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| 574s | my name is Andy Belford I'm a part of |
| 577s | the OverWatch 2 Community team and we're |
| 579s | here with another episode of Dev chat |
| 580s | joining us today we've got a couple of |
| 582s | very special guests uh introducing uh |
| 585s | our good friend Alec Dawson the lead |
| 588s | hero designer say hi Alec hey everybody |
| 590s | excited to chat today |
| 591s | awesome and then because we are going to |
| 594s | be diving into some nitty-gritty about |
| 596s | supports well it only made sense to |
| 599s | bring the most well-known support |
| 600s | specialist in the OverWatch community on |
| 603s | board ml7 say hello to everybody out |
| 605s | there everybody I'm ml7 and I play |
| 608s | support not helic that's right |
| 613s | oh I can feel the twitch chat now all |
| 616s | right so we've got a lot to talk about |
| 619s | uh with lifeweaver |
| 621s | um you know we just made this |
| 622s | announcement a couple of days ago if |
| 623s | you're out there on the YouTube you |
| 625s | should be seeing a lot of videos from |
| 626s | content creators popping up about now |
| 629s | um but before we get into that uh Alec |
| 632s | how do you feel about talking a little |
| 634s | bit about season three because I think |
| 636s | from an overall Community perspective it |
| 638s | feels like season three was in a pretty |
| 640s | solid state from a balanced perspective |
| 642s | we've seen a lot of you know really |
| 645s | positive sentiment regarding some of the |
| 647s | changes that we made with uh um sojourn |
| 650s | um some of the balance adjustments that |
| 652s | we've made especially with the Wrecking |
| 654s | Ball like seeing him come out within the |
| 656s | meta and being a dominant hero so like |
| 658s | how are you feeling about the way things |
| 660s | are and how's the team feeling about |
| 662s | balance in season three yeah it's a good |
| 664s | question uh the team's been doing great |
| 665s | I think with season three you know we |
| 667s | saw a lot of variety especially at the |
| 669s | the tank role in particular tons of |
| 671s | variety there a lot of Reinhardt a lot |
| 673s | of wrecking ball as you mentioned even |
| 675s | later on this season we've seen some you |
| 677s | know uptick in zarya play and things of |
| 678s | that nature so a lot of variety overall |
| 681s | I think the game's been in a very |
| 683s | healthy State I've only been just insane |
| 685s | in terms of Heroes can get picked uh |
| 687s | going to season four or even dropping |
| 689s | map Bulls so we feel like that's even |
| 691s | gonna increase more variety on specific |
| 693s | like overall there's you know this |
| 695s | season had a lot of sniper maps and |
| 697s | things of that nature so that might pull |
| 698s | going away will actually open up even |
| 701s | more for the whole roster |
| 702s | I think it's a interesting point there I |
| 705s | I know that personally I'm really |
| 706s | excited about the removal of map pools I |
| 709s | know that a lot of players will be |
| 710s | excited to to get kind of get that more |
| 712s | map variety because for a lot of folks |
| 714s | like maps are a big reason why they play |
| 716s | OverWatch |
| 717s | um and then you know I would Echo what |
| 719s | you said from a balance standpoint like |
| 721s | we kind of have a saying in community is |
| 723s | that if everybody's a little bit unhappy |
| 725s | with some things but overall happy with |
| 727s | most things then we're in a good place |
| 730s | and that doesn't mean we should rest on |
| 732s | our Laurels of course like we're |
| 733s | constantly looking for opportunities to |
| 735s | approve adjust and change the experience |
| 737s | but you know ml like I'm interested in |
| 740s | your take and you know I know you had |
| 741s | some questions about like season three |
| 743s | what have you been seeing uh seeing on |
| 745s | live servers what have you been |
| 747s | experiencing during your streams and |
| 748s | what questions do you have I feel like |
| 750s | season three was a really good season |
| 752s | team comp wise we had a lot of Heroes |
| 754s | being played |
| 756s | like we've seen a lot of geinhardt a lot |
| 758s | of Wrecking Ball |
| 759s | anasi a huge diversity of Heroes |
| 762s | compared to season one and two in my |
| 764s | opinion so the game is slowly but surely |
| 766s | evolving into a really good State |
| 768s | gameplay wise but I do gotta ask you |
| 771s | what are some of the heroes that koryoga |
| 773s | tension in season three |
| 775s | yeah I think some of the ones that |
| 776s | definitely caught our attention um you |
| 778s | know we made those adjustments early on |
| 780s | to wrecking ball right I think that |
| 782s | definitely caught her eye the story of |
| 783s | wrecking ball there's a decline over |
| 785s | time oh not too steep but wrecking ball |
| 788s | didn't fall off but no there's a steady |
| 789s | decline throughout the season so it was |
| 791s | interesting to see where that story |
| 792s | ended up and then who else rose with |
| 794s | wrecking ball you know we saw a lot of |
| 796s | break play we saw a lot of Zen play you |
| 798s | know we weren't really seeing those |
| 799s | Heroes as be as much meta picks and then |
| 801s | late in the season you know we've been |
| 803s | seeing a lot more may even in some pro |
| 804s | games as well and some of the Pro-Am |
| 806s | stuff we've been seeing may get played a |
| 807s | lot so we're keeping an eye on seeing |
| 809s | where she ends up |
| 810s | so let's get a little bit specific |
| 812s | talking about some of the tanks that you |
| 814s | just brought up I mean namely of course |
| 816s | like Ryan uh and here's one that was a |
| 818s | little bit surprising for me to hear |
| 820s | about zarya has actually seen an uptick |
| 822s | in usage um and then of course like |
| 823s | wrecking ball what have we actually seen |
| 825s | since the mid-season patch that happened |
| 827s | just uh well a few weeks ago at this |
| 829s | point but uh you know that happened you |
| 831s | know back mid-season |
| 832s | yeah sorry was definitely the biggest |
| 834s | winner there in terms of her win rate |
| 835s | overall right I think we're in a |
| 838s | comfortable state in terms of like how |
| 840s | long the cooldowns are on the bubbles |
| 841s | and how long they last so we're in like |
| 843s | this nice state where it isn't you know |
| 845s | it isn't OverWatch 2 launch in terms of |
| 846s | how powerful she was but it's in a |
| 848s | pretty good State she went up from being |
| 850s | a hero that's around 45 win rate uh at |
| 853s | multiple segments to being around 50 you |
| 855s | know so that's a pretty big adjustment |
| 856s | there and we feel like she's in a good |
| 858s | place now I think it's one of those |
| 860s | things where when we Nerf Heroes we want |
| 862s | to look at them over time see how they |
| 864s | perform see if we want to make any small |
| 865s | Buffs and sorry to this point got a few |
| 867s | to get back to that place where we feel |
| 869s | like she's you know pretty viable now |
| 871s | okay so Alec uh you know you did mention |
| 875s | like you know we are seeing a lot of new |
| 877s | tanks in The Meta right now uh you know |
| 879s | ml like that's that you just call that |
| 881s | out like it's a big reason |
| 883s | what are you seeing out there and like |
| 885s | what have you what has been like the |
| 886s | impact on like the fun factor in the |
| 889s | games that you've been in I feel like a |
| 892s | guy now OverWatch has always had |
| 894s | gameplay-wise at least in um in tough I |
| 897s | found good you have always been having |
| 898s | the issues in which you have players |
| 901s | that would specialize in one year ago |
| 902s | and then you could contact that Hugo |
| 904s | pretty well the guy now with how balance |
| 907s | is made I feel like for example if you |
| 909s | want to play with zagya you'd have a |
| 910s | chance at winning if you want to play |
| 911s | with a wrecking ball you have a chance |
| 913s | at winning and I feel like the dev team |
| 916s | music is spawning quite fast to seeing |
| 918s | Heroes that don't have that big of a win |
| 920s | rate because of the previous Nerfs like |
| 922s | Sarah got a bunch of Nerfs from Oregon |
| 924s | member a couple of months ago now small |
| 926s | Buffs and we're still seeing her being |
| 928s | played I think that's that's how |
| 930s | OverWatch should be every hero should be |
| 932s | viable even if not optimal and you |
| 935s | shouldn't feel this coverage that you're |
| 937s | gonna lose the game if you're not on the |
| 939s | strongest steam comp available in The |
| 940s | Meta right now right then because nobody |
| 943s | plays perfectly let's be honest the |
| 945s | mistakes can happen and having all of |
| 947s | these Heroes available with different |
| 948s | play Styles Reinhard with the shield all |
| 950s | the wrecking ball just according to the |
| 952s | back line and zaga just walking up and |
| 954s | zapping you is what makes OverWatch fun |
| 957s | right on |
| 959s | um and you know one of the things to |
| 961s | keep in mind though too is that actually |
| 962s | changes uh you know around the world as |
| 965s | you go from region to region you know |
| 966s | we're talking about zarya we're talking |
| 968s | about you know wrecking ball we're |
| 970s | talking about you know uh uh Reinhardt |
| 972s | being strong however and this is really |
| 974s | interesting I uh the community team we |
| 976s | were just talking to Alec about this |
| 977s | earlier this week you know in Korea like |
| 979s | actually diva is considered very strong |
| 981s | meta right because they focus much more |
| 983s | around the dive Rush kind of comps you |
| 985s | know Alec uh what do you what do you |
| 987s | think when you hear you know what ml |
| 988s | just broke down and then kind of |
| 990s | contextualizing it with some of the |
| 991s | feedback we're getting from other |
| 992s | regions yeah I think part of our our job |
| 995s | is definitely looking at some of those |
| 996s | outliers still you know I do think |
| 998s | there's Heroes at the bottom end that |
| 999s | we're still looking at in terms of |
| 1001s | trying to bring them over time or |
| 1002s | they're in a position where hey there's |
| 1004s | more of a a rework in progress you know |
| 1007s | Heroes like roadhog I think aren't |
| 1009s | meeting that bar you know sometimes we |
| 1011s | look at orisa was she over nerfed over |
| 1013s | time we're still taking a look at that |
| 1015s | as well so those are some of the heroes |
| 1016s | we're talking about Sombra you know in a |
| 1018s | few seasons we'll talk more about like |
