chortle_tortleDeadlock - Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026
MentalEdgeHERE WE GO!!!
On a more serious note, thank god for no more i-frames on Haze, whenever you’d run into people using that, it was a nightmare to fight them. It was like someone having counter-spell with 3 charges.
Hitting two targets with her ult has made a return, tho. Concerning.
Ginnis gets multiple turrets for free again.
Mo and Krill can burrow into the tunnels.
Paradox Swap can now hit GROUPS of enemies.
Seven’s iconic move speed scaling is gone.
Shiv’s ult no longer auto-targets and must be aimed.
Wraith can throw a bunch of different cards with different effects, including jokers that have ALL effects. Her ult now lets you pick up an enemy and throw them.
Yamatos rope now does melee damage (parryable?) and gets charges on T3.
Shiv’s ult no longer auto-targets and must be aimed.
Most obvious change ever and it took them nearly two years to get around to it. Better late than never, I guess.
Late? The game isn’t out yet.
But you’re right. Better ask for a refund.
I don’t know if you know this, but typically during development, devs prioritize working on the overrall game, over small outstanding nitpicks.
The latter can become irrelevant at any time as the former makes sweeping changes, so it makes no sense to spend time on constant micro-adjustments, since the overrall game is going to be different a year from now, likely significantly so.
That’s why these big balance patches are so few. They make the game more fun to play at the moment, but they’re kinda pointless if another six characters, shop or map rework is around the corner.
Wraith’s ult just got its second rework in my memory, after imo being just plain bad for over a year. Who’s to say Shiv’s ult isn’t up in the air in the same way?
We’re not customers yet. We’re play testers. And I don’t think you can claim that Valve isn’t doing orders of magnitude more with what they’re getting from us than most studios with their “betas” do.
Such a weirdly passive aggressive, preachy reply. It was an obvious change that has been widely requested for over a year. I’m happy it’s in the game now. Calm down.
I’m happy it’s in the game now.
Neat.
What did your initial reply do in addition to that sentiment, aside from being insulting and rude?
Why would you write it like that?
I know there’s little chance of a dev ever reading it. But then why would anyone else capable of empathy enjoy it, either?
I didn’t. I’m not going to leave a reply like that to a comment of mine unchided.
What kind of person would I be if I tolerated rudeness on “good days”?
Is this your first time running into someone who will tell you not to, when you do something you shouldn’t do, as a matter of principle?
Nah, she’ll be fine.
I’m particularly happy slowing hex won’t silence tail whack anymore. That was so annoying.