dps are really lacking in characters, pls add more, also if they rework hog into a dps then 17 dps, 7 tanks, 7 supports
echo was going to be the support everyone wanted, cant wait till that happens
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Remember DPS used to be 2 categories before.
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There are enough tanks. Tanks all serve a purpose and you’re supposed to pick them depending on the situation. The same goes for supports.
There are 16 DPS in one role now because they got rid of the offensive and defensive categories. They made damage heroes designed for defense and some for offense but most of the time it didn’t matter. Tanks and supports are pretty much universally good and some DPS are clearly meant to be played on one side. Bastion is a perfect example. Pretty sure the devs expected widow to do the same and stay in one location but that isn’t what happened and a lot of the time widow is better on offense.
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That never mattered, everyone just played (Mostly)Everyone no matter the side they were on
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Aren’t there 17 dps rn?
Well 18 with Hog
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Yah, then people found out on day one that half of defensive characters sucked and you could just use the offensive characters on both attack and defense.
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Sombra was supposed to be a support.
Symmetra was a support.
Doomfist was supposed to be a tank.
Echo was supposed to be a support.
12 dps
9 tanks
10 supports
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Actually, there are 16 dps plus Roadhog, D.Va, and Zenyatta. That’s 19 dps, 6 tanks, 6 supports. Yep, and their patches continue to make their dps in tank/support clothing better at damage instead of their role, which means true support/tank players each have only six options available to them.
And typically I find that Reinhardt and Ana are required, so… keep that in mind, too.
Chances are the game would have been better if that happened.
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I mean reworking hog into a dps would be a quality of life buff for the remaining tanks, since youd no longer have to babysit him so he wont feed.
I wouldnt mind making him a real tank either but I feel like making him a DPS would be more fair to the people who play him.
The current hog is just tank doomfist and is beyond stupid.
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I don’t think you should include Orisa and Brigitte in the counts right now.
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i am a former support main so roadhog with the healing and damage resist from 1-3-2 would be perfect for me, no more dps flank hog(well not as much)
You mean after almost 5 years all 7 or 8 of those hero’s haven’t been enough to keep you engaged and learning? I’m being sarcastic, as a tank/support player I haven’t had anything new to experience for literally years now. It’s unbelievable and honestly, laughable. Ive never seen a game so popular or profitable just ignore 2/3 of the roles and leave them stagnant for so long. Nerfing into the ground the few hero’s we do have is just rubbing salt in the wound.
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honestly i could have got the numbers wrong, but even if i am wrong the amount of dps is huge, and i know they used to be 2 different categories but even since those categories have been merged into one we have had a number of dps heroes added
it really sucks how much variety you have if you are a dps player but if you are a tank main? nah miss me with that variety, even worse for support mains 
I dont think they have to work that hard. They can retool many dps, tanks and heals to other roles and let them multirole.
Like let mei be a dps hero and a tank hero.
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And? Explain to me what it is you think you’ve stated with this?
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It would be nice to see a few more tanks introduced to the game very soon.
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yes they could but sadly they are talking about making hog a dps, literally the last thing the game needs is another dps 
They could make a dps version of him and leave him as a tank. But they prob wont because they want all heros to be unique. Like Tank Batman V Baine and Flex DPS Batman cant be unique in their own ways. Or like wow classes dont already have multiple specs.
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The only thing I remember about Sombra was the incredibly obnoxious ARG that Blizzard did for weeks before revealing her. I don’t remember much speculation that she or Doom for that matter were going to be anything other than DPS. Sym was never really a support either if a support is supposed to heal.
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