Literally his entire m1 game is pinpoint accuracy but I guess you just kinda forgot.
“MuhhhhCreeeeeeeeeee”
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To answer your title: Yes. Difficulty is relative, and I don’t even understand what you mean by a “hard” hero, and why you want McCree to arbitrarily be a “hard” hero.
Is there a reason he needs this? What’s your point here?
Do you think you’re a better person for insulting people who choose to call him by his original name?
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To elaborate, people would flame the McCree player the instant he was locked in, assuming they would be terrible at playing the hero, like the previous McCree players they had on their previous matches.
Almost to the extent of how much flaming people that locked in Symmetra would get, but not quiet as much.
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Yes I do. It’s 100% deserved.
He’s the Brig of the DPS but not nearly as OP or braindead.
As usual. I’m guessing you’re using this “Cassidy” thing to make yourself feel like you’re fighting for some good. Here’s a tip: next time you want to feel like that, go outside and pick up litter. You’ll feel good, and actually be helping someone.
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You’re sitting at a computer as well. It’s not hard to respect the name change considering the reason for it. Being this defensive about using his original name is a 
ngl.
Anyways, stay on topic.
Most abilities in this game don’t require particularly great aim. The magnetic grenade doesn’t seem inappropriate to me. You get into Cassidy’s range, you get punished.
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I’m not moralizing about a name.
I’ve laid my frustrations bare for all to see. I 100% believe the McCree name change is smokescreening, and that people who insist on others using Cassidy are trying to do so because its easy to look like your doing something good without putting forth any effort. Especially since you’re trying to accuse me of something for merely disagreeing with your posturing.
Well, I can’t very well do that when you’re essentially accusing me of something, can I? “Hmm, seems kinda suspect for you to be defensive about McCree’s name! You know, the McCree who’s name is based on someone who might be an abuser? Anyway lets talk about the topic!”, lmao.
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You accuse others of not being willing to put forward any effort for positive change, but you won’t put even a tiny amount of effort into respecting the dev team’s wishes?
Honestly still struggling. Haven’t played overwatch all that much during his name change or after it, so I genuinely keep calling him cree 90% of the time because it’s what I’ve been used to for 5 years.
Every clip I’ve seen from the Alpha the nade was doing AT LEAST 100.
And?
A character shouldn’t be at the same time easy but also better than most in the same role. That’s what cree has been for years now. Easy to pick up and easy to dominate with. Just shouldn’t be a thing.
The dev team explicitly said “call him what you like, calling him McCree isn’t a bannable offense.”. As fair as their wishes go, I’m playing ball.
Beyond that, what good would happen if I called him Cassidy? I don’t even call him McCree for any reason beyond that’s what I called him for years. You do know that, if he launched as Cassidy and they changed his name to McCree, I’d be calling him Cassidy now?
I want to point something out here: I do find extreme offense in the whole “you’re a bad person for not saying Cassidy” thing, but it has nothing to do with names. Its everything to do with the fact that you guys honestly think you’re doing something positive by choosing to say one fictional character’s name instead of another fictional characters name. You are not. The people of today think that they’re enacting great social change by putting certain characters in video games; I honestly think that’s just to avoid going out into the real world and actually trying to raise awareness for things.
I don’t particularly agree that he’s been easy. Even before any buffs, a McCree player who relied on flash and fan would get stomped by even Genji simply because he can’t actually aim. While he may have easy parts to his kit, he was never and easy character. And you could never just pick him up and dominate with him, that’s just a lie.
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I’m not advocating for banning you, but I do think less of you for choosing to be apathetic and judgmental towards others trying to do the right thing. I wasn’t up in arms for the name to be changed, but since it was I think we should respect it. The abuse was of great personal significance to the developers, and they didn’t want to enshrine the abuser in their game. By continuing to use the name you’re saying that you don’t care about this enough to just tweak your habits a little bit.
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Soldier is much better than Cass. Cass has a higher GM PR being a counterpick, but Soldier has a higher WR and contributes to more elims. As we look at lower ranks, Soldier takes a more commanding lead.
They don’t balance around PR alone because it can be inflated by being a counter swap or a stall swap. PR = popularity/versatility, while WR = power. Low PR/high WR means powerful within a niche. High PR/low WR (where Cass generally sits) means versatile but often ineffective.
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I mean he’s still somewhat hard, there are far easier DPS. For instance current Doomfist is x10 easier.
