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."