| 1020s | what her changes are going to be so |
| 1022s | those are some of the heroes that we |
| 1023s | definitely see are on the bottom end |
| 1024s | we'd like to lift up overtime as well |
| 1026s | because you know while we have a lot of |
| 1028s | variety it's never good to have some |
| 1029s | Heroes that may just feel like they're |
| 1031s | out of the game or out of the meta and |
| 1032s | you know we want them to be more |
| 1034s | involved and be more viable overall I |
| 1036s | want to ask Alex something are there any |
| 1039s | Heroes that you think the community |
| 1040s | might be |
| 1042s | undervaluing strength wise like Andy |
| 1045s | said about Diva you know like I know |
| 1047s | everybody's talking about groundhog |
| 1048s | making balls are there any Heroes that |
| 1050s | you think are in a strong state but we |
| 1053s | haven't caught up or we haven't caught |
| 1055s | onto that yet |
| 1056s | it's interesting I think a lot of the |
| 1058s | heroes are in strong States you know |
| 1059s | people have mentioned or been seeing |
| 1061s | some comps like pop up like Bastion has |
| 1063s | been seen a lot more play May's been |
| 1065s | seen a lot more play |
| 1066s | um one that people kind of know of but |
| 1068s | they don't really talk about that much |
| 1069s | the sigma I think Sigma has been strong |
| 1071s | for quite a while actually especially on |
| 1073s | some of the masks we've been playing |
| 1074s | lately uh it just doesn't gain a lot of |
| 1077s | iron or anything like that he's never |
| 1078s | really a Hot Topic in the community so |
| 1080s | you know there's an adjustment to Sigma |
| 1082s | coming into season four pretty small one |
| 1084s | to the Rock so we'll talk about more of |
| 1086s | that more later too I think with Sigma |
| 1088s | like it's one of those things and I |
| 1090s | think sigma's starting to kind of fall |
| 1091s | into some of the Reinhardt category |
| 1093s | where you know you know if you look at |
| 1095s | like I know ml has said this I know |
| 1097s | flats and emong and several creators |
| 1098s | have said this is like when Ryan is in |
| 1100s | the meta like the game is in a healthy |
| 1102s | state right |
| 1103s | um and I feel like Sigma is kind of |
| 1105s | falling in that way now keep in mind |
| 1107s | like this is my you know gold silver |
| 1109s | Andy uh opinion here but like you know |
| 1112s | with Sigma it feels like there's some |
| 1113s | very obvious counter play to it like and |
| 1115s | it's easy to under stand and you know |
| 1117s | what you're playing around like you know |
| 1119s | the cool down on the Rock like the |
| 1120s | shield has that value right and it's |
| 1122s | only got the set amount of uh the set |
| 1124s | amount of utility things like that and |
| 1126s | so |
| 1126s | um just an observation I think that that |
| 1128s | that possibly could be contributing to |
| 1130s | that I would also like to say that I |
| 1133s | feel like |
| 1134s | old school OverWatch here goes I really |
| 1137s | loved |
| 1139s | uh meta wise and we will always default |
| 1141s | to them like me personally I enjoy |
| 1143s | playing with the geinhardt team comms |
| 1145s | with Winston team comps and stuff and |
| 1147s | sigma's kind of new he wasn't there at |
| 1149s | the beginning and the experience that |
| 1152s | we've had playing with certain hugos |
| 1153s | will slowly but surely make us feel like |
| 1155s | it takes some time what I'm trying to |
| 1158s | say to get adjusted to new Heroes a new |
| 1159s | play style and I feel like even if Sigma |
| 1161s | is not seen as really strong I think |
| 1164s | that he's strong kit wise and stuff but |
| 1166s | he just doesn't Stand Out experience |
| 1169s | wise like he's not that frustrated to |
| 1171s | play against he's like okay Sigma is |
| 1172s | good on that map good design overall |
| 1174s | he's not like a big shield in front of |
| 1176s | you I pin in I'm either too strong two |
| 1178s | weeks so overall I think that his design |
| 1181s | overall his design is what makes them go |
| 1184s | a little bit under the gray dog |
| 1186s | so because I know we got a lot still to |
| 1188s | get through here I'm going to go ahead |
| 1190s | and move us on to damage uh you know you |
| 1192s | were you were mentioning uh you |
| 1193s | mentioned somber that I thought that was |
| 1195s | kind of funny because she saw a lot of |
| 1196s | plays in this uh in the recent |
| 1198s | tournament right definitely great to see |
| 1199s | but let's actually take a second to talk |
| 1202s | about Cassidy |
| 1204s | um so we're going to be making some |
| 1205s | changes to Cassidy in season three and |
| 1207s | season four and it's going to be |
| 1208s | targeting the mag grenade um and this is |
| 1210s | you know like look from the community |
| 1211s | side we've been getting a lot of |
| 1212s | feedback about this over the last few |
| 1214s | months |
| 1215s | um a lot of Cassidy Specialists have |
| 1216s | been you know having some conversations |
| 1218s | with us and we're trying to understand |
| 1219s | like what's the point of frustrations |
| 1221s | with Cassidy and so uh the changes we're |
| 1224s | going to be making |
| 1225s | um we're going to be changing magnetic |
| 1226s | grenade damage reducing that from 131 |
| 1228s | down to 120. |
| 1230s | um and then we're also going to be |
| 1231s | reverting his base Health back from 225 |
| 1233s | down to 200. |
| 1235s | um Alec uh what are we what's the what's |
| 1238s | the goals here what are we trying to |
| 1239s | accomplish yeah I mean a lot of times |
| 1241s | this is looking at you know where's |
| 1242s | Cassie in the meta and Cassie's by far |
| 1244s | away the most popular damage hero it's |
| 1246s | it is it's not really really close in |
| 1249s | terms of the percentages from what we're |
| 1251s | seeing uh and then some of those changes |
| 1253s | there are to a personal grenade people |
| 1255s | we get a lot of feedback about Mac |
| 1257s | grenade in particular how frustrating |
| 1258s | you can maybe play going down to 120 uh |
| 1260s | hit some of those break points you know |
| 1261s | on a 200 hp character uh also with the |
| 1265s | HP decrease we're sort of looking |
| 1268s | overall at Cassie and whether he should |
| 1269s | be framed as this mid-range hero or |
| 1272s | maybe a little bit more long range |
| 1274s | um so actually down the line we have |
| 1277s | some further changes for magnet grenade |
| 1278s | plane that we're still working on and |
| 1280s | that might become more long-rangeability |
| 1281s | too so we're working as kit holistically |
| 1284s | trying trying to figure out you know |
| 1285s | exactly where he's going to end up but |
| 1287s | uh you know putting that ESP back |
| 1289s | because he did get that that gun in in |
| 1291s | terms of the gun buff from from last |
| 1292s | season that's been doing a lot of work |
| 1294s | for him too so we're reducing a few |
| 1296s | things |
| 1297s | um hopefully not as whenever Cassie is |
| 1299s | good he instantly kind of becomes one of |
| 1301s | the most popular characters in the game |
| 1302s | and that's been true basically off |
| 1304s | season three |
| 1305s | I just want to say that Cassidy is |
| 1307s | really consistent over goal it's all |
| 1309s | about like that the risk factor like |
| 1310s | Widowmaker you might miss your shots |
| 1311s | with Cassidy okay you missed three org |
| 1314s | Fork you're gonna load fast and then |
| 1315s | consistently put out a bunch of damage I |
| 1318s | just want to say that I |
| 1319s | just thank you for making it feel less |
| 1323s | frustrating to play against the Cassidy |
| 1324s | when you get body shot and then you get |
| 1326s | the grenade attached to you you would |
| 1328s | die because that would be over 200 |
| 1329s | damage right now it's at 190 I think so |
| 1334s | should definitely be less for us to get |
| 1335s | into play against |
| 1336s | if you would like to go check out the |
| 1338s | full patch notes uh you can read more |
| 1340s | about that this stuff on the official |
| 1342s | forums we have them live now so let's |
| 1344s | get into support before we talk about |
| 1346s | life Weaver let's talk about support |
| 1349s | um so you know we've seen some we've |
| 1352s | seen some changes like we've mentioned |
| 1353s | before like Brig Zenyatta they're coming |
| 1356s | into the meta Alec uh you know I know |
| 1359s | support's been like one of our biggest |
| 1360s | like areas that we've been focusing on |
| 1362s | for a long time like Aaron just released |
| 1364s | a letter |
| 1365s | um you know stating like the approach |
| 1367s | that we were taking to supports and like |
| 1368s | the kind of feedback that we get how how |
| 1371s | do you feel like supports are feeling |
| 1373s | since the mid-season patch and we feel |
| 1375s | pretty good it's about to say support at |
| 1376s | the moment and you know there's been a |
| 1378s | lot of Buffs over time there's even some |
| 1380s | more Buffs here for for the supports uh |
| 1382s | holistically we've just been looking at |
| 1384s | the role and how much pressure they've |
| 1386s | been you know feeling and how have they |
| 1388s | been able to actually fight back in a |
| 1389s | lot of positions too that's where a lot |
| 1391s | of their Buffs have been targeted at |
| 1392s | times as well so I feel like there's a |
| 1394s | lot of uh Variety in the role at the the |
| 1397s | moment on itself very popular and then |
| 1399s | we're going to be adding new support |
| 1400s | that I was talking about later so that |
| 1401s | that increases hopefully even more you |
| 1404s | know choice there I think that's really |
| 1405s | important to us over time is to build |
| 1407s | out the support role add more supports |
| 1409s | throughout the year and hopefully you |
| 1411s | know players can latch on to ones that |
| 1412s | they really love so we feel pretty good |
| 1415s | about it um ml what about you I'm gonna |
| 1417s | say this Alec I think that compared to |
| 1419s | season one support does feel a little |
| 1422s | bit better to play I think that we still |
| 1424s | haven't found the Sweet Spot yet but |
| 1426s | definitely definitely I can see more |
| 1428s | tools than before being added to the |
| 1431s | game to try to help out support and |
| 1433s | support gameplay overall so I'm excited |
| 1435s | for the future again what season 4 has |
| 1437s | installed for us very cool uh you know |
| 1440s | uh I I know that you had another |
| 1443s | question you were wanting to ask here |
| 1444s | about the Synergy between you know |
| 1447s | seeing Brig and Zen popping up and the |
| 1449s | Synergy between them and like wrecking |
