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| 5s | What's up everybody? |
|---|---|
| 7s | This is Jeff from the Overwatch team. |
| 9s | This is a really exciting Developer Update |
| 11s | because it's time to introduce you to Hero 30 |
| 14s | and Hero 30 is Baptiste. |
| 16s | We needed another Support character in Overwatch. |
| 19s | We felt like there was room for a lot more |
| 22s | choice and exploration in the Support category. |
| 25s | So we made a really awesome hero for you. |
| 28s | But first, I want to get you caught up on Baptiste's backstory. |
| 33s | Baptiste was actually orphaned during the Omnic Crisis |
| 37s | many years ago. |
| 39s | There were 30 million orphans as a matter of fact, |
| 41s | and he was one of them. |
| 43s | It was very devastating. |
| 45s | He's from Haiti. |
| 46s | So as he grew older, |
| 48s | he joined what was called the Caribbean Coalition. |
| 51s | He became a masterful combat medic. |
| 54s | He fought as part of a special forces group, |
| 57s | and he was the medic of that group. |
| 60s | Really great training, |
| 61s | really learned how to become a good soldier |
| 64s | and a good teammate during that time. |
| 66s | Now as the Omnic Crisis folded, |
| 68s | Baptiste was looking for work. |
| 71s | Through circumstances out of his control, |
| 75s | he ends up in Talon. |
| 77s | At the time, he didn't necessarily know Talon was the bad group |
| 81s | that we all know that it is today. |
| 83s | So he reluctantly joins this group. |
| 86s | He's fighting with Talon, |
| 88s | and as he's part of the group, |
| 90s | he realizes these are really bad people. |
| 93s | They're doing bad things. |
| 94s | It's really tugging at his moral compass, |
| 98s | and he doesn't feel comfortable |
| 100s | with what Talon is doing. |
| 102s | Eventually, he makes the big decision to split from Talon |
| 106s | and go fight for a greater good, |
| 108s | which is awesome. |
| 109s | We hope you enjoyed his origin story. |
| 111s | We put it out last night, and it's available. |
| 114s | You'll be able to find it through a link. |
| 116s | You can learn more about Baptiste and his story. |
| 119s | But now let's get into gameplay, |
| 121s | and why I think everyone will have so much fun playing Baptiste |
| 126s | First of all, |
| 127s | he has a really fun weapon. |
| 129s | It's called the Medic SMG. |
| 132s | It's a mid-range submachine gun |
| 135s | that shoots three round bursts. |
| 137s | So it's a lot of fun. |
| 139s | It's very tactical. It really fits his character. |
| 142s | But the most exciting part is |
| 144s | that the alternate fire of the Medic SMG |
| 147s | is a Biotic Launcher, |
| 149s | which launches a healing grenade. |
| 151s | The way this grenade works is that |
| 153s | it does splash healing in a radius. |
| 156s | So if your team is grouped up |
| 159s | or if somebody is below you, |
| 161s | and you shoot this grenade |
| 162s | or you shoot it towards their feet or the ground, |
| 164s | it does a splash |
| 166s | that will heal everybody in that radius. |
| 169s | So, it's really fun. |
| 171s | It's a really effective way we believe |
| 173s | that Baptiste will end up being a primary healer. |
| 176s | In our playtest, that's how he's played out so far. |
| 180s | Now, he has some really exciting abilities |
| 183s | in addition to that Medic SMG. |
| 187s | The first one is called Regenerative Burst. |
| 190s | This is a primary ability he has |
| 192s | that is a point-blank heal-over-time, |
| 196s | meaning when you press the button as Baptiste, |
| 199s | it affects all the teammates around you |
| 201s | as well as Baptiste himself. |
| 203s | And it applies a heal-over-time that will gradually heal everybody. |
| 207s | This is really useful, |
| 208s | especially when Baptiste himself gets low, |
| 211s | as he cannot heal himself with his own Biotic Grenades. |
| 215s | That's something to really keep in mind. |
| 217s | Now, his secondary ability is probably his most exciting one. |
| 222s | It's called the Immortality Field. |
| 225s | Basically what he does, he launches a device, |
| 228s | a very high tech device. |
| 230s | It sticks into the ground, and it creates a big cylinder |
| 233s | that is very visible to Baptiste and all of his teammates, |
| 236s | as well as to the enemy team. |
| 239s | Now, this device, the Immortality Field, |
| 242s | makes it so that everybody on Baptiste's team |
| 246s | cannot go beneath a certain percentage of health. |
| 250s | And it's a very low health percentage. |
| 252s | They can all get very damaged, but when they hit a certain point, |
| 256s | You'll even see in the UI of the health bars, |
| 258s | they're immune to damage at that point. |
| 260s | Now, the enemy team can kill the Immortality Field |
