they give it to us and the first thing most people do is just make fun of them and complain that its not what they want to hear
having devs comment on threads is so much better than radio silence, especially in the recent posts we’ve gotten more information about how the devs approach balancing as well as future potential balance changes
like I’m not saying they can’t make mistakes, boy can they, but still give them a break
Half of the posts I’ve seen reacting to the dev comments have been ‘you’re wrong and your numbers are wrong and your example is bad, why did you bother posting, you don’t play your game, etc., etc.’
OP isn’t advocating for taking the line hook and all they’re saying the community reaction of ‘god why are you so stupid devs?!’ whenever they happen to speak up is probably most of the reason why we never see them.
You ever see that scene in Iron man 2 where tony brings pepper strawberries as a gift, to which she promptly responds “there’s literally only one thing I’m allergic to”
They literally denied powercreep while also trying to justify that soldier and genji are currently good in GM+ because winrates.
Not to mention how balance can’t happen at the higher level if it hurts the lower level first, meaning bastion will NEVER and I do mean NEVER get buffed
Let’s just all try to be better to eachother, I’ll be the first to admit I used to get pretty heated in the forums but it doesn’t do anyone any good. Let’s do our best to be adults and allow for difference in opinions without trying to stand on each others throats
Not feeling any hate towards you it’s all good man
Devs aren’t just catching flack from the forums this time. Twitter, reddit, youtube, and pros have all voiced concerned about how out of touch the devs seem with this last post.
Can this forum be very aggressive to devs when they post?.. most definitely. But this time it is a bit different it seems like multiple areas of the OW community are in agreement.
The backlash is completely justified at this point. They’re using the exact same argument that was completely disproved the last time they tried selling it to us. Now the situation is factually worse despite all the warning signs and they still choose to turn a blind eye to it.
Can’t blame anyone but themselves at this point for a mass exodus. That office really needs a shake up if this game is to survive to the end of this year.
When everyone is agreeing that you’re wrong on something, you might actually be wrong on something.
These forums aren’t called sheep or a hive mind for nothing.
If you go to a flat earth convention, say the earth is round, but everyone around you disagrees with you, does that mean the earth is now flat?
Now, did the post have it’s fault? Yes, we all know strictly looking at winrate isn’t a good argument. Point is, I’d rather take the word of a group of paid professionals over a group of kids that think they know what they’re talking about.
I’m against anything becoming an echo chamber/hugbox of sorts because the moment we accept, consume and ask no questions; that’s the moment things go downhill.
That said, I also don’t agree with hostility against the devs, respect gets you everywhere.
The very last patch was them admitting power creep was becoming an issue, hence some reverts to goats patches. They just didn’t go far enough with it honestly.
So what about reddit, twitter, youtube, the pro scene, REGULAR PLAYERS? The majority are all saying the exact same thing on this.
Reverting a nerf does not count, especially when the point of the nerf before was to stop a meta that is now no longer even possible. Of course they’ll be rolling back a few changes now that things have permanently stabilized under a 2/2/2 lock and they no longer need to worry about 3 tanks being too strong.
