I'm not convinced most OW2 defenders aren't shills

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@Ornery-11199

Just out of curiosity (I really like tanks too) a few questions if you don’t mind taking the time to answer:

1. Were you expecting them to remove a tank and change the game to 5v5?
2. If you’ve tried the beta, are you happy with 5v5?
3. What did you think about double shield, like it, hate it, or indifferent?
4. Whether you like or dislike 5v5, do you think there are other ways they could’ve handled balancing tanks?
5. What is one thing about OW2 that you like and one thing you don’t like

1. Well I asked for 5v5 with role passives like a week after they tried 1-3-2
   ✅ Next Experiment: 1-2-2 SoloTank

2. Yeah, very happy with 5v5. Probably even better than I expected.

3. I think it was pretty boring, and was a problem. Too much MOBA, not enough FPS. But the other problem is that it made it so that heroes like Orisa and Sigma sucked a lot more in middle/low ELOs. Middle/low ELO Tank meta got to be really really bland.

4. I’ve probably put more time into thinking about Role Queue and Tank design than the entire forum combined. Literally like 300 or 400 hours on this. That said, could they have balanced Tanks differently? Sure. But 5v5 was one of the only ways they could have balanced Tanks, while also addressing queue times. But generally what it would have come down to is basically gutting any sort of “unmatrixable peel” that is on a Tank with a barrier, or a hero that isn’t a Tank. Basically make that exclusive to OffTanks. That, or a gimicky “If Two Barrier Tanks on a Team, Then give them this debuff, like less barrier cooldown/regen speed”

5. Tons of things I like, Tank gameplay and queue times fixes. Dunno, I think the UI is a bit bland and the sound design still needs a bit more polish. Oh, and I still think Hog/D.va/Doom are a bit underwhelming, and Widow/Hanzo/Sojourn probably are due for nerfs.