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Sombra Ult kills it?
That's not the barrier, it's just an old animation her shields used to have in the beta days. Her shield floats forward at walking speed until destroyed (has like 1000 HP?) or majority of it hits a wall.
This means if the enemies don't destroy the teleporter it will regen health.
So it has 350 shields and 50 health (total 400 HP)
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I only have it on PS4. Can you not check out your PS4 stats when browsing Battle.net? You can only view stats via web if you bought the PC version?
Vault Dweller 111
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it only has 50 real health and but 350 shields
There are 3 major lifebars that characters have.
Health is the actual life of a character that all characters have to some extent.
Shields is life that can be regenerated. So, Zenyatta has 150 points of shield and 50 health. He'll always get his shields back, not his health.
And Armor is the last one, which I think takes twice as much damage as other forms of life. So D.Va's mech has like 400 armor I believe.
i believe if you throw it out at a moment where it would impact something solid and be destroyed, it'll just stand in place. i've seen photon barrier deflected off people and objects, stand still, all kinds of wacky shit lol. definitely needs work
Incendiary
Banned
These Symmetra changes sound awesome. I can't wait to start playing her again as soon as these go live. Gonna be so much fun to main her again, yay!
Quick question - is the shield generator on a timer? Or is it just permanently up until the enemy team destroys it?
Quick question - is the shield generator on a timer? Or is it just permanently up until the enemy team destroys it?
Psychoward
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Man I'd love to be a fly on Blizzard's wall when they reworked Sym's shield ability.
"Okay guys, so right now Symmetra is the only hero that can buff allies with shields, however it's only 25 shields and she's the least used character in the game so that could probably use a buff"
"How about instead of buffing the base shields or reworking her unique ability, we copy Reinhardt's shield and gimp it in every way possible"
"Brilliant! Ship it to the ptr, the 12 Sym mains are gonna love it"
That being said her teleporter having more hit points and regenerating plus having extra charges is nice, and the shield ultimate ability sounds nice. However two issues; why would I use a teleporter when I can prevent people from dying in the first place (her new ult) and why does she still not gain any ult charge at all while her ultimates are up?
Changes to the sentry turrets are nice though obviously.
Changes to her primary fire is also appreciated, although I've been saying it should be increased slightly for months now. Oh well.
I'd also like to see her secondary fire move just slightly faster because as it is I've gotten hit by it maybe once outside of being stuck in a graviton surge or frozen.
Being able to party up with randoms after a match is also appreciated but it's pitiful such a basic social feature was missing for this long from a team based game.
Man I'd love to be a fly on Blizzard's wall when they reworked Sym's shield ability.
"Okay guys, so right now Symmetra is the only hero that can buff allies with shields, however it's only 25 shields and she's the least used character in the game so that could probably use a buff"
"How about instead of buffing the base shields or reworking her unique ability, we copy Reinhardt's shield and gimp it in every way possible"
"Brilliant! Ship it to the ptr, the 12 Sym mains are gonna love it"
That being said her teleporter having more hit points and regenerating plus having extra charges is nice, and the shield ultimate ability sounds nice. However two issues; why would I use a teleporter when I can prevent people from dying in the first place (her new ult) and why does she still not gain any ult charge at all while her ultimates are up?
Changes to the sentry turrets are nice though obviously.
Changes to her primary fire is also appreciated, although I've been saying it should be increased slightly for months now. Oh well.
I'd also like to see her secondary fire move just slightly faster because as it is I've gotten hit by it maybe once outside of being stuck in a graviton surge or frozen.
Being able to party up with randoms after a match is also appreciated but it's pitiful such a basic social feature was missing for this long from a team based game.
Sir Griffith
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Old hp : 200 normal Health
New HP: 400 health: 50 normal, and 350 regenerative shield health
It means it will have regeneration. Which is really cool. I always thought that was the case anyway, because that only seemed fair.
PsychoWARD23, there were days when Symmetra's shield was 50, and they weren't very fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SE2Qeqj1g&t=9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-SE2Qeqj1g&t=9s
Vault Dweller 111
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That's dumb
Ricerocket
Member
It's broken in how it applies shield.
I had 425 hp/shield most likely from stacked shields on newly placed ones.
I had 425 hp/shield most likely from stacked shields on newly placed ones.
