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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
4967s	content also take a moment here to say
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
4998s	underscore Alec and you know send me
5000s	some questions if you have them and I'll
5001s	do my best to answer them and for all of
5003s	you watching at home whether you're
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5012s	please comment in the video below let us
5014s	know how you like this content but until
5016s	next time my name is Andy Belford and
5019s	this has been devchat
5039s	thank you
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[2023] Overwatch 2 | Lifeweaver Dev Chat

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