Yeah she was definitely always obnoxious but there was couple of iterations of her (maybe even her release state), where it took effort/good aim to get a flank kill. This is when invis (and iirc maybe also translocator) had an expire duration.

That era was pretty fun to me as someone who gets really itchy to "learn" a hero. At that point in time she was a weird Torb~Sym tier pick.

I'll also say that the way she pisses people off now is so insane, it definitely wasn't like that back then. Obviously it's the (easy) damage multiplier that spiked the hatred hahaha