Bastion, Overwatch's most misinterpreted hero is finally getting his much needed overhaul. In the recent Overwatch game forum, Blizzard confirmed that they are launching efforts to address the robot's weakness. Overwatch's game designer Geoff Goodman also answered some of the biggest player concerns about the robot's ability.
Polygon notices a post from certified Overwatch player Rarithlynx who has spent more than 90 hours of his Overwatch career while playing as Bastion. Rarithlynx who spent his time in the game as Bastion says that the hero was becoming rusty and is obviously overdue for an overhaul.
Rarithlynx says that Overwatch's Bation is now backed up in a pretty back corner. According to the player, the robot, among all other Overwatch game heroes, possess the most number of counters, including a handful of hard ones. He adds that Bastion is too huge and is becoming immobile, not to mention the robot's lack of defensive nor escape tricks.
Rarithlynx requests the Overwatch team to come to Bation's rescue. True enough, almost every other Overwatch defensive characters such as Torbjörn, Hanzo, Widowmaker and Symmetra have been fixed, upgraded and fully reworked. Rarithlynx feels that Bation has been left far behind.
Rarithlynx says Bastion can still be viable in very few situations, most especially when the robot is faced with players who still have to learn how to counter the old guy. But the gamer believes that Bation is no longer strong enough to be competitive.
Seems like the Overwatch team agrees with Rarithlynx as Goodman confirms major high level adjustments for Bastion are on its way. US Battle Net says such character tweaks are very much likely to be available for testing during its release in PTR include Recon Mode, spentry Mode and Self-Repair.
Such changes could transform the old robot into a new Bastion that is a force to be reckoned with. Of course, everything depends on how Overwatch team would ultimately implement Bastion's overhaul.
