im excluding winston and sigma, doomfist is anti dps i suppose? and ball is i dont want to frontline tank.
is tanks becoming brawl tanks the answer to make them good? because it seems like its trending toward that end.
i think we need more poke, not more dive tanks.
wwhat is my evidence of this phenomenon? admittedly shakey reasoning but hog fills that role, dva to an extent and what you have left are all brawl tanks.
Tanks shouldn’t just collapse if people are either too far or too close to them, so it makes sense to flatten the engagement range curves of them. People being too far is compensated for by utilizing cover and having objectives you have to physically be in contact with, forcing players to play around their advantages and disadvantages. But that also means heroes that are strong up close have an outsized advantage in OW’s objective-based game modes. Therefore, it makes sense to give everyone something to help even out that interaction. This is much more important for tanks since they’re meant to be the team’s anchor for making plays.
Its kinda hard to make a unique poke tank without it defaulting being super similar to other tanks or being overpowered
Want a hitscan tank? You got mauga and if he were anymore accurate he would be very annoying to play against
Want a projectile tank? You got sigma and orisa
For the tank role to be fun, it needs to homogenise with the other tank that used to be there, it is expected to be up front, peel, flank, make space and secure picks whilst not making any mistake or otherwise your team crumbles in the abscence of a tank. Being a raidboss means if its not good at anything, its just a terrible tank and people just default back to tried and true tanks
stop spreading lies
Remember when they were considering renaming tanks to bruisers?
The game is going towards brawl, yes. This means the fight will generally be closer range-wise.
Combine this with the increased hitboxes, and watch skill get squeezed out yet again.
how is it lies? You add a hitscan tank and they are just another mauga
Another projectile and its pretty much sigma/orisa unless they make a bow and arrow type of tank
Not necessarily. There are countless directions they could take a hitscan tank… The same applies to projectile. They have been homogenizing the game, so I totally get where you are coming from, but the sky is the limit here. They could do anything. And I hope they do. I am tired of boring tanks. Give us something unique, please!
how about a tank that wields two miniguns