DPS as a role is too weak in high elo and is causing DPS players and streamers to quit and lose interest to the game

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Zen, Bap, Lucio, Brig and Moira all do more damage per game than Ana.
Ana has the second lowest damage per game stat out of any hero in the game. Only beaten by Mercy.

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Oh no, how would we live without “bronze to gm” challenge videos. Who will buy all those smurf accounts. Who will argue with devs in private discord, screwing over regular players in the process.

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Talking like someone who has no idea.

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I dont think you yourself believe that.

OW is just not a popular game anymore, its old and its missing content updates.
Its even worse when you look at the stream viewerships. Without drops,the game is barely visible in the top 20 games or so. A popular OW streamer these days can barely get around 3k viewer.
Even if said streamer quits and lets assume that all his/her 3k viewer quits as well which wont happen, its still only 3k people. We probably lose more people than that after every single TOP500 gameplay adjustments they call patches these days.

  1. The game dosnt live or die because of some streamers or top500 gameplay quality and most certainly not dies if OWL is deleted from existence. It lives or dies based on the casuals and wether or not they get enough content to keep them invested in the game. And that interest dosnt come from seeing a few pogchamp daily clips from top500.

  2. The biggest hard to swallow pill is this tho. Even if you would nerf every single DPS character to the point where they only deal 50% of their current damage, the role would still have the longest que time.
    Simply because it has the most variety of heroes to choose from and it 100% has the best gameplay experience out of the 3 roles.
    Dont forget, this dosnt automaticly means that DPS gameplay experience is all sunshine and rainbows, it only means that it is way better than the other 2.
    In 1 way or another, to improve the other 2 roles, this role has to be made worse, that is just the way it is. Either buffing the other 2 roles, or nerfing the DPS heroes,the result is the same.

This weird obsession with E-sport and streaming is what keeps a game alive has to stop. Its simply false. That is just a way for a game developer to put the absolute minimal effort to keep the game floating instead of creating content. I hate Fortnite with every inch of my body,but i cannot deny that the way they are managing interest in the game is commendable and OW would be better if they would do something similar.

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Blizzards focus on OWL and streamers is one of the things that led to OW’s decline.

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I can’t… Who is this guy and what is he on? Anyone?

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Exactly
(20 character)

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I agree that Bap and Zen need some damage reduction, but Dps is propably the most powercreeped role of all

Just look at Mccree (+25HP, faster reloading, better role and more), Tracer (13m falloff), Genji (So many buffs and still not used, because other Hereos got buffed too) or some other Dps

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