Seriously, it’s starting to get old. The balance team clearly has a bias for certain heroes and against certain heroes. Normally, I’d say that they simply don’t understand their own game…but it’s been years now. I think they do know, but at this point, they’re trying to artificially create the perfect meta alongside the new game.
Look at Sym, DVa, Reaper, Mercy, Doomfist, Pharah, Mei, Brig, and anyone else that desperately needs a rework to work in 5v5 properly. They’ve had so much time to at least put out some kind of statement on what they plan on changing with these heroes. What do we get? Nothing. Nada. And the few that DID get changes also got net nerfs to ensure they don’t even get a whiff of being remotely meta. The one exception to this is Orisa, and she was so powerful, she needed a blanket nerf. At this point, you cannot convince me that these people aren’t playing favorites.
Srsly. This isn’t how you balance a competitive game. You define an effort/reward ratio and work with it from there. This is basic game design. If a character takes very little effort to get value, it should be harder to get rewarded for it (but not impossible). If a character takes a ton of effort, they should be rewarded more for it. We shouldn’t be picking and choosing which characters should be good like this (but they should still have some form of counterplay that can be exploited). We shouldn’t obliterate random heroes because…reasons. And we shouldn’t overbuff others because…reasons. There needs to be more subtlety in the strength of heroes. Not clear power differences like what’s happening now. It’s terrible game design and, frankly, horrific to play in.
They keep giving Torb minor changes when tbf he needs a rework so he can match the pace of the game. Slower-paced heroes are going to struggle so much.
Yep. Not sure what they are thinking at the moment.
When OW2 was first revealed and we saw the pve talents he has, fire mini turrets etc, i thought they would implement that stuff into PVP. Sad and lazy that they didnt.
Well the conspiracy here is all over the place, is the hitscan hero good or is the projectile hero character good? And no, Torb is fine, I enjoy playing him.