This thread want’s to know if Sombra is being removed, it also covers players grievances with Sombra and some recommended mitigations.
Are there any plans to remove Sombra? Her invisibility is broken, the idea that Moria’s Bionic Grasp doesn’t take Sombra out of her cloaking is WILD. How are you not even going to give supports, the easiest to pick, any way or reasonable defending themselves. Whilst, yes, it’s a team game, most players don’t have a competitive five stack and if they’re fortunate enough to have that then they won’t be on all the time. Subsequently, the team play aspect is not a reasonable justification for Sombra to stay in the game.
Sombra should be removed from the game and the fact that there are threats dating back to 2019 (From a quick glance) demonstrates that players are not being listened to. The idea that any character can feasibly stand next to someone’s spawn point and pick off weak characters as a viable gameplay strat endorsed (Through inaction by developers) is unreal.
If for whatever reason keep Sombra was a must, as if you’d signed some blood pact with the devil to watch humanity suffer needlessly, then at the very least consider these mitigations.
Support buff specifically against this hero, projectile perimeter triggers, i.e. you fire close enough, nothing crazy just a reasonable spray from life weaver to check corners etc pulls Sombra’s cloak off. Moria’s bionic grasp affects cloaking. No full clocking at at, just a HALO-esque translucent effect to give the eagle eye’d a fighting chance. Longer cool down / phased cloaking period. Baptised healing projectiles also have the ability to highlight enemy equipment AND Sombra cloaking to the team. Lucio impact range also a passive buff against Sombra to reveal at greater distance. I could go on, I honestly don’t know how much longer I can play OW2 with this going on. I’ve almost removed it a number of times and stuck at it purely because some friends play it but if this continues along with the smurfing, balancing and community sabotage I think I’ll be forced to move on.
Caveat, I have appreciated the visual Home Screen briefings on the patch notes and the developers intentions moving forward. For me this has been one of the reasons I’ve stayed because it’s demonstrated an intention to change.
