its by no means perfect to balance around the 1%, but they learned not to ONLY balance around the 1%. If we focused around lower tiers only, a ton of characters that dont need nerfs would be gutted anda ton of characters that dont need buffs would be buffed.
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I think youâd still find a reasonable amount of people who think she was. There was/is a pretty big anti-dive contingent. I personally loved dive and it made me sad to see it hard countered so easily.
That said, the group of people who think she was a bad addition and the people who would actually want her removed wouldnât align completely. Lots of people may think she needs to be nerfed yet not necessarily gone entirely.
Why? Are people at the top better at deciding what is fun for the majority than they are themselves?
The primary goal is to maximize fun, not competition. So rank doesnât come into it.
If people want to get super serial about the game, thatâs their bag⌠but itâs not why most people play.
Only One support can Counter Tracer
Only three DPS cant counter Brigitte
yeah, Lets Nerf Brigitte
/s
this game is a competitive game, the reason most play is to get better and get to the top, only a small portion actually play just for fun.
and yes, pros/gms/top500 do know the game more than lower ranks
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A lot of people who hated dive, hate the current game even more⌠the grass isnât always greener.
âi play genji and tracer and still havenât adjustedâ
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They arenât better at deciding what is fun, but they are better at deciding what is balanced. And ultimately having heroes balanced and not broken is what makes the game fun.
If you balanced around gold where most people sit, even at diamond a lot of heroes would be laughably OP or UP. If you balance near the top with consideration for lower tiers then you have a much more balanced game overall.
So, in my opinion, if you balance around Gold youâd have a much less enjoyable game overall. And Iâm not by any means at the top of the ladder. Iâm lower ranked.
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It is if thatâs how you want to play⌠most people just want to have fun.
I definitely agree with this. Be careful what you ask for. You might get it.
if you think people in plat or lower are there to have fun, lmao, almost no one plays competitive for fun, they play it to get better and better
Overwatchâs downfall was September last year, the Mercy rework.
If they reverted to a balance state before then then god yes please.
The only good thing that theyâve done since then is add Moira lol
and as lumin said, the high tiers are way better at knowing whats balanced then lower ranks.
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I donât think youâve really thought about that at all. Why would balancing the game around what the majority of people find fun result in less fun than balancing around what the top 1% believe is balanced?
tbh i decayed my account to 3k because my friends are there so i have more fun at that rank
yeah but they arent wrong
Because if you balanced for optimal âfunâ which is super subjective and people are going to disagree heavily on, say around Gold, then people at Diamond+ wonât be having any fun because the game would be horribly broken.
What is fun anyway? Take 10 people in gold and ask them about how they want the game balanced and youâll have 10 different answers. Take 10 people at GM and ask them how the game should be balanced and youâd probably have 2 answers.
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You realize that a game can be perfectly balanced and no fun at all, right?
too real, get off the forums
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Most play comp only because QP is a swamp where no one even tries to win a match.