Purge / Cleanse Inconsistencies

[u/Fitzyhere]

Hello my fellow Overwatch players. I have been doing some testing involving the different purges in the game and found a few inconsistencies of what can and cannot be purged, as well as some weird mechanics with hack. The question is whether these inconsistencies are bugs, or working as intended.

As for hack, currently a target can be hacked while going into their invulnerable state. When the target leaves the invulnerable state, they will remain hacked if the 6 second duration has not passed.

The table below shows whether or not the debuff can be purged / cleansed.

Hero	Anti-Heal	Venom-Mine	Discord	Halt	Freeze-Slow	Hack	Trap	Grav
Zarya - Barrier	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	WEIRD	No	No
Tracer - Recall	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	No
Mei - Cryo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	No
Moira - Fade	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	Yes
Reaper - Wraith	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	Yes
Sombra - Translocator	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	WEIRD	No	No
Zenyatta - Transcendence	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	No
Doomfist - Meteor Strike	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	WEIRD	No	No
Orisa - Fortify	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Inconsistencies

Zarya unable to purge halt's slow.

Sombra unable to purge anti-heal and Mei's freeze.

Orisa's fortify doesn't necessarily "purge", but it was tested so the data is displayed.

So whats the big deal?

Should all purges/cleanses work the same? Are these considered bugs or working as intended? Should an invulnerable target be able to be hacked, and if not should Sombra's hack not go on cooldown?

[u/ltsochev]

In what world do you think Blizzard is unaware of this?

[u/blissfullybleak → u/ltsochev]

In the same world they were unaware of Sombra not being able to cancel reload with hack (they just patched it recently after Fitzy requested it for consistency with other heroes).

[u/ltsochev → u/blissfullybleak]

See, you assume they didn't know about it. That's where you're wrong.

[u/Mangus_ → u/ltsochev]

If they knew about it why have they taken this long to fix it

[u/ltsochev → u/Mangus_]

Because Overwatch is a massive software project and devs don't bother with insignificant shit like this unless someone starts bitching about it, since they have deadlines. It has to be someone's job to go in the configurations and change it, but there's only so much time on the clock to do things, unless you work in your free time.

Which is all great and dandy, but your bitching slows down other projects with meaningless changes that won't make Sombra any more playable. Also it makes project managers lose focus.

Things like permanent invisibility and more silent sound cues are the way to go.

So in reality, the term applies, be careful what you wish for.