New role: Hybrid. 1-1-3-1 comps

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What if we add a new role to the game, something akin to what Brig was supposed to be (I know, Brig killed the game blah blah, stick with me here). Offtank/off healer hybrid. Then you get 3 dps in each game, main tanks and healers both have backup, and you get a new flexible and engaging role.

Comps become

Tank -Rein, Orisa, Winston, Sigma, Ball (wtb new Rein style tank with different abilities)

Healer - Bap, Mercy, Moira, Ana, Zen (2 orbs of Harmony that do 20hps, slightly nerf damage)

3 dps

Hybrid:

Zarya - can use her weapon charge to heal allies, or give them shield health. Depletes weapon charge.

Brig - 400 health shield, twice as big, regens fast. No passive healing.

Hog - vape cloud like experiment

Mei - ice blocks allies within 5m of her when she blocks. Unnerfed wall

Sombra - can move hacked health packs (1 at a time)

Sym - Traveling shield instead of tele, turrets heal instead of damage. 10 hps each.

Lucio - additional aura type, distortion. Causes his skate trail to leave a 1m wide distortion field that reduces damage of passing projectiles by 30% (so he’d have to wall jump passed allies to actually protect their torso/head), lasts 1s

Ideas are obviously rough, but you get the concept.

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leave symm alone please

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I don’t like it. It’s just a round about way to steal spots from tank/support and give them to DPS.

Edit, also recently someone proposed 1122 and Jeff said no because he doesn’t like bucketing players.

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What is bucketing players?

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where is dva

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Putting them in buckets. They want to minimize dividing the player base as much as possible so there are less variables for the matchmaker and que times.

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I didn’t include everyone obviously. I could see her as either, but I like:

Tank - remove missiles, remove critbox, in place of missiles give her a toggle ability to double her hitbox so she can body block for an ally.

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holy crap please no, this is really bad.