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aMercifulGod's avatar
aMercifulGod
7 years ago

How to fix Gibraltar

His current shield bubble usually just screw over your own team. In order to fix it, replace it with a semi bent shield wall so your allies can throw grenades over it (but of course also be able to g...
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EA_Blueberry
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7 years ago

Appreciate the suggestions around his dome shield. The team is planning to make some changes around Gibraltar at the start of Season 1. 

Major balance changes:

  • Hit box size reductions and optimizations for Caustic, Pathfinder and Gibraltar

    • We’re better sizing hitboxes to character gear & model

    • Since these adjustments have a MAJOR impact on the game, we want to make sure there aren't any major bugs, so we didn’t want to rush them out

    • If these adjustments prove to be insufficient, we’ll consider additional adjustments during Season 1

There's more to read on addressing Legend balance and hitbox feedback if you want to check it out below.

Live Balance Update

https://answers.ea.com/t5/News-Game-Updates/Live-Balance-Update/m-p/7641591/highlight/true#M16

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LuckyCanuckLuke
7 years ago

Looking forward to Gibraltar tweeks I rally like the character. 

As for hitboxes you can only make Gibraltar's hitbox so small or wraiths hitbox so large before hits start lookin like they don't make sense. I think what will inevitably have to happen with our two tank characters because of their large models is they will have to either have a small damage reduction (i'm figuring something around 10-15%) or a buff to their base health to make up for their larger size. 

As for the shield. A wall would make for different tactical play over the dome, but it would eliminate the ability to drop your ult right on top of yourself while shielding.

Gibraltar's passive is good but I think the shield should cover his head. The shield doesn't have that much health anyways and as it stands now you just aim for his head and it's like he doesn't even have a passive.

I think all these together would make him actually feel like a tank and make him fill his role in a viable way.