Dose anyone have a guess as to how long it’ll be until blizzard realise that Reaper is way too powerful and rectify this problem? I’m the point now, when I see a Reaper on the opposite team, I just want to quit because I know it won’t be fun. And I do understand a need for some stronger heros but this feels just too much.
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He’ll probably get nerfed to 40% lifesteal tbh
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He has a lower pickrate than Sombra, a hero who these forums act like this the epitome of underpowered.
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I really really hope not ![:yum:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/yum.png?v=6" ":yum:")
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I really hope so this is the most unfun it’s been since that bastion buff where he couldn’t die. It’s not that reaper doesn’t need something but this is infuriating to play against he just doesn’t die
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He’s really not that strong.
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He’s really not, he’s lacking in higher tiers. But he does appear to be a growing issue in lower tiers, and since most of the entire player base is mostly in that area, Blizzard is going to inevitability listen to them I think.
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That’s what I hate about Overwatch balancing.
If a hero is too strong at low ranks but absolutely awful at high ranks the issue at low ranks can be solved by the low ranked players getting better, but at high ranks that’s not an option.
Heroes should all be balanced around people who actually know what they’re doing.
Sombra does fine at high ranks, low ranks act like she’s bad so she’s probably going to get buffed eventually and end up being insanely oppressive at high ranks then nerfed again, where the low ranks will continue whining again instead of improving.
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Okay so I’m around 2650 SR atm and I’ve seen new reaper in nearly every single game, because his life steal is way too powerful for us “noobs”
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Just get better 4head, listen not all people have time, resources or the wish to be better, some people buy games to have fun, not exactly became pros.
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Begging on the forums to get a hero nerfed just because you don’t want to learn how to counter is not a proper solution though. The game would be even more down the dumpster if we kept balancing like that.
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If you don’t wish to get better then that’s your fault. If you’re not going to put in the time then that’s your fault.
Blizzard shouldn’t balance around people who don’t want to learn.
People shouldn’t get things handed to them by the developers despite not being willing to put in the effort.
Nerfed? I hope not.
Rebalanced? I wish
Lol why wouldn’t this be an option ? You’re already GM so you’re valid, no more effort required ? That’s an awful way of thinking
(btw Sombra is broken but she isn’t doing “fine” at higher ranks)
It’s not an option because if a hero is too powerful at high ranks they simply become a must pick, there’s no getting around that, no amount of improvement will solve the fact that at high ranks Zenyatta & D.Va are too powerful to not run in almost all scenarios.
Coordination is not a skill that you can “teach” people when they don’t want to do it with randoms anyway.
I think they should nerf him. Just a tiny bit though.
The problem with the Reaper buff is that he did not become much better in the higher ranks. Instead did he became a lot stronger in lower ranks.
I don’t think this was the right buff for Reaper, especially if the intention was to make him more viable in higher ranks (and OWL).
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They’re not too strong, they both provide a powerful team-oriented element that no other character can provide. That’s what a bad designed rock-paper-scissor game looks like. The fact that you don’t understand it tells more about yourself than about the state of the game
This and being too strong aren’t mutually exclusive.
Both D.Va and Zenyatta are must picks at the high level, nerfing them won’t change the fact they provide strong utility but it will change the fact that no other hero can compete with that utility.
“play outside of his range” this is the counter play for Reaper, but what takes? Aim, mechanical skills, sure if i had aim to deny him, i wouldnt be plat for begining with.
If i have a life thats my fault as well.
The game has the majority of the player base being casuals, so the game need to at least take in consideration what or what not the casuals can deal with, and Reaper right now is something that casuals are not happy about.
You seem to forget that competitive is only an option where the minority of the player base are really competitive, but the game should not be about only one mode, ITS A GAME, ITS TO HAVE FUN.
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