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Even if they did people like you would still complain. And even then, losing flashbang is a huge buff to his skill floor. His new grenade isn’t a free kill anymore, you’re still gonna have to learn to aim to get kills. Not to mention losing flash makes fan the hammer useless.
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Again, you’re viewing this as “right things vs wrong thing”. I ask you, how is saying “I will now call McCree ‘Cassidy’!” the right thing? Don’t you think its a problem that people are used and abused in the real world, but to you, the “right” thing revolves around a fictional character’s name?
You’re incorrect; I’m saying I don’t believe changing his name will do any good. I’m also saying that I believe a lot of the people who focus on this name change only do so to feel like they’re on the right side. You aren’t. The “right side” wouldn’t be focused on a character’s name, they wouldn’t be sitting around and literally moralizing about video game characters.
I’m going to ask you plainly: what have you achieved by calling McCree “Cassidy”? What’s changed? Who have you helped?
Now, whatever name you want to use doesn’t matter to me. But just like that last guy, for you to tell me “I think less of you for not using this fictional characters name in the way I want you to” is obnoxious. You literally think you’re better than me and you’ve achieved nothing with your life. You admit to this. That’s what bugs me; this nonsense helps no one, but it inflates egos to the point where you literally think you’re “more” than me without having done a single thing to help anyone.
Now, the devs said it doesn’t matter what we call him, so according to them, I’m morally fine. You however are a different story since you choose to park yourself on your high horse without lifting a finger to help anyone. I certainly think less of you for being yet another person who does nothing to help anyone in the real world, and yet positions yourself above others because of something that happened in fiction.
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I have no idea why they cannot just make his revolver the focus. That is what most people would want anyways, who the heck is attached to some lame grenades?
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If you feel that the name change was unnecessary or you wouldn’t have done it in their shoes, fine, I won’t argue with that. But the fact of the matter is that his name is now officially Cassidy, not McCree. By going out of your way not to call him by what you know is his name, it seems to me that you are trying to make a statement against wokeness or something like that. Nobody is arguing that calling him Cassidy is a substitute for doing good in the world. Just use his actual name.
I doubt it is “hard” to do but what makes people think Overwatch is trying to be arbitrarily difficult?
The devs clearly have a rhythm they are trying to achieve.
- Cassidy secures ‘easy kill’ on squishies by using “device + m1”. Follows it up with unwieldy m1 pressure. devnotes: reliable hitscan, poke level damage, midrange
- Hanzo secures ‘easy kill’ on tanks by using “scatter/stormA”. Follows it up with unwieldy m1 pressure. *devnotes: unreliable projectile but high damage and killing potential.
- Ashe secures ‘easy kill’ on squishies by using “dynamite + m1”. Follows it up with consistent m1 pressure. *devnotes: more mobility, cc and access to highground than cassidy. Lower ttk and unreliable reload.
Mobile heroes
- Tracer power in M1. Given peak mobility as sustain
- Soldier earns an ‘easy kill’ with rocket + m1. Lower ttk and slower than Tracer but has a team heal, more range and consistent mobility.
- Doomfist dives in and uses ability combos to secure kill. Escapes before lining up the next combo. Easier target to hit.
- Genji weakens enemy before diving in to secure kill. Kill resets mobility for an easy escape. Harder target to hit.
Utility heroes
- OW1 Mei secures ‘easy kill’ with freeze and m2 combo. Follows it up with projectile fire. Low ttk and slow but ability to heavily disrupt the enemy team.
- Sombra disrupts the enemy and targets weakened heroes from any position.
- Symmetra sets up traps or ramps up damage against frontline enemies
Most heroes seem to have a ‘free kill’ in their kit that reinforces their playstyle or some form of utility/sustain to compensate. Enemy defenses/abilities often can deliver a ‘free save’ too which, depending on timing, can negate that free kill.
As you climb higher, you often have to rely on your base m1/m2 to make a difference because these ability combos are too predictable.
The devs don’t seem interested in just making 30+ hitscan revolver wielding heroes and turning this into an arena shooter. If that’s what you want then… any ability that helps secure a kill = cheap. Any ability that helps prevent a kill = cheap. Any ability that ruins breakpoints (like shield generator/brig armor/discord/damage boost) = cheap 
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It’s better when they are tied to a much bigger and easier hotbox like doom right click and hog hook?
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