"We were evaluating this change last year for the gameplay updates but wanted some more time to soak it. The developer comment alongside the changes was short and sweet: The buff was a simple sentence that has been years in the making: Increase the base Movement Speed of Heroes from 4.4 to 4.84 (+10%). On July 10th, the Heroes of the Storm team made a change to every single hero in the game that caught many in the community by surprise. We've had quite a few internal games where D.Va has paired up with squishy melee assassins and functioned as an almost-tank, with very good results."ĭ.Va players and Overwatch die-hards rejoice as an iconic member of the franchise is getting some new tools that will, hopefully, return her to relevance in the nexus. She's got a lot of new tools to shutdown picks or engages, which can really swing the momentum of games. Personally, I love playing her as a 2nd front-line in a support role. "In the upcoming rework she will still be classified under the 'Bruiser' category, but her talents should allow her to fill a more traditional solo-lane role or a team-support role. When asked to expand on her new role in the meta after the rework goes live, Warner provided a bit of insight into that as well. Yes, this means there's a new heroic! You'll never guess what it is! It's Micro Missiles."
In addition to the typical talent shuffles/improvements, there's a host of QOL changes across many parts of her kit including, but not limited to:ĭ.Va's Mech mode only suffering a movement speed reduction while Basic Attacking or channeling an ability, rather than at all times.ĭefense Matrix can be re-targeted (with a short cooldown) while it is active.īig Shot (Heroic 2) is now baseline in Pilot mode with re-adjusted stats to compensate. In the rework's current state, I would say she can opt into a solo-laner bruiser build, a team-support front-liner build and a pretty ridiculous self-destruct/pilot build, with lots of interactions between these options.
We can't spoil too much, but we would like to call out that we've heard a lot of feedback about D.Va's nebulous identity. "Yes! We're currently iterating on a D.Va rework that I'm personally very excited about. When asked if the mech pilot would see some love in an upcoming balance patch, not only was that a resounding "Yes!" but a full-blown rework was revealed. It appears that is about to change, according to members of the HotS development team. Her movement speed is slow, her damage output is papercut-esque and her power in Overwatch has never translated particularly well to the hero brawler title. Luckily, InvenGlobal has highlighted a few of the most noteworthy responses below to save readers from having to scroll through the replies for the juicy ones.Įver since she went live in Heroes of the Storm back in May of 2017, D.Va's relevance in the nexus has been scarce at best and non-existent at worst. With over 1,000 questions and comments in the thread, it can be difficult to keep track of everything that was said.
#HEROES OF THE STORM NEWS FULL#
On Thursday afternoon, members of the Heroes of the Storm development team took to the game's official subReddit (/r/heroesofthestorm) to answer questions players had and talk about the future of the title itself.įor those who want to read the full thread, the "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) can be found here. ▲ Members of the Heroes of the Storm team took to Reddit for an AMA.
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