| 1451s | ball did you want to expand a little bit |
| 1453s | more on that ml uh yes so from my |
| 1457s | understanding brigensen has have been |
| 1459s | played together quite a lot compared to |
| 1461s | before guide |
| 1462s | so we've seen an uptime in the play time |
| 1465s | do you think that this is because of |
| 1467s | wrecking ball being uh Vegas strong and |
| 1470s | if yes if let's say a wrecking ball will |
| 1472s | not be played that much in the future do |
| 1474s | you keep an eye out for Greg and then if |
| 1477s | they're going to be at the same Park |
| 1478s | level or not |
| 1480s | yeah we'll definitely keep an eye on it |
| 1482s | I mean wrecking ball particular they |
| 1483s | they do play nicer I think like brick |
| 1485s | and Ryan can play together a lot too you |
| 1487s | know there's a lot of that going on |
| 1488s | Zen's just been quite strong got that |
| 1490s | little bit of a buff overall to reduce |
| 1492s | how many windows of vulnerability that |
| 1495s | he has in terms of increasing the ammo |
| 1497s | uh to 25 now so we'll keep an eye on |
| 1500s | them independently as well and just see |
| 1502s | you know when these changes come in with |
| 1504s | you know wife Weavers well what comes |
| 1506s | through the game with life weeper is |
| 1507s | that going to be a thing right so uh |
| 1509s | that's how we'll be kind of taking a |
| 1511s | broader look at it okay so you're |
| 1513s | waiting to see with the new support if |
| 1516s | they're gonna gel differently if you can |
| 1517s | see different team support combos to see |
| 1519s | if they need changes or not in the |
| 1521s | future definitely okay |
| 1524s | speaking of changes uh and uh I just |
| 1528s | want to make sure you all are buckled in |
| 1529s | for this one uh because it's time to |
| 1531s | talk about Mercy are we ready |
| 1534s | okay so as always Mercy is a very |
| 1539s | polarizing hero within the community |
| 1542s | um and I think that you know no matter |
| 1544s | what like any change that we we make to |
| 1547s | Mercy is always going to drive a |
| 1549s | significant amount of conversation both |
| 1550s | critical and positive right and you know |
| 1553s | I I think that you know Alec be curious |
| 1556s | to know like you know your take on |
| 1557s | community response to uh the changes |
| 1559s | that we introduced to Mercy in season |
| 1561s | three |
| 1562s | um and also like let's talk also about |
| 1565s | like where we're gonna be moving to with |
| 1567s | that so uh you know why don't you go |
| 1568s | ahead and go through the your thoughts |
| 1570s | on that response and then I can give a |
| 1571s | give an update on what we're going to be |
| 1572s | doing with Mercy in season four yeah of |
| 1574s | course I think uh the season three |
| 1576s | changes there's a lot of good and there |
| 1577s | are some things we weren't weren't as |
| 1579s | good right I think in particular if you |
| 1581s | look at something like uh the buff to |
| 1583s | the change to her staff where your |
| 1586s | healing allies that they're underneath |
| 1587s | 50 uh you're healing them more |
| 1590s | I think as a design goal that was |
| 1592s | achieving what we wanted in terms of her |
| 1594s | being this triage healer she's really |
| 1595s | like looking for like when she might |
| 1597s | need to heal and actually save some of |
| 1598s | her allies a bit better right on the |
| 1600s | opposite side on the enemy's side it was |
| 1602s | like well how can I can't kill this |
| 1604s | target that's how it felt for a lot of |
| 1606s | players right they felt like it was |
| 1608s | really hard to chew through that healing |
| 1609s | really hard to actually you know kill a |
| 1611s | Target that Mercy was pocketing so we're |
| 1614s | we are gonna be reverting that to |
| 1616s | entirely going back to 55 as a standard |
| 1618s | uh no honor getting that bonus but then |
| 1621s | some other things we really enjoyed like |
| 1623s | our sympathetic recovery passive where |
| 1625s | as Mercy heals her allies she gave us as |
| 1628s | well we really like that one we're gonna |
| 1630s | keep that so there's a number of things |
| 1631s | going into season four that we're |
| 1633s | keeping number of things that we're |
| 1634s | looking back on that hey this isn't |
| 1637s | entirely what we wanted to get out of it |
| 1638s | and there was a good goal there I mean |
| 1640s | I've gotten there 100 I think another |
| 1642s | thing is regarding Angel changes right |
| 1644s | uh now we're looking at it so it broke |
| 1647s | some of our synergies that she had in |
| 1648s | her kid say you fly to an ally AI to Res |
| 1651s | them there was definitely some moments |
| 1653s | there were hey Mercy could kind of be |
| 1655s | sitting really vulnerable now if you do |
| 1658s | that this the cooldown's going down so |
| 1659s | you'll be able to get out but if you're |
| 1661s | opting into using or Crouch cancel or |
| 1665s | the spacebar to actually get that extra |
| 1667s | Mobility you're going to extend your |
| 1669s | cooldown so give me a bit more |
| 1670s | optionality there than what we have |
| 1672s | currently all right so speaking of those |
| 1674s | changes and kind of like going going |
| 1678s | back on some of the things that we we |
| 1679s | implemented before in season four Mercy |
| 1682s | will see her caduceus staff healing per |
| 1685s | second increase from 45 to 55. Healing |
| 1688s | is no longer increased for allies under |
| 1690s | half Health Guardian Angel we're |
| 1693s | changing the cooldown from 2.5 and back |
| 1696s | to the 1.5 seconds jump Crouch uh AKA |
| 1700s | super jump which is you know something a |
| 1701s | lot of Mercy Specialists like really |
| 1703s | enjoy about her kit will now keep the |
| 1706s | ability active for an additional 0.5 |
| 1708s | seconds previously it was one second and |
| 1710s | so that's a a little bit of an |
| 1711s | adjustment there and I think add some |
| 1713s | challenge to the mobility baby well but |
| 1715s | still being responsive to player |
| 1717s | feedback that we've gotten stopping |
| 1719s | guardian angel with the ability input |
| 1721s | after using a jump or Crouch cancel no |
| 1723s | longer starts to cool down sooner |
| 1725s | and then for valkyrie the support role |
| 1727s | pass of healing is now active for the |
| 1728s | duration of Valkyrie as well so Alec why |
| 1732s | did we make these changes specifically |
| 1734s | yeah a lot of this is you know based on |
| 1736s | just how merch has been playing season |
| 1737s | three or the feedback from the community |
| 1739s | looking at how players are feeling as |
| 1741s | Mercy or how are they feeling playing |
| 1743s | against mercy and these are some things |
| 1745s | where hey the valkyrie change that we |
| 1747s | made we wanted to kick that back in a |
| 1749s | lot of players like they don't always |
| 1750s | have to be healing to get you know |
| 1752s | healing allies to actually get that |
| 1753s | kicked in they can they can go around |
| 1755s | and fly as mercy and try to use their |
| 1756s | guns sometimes like nobody players |
| 1757s | really do enjoy trying to do things of |
| 1759s | that nature too so oh this is Tiny |
| 1761s | adjustments over over time and getting a |
| 1763s | lot of feedback from the community to |
| 1764s | see what's feeling best and hopefully |
| 1766s | this state of Mercy will feel really |
| 1767s | good |
| 1769s | awesome I feel like |
| 1772s | um with Mercy I play mercy from time to |
| 1775s | time not not too much but whenever I |
| 1777s | play mark C considering how many |
| 1779s | Integrations she had |
| 1780s | um she acquires a lot of muscle memory I |
| 1782s | like the fact that you're bringing back |
| 1784s | the guardian angel at 1.5 seconds |
| 1786s | compared to 2.5 seconds and I want to |
| 1788s | ask you this is this the iteration that |
| 1791s | you think you'll be satisfied with going |
| 1793s | on into the future and if yes and if |
| 1797s | this is going to become if she's going |
| 1798s | to become meta will we just see number |
| 1800s | adjustments or can we expect morgue |
| 1803s | changes to hug mobility in case she's |
| 1806s | really strong |
| 1807s | yeah I think changing her Mobility is |
| 1809s | something we're really sensitive to |
| 1810s | right and if anything you know we've |
| 1812s | been doing maybe too much at this point |
| 1814s | in time so we hope that this change in |
| 1816s | particular will let it settle for a |
| 1819s | little while see how this goes maybe |
| 1821s | look if there's any other changes that |
| 1822s | need to be made maybe we'll get the rest |
| 1823s | of the kit then Target her Mobility |
| 1825s | initially |
| 1826s | um because as you said that muscle |
| 1827s | memory is really important players have |
| 1828s | been building that for a long time and |
| 1830s | hopefully this one we can settle on and |
| 1832s | then see how the rest of everything else |
| 1833s | plays out |
| 1834s | so coming in season four we also have |
| 1836s | some changes for Moira fade can now be |
| 1839s | activated during coalescence coalescence |
| 1841s | bonus movement speed has been reduced |
| 1843s | from 50 to 40 percent and biotic grasp |
| 1846s | lingering heel duration has been |
| 1847s | increased from two to three seconds Alec |
| 1850s | give us a give us a little bit of |
| 1851s | insight as to the design goals here yeah |
| 1853s | so what schools we've been having |
| 1855s | firmware for a while is you know |
| 1856s | increase our play making ability we |
| 1858s | still in the background or maybe looking |
| 1860s | at where her utility is does anything |
| 1861s | need to be added |
| 1863s | um but we we played with this change in |
| 1865s | particular we could fade during |
| 1866s | coalescence and it's just a lot of fun a |
| 1868s | lot of highlights there for Moira she |
| 1870s | feels really powerful during the |
| 1872s | ultimate even more than she did before |
| 1873s | so this change in particular you know is |
| 1875s | part of that playmaking ability when she |
| 1877s | activates her older she can you know |
| 1878s | jump into the back line and things of |
| 1880s | that nature so it's pretty cool |
| 1881s | uh you know Moira has been I think |
| 1884s | through a lot of evaluation uh even you |
| 1886s | know back in the beta phase right and |
| 1888s | ml7 like you you probably remember like |
| 1891s | the the Moira like the biotic orb buff |
| 1893s | that we made uh to try and add some uh |
| 1896s | utility to it yeah |
| 1900s | I I personally love that but dps's and |
| 1903s | tanks didn't I've always been a fan of |
| 1905s | Moga I love playing moega my only the |
| 1908s | only thing with my guy feel like is the |
| 1910s | fact that apart utility wise she only |
