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a good sigma is great to have but there are so many bad people who play him and dont have a clue about using him properly to help the team.
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Yeah, its Sigma release to live and the role Q and 222 Beta starting on the 13th.
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They won't nerf him until he's been out on live for a bit - got to follow the pattern they have with almost every new hero; release them OP, wait for the most dedicated players to splash out getting the cosmetics for their new favourite OP crutch, then nerf him beyond all recognition, before later buffing him a bit again
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I don't think Sigma is overpowered in his current state. He's a high skill hero so will be very effective at the highest ranks.
He can be easily bullied by Reaper and Mei (he does ok against range heroes), has no armour and only 300 hp and 100 shields. His damage output isn't even that high. Terrible mobility and apart from his grasp thing no escape ability.
All his abilites are on cool downs >10secs and a slow charging ult.
I think he's fine in his current state. Knowing Blizz they will probably overbuff first then nerf to oblivion!
He can be easily bullied by Reaper and Mei (he does ok against range heroes), has no armour and only 300 hp and 100 shields. His damage output isn't even that high. Terrible mobility and apart from his grasp thing no escape ability.
All his abilites are on cool downs >10secs and a slow charging ult.
I think he's fine in his current state. Knowing Blizz they will probably overbuff first then nerf to oblivion!
The thing is with sigma right now you can't really miss with his primary fire.
I play on pad and my aim is terrible but still hitting most the shots and getting gold or silver damage in the matches I played.
It's like when doomfist came out and you couldn't miss when you went to splat people. Anyone and everyone could play him for first season. Then in his second season you needed pinpoint accuracy.
I really hope they keep it the way it is but I think it will get nerfed. A lot of people seem against having easy aim characters.
I play on pad and my aim is terrible but still hitting most the shots and getting gold or silver damage in the matches I played.
It's like when doomfist came out and you couldn't miss when you went to splat people. Anyone and everyone could play him for first season. Then in his second season you needed pinpoint accuracy.
I really hope they keep it the way it is but I think it will get nerfed. A lot of people seem against having easy aim characters.
My grind hasn't gone so well, only ended up playing about 10 games in the last week.
My Sr has gone lower, in gold now, most my team mates have been playing like lemmings just walking in 1 by 1 and dying.
The matches I played on ptr seemed good, I was a bit nervous about the game going roll lock but does seem like big improvement.
I guess we will see how well it works in actual comp tonight
cool - will try and get on tonight also.
That's my biggest frustration still - people just don't know when a fight is over - they just continue to wade in 3 v 6 etc and waste time...
For me it's the opposite, it's the people that respawn and don't wait for the team.
It's like they are not even watching the kill feed because even if the other team hasn't lost 1 guy they still respawn and just auto pilot back in.
I can kind of understand both sides. Forced 2-2-2 stifles creative team comps and is a bit dictator-y, but I was also so sick of the uphill struggle of trying to win with 4-5 DPS. I've played almost every night since I tried the PTR again last week, and it helps that Sigma is great fun to play.
I do wonder if they're going to bother branching off No Limits to have a mode with no comp restrictions, but still just 1 of each character. Sometimes you just want to turn your brain off and play whatever comp, but then I don't want to deal with 6 Syms or Torbs.
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I think its still within 1000SR (for Diamond and below) for the roles each group member has selected.
Playing with friends on the PTR, you each have to lock into a role as soon as you join the queue, so it won't be dissimilar to using LFG. The big question is whether they try to match groups based on overall average SR, or if is tries to match the SR for each role... my guess is that it will try to match each role, and if the queue time is too long then it might start averaging across the group.
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7pm I think mate.