I feel like bungie has some kind of controlling stock in Overwatch...

TWaB is same as your post: Nothing to see here. We'll talk later.

[quote]TWaB translated for everyday forum users[/quote] TWaB for everyday bitchers and moaners* [quote]This week at Bungie we’re seeing green I’m actually just trying to fill space with pointless words that mean absolutely nothing.[/quote] It's a weekly news article that they like to use to give us information and have some fun with so we enjoy reading it. Of course there's fluff. Unless reading is hard for you, this is a non-issue. [quote]Oh, and there’s a weapon patch[/quote] Balance Patch* (Seeing as it addresses weapons, classes, AND ammo...) [quote]Here’s Senior Designer Josh Hamrick to talk to you about our weapon patch[/quote] Again, Balance Patch* [quote]We found this random dude walking around the studio, told him that he gets to be on This Week at Bungie. [/quote] Random? No. [quote]Also we threatened to fire him if he doesn’t write exactly what big boss said to.[/quote] DeeJ actually writes what they say and then proofs it, so no, this has no basis. [quote]Promote alternatives and counters to Shotguns We’re probably going to nerf shotguns. Buff sidearms and fusions.[/quote] Simple contextual notes tell you you're making silly assumptions and failing to look at the big picture. While Matador will most likely get nerfed (as it should, it stands out from the rest, which is exactly what they don't want), it is not likely they will touch the others much, if at all. Fusions (who could also use a tiny bit of balancing) are fine how they are and anyone who thinks they need a buff is just not good with them, period. Sidearms can also be very good, but most people cannot take advantage of them since they are semi auto. These could go either way. It also sounds like they will adjust primaries to be slightly more effective as well. [quote]Align potency of Primary Weapons with surgical changes We’re about to nerf Clever Dragon, hard. Grasp of Malok will also be hit. Forget ever trying to use those guns again.[/quote] Clever Dragon nerf is likely, yes. Both fast fire archetypes are actually very much in need of a nerf. But "nerfing it hard"? No. That's not a surgical change. Follow along. [quote]Also some hand cannons are too accurate, looking at you palindrome, eyasluna, so we’re increasing bloom.[/quote] This part is just full of ignorance, likely due to an underlying grudge, which is a result of you not understanding the weapon type. [quote]We’re also buffing auto’s. By 0.01%[/quote] While autos could certainly use a small buff, this is just your terrible attempt at using an outdated joke. [quote]File down a couple of issues from each class We’re making juggernaut slow you down immensely when using it. It’ll be like being stuck in smoke 24-7.[/quote] Slow during Jugg on a class that is supposed to be on the front lines first and relies on close quarters combat most of the time? No, that's silly. They would be better off making it not work in the air, like it used to. [quote]Also we are nerfing spike grenades.[/quote] Why? No. [quote]Lightning grenades will now take 4 ticks to kill you, in line with pulse grenades.[/quote] Lightning, despite how much I have loved them since day one, should most definitely be a THREE tick kill. Pulses are tough to look at because they are very bad on Striker, but very good on Stormcaller with Arc Web. [quote]Skip grenades will now do half of the damage they used to.[/quote] No. If you're upset by how much damage they do, that's because of Shinobu's Vow. They cannot one-shot without that. A proper change would be to have Shinobu's give slightly better tracking, but make Skips do less damage. [quote]Axion bolt now only tracks for 3 seconds.[/quote] Why? Axions are slow, can easily be ran from, shot, or slid under to reduce damage, and still cannot one shot if you LET them hit you. If you have an issue with Axions, you are just bad. [quote]Reduced stormcaller melee range by half.[/quote] Half is extreme, but this is definitely one thing about Stormcaller that desperately needs looking at. If it is going to keep the range, it needs to have damage fall off. [quote]Fix some issues with a sampler platter of Exotics We’re nerfing Dark-Drinker! We never intended it to be more useful than raze-lighter, so we’re cutting its damage in half.[/quote] They will not touch Dark Drinker. It is working perfectly as intended. Keep in mind that, being a sword, it needs to be within melee range and the fact that it does more damage than Raze Lighter to the least common enemy types in the game (only one of which being feasible) is not an issue. It doesn't do that much more damage, it's actually worse for killing Captains than Raze Lighter still, requires you to use almost all ammo each teleport to be effective, needs you to be in melee range on an enemy that teleports around the map, etc. I can go on about this for a while. [quote](I literally can’t think of any more exotics that might remotely need a nerf)[/quote] "Fixing issues" does not directly correlate to a nerf, even though it is likely that is the intent here, just keep that in mind. It's also likely that you are only thinking about weapons here, which are mostly fine. Exotic ARMOR, however, does have things that need to be looked at (I already mentions Shinobu's Vow, being one). [quote]Supporting adjustments to Special Ammunition We’re coming up with new ways to give you less and less ammo in the crucible. Have fun![/quote] As they should. We should not be able to play an entire match only using our Special Weapons and still have any chance of getting anywhere close to first place.

More like: [spoiler]-blam!- you(give us money)[/spoiler]

This would be funny if it wasn't 99.96% likely to happen.

Nerfing sniper stability: the recoil makes you turn around

YES!!! Autos are getting a buff. Granted it is 1/4 of the greatest buff ever but I'll take what I can get. Take that pulses. Hmmmmph.

This made me laugh.

Don't forget about nerfing all sniper recoil since it doesnt recoil enough

You forgot the part where when they nerf special ammo capacity by 50% it will spill over and ruin pve.

The sad part is that I wouldn't be surprised at all if that's how it all breaks down

...yup, pretty much sums it up.

The sad part is that a quarter of these changes I wouldn't mind.

Yeah when I first read they were seeing green, I thought they were going to talk about Bungie's new environmentally friendly measures.

Accurate