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[2020] Hey r/Overwatch! We're here for a quick Q&A about Soldier: 76.


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UPDATE 3:05 p.m. PT: And that's a wrap! Thank you so much for welcoming us and providing such great questions, /r/Overwatch. Our developers had a blast, and we hope you did, too. See you next time! :)

 

 

Last week, we revealed our newest Overwatch hero—Soldier: 76!

We'd love to spend some time chatting with you about Soldier: 76, other Overwatch heroes, and the game in general. We'll be answering your questions for about 90 minutes, starting at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (roughly 1 hour from this post). Attending today will be:

Please feel free to post your questions for our developers below!

As a reminder: Beta begins in the Fall of this year. If you haven't already, you can sign up here.

 

Edit: Q&A is now live @ 1:28 p.m. PT.

Edit 2: PROOF. Cheers, loves!

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over 9 years ago - /u/Blizz_GeoffGoodman - Direct link

Originally posted by Terca

How does 76's ult work? Is it simply a temporary 'aim-bot' where his bullets are guaranteed to hit all enemies that he can during a period? Or is there also a buff that goes along with it, in terms of bullet damage or whatnot.

It works (hopefully) how you'd think it does, by automatically aiming at the nearest target to your reticle within a certain area on the screen, which is currently designating by that large circle in the HUD.

The thing you might now know about it though is that it also locks your spread to zero, which means you can just hold the button down and go to town. This means even if you are an FPS god and somehow can literally hit every bullet without your ult, it still offers you a significant benefit in aim, in a sense.

over 9 years ago - /u/Blizz_GeoffGoodman - Direct link

Originally posted by Gingerware

Hi Blizzard Designers!

Soldier 76 is the first labeled offensive hero which rocks a support ability, when compared to other heroes with a offense "role" on the battle.net/overwatch website. I am actually a little concerned about this, and possible balance issues down the line.

My question specifically: currently where do you feel Soldier 76 is in terms of damage/health/support when compared to other offensive heroes currently? Are you finding the balancing of Soldier 76 to be a delicate problem, given his aoe healing ability?

Some 'topical' observations:

Soldier 76 rocks the same health as Pharah, and more health than Tracer, but has the ability to heal. He has a slightly slower weapon speed than Tracer, and possibly more damage output than Pharah. He would be able to escape Reaper with sprint, has an ultimate essentially as strong as Reaper and McCree, and seems like he can hold is own in a 1:1 quite well among any of them.

Finally, I had the privilege of playing Overwatch at Blizzcon 2014, and simply cannot wait to play more of this exciting game.

Its true he has a typically more support-like ability in his Biotic Field, but the roles aren't meant to be hard rules that we have to follow. They're meant to be more guidelines so players can more quickly understand how to they should approach playing the character.

For example, as you guys have seen by now Zenyatta can pump out some insane damage, but he is listed as a support still.

As far as 76 being overpowered, he is! Everyone is!

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