Ahh, another short-sighted Brig-bashing Topic. What would happen if Brig was “gone”? We’d have endless threads from Support players about how they’re constantly getting killed with little-to-no chance of even fighting back by Tracers, Genjis, etc. Support players may end up just quitting, leaving the already stressed tank players with fewer reliable Support players. (complain about tanks being overpowered all you want, it’s a nightmare being a tank player, as all those hacks, boops, etc usually come your way)
Just take a look at all these people crying “nerf goats”, now take a look at what is getting played a lot more on Ladder - Bunker. A comp that many say is even MORE boring than goats. Then there’s the rise of “Sombra goats”, which many say is also worse than goats, because it’s not fun to simply not be able to use your abilities at all.
The problem with this game isn’t Brig, it isn’t tanks, it isn’t Supports, it’s DPS heroes and the mentality around them. Many DPS heroes don’t synergise well with most Tanks and Supports (with Nano-Blade, Grav-Dragon, and a few others being exceptions), for example, flanking DPS often can’t be healed by their team unless they poke their nose into line of sight. Many of the DPS players I get in my games tend to act like they’re the most important carry in the match, despite constantly dying to the enemy Widow and hardly going near the payload/objective.
The key thing I’ve noticed in watching high-level gameplay is just how differently DPS heroes are actually played, they don’t simply flank or charge in, hope to get a pick, and blame the rest of their team when they die instantly and get no kills. The high-level DPS players actually work with their teams, they’ll work on poking down shields, they’ll often only flank to draw attention, not to get kills, and have rapid escape plans. They’ll also cover their Tanks and Supports, something which the 1v6 Doomfist player who always engages first, even if his team isn’t there never does.
Now that I think about it, maybe it’s just that most people playing DPS wrong? If you’re Tracer and you know the enemy has a Brig, either bait out the Shield Bash, or have your team do it by pushing the Brig, don’t sit there and cry about it then creating 500 “Delete Brig” posts. Heck, I generally get stuck on main tank duty, do you kinow how much at times I want Pharah deleted when I’m on Rein?
But yeah, Brig is not the problem with this game, even calling her “no-skill” is completely incorrect, if you screw up ONE Armor pack, ONE Shield Bash, ONE Whip Shot, get even slightly out of position, and the chances are that your team loses the fight. If it was all “no-skill”, than every goats match in the OWL would be 50/50 all the time, but it isn’t. Just because it isn’t “point and click” with a gun, don’t rule out skill being required to be able to play the hero.