Let’s face it: no matter what balance team doing with D.Va in general, people will complain and curse her for DM just because it exists.
Since people never complain when Reinhardt, Orisa or Winston blocking some ults that can be blocked by D.Va too, let’s assume that people feels okey when they hitting barriers with ults, and gets angry only when damage was complitly nullified by DM.
So. How about we replace DM with yet another barrier? People love barriers, right? In general, i see it like a projected barrier of small area, similar to Rein’s shield, but not that big. Now, i have few variations in mind:
Scattershield - have short CD, have some hp, lasts for a few seconds and, if was broken by enemy fire, explodes with shrapnel and dazzles the enemy in front arc with a bright flash. Like a flashbang, but not like mccree’s with stun. This is Disruptor variant, that focused on bringing CC and protection across the field.
Ion Shield - adaptive shield that can be switched between projectile and beam blocking with a cd between changes. Have some HP pull, can be used like Rein’s/Brig shield without cd between using it. This is Off-Tank variant, that shall allow D.Va to become a tank for a while, if main tank not avaliable after charging 1v5.
Absorbing Barrier - Zarya’s style barrier, that boosts D.Va’s move speed upon taking charge. Have a cd and charge lvl. Can’t bubble other teammates. Only variant that allows D.Va shoot when activated. This will shift D.Va to more agressive playstyle, making her bigger threat for a backline supports and dps.
For whatever reason, i just had urge to share my thoughts with my dear forum friends. I don’t expect that Jeff-sempai will notice me, but at least we can have a nice conversation about alternate take on D.Va’s problem.
Yeah, sure. I’m just tired to see her in almost every balance patch because people keep complain about her DM, while blizzards changing rest of her kit.
No. People just need to learn how to play around it. It’s laziness otherwise.
Let’s erase something that works perfectly fine because; we don’t like it and don’t want to learn how to deal with it. We want it “easier”. A Millennial perspective.
You’re almost equating DM to Mass Rez. Saying it’s a mechanic that will be hated no matter what iteration it takes. It’s not so. DM and DVA is fully able to be countered.
But those humans rose to the challenge and weren’t afraid of hard work to achieve their goal and make the world what it is. Things weren’t handed to them.
Millennial’s on average dislike hard work and effort. They want the good things now, and despise those who have toiled for their goals because they have what they do not, and are unwilling to work in order to obtain the same.
If people haven’t learned to counterplay DM in 4 years, why you expecting they will do it in any observing future?
I know it very well. But look at things around here. D.Va is always in top of hate-ratings exactly for her DM. Yes, we got nerf now, okey, we can deal with that, we not gonna spam DM, we gonna keep it for Zarya’s ult. So now we have situation, where is D.Va forced to keep her DM, this makes her less valuable as a tank. She can’t block damage because she have to be ready, but we still need someone to absorb damage, thats why we have two tanks with her and supports to keep them alive. Removing DM and replacing it with one of variants will change her playstyle from DM-Bot to actual hero.
Think about it.
Anyway, aside from your position where you fully against DM rework, what variant from suggested you find more interesting?
It’s just pure ignorance. Why not learn how to solve a problem instead of complaining away until the game suits their deficiencies? It’s really as simple as getting DVA out of mech, or her not being in position.
The nerf really changes nothing. She just has to invest her DM instead of toggling it. She has always been called a DM-Bot, but does her using a barrier change anything really? She just blocks damage instead of deleting it?
What is so special about Reinhardt? He is a shield bot. He just stands there, until he makes a play.
I am against reworks in general. They are most often never better than what was here originally and I think they’re a cancer on this game. Blizzard has a habit of making reworks a half-baked project instead of balancing key game elements correctly. I think it to be unwise to suggest a rework for every hero or thing that people dislike.
And with all of her mobility, a barrier could make it harder for her to be de-meched. Zarya can’t counter it. Mei can’t. It’ll have to have decent HP to be of value.
DVA’s a simple tank. She blocks, flies in, does damage, leaves, peels for backline. I don’t think we need to alter DM, when it’s not the issue. It is players who don’t want to learn the simple way to play around it.
The barrier will just not eat ultimates. Otherwise, it’ll virtually be the same play style. If you’re saying that DM should be removed because players don’t know how to stop blowing their Ult’s, then I disagree. That’s a player issue.
Overwatch needs more tanks in general. Especially main tanks. DVA’s an offtank. She should retain that role in my view.
