Burst damage is fine but support players will get it nerfed

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@AngryPuckmen-1981

So it seems both burst healing and damage are going to get nerfed, and or reworked in some way.

Hopefully it seems that way yeah, I can’t wait to be honest.

@H1st0ry-2750

Healing and damage spikes need to be nerfed down.

Aaron Keller

They’ve definitely mentioned looking at this before and Aaron mentioned in this tweet about damage spikiness and the strength of healing. So it does seem that’s exactly what we’re going to get. I’m curious to see how far they’re going to go with this to be honest.

I think healing has been too strong in general for ages.

@AndyB-11735

In our playtests, having one less tank made it clear to us that tanks generally contribute much more damage than they mitigate, even on retail. Because of the drop in overall damage being dealt out, Supports were actually too effective at keeping the entire team alive, so we’re testing a tuned down healing output across the board to ensure that teamfights still resolve in a way that doesn’t feel drawn out or frustrating to play against.

They did say this when they were playing around with that 25% in combat healing reduction during Alpha testing and that, so it seems like they initially thought healing was too strong during the beginning. As OW2 has gone on I kind of wish they hadn’t completely just scrapped where they were going with this. I don’t necessarily think it should have stayed as this blanket in combat healing reduction because it would have made some Supports feel a lot worse than others - like Lucio doing 11hps & Mercy doing 37.5hps during “combat”. But they could have eventually tuned Supports individually after testing different numbers and stuff.

I also think it’s good they’re looking at certain instances of burst damage as well - which in my opinion should definitely be looked at along with the healing nerfs.

I just hope they aren’t too timid with their changes.