| 1913s | brings healing and damage and we see |
| 1915s | that in season four she gets a small |
| 1917s | healing buff |
| 1918s | that the lingering effect increases from |
| 1920s | two to three seconds and we also see |
| 1923s | that you can fade during coalescence so |
| 1925s | you can readjust and reposition in the |
| 1926s | team fights either to escaper to secure |
| 1928s | kills which is cool you know like I can |
| 1930s | definitely see like the play making |
| 1931s | potential but at a higher ganks it |
| 1933s | always comes to the question if we need |
| 1936s | more than healing and damage then we're |
| 1938s | not gonna pick oh my God what else who |
| 1940s | else can we pick so the question that I |
| 1942s | have for you is the following are you |
| 1944s | considering adding some form of utility |
| 1946s | to moega argh then healing or damage or |
| 1949s | gag is satisfied with the fact that |
| 1951s | moega is I would say probably the |
| 1954s | highest healing support in the game |
| 1957s | it's still something we're looking at |
| 1959s | but I don't I wouldn't say it's you know |
| 1961s | top of the list in terms of what our |
| 1963s | game needs right now in terms of what |
| 1964s | the cast may need in terms of those |
| 1966s | reworks or who might need the most |
| 1968s | attention I mean a Moira we want her to |
| 1970s | be that Comfort pick we don't want to |
| 1972s | mess it for flow too much you know we |
| 1974s | really want her to be this place where |
| 1975s | hey if you do you feel like you're you |
| 1978s | need damage or you need more healing she |
| 1979s | has some of those raw numbers especially |
| 1981s | at some of the lower ranks right so we |
| 1983s | want to make sure we don't mess over |
| 1984s | flow she stays in sort of that role that |
| 1986s | she is providing for a lot of players uh |
| 1989s | but we have tried some things you know |
| 1991s | we have tried some things I had some |
| 1992s | utilities some of the orbs and seamless |
| 1994s | I've been nothing nothing has stuck just |
| 1996s | yet so we're still working on that in |
| 1997s | the background do you give us one |
| 2000s | example I know I'm reaching gosh not the |
| 2003s | one that almost made a toy fix one just |
| 2005s | just one one idea |
| 2008s | that's not happening uh but we |
| 2010s | definitely played a fun where as you |
| 2012s | launched the orb um it would actually |
| 2014s | reveal any Targets it was hitting but |
| 2017s | the problem was like it was just it was |
| 2018s | so many and it felt like it wasn't |
| 2020s | really natural to Moira and who she is |
| 2022s | and what her kit actually is about |
| 2025s | um so that's not going to happen uh but |
| 2027s | you know we've investing up a bunch of |
| 2029s | them you know we'll keep messing around |
| 2030s | there's a lot of stuff I think yeah even |
| 2033s | someone's in the future they may see in |
| 2034s | events like we've been trying things but |
| 2037s | yeah nothing to announce when you're |
| 2038s | looking at other utility you can add to |
| 2040s | moega do you look only at the orb or got |
| 2043s | the fade and coalescence as well |
| 2045s | yeah I think or was one of those places |
| 2047s | where we just believe that there is room |
| 2050s | for that in particular you know we but |
| 2052s | at the same time we don't want to break |
| 2053s | that flow we know so it's like is there |
| 2056s | room for utility and when the orbit |
| 2058s | shots you know and you don't have to do |
| 2060s | anything else right this doesn't do |
| 2062s | something a little bit different in its |
| 2063s | effect things like that so that's just a |
| 2065s | place where I feel like you know those |
| 2067s | those moves are relatively basic there |
| 2068s | might be a little bit of room to add a |
| 2070s | tiny bit of complexity there but we |
| 2072s | don't want to overdo it I do think Fate |
| 2074s | has you know quite a bit already on it |
| 2075s | with the jump and everything the |
| 2077s | movement and yeah yeah |
| 2080s | now speaking of adding utility uh let's |
| 2082s | transition to one of my favorite |
| 2083s | supports brigitta |
| 2085s | um now in mid-season two we increased |
| 2088s | the health on her Shield uh in the start |
| 2090s | of season three we added that additional |
| 2092s | burst of healing to her health pack |
| 2094s | um so I think you know we've been pretty |
| 2096s | steadily like uh looking and examining |
| 2098s | brigitta and Alec you've actually been |
| 2100s | talking about wanting to take a close |
| 2102s | look at the ultimate ability and folks |
| 2104s | players are gonna see Briggs new |
| 2106s | Ultimate ability starting in season four |
| 2108s | Alec do you mind kind of going over |
| 2110s | these changes and uh let's get into it |
| 2112s | yeah so there's a number of changes here |
| 2114s | the goal is being to make this a bit |
| 2116s | more situational in terms of you know |
| 2118s | how good it can be in certain situations |
| 2120s | uh and also increase like what you're |
| 2123s | thinking of doing with the old also |
| 2124s | makes breaks bring a little bit more |
| 2126s | scary in the old as well so at the |
| 2129s | beginning of the ultimate she gains a |
| 2131s | hundred armor health and this is |
| 2133s | restorable for duration of rally right |
| 2135s | so she she just gains this she pressed Q |
| 2138s | it comes up she has it but no wonder |
| 2140s | will she actually build up the gradual |
| 2143s | temporary health like all of her allies |
| 2145s | so you have to think about that in terms |
| 2147s | of you know do you have this armor |
| 2148s | health and you're using Inspire to keep |
| 2150s | it active and up right |
| 2151s | the biggest change are I guess in terms |
| 2154s | of size uh is that her Shield actually |
| 2156s | gets bigger during the salt so it |
| 2158s | actually gets pretty wide it's a pretty |
| 2159s | pretty big thing for Brig and it's |
| 2161s | helpful goes from 300 to 750. so she now |
| 2164s | has a big old shield on the front of her |
| 2166s | and during rally uh so during the |
| 2169s | ultimate that Shield can stunt so it |
| 2172s | actually has as wide as it is you can |
| 2175s | actually use Shield bash during the |
| 2176s | ultimate so you get you can get one I |
| 2178s | think maybe two at the end of it |
| 2180s | um you can actually apply a stun there |
| 2182s | with that ultimate so she is pretty |
| 2185s | scary and to make sure she's not too |
| 2188s | like brutal in this uh her movement |
| 2190s | speed has been decreased there while |
| 2191s | she's in the alt from the 30 increase to |
| 2193s | down to 15 but yeah this one's a lot of |
| 2196s | fun we've been playing it for playing |
| 2197s | with it for a while been waiting to let |
| 2199s | the community get their hands on it as |
| 2201s | well but I think the shield and |
| 2202s | everything has just been a great job on |
| 2204s | the team in terms of like the art and |
| 2205s | the presentation of it how it looks |
| 2208s | I think uh anybody who has uh watched |
| 2212s | some of the trailers that we put out for |
| 2214s | uh for OverWatch over the years and you |
| 2216s | know has seen that that one where Brig |
| 2218s | and Ryan like make the super mega shield |
| 2220s | and so you know the minute I heard this |
| 2222s | I thought about that and I'm just like |
| 2224s | uh I love this you know really just like |
| 2227s | you know makes brick feel like a tank uh |
| 2230s | for for just a moment for just a moment |
| 2232s | the question uh that I would have is |
| 2234s | like you know these changes they're |
| 2236s | really cool like and you talked about |
| 2237s | some of the design goals um |
| 2240s | we know that this change you know might |
| 2242s | be a little |
| 2243s | polarizing for some people like what are |
| 2245s | your feelings there on that and like how |
| 2248s | are we going to keep monitoring that and |
| 2249s | adjusting yeah I mean we'll keep a pulse |
| 2251s | on whether this feels overwhelming or |
| 2253s | not in terms of being on the being on |
| 2255s | the enemy side and how that feels Our |
| 2258s | intention there is to make break feel |
| 2259s | like she's much more impactful during |
| 2261s | her olds and actually have a lot more |
| 2262s | decision making within that adding some |
| 2265s | layers to the ultimate itself so those |
| 2267s | are two things we're going to be mostly |
| 2269s | monitoring you know is is break |
| 2270s | terrorizing everyone in terms of running |
| 2272s | around and stunning the whole enemy team |
| 2273s | uh that doesn't happen that often unless |
| 2276s | she's comboing with like certain other |
| 2277s | certain abilities too so I think it's |
| 2279s | one of the things that we don't want to |
| 2281s | introduce and then break suddenly is |
| 2283s | just the meta pick immediately |
| 2285s | especially when we're you know |
| 2286s | introducing a brand new support hero to |
| 2288s | the lineup as well we want to make sure |
| 2290s | like this is something that's really |
| 2291s | great for break but also not too |
| 2293s | overwhelming on the other side |
| 2294s | I have a lot of questions yeah that's a |
| 2297s | lot of questions yeah because I'm I have |
| 2299s | I'm a bit scared about a great boss Greg |
| 2301s | again played a bunch of OverWatch one |
| 2303s | and she took control over the meta for a |
| 2305s | very long time |
| 2307s | but here are my questions so first |
| 2309s | things first |
| 2310s | how did you come up with the increase in |
| 2313s | the shield size yeah I think that it's |
| 2315s | actually a change the team's been |
| 2317s | playing around with for a while this is |
| 2319s | before I was on on the team but there's |
| 2321s | a change that the team's been keeping in |
| 2323s | the back of their mind something that we |
| 2324s | knew we wanted to look at |
| 2326s | um it didn't get into the initial |
| 2328s | OverWatch 2 changes we didn't have |
| 2329s | necessarily the the exact design we |
| 2331s | wanted at that point in time but we |
| 2333s | tried a number of things and the shield |
| 2334s | still getting bigger was one of those |
| 2336s | things we've been trying there was |
| 2338s | actually an iteration where the shield |
| 2340s | was invulnerable uh during the ultimate |
| 2342s | uh that proved I don't think it had the |
| 2344s | stun at that point but that proved to be |
| 2346s | a little bit too much and you kind of |
| 2347s | just like sat there with the shield and |
| 2348s | enemies were shooting they're like wait |
| 2349s | what's what's going on here you know so |
| 2351s | so it kind of like takes the goal of a |
| 2354s | tank doing hug ultimate that's the |
| 2356s | intention a little bit yeah you know say |
