But by all means, we’ve balanced out the meta. It’s great having 4 dps, 3 tanks, and 3 supports to chose from! Maybe this is how blizzard balanced out the roster, by making it so that most of it is troll picks at this point. It’s so much fun to have the same 10 heroes in every single game…
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Inb4 someone thinks we want everyone equally meta
also boosting
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I love when people say “Goats” or “Double Barrier” were the worst metas, despite each rank having clearly defined or more open and usable heroes
Yet now it’s the same 6-7 heroes from Gold upwards
I honestly miss the December- January period of Double Barrier
Rein/ Zarya were the go to for diamond down, with a bit of Sigma and Orisa here and there; Baptiste held onto the top spot in GM and Masters, Ana in Diamond and Plat, and Moira gold and lower
And the DPS were all different with Genji, Junkrat, Hanzo, Reaper, Mei, Doomfist, and McCree all having spotlights
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Goats was boring to play and worse to watch. It’s not perfect but I do like it better now
“Balance” isn’t what will make the game fun
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Even during goats it was more diverse
Balance is out of control.
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You’re right, Overwatch players love having only the “fun” heroes be viable. Who wants those stupid heroes like EVERY TANK EXCEPT ROADHOG/ZARYA to work? I mean, seriously, we were all just dying for the day when we only had literally 1 option for tank.
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They were sooo close to almost perfectly balancing out the tanks to make Orisa/Sigma, Zarya/Rein, Dive, Zarya/Winston/Ball, and potentially even some Orisa/Hog all very viable tank compositions, which would have unlocked all types of support and dps compositions aswell depending on which tanks you run. BUT they had to buff Hog in the same patch where they nerf the double barrier tanks which completely destroyed any bit of balance we had.
They were SOOO close to finally make this game the most balanced it has been in years but they all blew it with Hog…absolutely mind-boggling how they keep doing stuff like this.
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It would of also helped if players didn’t whine and complain to hell about stuff while trying to change the game into CoD: Overwatch
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I know I’m right, there are several hero’s that are not fun to play with, as, or against
Their existence makes the game less fun
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This is what happens when they cater to whiners and just nerf everybody to uselessness
You made your bed. Now lie in it
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People on these forums were almost unanymous in shouting for balance changes that would kill double barrier. The balance team gave them exactly what they asked for - double barrier is dead. But now we have only 2 viable tanks and everyone complaining that Hog is OP (and should be shouting just as loud about Zarya but aren’t for some reason). The comps have deteriated in to 0-5-1 and 0-6-0 with games which are so damage focused even for support choices (although Ana is used a lot to counter hog with nade+sleep).
Basically the balance team seems to have delivered what people wanted before they got it but now they don’t want it any more. Go figure.
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- Who on earth asked for roadhog buffs?
- People wanted double shield tuned down. They didn’t want those heroes absolutely gutted. When the experimental hit, the forums exploded with feedback that the nerfs were way too harsh. So no, this isn’t an instance of "welp, it’s your fault, they listened to you.
- Literally no one wanted more Brig nerfs, yet she got dumpstered too.
- Literally no one wanted Baptiste to get gutted either, and the only people who complained about Moira (who also got nerfed) were Genji OTs.
I’m tired of this “Well it’s your fault, blizzard just listened to you guys.”
The forums said buffing roadhog was a terrible idea in the same patch where they nerfed shields.
The forums said Brig, Bap, and Moira didn’t need more nerfs.
The forums said Genji shouldn’t have been given his 4 straight buffs.
Blizzard doesn’t listen to feedback on their experimental patches. Period.
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Have you folk ever seen The Incredibles?
I swear it’s a related question.
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Best Fantastic Four movie ever made.
“But Zarya is balanced.”
I mean, Zarya gets better the more that your team dies, and Blizzard damage crept the crap out of the game, so… yeah. What did people expect? Blizzard also did a hard pass at every main tank who could actually main tank and killed them. I think she could use some nerfs to how much energy she retains so that she has to be a bit more skillful, but I think a better goal is balancing the rest of the tank roster around where she is instead of just dumpstering her like they did everyone else.
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Unpopular opinion: the moth meta produced one of the most diverse pick rates the game has ever seen, and was only demonized because people label Mercy as “low skill”.
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They turned hero select into a graveyard cause they forgot the fun in this game came from every hero feeling heroic.
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Brig needed nerfs… sorry.
Who is saying this?