Warning: Long post- please read fully before commenting- I’d appreciate it!
I was having so much fun in experimental I felt like a young filly. So happy I felt like the horse with the golden carrot . I had the time of my life playing Orisa like I’ve never played her before.
I easily put a few hours on experimental as I tried to understand Orisa’s gun with the new firerate. I debated with myself internally afterwards if this was the correct buffs to give- if this is the path to take???
In the end I’m coming in to state my opinions at best and thoughts:
ARMOR REVERT
First off her getting her armor back is an absolute must. That being transferred to regular hp in the first place was a sin! I thank Blizzard for admitting some mistakes and trying to do right by her. Without it, she doesn’t even feel like a tank, because she already has a huge head hit box and a paper shield.
As to how people can even argue that she shouldn’t have her armor revert and have a more shield is ridiculous. At this point it’s already been if her shield breaks, She almost dies from the incoming damage. Blink and Orisa is most likely dead. A main tank shouldn’t have to have two supports babysitting almost the whole match and that’s what it has been. Without a doubt armor revert is a good thing.
INCREASED PROJECTILE SPEED BUFF
Now for the juicy part- the faster bullet speed buff. This is controversial! It is potentially one of the best buffs Orisa ever received.
Guys, even if you don’t play Orisa, I at least advise you to give her a try on experimental. She feels great, and if this experimental doesn’t go through I want more people to retain a memory of what she could have be similar to fart cloud hog. Also it’s fair to experiment and gain an understanding yourself as to the impacts this may have.
Orisa will not be such a push over anymore, and she indeed can be a huge threat in the hands of people with good aim.
I say this change will be ground breaking. I fear the aftermath when the masses that all hate Orisa are going to be crying for blood. Its probably going to happen that way.
Let’s also face it people don’t normally like change. I’m full heartedly ready to accept the hate and nerf Orisa threads that will probably ensue.
Her bullet speed is so much that there’s little need to lead your shots anymore. If it’s a close target it pretty much feels like hitscan. Heroes die very fast if you are landing your headshots. I surprised myself countless times when I got kills when I thought for certain a person would get away…
You combine that with her increased bullet speed and everything she can do with fortify, shield, halt (still good just harder to land and coordinate), and a very powerful ultimate (You’ll be able to get this quicker as well if this goes through), and she will be meta again.
She can still be pressured quite easily by numerous heroes, but if you pair her with once again with another shield or even D.Va to DM she is a force to be understood. Whatever she lacks comes back in the form of another tank.
I’m happy if she is meta but not if it means she will get nerfed to the ground again or if double shield becomes an issue.
If later on down the line if double shield does come back I pray Blizzard will be rational and deal with the issue differently than before. I hope that they will just limit one barrier tank per a team.
They honestly should have done that instead to cease double shield meta, but instead they felt gutting/destroying heroes is a better idea. Maybe now they see it’s not a good idea so I beg you blizzard to try this instead if masses are complaining about Orisa.
END RESULT
I propose they go forward with this change.
At the end of the day, this change allows her to feel fun and more fast paced than ever before. It’s something she desperately needed for such a long time! For once she feels like a tank since her shield got made into paper.
I can be a threat just like a tank should be. I can actually contribute to more kills instead of just being a spammy horse robot.
Not to mention I’m ready to have this new type of Orisa and see where I can go. I feel like I can have an impact on team fights. Where before my impact was mostly tied to halt.
DISAGREE?
If we are heading down the route of a more FPS-y game-people need to eat their peas.
I’ve seen people advocating a more FPS-y Overwatch, and this change helps move it in that direction. Yet when it comes time people put their feet in the dirt because they can’t stand the thought of other heroes of having potential or power. It’s like the whole ‘it’s okay for me to have this but not you’… such bologna!
A few streamers say this is bad- I don’t trust them with a ten foot broomstick. The countless times I’ve heard them contradict themselves or just their bias comes out to play too often. What they say isn’t always the gossip truth.
I’d like to address a lot of people who argue she shouldn’t get this because she needs more shield. It’s completely irrelevant the point any of you make now because those same people (pros or casuals alike) didn’t advocate a better shield for almost a year now. In fact most didn’t advocate crap while she’s been in the gutter for about a month now at least.
That’s about how long we have played with this paper shield is almost a year now. Don’t get me wrong I miss having a better shield with her, and I always thought they took a little too much off- but I adapted and moved on. So did every other Orisa main. That nerf happened a long while ago and so bringing that up makes it so stale.
People complained about barriers-so that got nerfed.
People complained about fortify- so that got nerfed.
People complained about halt- so that got nerfed.
Even her freakin armor got nerfed.
Literally every aspect has been nerfed about her yet people let her rot because they wanted her too… because she is boring I hear a lot of people say- yet here is a good buff that allows her to feel alive, and people are against it… two faced is what comes to mind. The amount of disrespectful hateful threads I’ve read against my Orisa makes me extremely jaded and distrustful to the community.
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I’m willing to take this leap of faith!
Do this change Blizzard but please don’t let this bite me in the butt a few months later. I really think limit one barrier tank per a team is a good idea to put on the next experimental. Be ready to defend the FPS vision and not break or cater to the people who cry when they die by her. Trust me people would always rather complain something is broken than try to adapt first.
To all of you-if this change does make it- Orisa will not be such a pushover anymore. If you play Orisa- have fun my fellow pony pals. If not, you’re missing out.
Either way I hope y’all can adapt if the projectile speed buff for Orisa makes it live. Cheers.
If you actually read all this, I appreciate you! Thank you for being respectful and sticking it to the end. Here’s an apple .
Please share me your thoughts .