Experimental Card Idea (More Tanks and Support)

General Discussion
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This is just a fun idea for an experiment that I would find interesting. It seems they’re actually starting to use the EC for more goofy stuff, and hopefully they’ll continue this until OW2.

I want more Tanks and Support, I think a lot of people that play those roles feel the same (one way or another). So why not make a whole EC with moving some heroes from the DMG category to the Tanks and Support, like they did with Mei during the April Fools EC.

Personal Ideas

Mei

  • Reassigned to the Tank role
  • Character scale increased 15%
  • Health increased from 250 to 400
  • Damage done with primary fire decreased from 75 to 60

Bastion

  • Reassigned to the Tank role
  • Health increased from 200 to 300
  • New Ability (E) - Frontal Shield: Project a 500 Health barrier in front of you for 6 seconds (12 seconds Cooldown)
  • Configuration: Sentry fire rate decreased from 30 to 25 rounds per second
  • Configuration: Sentry damage done decreased by 20%
  • Configuration: Sentry ammo increased from 300 to 375

Symmetra

  • Reassigned to the Support role
  • Photon Projector
    • Secondary fire’s full charge damage decreased from 120 to 90
    • Secondary fire’s projectile speed increased by 50%
    • Primary fire no loner deals damage, instead heals an ally for 30/60/90 Health per second
    • Primary fire - new functionality: At charge level 3, over healing grant the target a temporarily shield which caps at 50 Health, and last for 2 seconds.
  • Sentry Turret
    • Health increased from 30 to 50
    • No loner deals damage, instead heals an ally for 30 Health per second, prioritizes critical wounded allies

Sombra

  • Reassigned to the Support role
  • Hack can now be used on allies, granting them a heal for 20 health per second over 10 seconds (Hacking allies don’t trigger a cooldown)
  • Hacked health packs grant 1% Ultimate Charge when used (for both small and large)
  • EMP apply hack on allies hit (healing them)
  • Damage done decreased by 15%

Again, this is just a fun idea. This would keep me occupied for a few month, I mean 2 more Supports (and Tanks) is a godsend by this point, so why not EC it, even for a few weeks :angel:

Well thanks you in advance if you read this, and I can just wish that someone in the OW-team sees it and make something cool like this (moving heros around, don’t have to be these 4 heroes). EC should be experimental, and not just for some boring comp balancing :pensive: But feel free to leave a comment and maybe make it populare so we can have more Supports and Tanks :laughing:
/xoxo

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They don’t want Sym to have healing. Would never pass. Bastion’s whole gimmick is damage, and they don’t like destroying a heroes gimmick. Sombra could work as an of healer with some changes, her utility being disruption. Would be nice to have another support that can take care of themselves too. Mei is either guaranteed or the team are massive trolls. I’d also add Brig to the list. They tried to shoe horn her as a healer, it failed. Can we all just accept she’s an off tank now?

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I don’t play many of the heroes listed, but I’d rather them not change the identity of many of the heroes. Sym is the only one who has changed role, tho it can be argued she never was actually a support. I’d rather just wait till they add more tanks and supports that were designed to be so, not take away the heroes some people like.

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Yeah don’t let the April fools thing fool you…(pun not intentional)

The ExC has never been about wild and goofy (even though they can do that on there)

It’s always just been “more useful PTR”…a place where they can test out changes in game and doesn’t require people to download a separate client to do so (which most aren’t prone to do)

Honestly they should’ve gone with a different title…gave people false impressions

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so 350 total? or did u remove his armor

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isn’t his Armor 100? ö.ö so a total of 400 :sweat_smile:
/xoxo

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yes my bad it would be 400 total

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I am not in favor of moving heroes into different roles unless they benefit from the changes. The experimental Mei tank was lacking in necessary changes to make Mei a proper tank and she does not need a damage decrease. Mei as an off tank would need off tank level of lethality like Zarya and Hog.

I rather have new designed tanks and supports.

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the idea wasn’t to have it go to live, just have them do something cray cray and fun, and we lack tanks and support and the dps pool is large enough, so just moving a few one week on the EC could be a good change of pace, at least I would find it refreshing :sweat_smile:
/xoxo

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Even with ironclad at 20%, that means he only has an eHP of 480. Considering most people here are crying that Orisa’s fortify isn’t good enough at an eHP of 630, I don’t think that would be good enough for a tank hero–especially one that can’t move.

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Symm as a Tank would probably work though.

Just need to figure some way to make her durable.

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That’s a missed April fools right there.

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Meanwhile WreckingBall is no longer a displacing Wrecking ball and is now fat tracer.

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He still has knock back right?

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You are aware you’ve simply handed Mei a huge nerf, yes? 400 regular hp is nothing in this game.

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It clearly worked on experimental…