| 2358s | if you have the the sense where like you |
| 2360s | know Reaper's gonna come down you can |
| 2361s | maybe pop this right before stun the |
| 2363s | reaper like right before he also an |
| 2365s | assault and you know sort of make some |
| 2367s | of those types of flights |
| 2369s | thrown around and if yes why were they |
| 2373s | scrapped for this one yeah I |
| 2375s | I involved Shield one was one of the |
| 2377s | ones I distinctly remember there was a |
| 2379s | number of other iterations uh but that |
| 2381s | was the one I think we tried with the |
| 2383s | most and try to get most gameplay sense |
| 2384s | out of but it proves it just not be |
| 2386s | something that was intuitive to the |
| 2388s | enemies |
| 2389s | would we CNA extra utility added to her |
| 2392s | in the future other than her being just |
| 2394s | tanky of a goal because this is what I |
| 2396s | feel is like Briggs identity kind of |
| 2398s | like a very tanky here you go doing her |
| 2400s | ultimate at least yeah we feel like |
| 2402s | she's in a relatively good place in |
| 2404s | terms of you know how much she's getting |
| 2405s | played and how much how useful she's |
| 2407s | being in certain places I I do think the |
| 2409s | armor pack adjustment that we made gave |
| 2410s | her a little bit better of a way to you |
| 2413s | know actually heal her allies as well so |
| 2415s | we'll sit on this one for a while just |
| 2417s | like some of those Mercy changes see |
| 2418s | where Brig ends up and see if there's |
| 2420s | anything that actually needs to be added |
| 2422s | and I have one more question more |
| 2424s | possible one more okay because |
| 2426s | okay |
| 2427s | um you mentioned the stun doing her |
| 2429s | ultimate how long is the stand duration |
| 2432s | it's pretty brief uh so it's just like |
| 2435s | the old stun in terms of how long that |
| 2436s | was I think it's a 0.5 seconds correct |
| 2438s | point five and you can hit multiple |
| 2440s | targets with it you can hit multiple |
| 2442s | targets yeah okay so I mean it sounds |
| 2445s | gonna be fun for the perspective of the |
| 2446s | big player but I'm curious why the enemy |
| 2448s | team will feel like but you assured us |
| 2451s | that you're gonna keep a close eye and |
| 2453s | on on Dragon how strong she is or she |
| 2455s | isn't and hopefully if she becomes like |
| 2458s | a very strong pick things will get |
| 2460s | adjusted quite quickly yeah I will |
| 2462s | definitely be keeping an eye on this one |
| 2463s | yeah it's it's interesting too because |
| 2466s | like you know we're talking about like |
| 2468s | adding new utility to Heroes right and |
| 2469s | we're going to be talking about life |
| 2471s | Weaver in just a few moments but one |
| 2473s | thing I'm noticing like with this change |
| 2474s | and with life Weaver's ultimate ability |
| 2476s | like we're actually giving supports more |
| 2478s | ability to kind of take up space on the |
| 2480s | map right and to offer Zone control is |
| 2483s | is this like a trend that you kind of |
| 2485s | want to continue Alec or like what are |
| 2487s | you what are kind of the team's goals in |
| 2489s | adding this additional utility to the |
| 2490s | roster yeah yeah it's one of the goals I |
| 2494s | mean I don't I think sort of not |
| 2496s | necessarily the break change follows |
| 2497s | this goal but there's like a overall |
| 2499s | goal of supports that they're a bit more |
| 2501s | Scrappy |
| 2502s | um in OverWatch 2 then they sorry we're |
| 2504s | in OverWatch one and I think all the |
| 2505s | changes we've been making over time will |
| 2506s | say like Zen kick right and and some of |
| 2509s | those types of changes where they can |
| 2510s | fight for themselves you know it |
| 2512s | shouldn't be this thing where a damaged |
| 2514s | character you know faces down a support |
| 2516s | character and sort of like knowing |
| 2518s | what's going to happen in in that |
| 2519s | engagement you know they sh they sort of |
| 2521s | they should be able to defend themselves |
| 2523s | they should be able to fight in that |
| 2524s | engagement at least a little bit right |
| 2525s | so this is sort of the overall we want |
| 2527s | them to be pretty Scrappy compared to |
| 2529s | how they may have been OverWatch one and |
| 2531s | adding some you know some things to let |
| 2533s | them fight back and I think you've seen |
| 2534s | changes over time that have gotten them |
| 2536s | into that position |
| 2538s | so that's a lot of balance changes |
| 2539s | coming your way in season four but I |
| 2542s | think we know why most folks are here |
| 2544s | today so let's go ahead and dive |
| 2546s | straight into it and let's talk about |
| 2548s | our newest support hero lifeweaver |
| 2550s | before we dive in dive into the kit if |
| 2552s | you haven't checked out the trailer be |
| 2554s | sure to go check out the trailer be out |
| 2556s | be sure to check out the story the story |
| 2558s | video it's all amazing I know that you |
| 2561s | all will love it and love the character |
| 2562s | of life waiver but Alec let's get into |
| 2565s | the nitty-gritty about hero design and |
| 2567s | balance and also have a little talk |
| 2568s | about some meta impact there so to kick |
| 2571s | things off would you like to go over the |
| 2573s | uh life waiver's abilities yeah I'll |
| 2575s | review the kit for those who haven't |
| 2577s | seen it yet |
| 2578s | um so starting off wife Weaver's primary |
| 2580s | fire is healing Blossom you know you |
| 2583s | hold its charge actually this flower in |
| 2585s | his hand and then your release it has |
| 2586s | homing and soft targeting so it will |
| 2588s | actually home into your ally healing |
| 2590s | them just like Mercy a lightsaber |
| 2592s | actually does have a weapon swap as well |
| 2594s | though |
| 2595s | um so he can deal some damage he has his |
| 2597s | Thorne on on the weapon swap it's a |
| 2600s | little unruly but can deal some damage |
| 2602s | there now moving on to his abilities our |
| 2606s | first ability here is rejuvenating Dash |
| 2608s | uh you can Dash in any direction it's on |
| 2611s | relatively low cooldown and heal |
| 2612s | yourself gives life Weaver a little bit |
| 2614s | of Mobility there |
| 2616s | and then we have on the secondary fire |
| 2619s | pedal platform so pedal platform is |
| 2622s | lifeweeper actually throws out this seed |
| 2625s | and it creates a platform in in the |
| 2627s | world right and as someone steps on it |
| 2630s | they lift it up so you can use this on |
| 2632s | allies to with say you know a Widowmaker |
| 2634s | up to get a nice little vantage point |
| 2636s | you could use on enemies say you know |
| 2638s | stopping in alts like erisa or something |
| 2640s | like that or use it for yourself |
| 2642s | um a lot that's actually one of the |
| 2643s | biggest use cases like we were threw it |
| 2644s | on the pedal platform and give himself a |
| 2647s | nice vantage point to heal his allies |
| 2648s | from |
| 2649s | our next ability is definitely one of |
| 2652s | the the |
| 2653s | most eye-opening abilities that |
| 2655s | lifeweaver has is life so you actually |
| 2657s | pull an ally to you |
| 2660s | um to your location so you envelop them |
| 2662s | in in vulnerability State and then they |
| 2664s | actually get brought towards you it's on |
| 2666s | a pretty long cooldown it's 20 seconds |
| 2668s | but this can save all your eyes at their |
| 2671s | low Health in a bad situation say your |
| 2673s | Genji went in and he doesn't have any of |
| 2675s | his cooldowns left it's like all right |
| 2677s | get back over here right a Reinhardt |
| 2678s | your Reinhardt charges in might have |
| 2680s | missed uh get back over here so things |
| 2683s | of that nature are really great and this |
| 2686s | ability in particular has a lot of a lot |
| 2688s | of play making ability and just in tied |
| 2690s | up in it you can you combine some |
| 2692s | ultimates to do some crazy stuff too so |
| 2694s | a lot to talk about there |
| 2695s | next up Tree of Life is the ultimate |
| 2698s | life Weaver builds this tree in the |
| 2701s | world and on the initial build it |
| 2704s | actually does a pulse of healing and |
| 2706s | then every every second another pulse of |
| 2708s | healing so it's just safe space that |
| 2710s | your your team can actually rally around |
| 2712s | and they can get constant healing from |
| 2714s | it can be destroyed by enemies though |
| 2717s | and it has a thousand Health uh just |
| 2719s | like hell platform these things can be |
| 2720s | destroyed without platform as 400 Health |
| 2722s | the tree of life has a thousand health |
| 2724s | and then last but not least there's a |
| 2726s | passive online fever as well called |
| 2728s | parting gift so when he dies he leaves |
| 2730s | uh this flower in the world uh and |
| 2734s | enemies or Allies can pick it up uh so |
| 2736s | Alex can pick it up for her health and |
| 2737s | you can also pick up her health but |
| 2738s | allies do get more so that's likely |
| 2741s | versus kits I'm really excited to talk |
| 2743s | about this here it's one of my favorite |
| 2744s | Heroes we released so far uh and excited |
| 2746s | about you know any questions you may |
| 2747s | have about them so before we actually |
| 2750s | get into those questions and talk about |
| 2752s | the gameplay impact we recently recorded |
| 2755s | some scrims with several of our very |
| 2757s | well-known content creators |
| 2760s | um so what do you say folks you want to |
| 2761s | take a look and listen at that let's do |
| 2763s | it all right let's roll it |
| 2767s | and put a wall on top of the flower |
| 2770s | oh my God I really want to trap someone |
| 2773s | in a room wait can we actually do that |
| 2775s | at the site |
| 2776s | can we try like just to see how high we |
| 2778s | can get I want to see |
| 2782s | this is a flower down |
| 2784s | yeah what are we trying to flower down |
| 2786s | right now |
| 2789s | oh sorry |
| 2793s | I guess |
| 2795s | have it in five |
| 2797s | what are we doing |
| 2799s | with it |
| 2801s | yeah maybe maybe yeah I want to see how |
| 2804s | far yeah I think it's gonna bounce just |
| 2807s | put the bar down I mean yeah |
| 2812s | okay cancel bar |
| 2815s | oh my God oh my God no you can't wait |
| 2818s | can we can we do that at the start can |
| 2820s | we do it here I wanna I wanna sit up |
| 2822s | there for the rocket yeah |
| 2824s | it's too late just right here |
| 2827s | excellent Angie |
| 2832s | I'm gonna put a platform that goes high |
| 2833s | right there |
| 2836s | okay |
| 2842s | okay |
| 2847s | I pulled my face perfect |
| 2850s | we're told they pulled them |
| 2852s | I'm in the Weaver though Soldier one |
