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HERO UPDATES General Several heroes have received major changes to their damage falloff: Bastion Configuration: Sentry and Configuration: Recon - Minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50%. McCree Peacekeeper - Minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50% Mei Endothermic Blaster - Removed all damage falloff from her secondary fire projectile Soldier: 76 Heavy Pulse Rifle - Minimum damage at max range increased from 30% to 50% Widowmaker Widow’s Kiss - Now has damage falloff applied on her automatic primary fire (50% at max range) Developer Comments: The goal of these changes is to slightly reduce the impact of damage falloff on mid-range weapons. While assessing falloff mechanics across the board, weapons intended primarily for close-range combat benefited too greatly from lowering their falloff restrictions. We also normalized a couple of outliers in that Mei had a long-range travel time projectile with falloff applied and Widowmaker’s automatic fire did not have any. Hanzo Storm Arrows Duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds Developer Comments: Hanzo’s new kit has proven to be a bit too powerful, especially his new Storm Arrows ability. We’re lowering the frequency that he can have this ability available to make it more reasonable to play around. Sombra Stealth Now lasts forever No longer can contest objectives while invisible Enemy detection radius increased from 2 meters to 4 meters Can now be destroyed (has 5 health) Developer Comments: These changes allow Sombra to more easily play as an infiltrator and scout for her team, as well as give her time to pick and choose when to reveal herself to ambush her enemies. Hero changes: https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-june-28-2018/142126/2 Hanzo Nerfs aren't enough. Meta will not change. I also really, really doubt Hammond will change the meta in a meaningful way.

https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109906/0d7494b2-b00e-4920-8494-31c562b895f9/image.png I should've expected this.

don't get me wrong, the mech looks cool but the fact that its just a fucking hamster is a really stupid idea imo i might just be pessimistic and i might actually enjoy playing him but i'll never get over how its just a straight up hamster

I don't like their trend of heavily hinting at 1 hero just for the next hero not to be that hero. Doomfist? Have a robot built by a kid. Junker Queen? Have a hamster.

I don't really care that he's a hamster. I'm worried about another CC spamming hero, and one thats a dive tank with only selfish abilities at that.

I think they gave up on the lore... which honestly is a good thing

Here's all of his abilities. https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/8um1t8/new_hero_hammonds_wrecking_balls_abilities_in_the/

That is one anti-climatic ultimate.

Just tried him out on PTR People in No Limits just grappled onto that one pillar in the middle of that one point on Nepal and spun around endlessly, knocking everything and everyone to hell and back

If anything, Wrecking Ball is making me seriously re-evaluating D.Va as a character

He has 600 standard hp (500 normal + 100 armour) The shield ability gives him an additional 100 shield + 100 shield for every enemy that's in a radious of about 5 meters. DIve into the enemy team and you pretty much have your personal Lucio ult. And it has a 15 second cooldown.

Tank meta + Dive Meta have fun.

Wrecking Ball is such a bad “hero” name. i mean at least some of the other “goofy” names have a purpose/shorthand. Wrecking ball has a mouthful

"Hammond" would've been miles better.

I was. Five minutes into my post and I already look like a dolt. :V:

You know everyone is just going to call him "Hamster".

Reminds me of the Behemoth from Evolve. (god I miss that game)

Would've been cooler if it was just an omnic. It being piloted by Hamster is a little too Dreamworks for my taste. But this is overwatch so I suppose who gives a shit.

I find it a bit odd that this is being made by the same team that thought a cat with a jetpack was too strange. This is much weirder

im not sure what to think about this, but its really stupid when he says "it would be silly for a hamster to talk", when we have winston which is just as silly.

Glad they added him in. Was getting tired of boring humans and robots. Talking hamsters in mech suits is the kind of dumb bullshit I live for.

it took me way too long to realise this https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91thVmjPP9L._SY355_.jpg

"we want the battleborn audience"

I mean, the game STARTED with a talking gorilla from the moon It's kinda hard to get weirder than that

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LawfulVainBalloonfish-mobile.mp4 love the new pharah counter

Is this super monkey ball?

This is why I love that Hammond has mines. https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109906/a1effe3b-6eae-412c-bb98-10370951b3be/hammond.mp4

Its a fucking Droideka from Battlefront

It bothers me that 2 hammonds dont just bounce off each other like clackers.

https://twitter.com/luulubuu/status/1012420181493256192 I can't believe Hammond is fucking dead