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He shared on Reddit that Blizzard was actively making an effort to balance Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field, and that the changes are already being playtested. \u201cWe're trying out some changes to immortality field to make it less oppressive,\u201d he said on a thread discussing the Immortality Field\u2019s cooldown. \u201cI missed the playtest today so I'll ask the crew how it went.\u201d Jeff\u2019s comment shows that Blizzard already has an idea of how to balance the Immortality Field, although he didn\u2019t specify what the developer team is planning. The thread that prompted Kaplan's statement suggested that the skill\u2019s cooldown should start once it\u2019s destroyed, rather than after it\u2019s placed. The change would effectively decrease Immortality Field's uptime across the board. It\u2019s unclear if that approach lines up with Blizzard\u2019s plans for the hero. The Field is a complex skill that has its effectiveness based on a series of aspects, such as its health, cooldown, radius, and uptime. A comprehensive tweak should alter at least one of those characteristics. Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field is a controversial skill. It places a device that denies deaths in a small area-of-effect radius. It lasts for eight seconds unless destroyed and has a 20-second cooldown that starts the moment it\u2019s placed, which means that Baptiste can potentially toss one of them every 12 seconds. Players can destroy the field generator by dealing 200 damage to it, but if Baptiste places it out of the view of the enemies, like behind a wall or around a corner, it can essentially make a team immortal during a full eight seconds. Simply nerfing Immortality Field\u2019s health will make it easier to destroy but won\u2019t help strategic placements outside of the enemy\u2019s line of sight. 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Baptiste is getting some tweaks to his kit, according to Overwatch<\/em> game director Jeff Kaplan.<\/p>

He shared on Reddit that Blizzard was actively making an effort to balance Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field, and that the changes are already being playtested. <\/p>

\u201cWe’re trying out some changes to immortality field to make it less oppressive,\u201d he said<\/a> on a thread discussing the Immortality Field\u2019s cooldown. \u201cI missed the playtest today so I’ll ask the crew how it went.\u201d<\/p>

Jeff\u2019s comment shows that Blizzard already has an idea of how to balance the Immortality Field, although he didn\u2019t specify what the developer team is planning.<\/p>

The thread<\/a> that prompted Kaplan’s statement suggested that the skill\u2019s cooldown should start once it\u2019s destroyed, rather than after it\u2019s placed. The change would effectively decrease Immortality Field’s uptime across the board. It\u2019s unclear if that approach lines up with Blizzard\u2019s plans for the hero.<\/p>

The Field is a complex skill that has its effectiveness based on a series of aspects, such as its health, cooldown, radius, and uptime. A comprehensive tweak should alter at least one of those characteristics.<\/p>

Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field is a controversial skill. It places a device that denies deaths in a small area-of-effect radius. It lasts for eight seconds unless destroyed and has a 20-second cooldown that starts the moment it\u2019s placed, which means that Baptiste can potentially toss one of them every 12 seconds.<\/p>

Players can destroy the field generator by dealing 200 damage to it, but if Baptiste places it out of the view of the enemies, like behind a wall or around a corner, it can essentially make a team immortal during a full eight seconds.<\/p>

Simply nerfing Immortality Field\u2019s health will make it easier to destroy but won\u2019t help strategic placements outside of the enemy\u2019s line of sight. Increasing its cooldown would force players to use it more sparingly and reduce its overall uptime, and that could be the direction Blizzard opts to follow.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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He shared on Reddit that Blizzard was actively making an effort to balance Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field, and that the changes are already being playtested. \u201cWe're trying out some changes to immortality field to make it less oppressive,\u201d he said on a thread discussing the Immortality Field\u2019s cooldown. \u201cI missed the playtest today so I'll ask the crew how it went.\u201d Jeff\u2019s comment shows that Blizzard already has an idea of how to balance the Immortality Field, although he didn\u2019t specify what the developer team is planning. The thread that prompted Kaplan's statement suggested that the skill\u2019s cooldown should start once it\u2019s destroyed, rather than after it\u2019s placed. The change would effectively decrease Immortality Field's uptime across the board. It\u2019s unclear if that approach lines up with Blizzard\u2019s plans for the hero. The Field is a complex skill that has its effectiveness based on a series of aspects, such as its health, cooldown, radius, and uptime. A comprehensive tweak should alter at least one of those characteristics. Baptiste\u2019s Immortality Field is a controversial skill. It places a device that denies deaths in a small area-of-effect radius. It lasts for eight seconds unless destroyed and has a 20-second cooldown that starts the moment it\u2019s placed, which means that Baptiste can potentially toss one of them every 12 seconds. Players can destroy the field generator by dealing 200 damage to it, but if Baptiste places it out of the view of the enemies, like behind a wall or around a corner, it can essentially make a team immortal during a full eight seconds. Simply nerfing Immortality Field\u2019s health will make it easier to destroy but won\u2019t help strategic placements outside of the enemy\u2019s line of sight. 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