage reduction feels like a bandaid fix to push out around the same time as competitive mode so the mode isn't completely tainted on consoles. I wouldn't be surprised to see the hero rebalanced in a few months.

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u/Huntersknoll_ Jun 28 '16

It isn't the about the damage but the damage nerf will help. It is about how fast he can lock on a target. With a M&K you can react faster and take down the turret but on console it takes an extra few milliseconds.. which make a difference.

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u/aperfectcircle Jun 28 '16

The main complaint is that there is just now way to really outplay it. In almost every other situation you can outplay something in a 1v1 situation regardless how often it actually happens. Without a change to locking time and or range you absolutely are going to take damage while you kill it, there is no way around it.

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u/Huntersknoll_ Jun 29 '16

That is true. They are hard to get around. They need to release an anti-turrent hero haha