Overwatch Symmetra Changes Next Month

Business Insider quotes Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan explaining plans to change Symmetra, Overwatch's least used character (thanks VG247). He calls her a situational pick, and says that's not their intent for any of the characters in the multiplayer shooter. He says she's "definitely on our list, but I don’t think we’ll see a change go live until probably some time in November." Here's his explanation:
"Now, a character being that situational is not really desirable to us, so even though I can kind of justify why it happens, that doesn’t mean that I believe that it’s right. So Symmetra is a hero who’s on our list right now to take a good look at and really investigate."

So, what kinds of changes can players expect? Kaplan didn't offer any specifics, but it sounds like they'll be pretty substantial.

"I don’t have anything really specific to talk about right now, other than she is kind of an internal project right now," said Kaplan. "She is a hero we’d like to make some changes to. I think those changes wouldn’t see the light of day until November, though, because we want to do a bunch of internal testing. It’s one thing when we do something [minor] — like, we have a change to Junkrat on the [Public Test Realm] where his Ultimate activates faster, but it’s a very incremental, safe change — whereas the type of changes we think need to happen to Symmetra require a lot more internal testing and discussion."
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Symmetra can be very powerful, especially her teleporter which can completely change the game for her team. When I use her, mostly on defense, she is good when you (I) have time to set up and prepare.

Personally I have a hard time with her when the other team is on the move and you don't have that time to set up the mini-sentries. Once the other team gets about 50%-75% through the map I find I switch out heroes for one that is more productive late match.

Would be interesting to see what they can do to make her more useful throughout a full game... IMHO.
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