{"id":56067,"date":"2023-11-13T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/13\/overwatch-2s-roadhog-rework-has-me-skeptical\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T20:30:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T20:30:22","slug":"overwatch-2s-roadhog-rework-has-me-skeptical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/13\/overwatch-2s-roadhog-rework-has-me-skeptical\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2\u2019s Roadhog Rework Has Me Skeptical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Roadhog stands with his hook and shotgun.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-alt=\"Roadhog stands with his hook and shotgun.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Roadhog stands with his hook and shotgun.\" data-chomp-id=\"3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Roadhog stands with his hook and shotgun.\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Picture<!-- -->: <!-- -->Blizzard Leisure<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/3eccd5add1a43c952915a2d578ccc425\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"Roadhog stands with his hook and shotgun.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-r43lxo-1 cwnrYD\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span>Like Sombra earlier than him<\/span>, Roadhog is getting a rework in <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>\u2019s seventh season. And very similar to Sombra\u2019s, it highlights an issue I&#8217;ve with Blizzard\u2019s strategy to reworks and stability adjustments, giving him a capability fairly analogous to 1 utilized by different tanks within the sport. Over time, this strategy is making the sport much less attention-grabbing, additional sanding down characters into comparable archetypes versus letting them every serve distinct roles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 czxCOT\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 jLsF instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"195460,192616,196013\" data-current=\"195460\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 biVjcq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"195460\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"Overwatch 2's New Story Missions: Worth The Money?\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"122\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>Overwatch 2&#8217;s New Story Missions: Value The Cash?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195460\/195460_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195460\/195460_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195460\/195460_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195460\/195460_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/20938.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">Blizzard has introduced that Roadhog\u2019s rework will give him a brand new capacity referred to as Pig Pen, which has him put down a entice that may gradual and injury close by enemies. The truth that it says <em>enemies<\/em>, plural, makes it sound like a shake-up from Roadhog\u2019s typical loop, which is commonly very laser-focused. His hook is his major software, because it drags an enemy into his shotgun\u2019s vary, however which means his equipment helps him create house simply by advantage of enemies feeling the looming risk of the flexibility and giving him a large berth. Whereas Blizzard hasn\u2019t launched footage of Pig Pen, the outline feels like it should give Roadhog a window to extra exactly make these performs, but it surely additionally sounds similar to skills like Ramattra\u2019s Ravenous Vortex, which slows down and damages enemies.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1724127724262875313&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1724127724262875313\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">I&#8217;ll say that regardless of my preliminary hesitations with Sombra rework and normal dislike of the Tracer-fication of her equipment, I&#8217;ve come round on how good it feels to play. So Roadhog\u2019s rework might show to be simply as enjoyable, and doesn\u2019t appear to vary the character an excessive amount of, but it surely does really feel like <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>\u2019s stability philosophy tends to lean into ensuring different heroes have comparable toolsets to 1 one other, fairly than being what makes every of them distinct. If Roadhog goes to get a brand new capacity, I personally would fairly have seen him get one thing to assist bolster his teammates to push on an goal; crowd management wasn\u2019t actually what he was lacking. Proper now, he\u2019s nonetheless a little bit of a lone wolf off-tank in a sport that solely has one tank now, and that was the place his equipment has been missing, for my part.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">I\u2019m prepared to offer the group the good thing about the doubt till we see extra, however <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>\u2019s transforming of outdated characters has typically felt like sanding down heroes to parallel utility, fairly than retaining to the very particular archetypes that made completely different heroes stand out. Roadhog nonetheless appears to have all his outdated instruments in place, however I\u2019m curious to see how including Pig Pen will change his play model, if in any respect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/overwatch-2-roadhog-rework-pig-pen-season-7-1851017854\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Picture: Blizzard Leisure Like Sombra earlier than him, Roadhog is getting a rework in Overwatch 2\u2019s seventh season. And very similar to Sombra\u2019s, it highlights an issue I&#8217;ve with Blizzard\u2019s strategy to reworks and stability adjustments, giving him a capability fairly analogous to 1 utilized by different tanks within the sport. Over time, this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35,1096,6742,15524],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56068,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56067\/revisions\/56068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}