Shouta
Member
It's not infinite but it can take a pounding.
Pretty sure most of her new features aren't working quite right at the moment lol
onepiecefan
Member
Comp' match just started and all of sudden PlayStation maintenance, and got signed out of the game. Hope I don't lose SR and get the penalty for leaving, haven't left a match all season!
Wyndstryker
Member
Thankfully in QP/comp hero stacking isn't a thing. Cause in no limits the shield generators stack.
6 symmetras + shield generators = 450 shield on top of what you have normally
6 symmetras + shield generators = 450 shield on top of what you have normally
Neither. I don't think the changes are enough for her to be picked other than a gimmick for the pro meta.
Maybe for comp.
Pulse Bomb ready!
xaosslug
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same just happened to me. WTF???
So a few things:
Photon Barrier
-If it's floating towards the ground, it doesn't seem to stop Rein ults
-It will catch Zarya ults but they will stay in the place they hit
-It is not affected by Sombra emp
-It can't be booped or be affected by speed boost
-Torb turret will not target shield
-Seems to work like a regular shield despite the Rein bit
Shield Generator
-It stacks! (150 shields for 2 generators)
-It cannot be hacked by Sombra (teleporter as well)
Photon Barrier
-If it's floating towards the ground, it doesn't seem to stop Rein ults
-It will catch Zarya ults but they will stay in the place they hit
-It is not affected by Sombra emp
-It can't be booped or be affected by speed boost
-Torb turret will not target shield
-Seems to work like a regular shield despite the Rein bit
Shield Generator
-It stacks! (150 shields for 2 generators)
-It cannot be hacked by Sombra (teleporter as well)
man i really hate the ptr. why do people who have never used a character want to use it there. who cares if there are changes to that character, you've never even touched it, it wouldn't affect you. Hell people dont even read the patch notes, they start dropping the shield generator out by the spawn
Vishkar > Los Muertos
onepiecefan
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At least we all got kicked here, think that should mean we don't lose any SR/the game doesn't count lol.
Vault Dweller 111
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Psychoward
Banned
1) that genji is amazing anyway
2) I'm 99% sure her shields currently don't regenerate as fast as they do in that video
Regardless I think the new ability is just a copycat of Rein's
Red Arremer
Member
So last point capture is going to be a little silly.
Build shield gen in spawn. Free 75 regenerating health for every defender. GG.
I guess that makes the put-in-spawn thing a little better.
Build shield gen in spawn. Free 75 regenerating health for every defender. GG.
I guess that makes the put-in-spawn thing a little better.
Psychoward
Banned
Lmao I was wondering why anyone would choose teleporter over that, now I know.
That better be a bug because that combined with her not gaining ult charge while the generator is up gives it negative worth
There's a point where she could be supplying shields to absolutely no one but can't gain ult charge either and also won't get new ult charge until the enemy team finds and destroys the generator, but why would they?
Gg
Psychoward
Banned
Agreed
Shouta
Member
OK, it looks like it's a bug. It wasn't working for me in Numbani but it's working on Route 66. Also, the range is limited like it should be.
Its totally a bug for sure.
I miss having shields through the normal game before she gets her ult though. Kinda wish she just passively gave everyone 25 shield health or something if shes picked on the team
Wyndstryker
Member
Symmetra is super buggy in PTR. She's definitely not ready for live.
Psychoward
Banned
Can someone explain Zarya's change to me? Not exactly sure what it means.
Also on the plus side the value of my Vampire Sym skin just shot up like 500%
Also on the plus side the value of my Vampire Sym skin just shot up like 500%
LurkerPrime
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Is there any kind of timer or charges on the shield generator, or does it just last until destroyed?
Shield generating turrets vs. damage turrets.
Make it happen, Blizz. Let's do this buff right.
Shield generating turrets vs. damage turrets.
Make it happen, Blizz. Let's do this buff right.
They already said the ETA on this stuff coming to live was Mid-December, so there's plenty of time to work it out. I expect they actually will make some changes. This seems way more experimental than Sombra.
onepiecefan
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F sake, already tanked like 200 points+ over the last couple of days, get a streak going and get kicked due to maintenance, just get back in and I lose 50sr for that.
That plus the fact that the boop emote is missing makes me think Blizzard accidentally pushed the wrong build onto the PTR, lol.
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