can’t we just delete owl from the world
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Blizzard would rather nerf everything around the problem instead of directly addressing it. That’s why their balance is horrible
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They could, but it would probably cut Overwatch’s development budget by half, and they’d have the layoff about a third of their employees.
Assuming it’s not a lot worse than that.
They’ve sunk a lot of money into it.
it was a joke but, seriously, why not different balance changes :c
Honestly, because that’d be an admission of guilt that they’ve failed here.
Tbh, it would be really easy to make Mei a Tank.
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the problem i see is that now she’s a 350 hp “dps” that has the same damage as before
mei haters gonna hate even more
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Yeah, but her raw DPS is less than Mercy.
And Tanks are expected to be difficult to kill.
And Mei not being F tier by any means will get complaints.
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i mean, she’ll completely deny sigma and dva, as before, but now as a tank
sorry for being so annoying
edit: the fact that she’s “bad” is like a balance change for blizzard, they are trying to balance “annoying” heroes like sombra and mei by making them trash
You’re not being annoying, imo. The DPS roster would be more bland for losing Mei.
On the other hand, at least you’d have short queues if you really want to play her…
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That’s the one revert I could go with for Mei.
The trick is it would be kinda hard to justify Mei as a meta pick over other more viable Tank choices.
By offtank standards, her utility, survival, and firepower isn’t that high.
freeze is just like roadhog’s hook, but has no cooldown
cryo-freeze is like take a breather, but makes her immortal (provides less heal but supports)
ice wall is great for area denial and blocking enemies
her ult is one of the best zoning control in the game
in my opinion, mei as tank will just make her get even more nerfs because of how “perfect” her cc, sustain and damage (kit overall) is for a tank
Even if she’s just a C tier Tank. That’s better than being an F tier DPS.
we don’t agree 
utility dps will always be bad because or they’re annoying or f-tier
fortunately there will always be someone who enjoy them
i would just increase her ammo from 120 to 150 and revert cryo-freeze “bug”
The reasoning for that though it’s how strong they get when played at OWL/GM.
Where as if Mei is a Tank, then having her as a Tank is forfeiting the utility of a different tank.
not only owl players complained about mei and sombra being annoying
and torb was f-tier before rework
Either way, the main thing Mei brings to the table at high tier is being “almost a third tank”.
Removing that allows her to be balanced based off of what she can do on ladder, instead of OWL.
In what world is freeze like hogs hook?
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It isn’t. But her wall is played a lot like a hook, if you can use it right.
Since it instantly turns “in position” to “out of position”