| 264s | if they target the device in the center that's generating it. |
| 268s | So there's some counterplay there. |
| 269s | You might want your Reinhardt to stand in front of the device, |
| 272s | put his shield up and protect. |
| 274s | The device is very exciting for moments, |
| 276s | like when Junkrat's RIP-Tire is coming. |
| 279s | If Baptiste throws the device down at the proper time, |
| 282s | it will prevent anybody in that radius from dying from it. |
| 287s | It's an exciting ability with lots of counterplay to it. |
| 291s | We think it will create many really cool moments in Overwatch. |
| 295s | Now, you're probably wondering what his Ultimate ability is. |
| 299s | But before I get to that, |
| 300s | he has one more ability that we think is cool. |
| 303s | So I'm going to build the anticipation on the Ult for a second. |
| 307s | The last thing he has are what we call the Exo Boots. |
| 310s | If you look at Baptiste's legs, the art of his legs, |
| 313s | he's got these cool exoskeleton legs. |
| 316s | What he can do is, |
| 318s | when he crouches, he builds a jump meter, |
| 321s | and while crouching, if you press your jump key |
| 325s | or jump button, |
| 327s | you jump really high into the air. |
| 329s | It depends on how much of that jump meter you've built. |
| 332s | You can jump a little ways |
| 334s | or very high up. |
| 336s | We did this for two reasons. |
| 338s | One, as a Support player, |
| 340s | you need some way to disengage enemies. |
| 342s | So it's a good way for you to get away and disengage, |
| 346s | if need be. |
| 348s | Secondly, |
| 349s | because the Medic SMG, |
| 353s | when he's launching his heal grenades, |
| 355s | does splash damage, |
| 356s | we felt like it would be very useful |
| 358s | for him to be able to get height around the map |
| 361s | and do that splash damage down below. |
| 363s | It's much easier to do a lot of healing |
| 366s | if you're up above your target than if you're down below. |
| 370s | He can use his Exo Boots to get height. |
| 373s | We think it will give fun mobility to the character. |
| 375s | Now as I tease, the Ultimate ability. |
| 380s | This one is very precision based, |
| 384s | in that Baptiste lays out what we call the Amplification Matrix. |
| 390s | He gets a targeting interface |
| 393s | that reminds me a lot of placing Mei's wall. |
| 396s | You can see it before you've placed the Amplification Matrix |
| 400s | and know where you're going to line it up. |
| 402s | What you want to do is line it up |
| 404s | so that the most amount of your teammates can shoot |
| 408s | through this Amplification Matrix towards the most amount of enemies. |
| 413s | All of the damage that your team does, is boosted significantly |
| 417s | as they shoot through the Matrix. |
| 420s | So you can do really devastating damage to the enemy team. |
| 424s | Now, where it gets really exciting, is if you have an Orisa on your team, |
| 427s | and a Mercy on your team. |
| 429s | Maybe even an Ana who is doing a Nano Boost on your team. |
| 434s | All of that damage stacks, |
| 436s | and you can do some really crazy moments |
| 438s | if you can line it up correctly. |
| 440s | So it can be really devastating. |
| 442s | We find that |
| 444s | as we've been playing in our playtest, |
| 447s | when we know somebody is playing Baptiste on our team |
| 450s | we all get really excited, |
| 451s | because not only do we have this great healer, |
| 453s | who is keeping us all alive, |
| 455s | there's this really exciting moment |
| 457s | if he places the Ult in a smart place, |
| 460s | it can set up the enemy team to go down |
| 463s | and for our team to take an objective or push a team fight. |
| 468s | So it's been really exciting. |
| 470s | Never mind all the stuff I have to say about Baptiste. |
| 473s | What we're excited about here on the Overwatch team is |
| 475s | all the amazing things |
| 477s | you all are going to do with this character. |
| 480s | We've heard your pleas for more Support characters. |
| 484s | We know you want more variety on what your Support characters are doing. |
| 487s | We think there will be a lot of appeal to Baptiste, |
| 490s | both based on his back story |
| 492s | in addition to all the cool and unique things that he does. |
| 496s | He's got a great gun that is also fun to shoot. |
| 498s | So as a Support player, if you want to do some damage, |
| 501s | he should be really attractive to you. |
| 503s | We can't wait to see what you do on the PTR. |
| 506s | The PTR is up now with Baptiste available. |
| 509s | So if you have a PC, |
| 511s | please let us know what you think, |
| 512s | and he'll be coming very soon to PC and console, |
| 516s | and to Overwatch for all of us to enjoy. |
| 518s | Thank you and have fun with Baptiste. |