| 2856s | I'm gonna flank left side |
| 2858s | can we kill signals alone |
| 2862s | oh they're resting |
| 2865s | hello |
| 2868s | one Sigma one |
| 2870s | okay |
| 2874s | I need help oh there he is |
| 2877s | oh nice |
| 2881s | here |
| 2882s | we can chase her yeah |
| 2887s | oh |
| 2893s | zero one |
| 2895s | I got lost |
| 2899s | I think I pulled oh there's that red or |
| 2901s | the rose thing |
| 2903s | right now |
| 2905s | I put a platform on the corner |
| 2911s | hold on I go |
| 2912s | yeah I see him |
| 2917s | heels on you thank you |
| 2922s | I'm one of them |
| 2927s | oh he wanted one Oh wrong buttons |
| 2932s | RC one Mercy one oh do you control so |
| 2934s | hard |
| 2935s | yeah it's gonna be really painful |
| 2938s | don't make any support main mad |
| 2941s | yeah that's that's definitely true on |
| 2945s | rissy Missy one rich one rich one yeah |
| 2948s | Soldier High Ground |
| 2950s | I can go for him soon |
| 2954s | I miss them I'll push point it I'll get |
| 2957s | one he's up |
| 2961s | I blocked Eva's Escape |
| 2971s | I can't help you guys I think we're good |
| 2975s | okay come here you can do it here |
| 2977s | they're not gonna expect it here hold on |
| 2980s | hold on yeah yeah |
| 2983s | oh |
| 2987s | I'm dead |
| 2988s | oh |
| 2990s | oh that's our flower |
| 2992s | yeah they put a tree on top of it yeah I |
| 2996s | was just wondering why I didn't die with |
| 2998s | EMP |
| 2999s | eror |
| 3000s | [Music] |
| 3003s | I'm coming I'm coming I'm coming I'm |
| 3004s | coming |
| 3013s | here |
| 3018s | kill this ball yeah yeah yeah now the |
| 3021s | problem is I can do that every time but |
| 3022s | we don't have damage to kill him yeah |
| 3024s | I'm chasing myself |
| 3028s | sorry sorry |
| 3033s | oh I forgot |
| 3035s | yeah I can pocket your blade I can go in |
| 3038s | for blade I'm going in for blade |
| 3048s | oh got the blade |
| 3050s | is that our Trio there's mines |
| 3057s | all big |
| 3062s | try to reload yeah you ain't |
| 3071s | um |
| 3072s | that'll back up a little |
| 3074s | I'm gonna go and swap |
| 3076s | I can't play ball here |
| 3082s | I have outside |
| 3084s | I might go Honda 30 MP is matching but |
| 3087s | Ultra |
| 3097s | all right |
| 3105s | honestly you could try to bait the tree |
| 3107s | like put it really far in their back |
| 3108s | line and then yeah |
| 3110s | or something I like that it'll hinder |
| 3113s | their vision |
| 3115s | I'm 85. |
| 3117s | I'm gonna valve now |
| 3121s | all right I'm putting it all the way |
| 3125s | oh |
| 3127s | sorry hello |
| 3128s | hi cameras |
| 3130s | I'm cut off by a tree |
| 3133s | just kill the tree |
| 3136s | nice |
| 3138s | hold on I'm here on their supports I'm |
| 3140s | on their supports |
| 3148s | oh nice |
| 3151s | that was so smart Austin |
| 3154s | and if that's all he's going for you |
| 3156s | know yeah yeah |
| 3160s | you can't see |
| 3166s | yeah |
| 3167s | initiating match |
| 3172s | they did that platform visor then you |
| 3175s | can stand directly under the platform |
| 3176s | and I can't shoot you true |
| 3191s | I feel like there's gonna be like spots |
| 3193s | you can learn where you could body block |
| 3194s | people |
| 3196s | yeah with this thing |
| 3198s | yeah |
| 3201s | it's really weird I don't know oh |
| 3205s | it picks the height that it goes up to |
| 3209s | um they said it was based off of like |
| 3211s | whatever's above it when people run off |
| 3213s | without me |
| 3223s | yeah there's gonna be a bunch of spots |
| 3227s | oh thank you let me know when you have |
| 3228s | Bob I want to say my e for it oh my gosh |
| 3232s | same spot three two no no no don't use |
| 3235s | it or switch off and then switch back so |
| 3238s | we can too late |
| 3240s | okay let's go right here go right here |
| 3243s | everyone's okay |
| 3246s | three two one |
| 3249s | ice wall |
| 3251s | wait okay we got no why are you go |
| 3257s | what uh they're stealing my thing |
| 3272s | Graham right time |
| 3275s | I don't know oh I got scared |
| 3300s | yeah three two one |
| 3306s | she doesn't heal more if you're at half |
| 3308s | now |
| 3309s | yeah |
| 3311s | oh I can grapple it what the heck |
| 3315s | lifted it as I had a grapple on it oh I |
| 3318s | just used you to body buck |
| 3323s | [Music] |
| 3324s | yeah |
| 3326s | yeah |
| 3327s | oh |
| 3329s | um |
| 3336s | I was able to do like uh diags off of it |
| 3344s | it's just gonna be sick |
| 3354s | we're going up |
| 3356s | let me know how great I'm gonna stop |
| 3360s | I can pull you up |
| 3362s | no I ain't no way he just did that to me |
| 3364s | oh |
| 3365s | it just Rivers though |
| 3368s | I'm gonna give him some ticks and I'll |
| 3370s | go |
| 3371s | yeah wait I'm here with you you got her |
| 3374s | you got her oh |
| 3378s | follow follow |
| 3380s | me |
| 3381s | just press through them |
| 3384s | nice oh I just killed him is that tree |
| 3387s | gonna die to the cart |
| 3390s | nope no |
| 3395s | okay I'm pocketing Guru from now on |
| 3397s | goodbye |
| 3405s | I'm carroting |
| 3411s | take the platform |
| 3413s | yeah |
| 3416s | I got a Genji and a ball on the cart oh |
| 3419s | uh we need to help her full name for me |
| 3426s | Indian |
| 3435s | uh pulling in six |
| 3444s | they have to like jump you see that |
| 3447s | flower yeah |
| 3454s | love you Paul |
| 3456s | oh it doesn't oh it doesn't yeah I put a |
| 3458s | platform though oh no it doesn't do |
| 3460s | everything |
| 3461s | we're so spoiled |
| 3466s | oh |
| 3468s | he's antsy he's um |
| 3471s | he's burning |
| 3473s | nice |
| 3476s | goodbye |
| 3492s | I get scared |
| 3495s | Mercy one |
| 3497s | I have the banana hug |
| 3501s | oh okay |
| 3505s | I trusted you hey I won this was |
| 3508s | terrible we forced them all |
| 3512s | right we can kill inside |
| 3517s | protect me |
| 3519s | I'll try it nice I used to eat a body |
| 3523s | box |
| 3523s | yeah I was able to uh |
| 3526s | yesterday I was able to like hold |
| 3527s | somebody to save myself yeah yeah |
| 3531s | I can Nano anyone |
| 3534s | there's a platform Decor to your right |
| 3536s | oh yeah |
| 3541s | oh |
| 3542s | um okay they don't go that far |
| 3546s | and I'm dead |
| 3549s | you're going in the |
| 3551s | whole thing actually that was clutch I |
| 3554s | was actually clutch |
| 3571s | seconds |
| 3574s | nice |
| 3576s | what I pulled you while you were |
| 3579s | remaking |
| 3580s | wasted a tree huh all right get the tree |
| 3585s | filling okay let's win this one we win |
| 3588s | this |
| 3589s | yeah |
| 3591s | I can platform on the center of bridge I |
| 3594s | think we just did like the right way um |
| 3596s | you just do it on me here when they come |
| 3597s | out okay |
| 3599s | you can do it I think |
| 3609s | enemy here |
| 3612s | is that possible to do it right under my |
| 3614s | feet or it does it like not deploy until |
| 3617s | I move |
| 3618s | why can it only be beside me |
| 3621s | okay coming back |
| 3628s | oh my God |
| 3631s | uh platform Bridge right there |
| 3642s | the grocery for me no I'm sorry |
| 3646s | one ball |
| 3652s | thank you that was actually really good |
| 3654s | oh my God |
| 3656s | [Music] |
| 3661s | well it's gonna be retouch |
| 3663s | oh okay okay okay |
| 3666s | holy |
| 3667s | so Genji yeah |
| 3671s | is that lower |
| 3677s | I don't have my ship |
| 3684s | they have kiriko now |
| 3687s | [Music] |
| 3689s | are you cooking over there |
| 3692s | he's cooking let him cook |
| 3695s | it |
| 3698s | oh you're so good over here |
| 3701s | all right |
| 3702s | I got booped forward |
| 3711s | I'm almost back I'm gonna go up since |
| 3713s | you guys are back there |
| 3716s | Weaver Weaver |
| 3718s | oh nice |
| 3721s | fashion wait that one nice |
| 3727s | Soldier main careful yeah I'm running |
| 3730s | I'm running |
| 3738s | interesting |
| 3741s | [Music] |
| 3743s | I'm coming I'm coming |
| 3747s | over there |
| 3753s | can you want me up to the thing |
| 3758s | good morning |
| 3759s | Fashion's up top he's on his one he's |
| 3761s | one he's so low what you got your oint |
| 3763s | sorry I thought I hit him |
| 3765s | like what's happening we went there yeah |
| 3768s | platforms platform whatever |
| 3777s | yeah yeah I'm going here again |
| 3789s | I gotta pull for whoever |
| 3795s | nice |
| 3804s | oh my God there's so much stuff on the |
| 3807s | screen there's like trees there's like |
| 3810s | so snares and there's like all right |
| 3814s | my tree placement at the end there |
| 3817s | just cutting off Guru from our whole |
| 3819s | team |
| 3821s | it's okay I was on the like the |
| 3825s | flower thingy to help him |
| 3827s | oh mercy on The High Ground |
| 3834s | it'll be funny if someone was like alone |
| 3836s | on the cart and then you pulled them off |
| 3838s | the cart oh |
| 3841s | or if you leave them up and they've seen |
| 3843s | on |
| 3844s | oh my like anime yeah this is definitely |
| 3848s | a character that you're gonna have to |
| 3850s | take from people to lock it yeah |
| 3861s | thank you |
| 3863s | [Music] |
| 3869s | foreign |
| 3871s | have you guys picked up my death orb |
| 3874s | no honest honestly I forgot it existed |
| 3878s | yeah |
| 3881s | you should try it I'll shoot a rocket |
| 3883s | there give it a sniff |
| 3887s | three |
| 3888s | two one attackers |
| 3896s | he's on the platform |
| 3902s | crowd |
| 3912s | break right side yeah |
| 3915s | Rim packed |
| 3919s | platform on you group |
| 3922s | to your right to your right |
| 3924s | you're running into it |
| 3925s | yeah I tried it oh it's like it was on |
| 3928s | top of something |
| 3931s | I have another one and two put it on |
| 3932s | Metro |
| 3935s | one |
| 3940s | guys |
| 3943s | can you play by me they Wonder oh |
| 3946s | it's okay it's okay |
| 3949s | oh we can push Azaria I'm getting ready |
| 3951s | left close left low |
| 3954s | uh |
| 3956s | thank you |
| 3964s | so disorienting when I like Guardian |
| 3966s | Angel to somebody yeah and then they're |
| 3968s | gone and I'm like oh I don't know what |
| 3971s | you need for MP do I save my blazer for |
| 3973s | MPV |
| 3987s | I got this |
| 3998s | all right |
| 4006s | probably I'm just gonna empty it |
| 4015s | 30 seconds |
| 4018s | I'm gonna push Azari off top |
| 4021s | IC good I'm pushing her |
| 4026s | rally |
| 4028s | oh |
| 4030s | stay behind my shield |
| 4035s | [Music] |
| 4037s | what 15 seconds |
| 4044s | bro |
| 4046s | this is really cool |
| 4054s | that was insane |
| 4061s | it'll get quaked on |
| 4064s | I don't know Bill Aspen block Aspen off |
| 4067s | never mind |
| 4072s | they might have Rambles no no they just |
| 4075s | use it |
| 4077s | come up here |
| 4082s | [Music] |
| 4085s | wow okay so what is plainly evident just |
