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Please no more AA while running heroes

Almost all of the Overwatch heroes can ' run and gun' (yes I count Genji) and now with D.Va having this ability to, I am afraid that many other Overwatch will get this treatment. Tho i think she seems really fun to play, it's probably really annoying to fight against (just like Tracer, Lucio and Genji, who are considered to be the most shit heroes to play against).

My biggest nightmare is Mei circling around you while you're 90% slowed (as & ms) and hopelessly dying while she's smiles at you.

Centaurik

Posted 7 years, 4 months ago (Source)

The only hero where it really matters is Tracer, it is what makes her what she is. With Lucio he would just feel awkward not being able to always be on the move and Genji has to stutterstep. D.Va is permaslowed in mech mode, and she can only attackmove while in mechmode anyway so I dont see a problem here..

Spot on!

We are very deliberate with who we give the "attack while moving" powers too. For Tracer, it would be anathema to the fantasy of the Hero to not let her attack while moving. For Zarya, she absolutely didn't need it, so we didn't give it to her. For Lucio, with his Wall Ride, it would have made him feel much more clunky, and at odds with his own kit. For Genji, we didn't want to give him full attack-while-moving, but we did want that three-hit cadence, but we didn't want to lock him in place for the whole animation, so thus why he stops to throw the first, but not the others.

For D.Va, her Mech's abilities (Boosters and Defense Matrix) speak to some form of mobility, and we felt like we would again be at odds with her Mech's playstyle not letting it attack while moving. But to try to shore up some of that frustration, we slowed down her Mech's movespeed so that while she can attack while moving, you will eventually out run her (unless her Boosters come back off cooldown). Pilot D.Va, however, we definitely did not want attack while moving, and thus why you don't see it on her.

We definitely understand the frustration there can be at fighting such a Hero, and that's why we're very careful about it.

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 <div class="md">The only hero where it really matters is Tracer, it is what makes her what she is. With Lucio he would just feel awkward not being able to always be on the move and Genji has to stutterstep. D.Va is permaslowed in mech mode, and she can only attackmove while in mechmode anyway so I dont see a problem here..
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<div class="md">Spot on!

We are very deliberate with who we give the "attack while moving" powers too. For Tracer, it would be anathema to the fantasy of the Hero to not let her attack while moving. For Zarya, she absolutely didn't need it, so we didn't give it to her. For Lucio, with his Wall Ride, it would have made him feel much more clunky, and at odds with his own kit. For Genji, we didn't want to give him full attack-while-moving, but we did want that three-hit cadence, but we didn't want to lock him in place for the whole animation, so thus why he stops to throw the first, but not the others.

For D.Va, her Mech's abilities (Boosters and Defense Matrix) speak to some form of mobility, and we felt like we would again be at odds with her Mech's playstyle not letting it attack while moving. But to try to shore up some of that frustration, we slowed down her Mech's movespeed so that while she can attack while moving, you will eventually out run her (unless her Boosters come back off cooldown). Pilot D.Va, however, we definitely did not want attack while moving, and thus why you don't see it on her.

We definitely understand the frustration there can be at fighting such a Hero, and that's why we're very careful about it.
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<div class="md">Spot on!

We are very deliberate with who we give the "attack while moving" powers too. For Tracer, it would be anathema to the fantasy of the Hero to not let her attack while moving. For Zarya, she absolutely didn't need it, so we didn't give it to her. For Lucio, with his Wall Ride, it would have made him feel much more clunky, and at odds with his own kit. For Genji, we didn't want to give him full attack-while-moving, but we did want that three-hit cadence, but we didn't want to lock him in place for the whole animation, so thus why he stops to throw the first, but not the others.

For D.Va, her Mech's abilities (Boosters and Defense Matrix) speak to some form of mobility, and we felt like we would again be at odds with her Mech's playstyle not letting it attack while moving. But to try to shore up some of that frustration, we slowed down her Mech's movespeed so that while she can attack while moving, you will eventually out run her (unless her Boosters come back off cooldown). Pilot D.Va, however, we definitely did not want attack while moving, and thus why you don't see it on her.

We definitely understand the frustration there can be at fighting such a Hero, and that's why we're very careful about it.
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