Blizzard Considered Making Healing Turrets Apart of Symmetra's Rework

Symmetra is the next hero of Blizzard Entertainment's first person shooter Overwatch that is due to get a major rework of her abilities. With her never truly fitting into the Support role that she has been apart of since the release of the title, many players were calling for Blizzard to take a look at Symmetra overall and work to have her either fit the Support role better or move her into the Defense role. Overwatch developer Geoff Goodman recently took to the Overwatch forums and discussed the progress of Symmetra's rework with the community, while revealing some very interesting information regarding Blizzard's approach to her rework.

Goodman stated that Symmetra has indeed been moved to the Defense category of heroes, as Blizzard tried to have her fit the Support role better by having her turrets heal instead of causing damage. However, the fast paced nature of the title made the change feel a tad too awkward for Blizzard's liking.

The developer also went on to explain that they are toying with how the character deploys her turrets in the rework, as the hero can now fire an un-deployed version of the turret as a porjectile that will have the ability to stick to any surface and then unfold into the form that they currently take when Symmetra deploys them. 

It remains to be seen what changes Blizzard will decide to make permanent for Symmetra, but there is no doubt that the Overwatch community will be highly anticipating the upcoming rework and how it will affect Symmetra's overall standing in the current meta. With the newest Defense hero completely vanishing from the servers of the Overwatch League for the first three stages of the inaugural season, it will be interesting to see if Blizzard's rework of Symmetra could possibly push her into being used in certain defensive strategies by teams who will be looking to throw some unexpected compositions at their opponents.  

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