| 4089s | from watching that video is that there |
| 4091s | is so much to learn with this new |
| 4093s | support hero |
| 4094s | um |
| 4095s | I think what I'm gonna do right now is |
| 4097s | I'm gonna actually turn this over to the |
| 4099s | expert ml7 you are a support legend in |
| 4103s | the OverWatch community so we know the |
| 4106s | questions that you're gonna have are |
| 4107s | going to be exactly some of the ones |
| 4109s | that many of our support Specialists are |
| 4111s | going to have so let's get into the |
| 4113s | details get granular get nitty-gritty |
| 4115s | what kind of questions do you know that |
| 4117s | high rank support players will have I'm |
| 4119s | gonna dive right into it Andy I'm super |
| 4122s | excited about lifeweaver being added to |
| 4124s | the support of the gospel because I |
| 4125s | think that his kit will cover one of the |
| 4127s | main weaknesses that a lot of Heroes in |
| 4129s | OverWatch have which is the lack of |
| 4131s | Mobility I've always classified supports |
| 4133s | as escapists and it's like vivalists |
| 4136s | what I mean with this escapists OG higos |
| 4139s | that have a way of getting away from |
| 4141s | Team fights but usually the ways of them |
| 4143s | running away from Team fights I just |
| 4145s | themselves I'm looking at uh Swift |
| 4148s | step orgas fade and also you have what I |
| 4151s | call survivalists as in if you want to |
| 4153s | take the fight against them they're kind |
| 4155s | of forced to take the fight so Heroes |
| 4157s | such as Anna or xenyatta they lack |
| 4159s | Mobility so I think that lifeweaver will |
| 4163s | bring a lot of utility into the support |
| 4164s | roster same as like similar to Lucio's |
| 4167s | speed boost because he gives you the |
| 4169s | possibility of repositioning teammates |
| 4172s | in fights especially with his uh with |
| 4175s | his pull and also with his uh flog that |
| 4178s | he lifts his allies up now I got a |
| 4180s | question for you Alec about about life |
| 4182s | we've introducing a new Hugo always |
| 4184s | brings a big Shift Into The Meta do you |
| 4186s | think this will be the case with him as |
| 4188s | well |
| 4189s | you know I I think |
| 4190s | when we introduce a new hero yes they |
| 4192s | always Shake Up The Meta in some way I |
| 4195s | think in particular for life waiver |
| 4197s | there's multiple tools that we could see |
| 4199s | really shaking it up and that it could |
| 4200s | be pedal platform it could be life group |
| 4202s | I think you know having those both on |
| 4203s | One support is definitely going to bring |
| 4206s | some change uh it's just some some of |
| 4208s | this stuff we've been seeing some of the |
| 4209s | compositions and some of the plays you |
| 4211s | can make we're excited to see what |
| 4212s | players at like a really high level |
| 4214s | actually do with all this tools too do |
| 4216s | you think that he has like a very high |
| 4218s | skill ceiling to master him it's |
| 4222s | interesting because actually part of our |
| 4223s | design intention when we were developing |
| 4225s | life we were was to have a support that |
| 4227s | actually didn't require a lot of aim |
| 4229s | skill you know so his primary healing |
| 4230s | for example you know has homing you have |
| 4232s | that charge up you it has good amount of |
| 4235s | range so you don't really have to be |
| 4236s | super you know amazing at aiming to |
| 4239s | actually play wave Weaver what it does |
| 4241s | take is a lot of Team coordination you |
| 4243s | know there's a lot going on you you know |
| 4245s | your teammates might need to be aware of |
| 4247s | where the platform is when you're going |
| 4248s | to use life group effectively so there's |
| 4250s | a lot of game sense here with life |
| 4252s | waiver but I wouldn't ask to say it |
| 4254s | there's like a ton of uh actually |
| 4255s | mechanical skill um because you are you |
| 4258s | know you have that home in healing and |
| 4259s | that's one of the things we really |
| 4260s | wanted to focus in on at the beginning |
| 4262s | of his development kind of like are you |
| 4264s | focusing on him in the battlefield with |
| 4266s | like setting up your allies rather than |
| 4268s | just getting ready to kill your team I |
| 4270s | guess to just to go at damage that's the |
| 4272s | philosophy behind him a lot of it I |
| 4275s | still think you know life Weaver you |
| 4276s | know you still got to like fight for |
| 4277s | yourself because sometimes you switch to |
| 4279s | the you know switch to Thorn volley and |
| 4281s | do can defend yourself in some |
| 4283s | situations and knowing exactly you know |
| 4285s | where to throw the platform to is |
| 4287s | important but our Focus was making a |
| 4290s | another support that was easy to heal on |
| 4292s | in terms of the aim skill necessary and |
| 4295s | could you describe his playstyle as then |
| 4297s | is it is this something that we've seen |
| 4299s | in the support the gospel so far or is |
| 4301s | this something completely unique |
| 4303s | I think these abilities are definitely |
| 4305s | completely unique in terms of what we've |
| 4307s | seen in the uh support roster I I look |
| 4309s | at sort of Life Weber as having very |
| 4311s | high healing output so you know in terms |
| 4314s | of Who You may pair alongside lifeweaver |
| 4316s | uh not a ton of burst healing you have |
| 4319s | to be prepared for those situations if |
| 4321s | you aren't prepared for those situations |
| 4322s | you know his healing isn't as strong |
| 4323s | right |
| 4325s | um but I think the two things we talk |
| 4328s | about like being able to control space |
| 4329s | and put your allies in different |
| 4331s | positions you know he can really warp |
| 4333s | how the fight is approached and how your |
| 4335s | allies approach it and how aggressive |
| 4337s | your allies can be you know I think some |
| 4338s | of the examples we talked about so it's |
| 4340s | like Reinhard or Genji or you know some |
| 4342s | of those flankers that may go in and |
| 4344s | they can be a bit more aggressive maybe |
| 4346s | in a little reckless because they know |
| 4347s | life fever is protecting them as well |
| 4349s | you know in some of those battles yeah |
| 4351s | it's an interesting point you bring up |
| 4352s | about having to be a little bit more |
| 4354s | prepared for healing and I think you |
| 4356s | know as players are kind of trying to |
| 4358s | draw some comparisons and I know ml |
| 4360s | wants to get into this a little bit |
| 4361s | later on but like you good I I |
| 4364s | personally when I played him in some of |
| 4366s | our internal play tests the way that I |
| 4368s | thought about it and approached it was |
| 4370s | almost kind of like the kariko of who |
| 4371s | does right where it's like you know and |
| 4373s | or even like for me going way back as |
| 4375s | like a wow player right you know it's |
| 4377s | the the idea of pre-healing right of |
| 4379s | anticipating the damage is going to come |
| 4381s | to your uh come to your tank your damage |
| 4383s | whoever's getting targeted right and |
| 4385s | knowing having the game sense to know |
| 4387s | when it's appropriate that you should |
| 4389s | actually be pre-healing and anticipating |
| 4391s | that so |
| 4392s | speaking of internal play tests uh ml I |
| 4394s | do remember you have a question actually |
| 4396s | about some of our internal play tests |
| 4398s | do you think that life we've worked will |
| 4400s | be as polygizing in the game as kikako |
| 4403s | was team comp wise do you think that he |
| 4405s | has the possibility of defining the next |
| 4407s | meta |
| 4408s | yeah I think you know he brings a unique |
| 4411s | set of tools |
| 4412s | um so I definitely think there's there's |
| 4413s | a chance to like we were unlocks a lot |
| 4415s | of compositions you know in particular |
| 4417s | like what what damage characters are |
| 4419s | playing alongside him which team cares |
| 4420s | are playing alongside him uh so yes |
| 4422s | there's potential there for here to just |
| 4424s | unlock new things and new ways of |
| 4426s | playing in new ways that teams are |
| 4427s | actually approaching the game whether |
| 4428s | that be from because you have life group |
| 4430s | or whether because you have the pedal |
| 4431s | platform that can actually put your team |
| 4433s | in you know new situations and new areas |
| 4435s | of the map |
| 4436s | other parts of his kit that you feel |
| 4438s | might be too weak or too strong |
| 4441s | I I think the one thing we're definitely |
| 4443s | gonna be looking at as lightweaver |
| 4444s | launches is you know his healing is you |
| 4448s | know how is that healing tuned is it |
| 4450s | actually you know too high for how much |
| 4452s | value he's getting elsewhere in his kit |
| 4453s | as well and then I think lifebearp in |
| 4456s | particular my group's probably one of |
| 4458s | those very |
| 4459s | um |
| 4460s | it's probably the most one of those very |
| 4463s | attractive abilities within a fight and |
| 4465s | we need to keep an eye on like okay how |
| 4466s | much value are players actually getting |
| 4468s | out of it because we we think it's very |
| 4470s | very powerful but are players seeing |
| 4472s | that value immediately you know in those |
| 4474s | first few weeks as they're playing like |
| 4475s | Weaver |
| 4476s | number wise how does his healing and |
| 4479s | damage output feel like compared to |
| 4481s | other supports |
| 4482s | yeah so this healing per second follows |
| 4485s | the timing below Mercy um but you know |
| 4487s | you do have that range you do have the |
| 4489s | Homing you do have all of that so it |
| 4491s | does feel really good you can be a very |
| 4494s | high healing output support on life |
| 4497s | waiver and the damage is is pretty high |
| 4499s | it's about like 110 DPS on his Thorn |
| 4501s | volley |
| 4502s | um so that could be pretty high it's one |
| 4504s | of those skills we see in playtest in |
| 4506s | particular as players get used to |
| 4508s | lifeweaver they're using that a little |
| 4510s | bit more you know swapping weapons a |
| 4512s | little bit more in terms of their you |
| 4513s | know going back and forth |
| 4515s | um so they're getting more damage |
| 4517s | overall but the weapon itself as I said |
| 4519s | earlier is like unruly it's not |
| 4521s | necessarily it does have a significant |
| 4523s | amount of spread right |
| 4525s | um so you have to get to really kind of |
| 4526s | learn how that feels I wanted to ask you |
| 4528s | like how fast can you swap between his |
| 4531s | healing Blossom and his um his Token |
| 4534s | Valley is it similar to swapping from |
| 4536s | healing to damage boost on morgacy or is |
