Doomfist, Brigitte and Sombra is killing OW

[Halofreak90-2566]

@Radek-11748

I am afraid I disagree almost completely. Games are meant to be fun, and you can have a fun challenge. Most characters in this game represent a fun challenge for you to face. When the challenge is not fun, as is the case with Doomfist, Sombra somewhat, and Brigitte, you just don’t want to play.

You, like many other people on these forums, seem to have little knowledge of proper game design.

@Titanium-1686

Shall we dive into a bit of player perspective philosophy?

Unless the hero is a balance concern, Player 2’s perception of Player 1’s character isn’t relevant. It is given that Player 2’s perception of Player 1’s character is likely negative when playing against Player 1. On the other hand, Player 1’s perception of Player 1’s character is not a given in any videogame. For the videogame to be successful, Player 1’s perception of their own character, or how it feels to play their own character, needs to be positive. If that perception is negative, players will stop playing. As a result, Player 1’s experience with Player 1’s character is infinitely more important than Player 2’s perception of Player 1’s character.

In short, a player needs to feel empowered by their own actions. The player does not need to feel empowered, and in a PvP game, should not and will not feel empowered, by the actions of their opponents.

Now, guess where things went wrong:

@Titanium-1686

Player 1’s experience with Player 1’s character was breached and disregarded when Blizzard tried to make Player 2’s perception of Player 1’s hero positive… which they also failed to do. By attempting to change that which neither needed to be changed nor could be changed, the balance team tampered with something that should never be altered.