But why play Symmetra offensively when there are so many other heroes who can do offense better than her ? If ALL of there other abilities are defenseoriented , why not give her a DEFENSIVE shield ? Symmetra just needs to be better at defending chokepoints , objectives , and health rooms . All of her other ability reworks allow her to do that , but the current Photon Barrier just draws her away from defending . Symmetra is a DEFENSESUPPORT hero . She shouldn ' t be designed to play into every class . If people want to play her on offense , then be creative and play outside of the meta like Zylbrad does with Bastion . That doesn ' t mean every hero should be designed to be good at everything . You ' re right , a moving , walkingspeed shield is a GREAT ability , but it doesn ' t synergize well with the defensive nature of all of Symmetra ' s other abilities . It ' s essentially creating a j a ckofalltradesmasterofnone character and general utility will only make Overwatch blander . So now that it ' s established I don ' t hate the new shield , why do you think the current Photon Barrier is better than the one I proposed ?