| 4538s | it similar to swapping from the staff to |
| 4539s | the pistol it's faster actually than how |
| 4542s | Mercy can swap uh but the one thing you |
| 4544s | have to keep in mind is when life Weaver |
| 4546s | swaps back to Healing he doesn't have it |
| 4549s | charged right he then has to recharge |
| 4551s | his healing and get it back up so you |
| 4553s | have to be pretty mindful of that in |
| 4555s | particular because life Weaver at zero |
| 4557s | charge isn't going to be able to Output |
| 4559s | much healing until he charges up healing |
| 4561s | Blossom to some significant level |
| 4563s | all right folks we are running short on |
| 4567s | time but that is okay because today we |
| 4569s | are introducing a new segment that we're |
| 4572s | calling rapid fire here's how this is |
| 4575s | going to work |
| 4576s | we're gonna put some time on the clock |
| 4578s | ml7 will have all that time to ask as |
| 4581s | many questions that he can ask and get |
| 4583s | an answer from alicon Alec are you ready |
| 4587s | let's show I'm ready as I'll ever be |
| 4589s | that's all right ml7 are you ready I'm |
| 4593s | good to go Andy |
| 4595s | here we go folks on your mark get set go |
| 4599s | it's live grip how do you plan to |
| 4601s | prevent the 12 potential there's some |
| 4603s | baked in logic there to prevent some |
| 4604s | troll potential and we actually allow uh |
| 4607s | allies being pulled they can use |
| 4608s | movement abilities inside of it so they |
| 4610s | can get out of it Miss clicks happen in |
| 4612s | game will this ability have a |
| 4613s | confirmation option like ecoscopy |
| 4615s | organo's nanoboost it will not have a |
| 4617s | confirmation option at watch |
| 4620s | is there gonna invulnerability to it yes |
| 4622s | allies aren't vulnerable for the |
| 4624s | duration of the life group ability petal |
| 4626s | platform in tiogi can you have 100 |
| 4628s | uptime of your petal platform no there's |
| 4631s | going to be a little bit of time where |
| 4632s | you do not have it it's on a bit longer |
| 4634s | cooldown and that is where white flavor |
| 4636s | is at his most vulnerable new place of |
| 4638s | May wall or your sim TP on top of it yes |
| 4640s | you can do you think that this ability |
| 4642s | might influence the meta the most I |
| 4644s | don't think Telecom will influence the |
| 4646s | meta the most but has a lot of neat |
| 4648s | tricks you can do with it such as |
| 4649s | raising up your allies or hey you know |
| 4651s | see Arisa ulting and raise her up and |
| 4653s | then that old's gonna be kind of not |
| 4654s | doing anything anymore and he activated |
| 4656s | halfway across the map you can activate |
| 4658s | as far as you can throw it it's actually |
| 4661s | something you you throw from from wife |
| 4663s | Weaver it could bounce off wallsu it |
| 4664s | will not go halfway across the map a new |
| 4666s | grapple hook to it yes you can now |
| 4668s | moving on to the passive parking gift |
| 4671s | does this stay up until he responds it's |
| 4673s | up for 12 seconds so slightly longer you |
| 4674s | pick up Parting Gift up like you could |
| 4676s | back in the day pick up toybian's armor |
| 4678s | packs you just walk in over it and |
| 4680s | that's how you'll pick it up like a |
| 4681s | health pack how much does it heal it |
| 4683s | heals allies for 250 and enemies for 75. |
| 4686s | can you activate pedal platform without |
| 4688s | having anybody step on it a player has |
| 4690s | to step on it it's a pressure sensitive |
| 4692s | platform at that point it will rise up |
| 4694s | can you activate it with a Teleport |
| 4696s | no it will not activate that way does |
| 4699s | the healing from the ultimate work |
| 4700s | through walls or is it the line of sight |
| 4701s | dependent it does need line of sight |
| 4703s | does he have any movement decks Yes |
| 4706s | actually at the as you raise up on a |
| 4708s | platform if you jump at the top you'll |
| 4710s | actually get a much bigger jump does he |
| 4712s | have a modified headshot amplifier like |
| 4714s | hiriko has or is it the same like most |
| 4716s | other Heroes that can headshot it's like |
| 4717s | most other Heroes it's times two and |
| 4719s | ding ding ding ding ding we are all done |
| 4722s | there thank you so much for that that |
| 4724s | was actually a lot of fun I don't know |
| 4726s | Alec how did you how did you like that |
| 4727s | yeah yeah well I love talking about life |
| 4729s | Weaver um we're very very excited about |
| 4731s | this hero oh I'm doing more talking |
| 4733s | about the rapid fire you may have to we |
| 4735s | may have to start doing all of our |
| 4736s | interviews like that sure sure yeah |
| 4739s | well |
| 4741s | let's talk about let's let's uh let's |
| 4743s | wrap things up folks |
| 4745s | um there is like we said earlier there's |
| 4747s | a lot of changes coming your way in |
| 4748s | season four from hero balance to |
| 4750s | competitive updates to Quality of Life |
| 4752s | Changes Everything aimed at making |
| 4754s | OverWatch 2 uh the most fun and most |
| 4757s | exciting and the best experience |
| 4759s | possible for all of you |
| 4761s | um so for all the details again please |
| 4762s | be sure to check out the season four |
| 4763s | patch notes those are live on the |
| 4765s | official forums right now |
| 4767s | before we get out of here though ml |
| 4769s | would love to get your perspective on |
| 4771s | lifeweaver now that we've had a chance |
| 4773s | to ask all these questions I really want |
| 4776s | to know from your perspective what is |
| 4778s | the impact that lifeweaver is going to |
| 4779s | have on the bat on just overall game |
| 4781s | balance and how may he shift The Meta |
| 4785s | I think that life opens up a lot of |
| 4788s | possibilities that weren't possible |
| 4790s | before because a lot of Heroes lacked |
| 4792s | mobility and he covers that weakness |
| 4795s | very well now initially I suspect that |
| 4799s | he will not be |
| 4802s | um |
| 4803s | it will take some time to master his cat |
| 4804s | is what I'm trying to say he seems like |
| 4806s | a very complex here goes so the more |
| 4808s | hours we're gonna have on him the more |
| 4809s | you're gonna understand how strong he is |
| 4811s | team comp wise I feel like initially |
| 4814s | people are going to play with him in |
| 4816s | such a way that you want to like pull |
| 4818s | allies that are getting dived but with |
| 4820s | time we might see this evolve into |
| 4823s | trying to speculate that extra Mobility |
| 4825s | that he can offer to his allies by just |
| 4828s | stacking he goes that he can play with |
| 4830s | that have a lot of Mobility themselves |
| 4832s | such as Winston maybe even Genji |
| 4836s | interesting Alec your take on what ml |
| 4839s | just said yeah I mean that all sounds |
| 4841s | exciting I think it's one of those |
| 4842s | things where you know once we unleash a |
| 4844s | hero in onto the entire playbase we get |
| 4847s | this we just are delighted when we see |
| 4849s | what they come up with too that we maybe |
| 4851s | not have seen in our initial play test |
| 4852s | right so we're excited to see how white |
| 4854s | flavor shakes everything up and to see |
| 4855s | the creative compositions that players |
| 4857s | build around him |
| 4858s | very cool so obviously like we don't |
| 4861s | want you to be like making your meta |
| 4863s | predictions or you're like uh you know |
| 4866s | hero balanced hearing uh Alec that's |
| 4868s | that's not that's kind of like not what |
| 4870s | we do like we don't determine that stuff |
| 4871s | we let the community talk to us about it |
| 4873s | right |
| 4874s | um but |
| 4875s | from a design perspective though and you |
| 4877s | as the leader of the hero design team |
| 4879s | like I'm really curious to know what are |
| 4881s | you hoping to learn with season four |
| 4884s | yeah I think with season four we're |
| 4886s | really weren't looking at you know how |
| 4889s | when a new support comes out like what |
| 4890s | do players do initially uh with that |
| 4892s | with that hero you know it's been since |
| 4894s | launch you know we haven't had a new |
| 4896s | support yet this was carico and now we |
| 4898s | have life Weaver and just seeing how |
| 4900s | players adapt to the support that really |
| 4902s | they need to be aware of right I think |
| 4904s | the platform in particular is something |
| 4906s | where it's like life is gonna throw it |
| 4908s | up for you are you ready for it do you |
| 4910s | know how to like actually play with this |
| 4911s | thing do you know how to play a round |
| 4913s | life Weaver so I think those are some of |
| 4915s | the things I'm most excited to see |
| 4916s | players answer that question I'm most |
| 4918s | excited to see like how they're adapting |
| 4920s | to life grip and you know what are they |
| 4922s | something they're in the back of their |
| 4923s | head they're like oh I can do this I can |
| 4925s | go in Reinhardt because I know |
| 4926s | lifeweaver is going to protect me I'm |
| 4929s | excited to see how they really adapt |
| 4930s | there and that this is something that |
| 4931s | was you know this here in particular |
| 4933s | there's so many tools available in his |
| 4936s | kit that you know it's gonna be really |
| 4938s | interesting |
| 4939s | that's actually super interesting Alec |
| 4941s | um you know I know me personally uh like |
| 4944s | I'm super excited to see when uh the |
| 4947s | OverWatch League Pros get their hand on |
| 4948s | life Weaver I think he's going to open |
| 4950s | up so many different comps I think it's |
| 4953s | gonna be really exciting and interesting |
| 4955s | to see folks with that kind of like high |
| 4957s | of a skill ceiling get their hands on |
| 4958s | him so well I just wanted to take the |
| 4961s | moment and say thank you to all of you |
| 4964s | for watching with us we really |
| 4965s | appreciate you we hope you enjoyed this |
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| 4970s | thank you to Mr ml7 thank you ml for |
| 4972s | joining us today would you like to tell |
| 4973s | the folks at home where they can find |
| 4974s | you on the interwebs thank you for |
| 4976s | having me on Andy this has been a lot of |
| 4978s | fun if you wanna check my content out |
| 4981s | then you can just find me at mo7 support |
| 4983s | on my social media |
| 4985s | very cool Alec uh speaking of social |
| 4988s | media we know that you've got a very |
| 4990s | active presence on Twitter uh talking to |
| 4992s | players answering questions and even |
| 4993s | occasionally hosting a q a uh where can |
| 4996s | folks find you online yeah it's a GW |
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