They will never accept this… As they do not want a challenge to fight against, nor a hero that counters being out of position, and running through the backline.
I never said up his damage. Your mind just goes there. I play bastain as Recon Bastian a lot and his gun has some major kick.
I want him to have some utility in his Recon mode to balance out how situational his sentry mode is.
As it stands his huge hitbox makes recon hard to use, even with the self heal since you have to duck and cover. A little bit of utility would go a long way
No one wants an absolutely effortless and skill-less hero being so infuriatingly annoying to take down and having so much damage. Solo Queue has low communicayion and synergy so Bastion is hated for a good reason. It’s the exact same issue with Brigitte, and she’s undergoing her third nerf, and her being viable makes her warp the meta and has a toxic winrate on ladder. He has good reason for being useless.
Bastion requires no aim, really. He has a huge spread so there is no reason to be precise. Just aim in the direction of the enemy and adjust to movement of the enemy and if they are mid range or lower they will be melted.
He requires forgiving tracking, more comparable to Moira than to Tracer.
The problem is that there is no such thing as a good Bastion player in his barely viable options. Deleting people sitting on the payload being babied by Orisa and Mercy is not skillful, and anyone can do it.
But him being stronger would enable cheese comps even more. Is it difficult to realize this? No one wants to fight against Pirate Ship. He needs a different design.
Having less spread and headshots would make him RNG and remain useless. He was before when he had headshots.
The removal of Ironclad would specifically make that harder… And If the Bastion CAN Aim that well, the same thing could be achieved with a Widow on the payload.