I was shocked when i saw the hog “buffs” i saw every tank get something nice and i thought hog would get something nice as well. But no he actually got worse compared to last patch he actually does no damage to armor and his ult is useless now.
No one except dps and hog one tricks think he is a good design. Literally no one. He has been a problem hero since release of OW1. They have changed him over and over… hook, weapon damage, weapon ammo, his ult, and I don’t know how many versions of breather he is up to now
I thought he WAS good design before the rework. Albeit, I guess I was a Hog player at that point in time… So maybe that still counts?
No, he was such a savior that Blizzard used to recommend people worried about false reports to use Roadhog. He was a freaking hero! Your DPS suck? You do it yourself. Your supports suck? You do it yourself. You suck at Hog? At least you can do it yourself. It was genius.
I just consider the three. Back when he couldn’t move, and the resource based vape are the deviations as far as I am concerned.
Admittedly, I hate the rework too, makes the hero much less fun. For 5 years though, roadhog was seen as a throw pick, and he was still mid of the pack in terms of pickrate. Blizzard did something right, he was still fun, and fun is the point.
I believe this team doesn’t understand that off-tank design can’t do the job of main tank in a 5v5 format.
The only time the Zarya’s, Dvas, and Hogs of the world have succeeded in 5v5 is when their kit gets scaled to a ridiculous level to negate DMG.
Certain heroes were just made for a different game that was 6v6.
Hog was consistent with hook and kill.
He didn’t need Hook into a CC trap, you know cause this sequel is meant to have less cc
. He didn’t need to vape through dmg, give less ult charge, reduce crit head DMG received, buff his ult, and get less knock back passive.
This team just stubbornly sticking with designs to justify this inferior version of tanks for the lesser sequel game.
This is who they are and this has been there chosen path to balance. This is what it is until they start addressing the disliked feedback of this game.
Bro, he is not a problem. The problem is crying players who don’t know how to bait his hook then whining all the time about he can one shot ALMOST ALL HEROES
Even Bliz has nerfed hard his one shot combo until he just only can one shot a few heroes like tracer, mercy & widow … those crying players are still whining excessively like “Hog can one shot ALMOST ALL HEROES”
You can’t “bait” hook. It’s piss easy to land and a half decent player will practically never miss. Hog is a crutch for bad Tank players that can’t play other Tanks.
I like how complaining about every other controversial hero gets called a “skill issue” except for roadhog; it’s socially acceptable to whine that the most straightforward hero in the game is “unfair” for some reason.
The problem is not just that he only got a micro-buff to pig-pen, but that overall he got a major indirect nerf because of all the other tank buffs. DVa matrix longer affects hog, Rein shield stronger (on top of armour changes) affects hog, Ram extra HP/armour (or whatever) makes him near unkillable (he could already survive an in-your-face whole-hog), Orisa buff affects hog, Zarya buff affects hog, and so on.
Basically Hog has been left behind with this patch. He will be a lot less effective against pretty much every tank and tanks like Rein and Ram will be very hard for him to kill.
