How did Sojourn walk away with no nerfs despite several other heroes getting adjusted. Heroes that weren’t as strong as she was,
She was an S tier hero before perks, and she got 4 S-tier perks. Stop ignoring her and nerf her already.
And no, it’s not because of Mercy or supports. It is not because she is balanced. She is overpowered and overtuned in isolation and in team play.
Please stop forcing this hero on us and just nerf her already. You shouldn’t need ban rates to see she’s OP when people instantly swap to her when they start losing to turn it around, and you rarely ever see a Sojourn not do the most on their team because of how easy she is.
So many people are so concerned with blaming a character for their loss, that they leave the most OP DPS in the game that will still result in them losing.
If my team wastes a ban on heroes like Bastion I swear to God.
I wonder if they see increased engagement when a hero is completely broken. Maybe people play just to play that OP hero, and most players are too addicted to the game to step away when something is busted (or just not bothered enough by it. “addicted” is a stretch maybe)
Good. I hope she gets banned every single match. And I hope i see that happen in Diamond and not wasted bans on other heroes.
ShEs OnLy Op BeCAuSe Of MeRcY
– the people ignoring that there is no Mercy present
I don’t even know why they need the ban rate data. What data is telling them anything other than “holy god this is busted”?..
They probably see that to a degree. If you cannot beat Sojourn (which is very hard because of how mindlessly easy and busted she is), you have to join her in order to stand a chance. Then matches become “who has the better Sojourn?” and you see her pickrate rise.
it’s why I’m going to vote to ban Sojourn every single match as the #1 choice.
Freja isn’t egregious. Or at least, she doesn’t feel that way to me yet. The whole slow-mo while she’s scoping in is a really, really good risk-reward. And having to hit projectiles like that is still not easy. Maybe that might change, but right now it does not feel like she is doing too much for too little.
Sojourn’s is non-existent. Everything is reward, little to no risk because everything in her kit covers the weaknesses. And her perks only further cover it and then reinforce it. And Sojourn just does anything Freja does, but better and with less effort and risk.
If another Blizzard game is any indication, yes. Diablo 4 (I know, different genre) has had multiple seasons with one class or build being lightyears better than everything else. And the dev team has outright refused to touch the broken class unless it caused server issues. They have indicated that play levels were high when there’s a broken class/build.
But I suspect that turned out to be a shortsighted decision and has led to a dip in the playerbase. They have indicated that broken classes/builds will be fixed within a few weeks going forward. Suspect their player retention data came in and they found people who played the broken class didn’t stick around.
A friend of mine summed it up, “after playing [broken class/build], everything else is too weak and isn’t fun.”
We’ll have to see if the Overwatch team changes their tune after seeing ban data. I have my doubts.
