Torbjorn is the Next Overwatch Nerf Target

<p>Torbjorn&comma; defensive star of <em>Overwatch<&sol;em>&comma; is getting a nerf on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One&comma; which is coming sometime in mid to late July&period; Torbjorn&&num;8217&semi;s turrets will be getting a 30&percnt; reduction to damage&comma; which should help out players who find themselves dying quickly because of the perhaps too accurate turrets&period; This was confirmed by Blizzard&&num;8217&semi;s Jeff Kaplan on a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reddit&period;com&sol;r&sol;Overwatch&sol;comments&sol;4pt9wd&sol;torbjorn&lowbar;is&lowbar;utterly&lowbar;ruining&lowbar;this&lowbar;game&lowbar;on&lowbar;ps4&sol;d4nz83p&quest;context&equals;3">reddit thread<&sol;a> discussing how many feel the character is overpowered on console&period; Some theories on reddit as to why this is happening on console and not PC have to do with increased accuracy on PC due to keyboard and mouse&period; By reducing the damage output of the turrets it is allowing players more time to react to the turrets and respond in a more appropriate time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;109314" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-109314" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-109314 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;03133629&sol;mccree-screenshot-001-1024x650&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Overwatch&comma; Blizzard" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"650" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-109314" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Overwatch&comma; Blizzard<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Blizzard has been on the ball in regards to letting the community know what they are doing&comma; and how they are balancing the game&period; Just last week the first patch hit PC&comma; which nerfed McCree and WidowMaker&comma; decreasing their damage outputs&period; The McCree nerf was to his secondary fire mode&comma; his &&num;8220&semi;fan the hammer&&num;8221&semi;&comma; where the damage was reduced by a fair amount&period; Blizzard found that he could easily melt characters with a large amount of health&comma; the tanks of the game&comma; but with the nerf he is closer to where they want him to be&period; WidowMaker&&num;8217&semi;s nerf also had to do with her alternate fire mode&comma; and a reduction in its damage&comma; though a slight increase to headshot damage&comma; amongst a few other tweaks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On console&comma; the patch for McCree and WidowMaker will be coming at a &&num;8220&semi;later date&&num;8221&semi;&comma; potentially bundled in with the Torbjorn nerf&period; One other character that is being buffed is D&period; Va&comma; though Blizzard hasn&&num;8217&semi;t revealed entirely what they will be doing with the character&period; <em>Overwatch<&sol;em> has been an undeniable success for Blizzard&comma; and it has been great to see how active they are with their community and with fine tuning the game&period; All of this is great news for players&comma; as competitive play is about to launch for the team-based shooter&comma; in mere weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reddit&period;com&sol;r&sol;Overwatch&sol;comments&sol;4pt9wd&sol;torbjorn&lowbar;is&lowbar;utterly&lowbar;ruining&lowbar;this&lowbar;game&lowbar;on&lowbar;ps4&sol;d4nz83p&quest;context&equals;3">Reddit<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;